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Richmond Times-Dispatch from Richmond, Virginia • 67

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'-A -I j- xt-fjSs 'r -Vsr 1 I A Richmond sundaynovemberis 1924 a tmr1) RECORD CROWD SEES CA AUERS HUMBLE GOBBLERS FUMBLE ENABLES VIRGItATO SCORE sa Expect Large Crowd to WitaeH Va-Carolina Turkey Day Battfcf Between 12000 and 15000 to Attend Interstate at Final Game of Sea son for Both Elevens Abner Races Half the Length of the Feld for SECOND IS PUNT DUEL Ten First Downs Made by Blacksburg Eleven in Third Period Ik: largest crowd that aver for a gridiron game there This season Brown ate manager le every person applying for will bo taken oaro of and to addition to the eaata now agordod bp tha stadium and tha two solo bleachers additional room wtil provided when another aaottoa Of wooden stands are put up next weelu'-t Reserved seats la tho beet oqe' tions are selling feet VMrib alumni who wish to bo with tho supporters of tho Orange aad are asked to writs Mr once while a aeetton Carolina alumni will aappart Blue and White la being aold by C-T Woolen graduate manager the University of North Carottna Good roads from almost ewpv section of the State low mike-k: possible for Charlottesville to reached by automobile In Special to The Tlmea-Dtspateh) CHARLOTTESVILLE VA Nov II Botwoan lt010 and 11100 people are expected to aea the football Sins between Virginia and North arollna to be played on Lambeth Field on tho afternoon of Thanksgiving Day Special trains from all ever Virginia and Carolina will bring supporters of both elevens to Charlottesville This Thanksgiving game will mark tha does of tho season for both teams Tha two of thorn have gamoa away from homo today and tna mon who gst Into action this afternoon will probably bo given rest Monday but by Tuaaday afternoon ono squad of mCn on Lambeth Field and another on Emerson Field will bo drilling hard for tho clash which will end the gridiron year Whan Virginia played Carolina two seasons ago tho capacity of Lambeth Field was taned by the of weather '4 GREATEST GIRD GAMES Inatltaio Virginia field and Tonsil left tackle covered It oa tha fl line Haro I started a of short gaino which with a yard penalty swept Kentucky hnoft Inside the thirty-yard UaeToa tfee-fourth down with thro yards ev Ala I derided to goal from the field Moor back to tho thlrty-flvo-yard and made a beautiful kick giving the Vlrgintaaa the by on point I kickoff returning tho then yards Moor WILBERT ROBINSON SURPRISED THAT HIS LEGS ARE SHAKY MEXICAN HEAVYWEIGHT TOUTED AS A REAL FOE FOR DEMPSEY GEORGETOWN THUMPIES THIRD ARMY CORPS 6-1 down tho field aad two plan kltav giving VK Mfir: tha time waq up mV vietory S-S (Tomorrow: "How Loot a- Gama1 Army va- OolgOOoff 1511) (0 1114 by Currant Ne lae) Sr Special to Tha Tlmss-Dispatch -4 BLACKSBURG! VA Not Virginia detested VlrglnU Poly horo today 0io 0 In ono of tha festsst and moat axcltlng gamoa orar aUgad at Mltoa Field A huge throng of alumni of both instltu-tlona Journeyed hare for tha battle Tha Iona counter of Virginia cams noon after tha 11 rat quarter opened and waa due to a fumble by Jack Uoaa -full back for Virginia Poly Moran tha Tech- eanter made olean paaa back but the ball was slippery owing to a light rain that waa falling and as tha full back cleared tha line of scrimmage tha ball slipped from his hands Abner right and for Virginia grabbed tha oral- aa It hit tha ground and raced from midfield to the boundary Virginia Outplayed On running attack Virginia Tech cloarly outplayed Virginia today running up a total of oleran drat downs to three for tha visitors one of which earns as a result of a five-yard penalty Imposed on tha locals It looked as though the Gobblers Would score at the opening of the second quarter- When this period opened the Techs had driven the ball to sin-yard line and on the fourth down Rutherford attempted a forward pass which was