Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-13
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IN GR|D|RON CLASH
Game Will Be CoIorful, With
Entire Corps of Cadets
to Be in Attendance.
BY HI. c. BYRD.
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA

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dedicates its new stadium
~ Thursday, and is planning
an elaborate program In
celebration thereof. Virginia Mill
tary Institute will be its foot ball
opponent for the afternoon, but
other activities are fairly certain
to hold almost as big a place In
the days arrangements.
The stadium, as It Will be opened
Thursday, seats 81 900 persons. It is
constructed along the same lines as
most modern foot ball structures, hav-
ing oval stands on each side OF the
field At the top of one side Is the
box for the use Of the president OF
the university and at the top OF the
other the press box. Some time In
the near future, small held mouse, 10
be used for dressing rooms for teams,
Is to be erected. And as soon as the
pressure for seats makes 1t necessary,
the other end Of the field will be in
closed with a stand, to complete the
horseshoe. The stadium is beauti-
ftIl structure now, in beautiful set
ting, but on its final completion 1t is
pretty sure to be one of the most at
fractiye. II not the most attractive, OF
its kind in America.
Virginia Military Institute is likely
to provide plenty of color for the ded-
ication game. The corps OF cadets Will
visit Charlottesville and carry with 1t
all the panoply and pomp OF f1ne
military organization.
THE game itself is sure to be .attrac-
i tive, too. Until very recent years
Virginia Military Institute was
never q very serious opponent for VIZ
oinia. although it always put up good
games However, in the last f1ve years
the Charlottesville institution has had
plenty of difficulty with the one that
makes its home in Lexington. Year be-
fore last v. M. I. bead Virginia with
comparative ease, but last Fall Virginia
won by two touchdowns. This year ".
M. I. does not seem to be as strong as
1t was two years ago, but at that prob
ably will give Virginia great battle.
It always has, even when 1t has seemed
to be outclassed. Last season. when V.
M I. had its weakest team in years, 1t
was only defeated by great individual
work on the part OF THOMAS, TINS year
Virginia captain.
Both elevenS have played the same
number of games this season, and both
have received setbacks from smaller
schools, yet both have played good foot
ball. Virginia started by whipping
Roanoke College easily by three touch
downs v, M. I. began by barely beat
ing out Hampden-Sydney. Then the
next Saturday both schools received
jolts from small opponents. Virginia
being tied by Randolph and V.
M. I. whipped by Richmond. The fol-
lowing week Virginia lost to Maryland
by one point in a great game, and V.
M. I. was defeated by Duke by two
touchdowns. Last Saturday Virginia
hyy 2 tn
and v. M. I. was tied by Citadel.
DUT, irrespective Of what their records
ID for the season are. both teams will
play good foot ball Thursday. Both
are we'll coached and both will be i'm
bued with spirit which one finds in
gridiron contests only on such occasions
as this.
Not only will the foot ball game be
attractive but alumni Of the university
will go to Charlottesville for a general
good time, as well as to take pride in
the opening Of a new stadium. Old
classmates will get together to exchange
"reminiscences, all old letter men of the
university are to be invited guests and.
following the game, there are to be
house parties at the fraternities, and
after that all are to get together at the
country club for big dance.
From a view of athletics, 1t should
be the biggest day in the history OF the
university.
CEORGE WASHINGTON and Mary
" land play big home games this
week, with Catholic University idle
and Georgetown and Gallaudet on for
eign fields. American University meets
High Point College here. The George
Washington and Maryland games will
ind four teams on the field with neither
Of them defeated. The Colonials have
played three games and won them all,
two by big scores. Tulsa University,
which 1t Is to meet, also has a clear
record, with one victory over Texas
Christian University, which last year
had a remarkably good record. Mary
land has played three games and been
victor in all and Kentucky has played
two and won both by wide margins
Kentuckys main achievement this sea-
son Is it's 45-to-0 defeat of Washing
ton and Lee.
Both these games should be worth
while. George Washington has group
OF young men we'll able to look after
their own interests, and Coach PiXlee
expects them to be at their best Satur-
day. Tulsa University has one of those
teams that, while it does not come from
one of the better known universities, is
nevertheless a good foot ball team, one
that George Washington or any other
school will find hard to beat Kentucky
usually stands about on a par with
Tennessee and the other strong elevens
in that section, and Maryland has no
illusions as to what 1t will meet. Mary
land fully expects Kentucky to be
stronger than Navy, which is about all
that need be said about that.
Coach Young of American Univer-
sity is hoping against hope that he can
whip his men into shape to make the
kind of showing he wants to make
against High Point. Scarcity of ex-
perienced material is handicapping
Young in his efforts to put American
University on the foot ball map.
GEORGETOWN, under ordinary cir
" cumstances, should whip Duquesne
University without difficulty, but
this week, with a badly crippled team,
1t certainly has no reason to feel over
confident. The Blue and Gray has
several of its players on the shelf with
injuries from which there is very little
chance they will recover before Sat
urday. Especially is this true of Brad
ley, fine sophomore halfback, who has
a broken collar bone. Coach Mills is
spending his time this week getting
his men back in good physical condi-
ton more than in attempting to develop
anything new in the way of tactics
The game with DllOueSne Is to be PLAYED