Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-12-01
Carolina Victor
Over Old Dominion
Game Is Close, But Invaders Trium-
ed by 1917 After Outplaying
Orange and Blue.

Charlottesville, Va, Dec. 1.-Fol
! one time at least during the season OF
football just closing dope" came
came across and won. More than r..
600 people-followers and rooters for
both teams-saw North Carolina and
Virginia battle through sixty minutes
of intensity thrilling and interesting
football. Among the witnesses Of the
overthrow of the Old Dominion were
hundreds of AleXandrians as we'll as
thousands from ever corner of the
two commemorative that have devel-
oped football teams within their do
mains that have battled hard and
faithfully for top honors during the
period next preceding extending over
thirty eventful years. Dope came
back-feebly it is true-and won.
But it was feeble, rally, for Car
DINA, touted to win by decisive mar
gin, barely squeezed out victory, the
count standing 10 to 7, after hectic
battle, witnessed by 10000 ardent sup
porters of the two Commonwealth,
whose representatives put up one of
the greatest struggles ever seen OF
Lambert Field.
North Carolina, by its conquest
keeps its Southern slate clean and
maintain its strong claim for cham
pionship honors in Dixie, while the
Tarheels have an edge on South At
lantic honors against Virginia Poly,
the nearest rival. Only to the mighty
Yale, did the White and Blue Of Caro-
lima bow in the season which closed
in blaze of glory with the defeat of
its traditional rival.
The victory of the Carolinians,
while by the narrowest Of margins,
was we'll earned. Virginia fought its
hardest and has nothing to regret
except its inability to hold the in
vaders. Both were sportsmen to the
| final whistle and never cleaner con-
test was staged anywhere. But an
analysis of statistics shows the Tar
heels better in all departments, there
by justifying the dope and making its
small margin the more satisfactory 70
both parties.
Cardinals aerial attack was a daz-
zling feature of the game. Time and
again the Tarheels resorted to the eth
er fips, generally with spectacular
success. Add TO this the fieetness OF
Red" Johnston mad the battering
tactics Of Merritt and the secret II
the success is sound. Luck was an
element, but the old lady favored
both sides and fumbles paved the
road leading TO each goal line. Caro-
lima. by recovering a Virginia tumble,
gained its first three points, while the
Orange and Blue, gaining the ball in
the same way, scored a touchdown.
Defensivel. Virginia surprised all
who had followed the Orange and
Blue work during the past season.
The line that was unable to check
the Cadet plunges and was ripped,
by the Spiders at will, was stone
wall against Carolina, whose gains
CAME by the eXpertness OF Melon
AIDS filings, coupled with Johnston's
uncanny ability in getting under the
! losses. Three times with her back
TO the wall, Virginia kept her goal
safe, forcing the visitors to resort
/ to the toe, once with success and twice
without avail.
! Whereas Red Johnston stood out
above his fellows on the offense,
Fenwick, Orange and Blue, and Blue
Linesman, was everywhere on the de-
fensive. Time after time he crashed
through the line to stop plays before
they were well under way, while his
ability to open holes for the backs aid
ed Maphis in puicking an opening
which led to the Tarheel goal
The fashy Johnston made the most
spectacular play of the game, run
of sixty yards after picking up a
kickoff dropped by MCGEE. But Vir-
angle, gained foot by foot on the dash
ny Arnold coming form the rear on an
angle. gained fott by foot on the dash
ing Carolinian as he sped over the
beribbed gridiron, and brought him
down with a headlong tackle when not
a Virginia remained between Johnston
and the goal, only thirty yards off.
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