grounded The ball went over the Virginia and Maphis kicked out of danger-' game was a kicking dual between Rutherford and Maphis Both worked In great form Near the close of the fourth period Ma-phis standing on his own ten-yard line kicked overs the Tech bound- try i 4 -a Gobblers Drive at Ctoso Toward the close of the game tha Gobblers drove the 1 ball front mldfleld to fifteen-yard mark and it looked aa though they tie the score but the Virginia defense tightened and the ball erent over The atars for the locals were: Moss De la Barra Roberta Rutherford Captain Graham Moran and Nutter For Virginia Captain Ma phis Cuddy Frost and Diffey were continually in tha spotlight i The game waa witnessed by 'the greatest gridiron crowd ever assembled here A- The line-up: I Position Virginia Krebs Darby Msiti Lb etbit Holland FTIYi series Ik Oe 1 COCKl'Ill Mortn Mite a Cs "sod lit a Haynolda May ee Rs Os a Mackall OrMlltle IMS1 Rs a eHtPIRAA Holly iAhnsi i Roberta Diffey Rutherford I' Maphis -Delabarre Cuddy Moss- B- laird Rsferee Magoffin 1 (Michigan) gtrelt (Auburn) Head linesman lurd (W A L)- Yachting Trip Followed by Hunt Forces Robbie to Take Rett' NEW YORK i Nov 15-Wflbert Robinson 111 The big manager of the Brooklyn Robins took a sea trip with Colonel 1 Huston on the letter's yacht i Just as the baseball season closed Let him tell the said story: rWe missed the World's Series was a title sore at that but of course wo heard tha details over the radio on tho Cap'a ship They kept me ten days at sea without any exercise used to getting out and hustling with the boys batting out grounders and hitting long files for tho outfleldors and I missed tha work "I want to Dover Hall with Colonel Huston and there I thought I was as good as I was last winter I' got on a horse and rods ten miles and then 1 got off and walkod ten miles further looking for qualt-We got some and I found that my eyes are aa good as ever for I shot my share but my legs there I had to give up back bora In Baltimore I want to And out why tho old logs gave out My doctor says that I must rest some and than take It Miy "Imagine Wilbert Robinson taking It easy! Why been on my toot By Aeeociated Preee WASHINGTON Nov 15 Georgetown defected the Third -Army Corps eleven here today to 0 In a football gams played during a snow storm But for fumbles duo to a slippery ball tha score would have boon larger' O'Nall who substituted for Motigor right half back made a seventy-yard broken field run In tho second quarter for tho only core of tho game Line-up and siftnmary: Position Tv A (0) McGrath left end Erdman Murtaugh left tackle Bryan Moeko' left guard Vogel Mlnlhan center Todd Sheehan right guard Stanowlch Buech right tackle Henny Waite right end Deford OafTey quarter back Hushes Flavin-' laft half KlDle Mstsger right half Knowlan Planaky full back i Devane Score by periods: Oeorgetowa 0i 0-4 Third A Corps 9 0 0 Georgetown scoring: Touchdown (sub tor Metzger) Referee (Pennsylvania) Umpire--Clinton (Tale) Head Bragg (Harvard) Tima of period II minuted Champion! Former Manager Says Tony Fuente Is Ad vincing Fast- By -International News Service LOS ANGELES Nov The guy who wont out chasing the Qol den Fleece yeara ago had a task mHd In contrast with that of Fred Wlnsor Los Angeles pugilist ml agar 1 And Wlnaor formerly Dempsey's manager has succeeded He has discovered end developed a real contender for Jack- Damp-aaya tIUe In Tony Fnonto Fuente la a II -year-old Mexico! Ho woltke IIS pounds and stands more then six feet In height- He to fast- clever and ean give and take A husky punch boxer has than a score of quick knockouts to hie credit -few of tho bouts going mors than two rounds -Hie most notable victory was a defeat eeored here ever Floyd Johnson one time highly: touted aa the boy 'likely to Cop crown One of the peculiar things about Fuenw to that ha can really box shifty on hto foot and appears faster than DOmpssy and mpst heavyweight