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. . : . i 1 il S I. .1 t f . f . Jl ((I -l- l llf III - I .1 f - f If I I II II 111 I I" i 1.1 l. ,1 . I I I H'.M" I ' ! 1 ll I f . ' If .J ll . I . - I' -li.ii J,i , l-J- r. t: Ll .Lw UJivJ UJK-Ll U UJ U'JLWLaULui J' ii L Jill U. Ji-J' V 1 U BKOW.W ' , " Tl " r A. M. 'G. A.M.C. VOLTJi,IE LXXXV NO. 7 RALEIGH, N. C.f FUIDAY Mr ING; NOyEMBEB- 291007. f I f PinCE 5 CENTS mwwm r 1 ' ' ' ' - - jk liilte T ' ' e ' i ' - ! ; F-" ' 1 ; . . . . " :1 ill North Caro cews and :yaKcuiiaiae (5 1. r ,1' id- jv YESTERDA : OF ENTIRE SOUTH Defeats University of Vir ginia 1 0 to 4 UNDEFEATED IN 1907 From' Bc;ii!iil5 to KkI llic Game V i Clean anil Stral-lit Vorward and V " Anpeaic-d to ljvrrs-of the : i I - . ?Krt AoHiibisUtuUns- t ' 'or tire Farmers. : - .-1?: v : "" ..'"-";-v.: v ! ( iv: .KU News anl Observer.) -v.YvORi'OLJv. A'A-, Nov. 28. North fcar'Jna Agricultural and Mechanical t'o!se . lh!a .afternoon , defeated Unt- ersity;Nf Virginia. by a score of ten to fQXiT, capturing -the -championships ;of iiti tiftd'-cpimpieUng' -.the ' season, of nineteen hundred' and seven as the u?:dfcuiod' eleven , of the South.'; The ;nr:r, v.hile punctuated by poor work; f, iV fcrillrant In many parts and from :. ?s Vsinnlng' to end . was a clean, ft-'-,t-r,'',ir1 srw'". nuch as appeals to the true lovers of the sporL , e-io.n ft V.'ttTt Olcott often : Inallzd both elevens, sometimes at critical i.iomfat, iut hts decisions and Ap jTitiplrs AJhert Cox were ta ken ms .'eminently fair and satisfactory r both Mdes. , curoliaa had the best n.t te , cm4j veral tims -Virglni-i Raved from 'more "disAatrous- de tent! by Caroiiina's poor work. Twice Full , lv?k i Jnh BRon. who took Captain V..k. 1f:impui's place, failed on ef ' Tls at rce Sticks from the field and wai called when ten seconds v.-r?;.. h ol''l h?.ve found . the aneroid! Vr ;r - et Virginia goal. - ; A AM. Position, j Virginia. a met . . . Maddox Tun ; I t - . i Holladay McICinnon. . Williams Thompson ..Olothr Vf-a ciahii. :.2 tr. g.. . ...v. . le Sadler . . . i . . r. e.. . . .'- Jones ' Htevens (cap.) . .q- b; . ' . . . .Hornaker .Jmon t ...;..l. h. b.. .Hume Kpencer ..iii.r. h. b.... .Neff '(cap. Vt-rud .' .-. ct.':. :full. . . . - . . Tancjey ' Virjrlnia substituted Randolph -for Maddox In thi second. half, but every Farmer starting m the game stuck out to the finish. L ;- . ': Carolina had the kick-off in the first ' half and with a good wind against him Johnson (sent the ball thirty-five yara ana iuii aowneu nume in nw lrnrk he t-aught the ball. The first half was full of puntlng. ; Ynnorv fnr Vlre-lnla. wni nt hl he.it and Johnsr-n was in poor shape. Vir gin iai handled! her for.vard passes well ""'and the Carolina farmers in the ex eitement ' of the beginning lost on theirs. , But soon .Johnson 'got -Into s form, the eleven from Carolina settled iown to hard work and the score of .Virgin! wafle the Tar Heel's more de termined than ever to gain victory. Stroud and Heeoe were ooing nm for A. apd M. James fffen-4ve ' work and Tun and Von G'ahn were doing the best defensive work and later Ft evens joined the. ranks of tho?te- who vcre d'-inr the star work' for the Old North State., j . ' ' - - - v.- Virginia got the- taU on her "flf ty . ard line and through fhe yne Neff and Hume and Tancey ploughed for fifteen yards, then. flf teen were gained by a beautiful forward pass and Hume took, the place kick, which Yancey ti ll t tr . . . A. a"i Al. TatLIc. UiiPii 4 I I J. lyjiyj 11 Ojru Y THEY MADE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIAj ,,' ; BITE THE DUST AT NORFOLK BY A SCORE ''OF,-:W: ,-i 3 v .. : . .!. , . ... I I 'I sAoiant. ; Farmer End. sent- clear between- the coal iost. pt'arolina then -went to work in earnest. Hhe forced her way slowly. but surely to Virginia's five-yaro- line, there to lose the ball on-a forward: pass which hit the ground without being touched.! Finally Johnson sent a beautiful punt; down the field. Virginia handled it! badly and Beebe was on the j ball. 1 1 Stroud gained ix yards only for A. i d M.. but fifteen yards were lost on forward pass as before. With the ball on Virginia's twenty yard line tinl j preparations being made for a plac i kick, time was called. Virginia, 4; Carolina, 0. j r.j, : - ;;-, The second half found Carolina. In Ibetter condition ; than . .Virginia, Their superior training was telUlng. btevens circled ther end for twenty i yard on a fake kick, thesi he made five more but another blunder fn ths forward pass let Virginia get the bull. IVon Clahn dli hi3 star woik at thli .time. Break through nrginias iine ho biock.. Yancey's punt- and Johnson kicked for yardsip, Neff and Hume gained only, one y.rd st Vir ginia kicked. A. and M. 