The Washington herald., 1922-11-11
CHEER OPENS WAY
FOR RENEWAL OF
6. VIRGINIA PACT
Charlottesville Compli.
. merit to Blue and Gray
Is Well Received.
DIPLOMACY NEEDED
Other Breach viii Be Closed
By Captains of Football
At Norfolk Meeting.

The action of virginia students
in cheering the Georgetown football
squad when 1t passed through Char
on the way to- Atlanta
was construed here yesterday as an
indication that the feeling Of en-
nifty that has keep the two univer-
stiles athletically estranged for sew
eral years. Is speedily fading.
For some time there have heen
elements at both Charlottesville and
Georgetown who have been strong
ly in 1avor of preliminary negotia-
tions looking toward an ending Of
the breach. Just before the war a
high official In the Wilson adminis-
tration who, an an undergraduate.
had played on the Virginia team,
went so far as to make direct in
quiries as to what-would be the best
method of procedure. While, he real-
lied there were many angles to the
case that would be troublesome. his
plan was to get the matter in such
shape that misinformation would be
eliminated. Then he hoped to have
the situation informally placed be-
fore those in charge at both George
town and Virginia so a direct issue
. could be reached and then bend all
his efforts to reaching an agreement.
Handled Informally.
No one was officially taken into
these deliberations. but when the
matter was broached to one high
in Georgetown councils, he was
aroused over the fact that he had
not been consulted at the outset.
This so discouraged the interme-
diary that he quietly withdrew. and
there the matter rested until the
spontaneous action of the Virginia
undergraduates when they wished
Georgetown well in today's battle
with Georgia Tech. 1t was the first
time either Georgetown or Virginia
had taken notice of each other for
years.
In 1901 these universities broke
following stirring Georgetown
victory by II to 16, after which
College Topics" the Virginia stu
dent publica ton. published a bitter
araignment of certain attitudes OF
lGeorgetown men on matters totally
divorced from athletics.
Finally Moran Barry, captain of
the last Georgetown team to play
Virginia, and Hammond Johnson
incoming captain at Charlottesville
who were mutual friends at Nor
folk. went over the whole matter
without authority of either univer-
sity They found the trouble was
not as great as had been imagined
by the fertile minded undergradu-
ates, and worked out a scheme TO
cure the rupture. They commune
Gated with their respective colleges
and two weeks later a Georgetown
committee. headed by Branch Bo-
cock. Georgetown captain, and a
Virginia committee. headed by w.
A. Lambeth. director of athletics at
virginia, met at the University
Club here.
Reach nm Agreement.
1t was found there was a meeting
OF the minds on the. principles that
should govern games between the
natural rivals, and arrangements
for a resumption were on the mat
ter of detail. Georgetown insisted
that Virginia take into considera-
tion for eligibility the time spent
in the smaller colleges of the State
by Virginia athletes. while Virginia
I is=tr hn unint IL xrnIIl6 mot
tolerate Georgetown playing men
the first year they entered from
some other college. All hands
agreed to fight the encroachment of
summer BALI players. who were a
set of professionals masquerading
as amateurs after having earned
from their athletic ability in vari-
Gus smaller leagues during the va
cational period.
These points having been irOned
out. it was decided that the student
bodies of the two universities hold
meetings at noon a week later and
simultaneously agree to end the
breach. This accomplished the
teams met the following fall and
continued to stage games here an
nually until recriminations gave the
games a most unhealthy aspect, and
another split came after Harry Cos
tello's teams had beaten Virginia
in successive years.
Virginia has always contended
that the trouble over a lasting
peace was the lack of continuity in
the administration of athletics at
Georgetown. At Charlottesville
there are men who have been active
in the government of sports for
nearly a quarter of a>century. and
they feel they have a closer ac-
quaintance with the history of re-
lations than the members of the
faculty and the undergraduates who
hold office for only a short period
After the resumption the last time
Georgetown organized an alumni ad-
visory board on the theory that the
enthusiasm of the students should
be tempered with the more expert
ence of the, graduates. This COM
mittee is now little more than a
theory.
Requires Real Diplomats.
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