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OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA
VOL. 23
UNIVERSITY OP NORTH CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL, N. C, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 3, 1914
NO. 12
THE COMING FESTIVITIES
Fall Dances Will Be Held
Thursday and Friday
The Fall dances this year
promise to uphold the reputation
of previous Carolina dances as
the most prominent social events
in the state .anions; the younger
people. There will he three
dances given this fall. The first
one, Thursday evening, is given
by the Junior Order of the Gor
gon's Head. There is to he an
informal dance and reception giv
en to the Faculty and students
Friday afternoon by the Junior
Order of Gimghouls at their lodge.
Friday evening the German Club
gives the second dance at the
Bynum Gymnasium. The leaders
have' carefully planned the deco
rations for the gymnasium. An
orchestra from Raleigh will be
here with a varied selection of
music to fit the different dances.
About forty young ladies are
expected to attend, and their
presence on the campus always
revolutionizes the appearance of
the place. Further entertain
ments in the form of the Glee
Club recital Thursday evening,
and the performance given by
Dramatic Club Friday evening
will add to the enjoyment of the
festivities. From Thursday at
noon until the departure of the
four o'clock train Saturday Cliapel
Hill will be a mirthful village.
On with the dance!
HERE'S YOUR CHANCE
Societies To Award Prize Fot Best
Story Submitted To Magazine
The closing date of the Maga
zine Short Story Contest has been
set as the 10th of January. A
prize of fifteen dollars for the
best story submitted to the mag
azine by any student in the Uni
Acrstty has been appropriated
jointly by the societies.
There are no rules as to the
length or subject matter of these
stories -that depends upon the
choice of the author. This con
test last year brought out a num
ber of excellent stories, the prize
being awarded to W. T, Polk for
one of the ;best stories published
in The Magazine in recent years.
The Board of Editors have
voted themselves ineligible for
this prize. Their efforts will be
devoted to helping those who
wish to enter he contest, and it
is hoped that budding geniuses
will seize this apportunity to
win a month's board handily. ,
Prof. W S. Bernard will' de
liver an address in Pitt County
this week. His speech is in con
nection with the "Community
Service Week" celebration and he
will address his auidence on some
rural economics problem.
University Dramatic Club : : "Arms and the Man"
Gerrard Hall Friday Night Promptly at 8 o'clock - Seats on Sale at Eubanks - 50 and 25c
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TWENTY TO THREE FOR ALILD LANG SYNE
Thousands of Cheering Spectators Watch Car
olina and Virginia Struggle
CAROLINA PUTS UP
Secretary Daniels, Governors Craig and Stuart, and President
Graham Witness the Game Many Tar Heels on Hand
Thanksgivings pay in Rich
mond on the occasion of the an
nual football game between the
Universities of North Carolina
and Virginia proved to be one of
the most notable college events
of the South. Thousands of
North Carolinian's as well as
Virginians witnessed the game
at Broad Street Park where the
Tar Heels, though compelled to
surrender the victory to Vir
ginia, acquitted themselves nobly
and fought desperately in the
fearful onslaught ol the Virgini
ans. Carolina was defeated in
actual football ability but the
battle she gave the Virginians
for that solid hour of play will
always be., remembered as one in
which the Tar Heel spirit of
"never give up" was more than
ever displayed. Virginia proved
superior and well she deserved to
win.
Aside from the game itself the
Hfreatest feature of the day was
the assembly of notables and
hundreds of visitors displaying
in many ways their .loyalty to
their Universities. , Governor
Craig and his staff made a friend
ly invasion of Richmond and ac
companied by Governor Stuart of
Virginia and his staff sat in the
grandstand proudly watching the
sons of his state fighting their
best for the glory of Carolina or
Virginia. The Secretary of the
Navy, Joseph us Daniels, was also
present aiding by his presence
the Tar Heels in their hopeful
battle. Both Governor Craig
and Secretary Daniels spoke to
the Carolina rooters between the
halves. President Graham him
self attended to watch' his favor
ites in their greatest fight. Pres
ident Alderman of Virginia, on
account of sickness, was unable
to attend. There were many
others -of lesser note in attend
ance at the game.
In the morning the delegations
from both Universities gathered
in the beautiful lobby of the Jeff
erson Hotel, which both teams
made their headquarters, and
A HARD FIGHT BUT
held a joint mass meeting. '1 he
Carolina band ol twenty-two
pieces led by Mr. Wilbur Royster
stationed itself in the lobby, and
amid the wild cheers of the en
thusiastic Tar Heel rooters, play
ed time and , again the favorite
Tar I Heel tunes, leading the
throngs in ''Hark the Sound",
and always ending spiritedly in
"I'm a Tar Heel Born". All
praise is due the splendid music
given by the band,' for they stood
by the Tar Heels and were a
noticeable part of the Carolina
delegation. Between the times
the incomparable Charlie Coggin
led the "Down Homers," in many
yells. The Virginia band at the
hotel did not equal Carolina's,
but on the field of battle they
played better. The Virginia
delegation at the mass meeting
yelled vociferously but their
clamor could not compare with
the Tar Heel yelling.