contendere' Fuente will meet Renault George Godfrey' and- 'Dead Pan" Luis yirpo aa well as Issuer lights In the heavyweight horleon if ore winter paaeea according to Wlnsor Often rldlculod and almost always regarded as a seeker ef tho Impossible: Wlnsor- has at last triumphed and there to no one more confident than ha that hie protege will soon -wear Jack Dempseys golden headpiece' -t- "It may be a yeay possibly two before Fuente la ready for Dempsey but I am aeonsr or later ho will moot and defeat tho champion saya Vinor I T' 1 tisrL' On of tho moot important gamoa In the South In llll waa the meeting between Virginia Military Institute and tha Unlvsrslty of Kentucky on the field The soore I-! while It sound more Ilk a basaball result waa Indicative of tho closeness with which the two teams fought throughout tho entire gem the gam being won In tho closing minute- of play Up until 'hat time Kentucky had a slender toad of two points hut as tha time waned ttwy appeared sufficient to win Tho gam waa an Important ono because both team war regarded so leaders In their respective sections The I olsvsn waa regarded as ons of tho vary strong sat In tho South Atlantia ssotion bo-causa of Its previous overwhelming victory over tho University of Virginia 10-0 Kentucky In spit of an upset at the hands of Miami University was regarded aa tho strong cat in Its section of tho South by virtu of victorious over Cincinnati Louisville and Tennessee- Aa a result there waa little to ehoos be-tween the two teams when they took tho field and only ono point separated them after sixty minutes of thrilling football During tha first quarter -both tho teams resorted frequently to panting neither being able to rush the ball consistently 1 Both team fumbled near the center of the field I was able to make sporadic gains but a forward paaa waa Inter-eopted on ono occasion and a fumbls interrupted' another j-ad-advance Penalties also forced tb cadets to kick on a few sessions Kentucky scored In -the second Sartod on I mlaplsy imbla In Kentucky territory gave I' tho ball hut on tho third down tho Virginians la turn fumbled and Kentucky punted to th I twenty-yard lino and the runner was downad In hto-tracks: On tho next play a had pass and a fumbls caused tha ball to -roll behind tb V- I line where Moore to save a touchdown fell on the baU for safety- giving the Kentuckians two-point lead- Putting tho ball down for scrimmage on tho twenty-yard Une I started a rapid advance down tho field Kingmaa dashed around right ond for thirty yards- XJn plays gained fifteen more and Kingman made five yards around end A-peas was Incomplete and I waa forced to kick but Youall recovered- for a thirty-yard gain- i -f 'A Cf--wr-ezi- A lose sad a penalty forced to kick again and Kentucky promptly returned It After short gains a kick vu blocked and Just ae the half anded Youall blocked a Kentucky kick Early In tha third quarter after an exchange of klcka Kntecky In toreoptod a forward pass and then recovered a tumbled punt la V- I territory A tlfteen-ysrd penalty for coaching from tho eld lines put the ball dangerously close to the goal line but they braced at tha critical minute and took the ball on down' Moors of V' kicked out-to midfield Kentucky In three plays gained thlrty-flre-yi but a penalty forced them to kick The kick waa purposely short and tha I catcher waa drowned in hto tracks Kentucky had outplaysd I eteanly throughout the an-Mrs third quarter- and -the two-point load loomed -larger and larger as the gams grew to a close There wore several punts after tha fourth quarter began aa both teams appearsd unabls to gain against tha strong defense of tha other The bell finally was put In play tar In tha thirteen yard one Moore kicked down the Rain or fihint tha will go on tmorrowl I-wm' -weatheri'alltha i Scotch 'chcriota wovtftf it apecialwajrandlthen 154 gaihoo a year and tho hunting ooason thrown In since 1515 "The Robins