Miss Society was out in full all
day. Countless young ladies and
gentlemen gayly paraded along
Broad Street and around the
hotels. Many wore white or yel
low chrysanthemums, white for
Carolina, and-yellow for Virginia.
The day was an ideal one, the
sun shone brilliantly at times,
and the heavens themselves dis
played Carolina's colors, a better
November day could not be had,
A great crowd, , approximately
fifteen thousand, attended the
game. Intense interest was all
day manifested by the cohorts
from North' Carolina and from
Virginia and on the field the two
rival crowds gave a battle of
yells before the starting of the
game and during the playing.
The band was there, too, and
furnished music for the great
throng, thrilling them time after
time. with strains from the favor
ite ,tlV a Tar Heel Born."
"Boxy" Tillett and Big "Ab
by" were on the scene to lend
what aid" they could by their
presence, not to mention the
many other Carolina football
stars and supporters who had
FINALLY SUCCUMBS
journeyed to Richmond, hoping
to See Carolina win the long cov
eted victory
Tom Wilson, last year's line
coach was there, and so was Ed
die Hart, the great Princeton
back. The final words they gave
the team were exceedingly im
pressive and will never be for
gotten by the players who fought
so hard, but vainly, to win from
Virginia.
Carolina did not display the
form nor the football ability and
generalship that it was expected
she would show in the great
game with Virginia at Richmond
on Thanksgiving Day; conse
quently she succumbed to the
fierce attack and all round steady
playing of the Orange and Blue
team losing a hard fought game
by the score of 20 to 3. But it
was no lack of spirit on the part
of the Tar Heels that gave the
victory to their rivals. P,very
inch of the way was fought , des
perately by the Carolinians
against the steady gains of Cap
tain Mayer and Gooch of Vir
gin!. True, the Virginians out
classed Carolina in team work
and in field generalship and
showed the marks of a better
team. The Tar Heels were beat
en in team play but they tri
umphed in the spirit of the game.
That they were fighting all the
time is evidenced by the fact that
many times time was called for
the Virginia players.
It appeared after the first quar
ter that Virginia was in the best
of form in every department of
play and that Carolina would
have to go some tostopher fierce
onslaughts. The changes in the
line-up made for the particular
purpose of meeting Virginia did
not increase the offensive power
of the Chapel Hill boj-s and time
after time the attacks of Carolina
were frustrated by the giants in
the Virginia line. Carolina's
scoring machine would not work,
the interference given the backs
carrying the hall was poor and
very few gains were made.
Winston skirted the ends a few
times but only after outrunning
his opponents and getting around
them, and then only to be stop
ped by Mayer, Word, or Gooch
on secondary defense. It seemed
that the whole team had it in
for Captain Tayloe. Very few
gains were credited to him, but
the cause of the checking of the
runs of every Carolina man can
be attributed in most every case
to the lack of sufficient interfer
ence.1 Very little of the new style of
play was attempted in the game.
A lack of headwork on the part
of Carolina was evident. Some
of the new plays which it was
thought would work were not
even attempted. The two for
ward passes by Carolina were un
successful and so, were the three
tried by Virginia. Carolina was
expected to show a varied style
of attack but resorted mainly to
straight football,
Homewood, in proving his
right to an All-Southern position,
was the particular star for Caro
lina. He became the. dreaded
Tar Heel of all the team for in
about every play around xhis end
he stopped the man and some
times threw him for a loss. At
times the shaggy haired fighter
would overtake the man as he.
started with the ball around the
other end. Homewood was fight
ing in every play. He and Huske
had the hardest positious to play
since the Virginia style of attack
was calculated to give both ends
a hot time, and they made it so
hot for Virginia at times that
instead of circling the ends as
intended end runs Gooch and
Mayer would cut through the
line at the first opening they
saw.
Aside from Winston's spectacu
lar end run Bridges was the only
other man to get away for - n
long run. On intercepting a for
ward pass he returned the ball
45 yard. . Bridges was removed
in the third quarter after receiv
ing an injury when he tackled
Gooch. Allen went in at quarter
and the team braced up.
Tandy was counted on as a de
pendable drop-kicker but made
only one goal out of four at
tempts. All were tried from the
35 or 40 yard line. Carolina lost
better chances to .score by calling
for drop-kicks fr"m such distances
when the ball might have been
carried farther up the field.
Poor judgement in choice of plays
was a feature displayed by the
Tar Heels.
On the other hand Virginia's
backfield continued the marching
that they have been engaged in
all season. Seldom did Gooch or
Mayer or Word fail to make jrood
gains. They would get around
the ends or find an opening in
the line and the dash forward to
be stopped only by the secondary
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