wUl have- a great chance next -year have 'the pitchers and they mhehpseySS TO BUILD ARENA Dvm former manaeo I knew whet he could do bef-ire he tne championship and I can truth- fully say that today Fuonta to by far a more likely champion -Than was Dempsey when I handled Vvs': JACK JONESHEADS -Oglethorpe Beacn lg-g BT LOUI8'Nov The Oglethorpe Petrols fought bravely In their contest with St Louis today but when final pistol had sounded tha Georgians wars at tha small and of an ll-to-t score 4 aM SThemai mighty good-iool The woven-an equally good Fell I and ttylnter checks herrlngbonefi mIatarei4'J Speaking 'of 'woot Golf Hoee as low aa L90 Petersburg Fans Finally Raiie Money to Insure Team No 4 ARTICLE 'A'- I-- I Ant owe da vufamef CLE IM'niJ ir 2fi H'fe he hod continued to bid Aanmnda It as thcae that the expert over tha Huge Bowl i Will Go Up in Lot Book Events Alrendy By Aaaoclatad Prl LOS ANGELES Nov: Jack Kearns manager of Jack-Dempsey heavyweight champion' to planning to break Into tho boxing and six day bicycle racing business In CaU-fornla through the erection of arena to seat 50000 persons according to advice received here today from Kearns who la la New York Kearns aald ha had closed contracts for tho service of i Abe Goldstein Beny Leonard-' Mickey Walker Gen Tnnney Johnny Dun doe Georg Godfrey Jack Renault Charles Welnert and other star boxer A-1 la tho six -day bicycle Said contracts had been closed with Goal-lett Mid other riders the fight manager announced -v The city In which the proposed arena will ba located waa net stated After passage November 4 of Initiative tneaeum permitting tan and twelve-round boxing In California It waa said bars that both and Kearns had ordsrad tha sal of their real estate holdings to obtain money with which te promote fights v-- -i V'T 'e tV- --v if 'J'Vi if- 3- 'jt VS A oammaeH H'7 fit East Biwad (P Paid Anywhere) rZ ''kb Si 1 Wm for Coming Year By Assoelatod Preoa PETERSBURG' VA Nov 1 Nosing out a victory over obstacles that would have kept Petersburg from retaining Its" Virginia League elub next year subecribere to baseball fund aceepted an Offer from Jack It Jonoa of this city to rap-plement fundi already colleetad with enough to Insure tho Gooborn being operated upon' a strong flnendsl booto at a masting of lntoreatad persona held nt the Chamber of Commerce here last night Oaly one dlllloulty romaina to bo ercome This Involves tho payment of hook rout to the corporation which controls McKenele Street Park where Virginia League games are played Mr -Jones declined to atounve reopohalbiUty for back rant on tho park It to understood-M A Rooonotook president of the baU park corporation called to tho mooting Into night whoa this hitch arooo practically assured those at the meeting and Mr Jones that this matter eouM bo straightened out A mooting between the directors of the corporation add Mr Jones to scheduled for today- at which time It to believed that tha ball park mat-tar will be deuet and that tha dsal will go through While definite plan 'havs not boon worked out tho general scheme agreed to tost night calls for tho formation of a corporation In which subscribers wlU be aeeociated with Mr Jonas Each person who hat Subscribed will bo given a certlfl oats outing the amount given i OF BILL JOHNSTON real name? BUI" TRIBUTE TO HAUGHTON PAID BY OW PRINCETON CAPTAIN -ft'-' ir i -va r- -r1- i 1' and bid cot A paamd What abould had? This bead Domt Mbs tke Blf! i XL Tfi Plt ROANOK "Vi'1-- ''i' Noroakor' S7tt THANKSGIVINGS vDAY' IMS Bond Trip via 5 VI Norfolk A Weiten bidwkk tha fangcM OnA A Aar bid two A bid dna hearts and 10 I and 6 of Big Bill Edwerdfi Seys Late Coach Upset Tradition Doing More for College Than College Did Vr' who do not -j sj i wi s1 V- 1 4 4 Va 0-af i i 'h? A want quality in MJ- i f1 'vV -jS 1 your-overcoat mato imsr aoedaa 1 bidtwowtoitoaad bids too anuap he Suchataheort cheicaiatba Atoo aaithaadia tha atroag-eat band that cna ba bdd at aortton and will nananlly nsenma to win ant trifat ka but auk bid than at Ahraye overbid dthawha This hand and To biddiag ere good examples of what can be done by good pieyan in antving at tho bart bid tha gadaeWiafaundal itamat Tlaketa an sal November limit November tsth Pallmaa re rations going and rstaraiag aafi ssrvsd seats for gams -at 1 ones Itl Bast Mala Otrsafc Madison 11 uiov the only thing that will make the smart style lut-thie qiuHty lony 'fservioB overcoats hy Hart Schaffher Man i- 'i 7 iNal of us from tho hlghost to lowest yet right now our hoods are bowed our hearts boat fast as we sea the football world loot this groat man My tribute to Hough ton to summed up In this following Mt of write It down mon-let it ba our groat American i A -v -V 7 For when tho Ono Groat Scorer Comae to write against your name He wrote not that you won or lost But how you ployed the gxm May this groat game of ours go on forever serene In Its power to bring out the best that la la us and whan that soma groat bugler sounds taps for us there will still be those who In their turn will answer' the call of reveille to carry on the traditions of tho great day that waa ours NEBRASKA CRUSHED 1 BY NOTRE DAME 34-6 S-rii4 -Nona imezm 'my A leaenoroom for doubt-Iraported exqnlait woolens new" colors ezqiiiaitQ ft -yiy Dtoasooda 10 V-: 9 ijy VA t- is 1 1 10 Ctafaa BOSTON Nov William 'Edwards captain of tho Princeton football team of 1500 peaking at tha Princeton smoker at tha Harvard Club paid this tribute to Percy Haughton: Percy Haughton belonged to the football world Ha gave so If not all pf to tho game be not only loved but so thoroughly esters On and further and further up the ladder of football fame wont Percy Haughton and finally the' groat bugler Bounded tho silver sweet taps for this great gridiron specialist that the shock of It wont tho gridirons and hare tonight high tribute to paid that gallant leader What Percy Haughton did and tha way ha did It to a publle record Thera to a college tradition which embodies tha thought that a-man can navsr do ks tnuoh for tho university aa the university has- don for but I really believe that Party Haughton comes nearer upsetting this tradition than any- man I -know hto Mia yes with the Haughton machine he contributed as much as any human probably could to the university -that brought him forth I ml 0 For ten yeara over alaA ha has been compsting in Eastern tennis hto formal asms earned to be'WUBem Johnston It hu appeared that way on cups ho has won Including two national championship trophies la Magics and threa ts doubles Tot it until recently that Johnaton revaalad that tha 11 stands for nothing and has no part In hto legal nama "When I flret cama Bast" ex-plalaed Bm" eent in my entry Wm abbreviated the William aa I aometlmao do 'Whoever got hold of tho entry tnatoad of reading It Wra John atoa '-made It W- Johnaton1 Than whan thoyfonndoutiny flret name was William they filled ft out from thOj'WV and left ma the -r i firrCfc'K si "A 1 tV 1 'J 1 rt r-i a BURK CO CTUL1 'tahd coarm i-QT5 Ctobe-a JJ DIIBMMI nOMR Spades and Zb la the six of tha eevtn rtmdd kin of apndea tbs tricks agaiaat any lead efa Yo band wkb the 1 In Yi band wkh tha aina ef ouM now toad tha sight of mart pby a low heart te mason aoMon abmdd aina of hearts and bad tha ef duba should tramp with tbs ef apadaa and bad the four of caa now ody win one trick tha ac of bouts so that Y-Z have won eis of the seven trick agaiaat the bert By Associated Frees NOTRE PAME IND Nov Notre Dame defeated Nebraska tie 4 today wiping out thoivtetortoa tha Cora Huakers scored over warriors lu 1021 and 1011 It waa tha worst drubbing a Nebraska team had over received from Founded 1843 Krt lead tba Jack of hmrta If (hafra 'tSTbaJmcf tricka kioatd therefore ploy a low Notre Dam In the tan years moods pass on ball rotations bstwsen the two uni-.

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