'as penalla ed: fifteen yartls for off-side. Johnson sent the ball down' the field forty yards aim Tu II downed Yancy ay he caught the ball. ' ' Von (Ilahn braUe STEI1VS. 1 1 ' i r-': A JJ 1 , V ; r - ' ? .. .... . I f . '. . i ff a '; Vt. ... .? -' i . .-,1 i' i ' I HI A; uuU M. Quarterback. v L3L3 U LbUuuUL -i tackling 'Yancey- hard IV'irarinlA kicked. Stevens mtide a pretty dash around Virginia's end for fifteen yards gain and Jhn on punted. ftr a net gain of thin; "Von Glahti vaulted the Virginia . Une and thrt-.v Kktf ? again I f.or six vir-4 lf.fcjt- Down the field went the A uil It j until wiihin twelve -ard of Vir ginia's goal .vlien Johnaon again fail ed n a Ti'fcjp kick. Aftr the' tuc'i frark;Vlginiii;t utted from her twenty iiVf yard liarj ? Hfevens lost ovi yuru wNen Johnson made a neat one-side kUJt and Sadler got the ball on Vir ginia's thirteen yard line. iDeebe made six then three then istroud two yoras and th? f!ve thousand; present went wibl as Stroud went through the line i. I. mm 'fit i.-ii . ;' ... - . :'- - ill a touch-down. Jlison kicked ore: A., and : Virginia 4. - Stevens." Ktrouid. Bee be. James and KUdlernettt'd gains for Carolina, and ohitwo exchange! of punts Johnson wwd iaiicey pttdi time, but aeain rront the twenty-jffve yard line he fail ed 6n a place kick fur goal. 'Johnson a sain redeemed I hlm-cli bj- another cljevjer on-side kick. Vo?i Cilahn got the t bail, Ftevens made fifteen yards on n fake kick. TUl gained seven yards ndj from the thirty yard line John n:' placed his toe squarely ngsinst the ?bilias Stevens placed It and between I a I CH AMPIONS OF V .-r i He Crack Football Team "111 - -v ' : i'' 1. ! J -A v .!; ' ' ::1! - ft ili'u ?irCHIK VI IIT13 1 1 JlST. lirilliant Italtintore V"yxla!l Ktar.Who - 1hcIhx lie A. aKl f. Team. . I ---:-ip;;!-- ! - r -.:' J ''.:' - . the goal past it went, making the score. Virginia 4; Ai end M. t. , For the re mainder, bf Stfee game Mrgtnla was oa the defensive and fought, wlldlv to save a more disastrous defeat., j iV hen time wan called the ball was oil -Virginia's twenty-yard llne.l :. -.; .t - ' ..' , . ' - '!...-'; ? . i 4 1 'i .-. .,.,:.-' .,,..--::-...(.-. : i , ? ... ' w, -v:'"' . 1 I T i x - " A M 1; V yi ' ... . V i V.-yl . r T'" ' ' J f r i- f. I CEBt'ItN D. llAItUIS, 1 ! Grutluatf Jlanaxcr of A. and 31. Athletics llVlio Perfected Uc Jlusiiicss liid or Ttiankglvlnsilay Cjoiiic for Uie Tar Heels, j It would be difficult j to . descrlge the sene i here today, particu larly the . arrival of ? the x special from Kalelgh. i and Granbyf street, as the A. and M. band marched through the j throng playing "Dixie." -. Dr. Winston. ProfessorTniddlcW, Mr. Brown, Manager Harris,: l)r. Whitaker, and Coach Michte Whltehurst. the lat ter being idolized tonlght4 are-the. hap piest people here. Norfolk! was delight M 10 honor the Farmers, fend colors on Lafayette field were about evenly . dl- viaea. ;. : . jr , ; , , . , ; U-llliant as the, scene was,-the cel ebration tonight at the Montlcello and THE i -ti r i is of the South Which Added :i :-(:.' i "I . 1 'l "" t 1 K List by Defeating the University of Thanksgiving Dajat Norfolk. UUliU' a at the Colonial Theatre fittingly closed the day- There were a many people at. the game from Korth . Carolina as from Norfolk. The Farmers will have a day or tw herfe, atd then home they will go tor the warmest welcome Ral eigh can give them,' and if Raleigh could jast know how magnificently this eleven played, the welcome would be red hot. r - v ,p .-.. ; j KEADS LIKE PROPHECY. Editor of Tin News and Observer Pre I i dieted the Clrcat Victory on Yesterday. j . There were plenty of prophets who foretold the splendid victory ; of the A, and M. team at Norfolk . yesterday. i f t' - - -" . " - i ' '-'. ' Among th,em was the editor of this paper. Invited to speak at the mass- mtfnar at the A. and M. College on the nlKht before the team i left for Norfolk, Mr. Daniels was compelled to decline because of a previous Invita tion I-to speak at the Anti-Saloon League which had 'been called to or ganize for a campaign to drive the dispensary out of Raleigh, but wrote this letter: ,- . i ' 1 ' Raleigh, C NW. 26. Ta A'i and M. Football Tearm; Gentlemen: It Is with regret that I find myself unable tonight V to be with jjyou In doing noisily what every SOUTH. Another Victory to Their i". '- ' -' ' ' i'' ttt"' V ' r ' Virginia on " ' ' ff - - 1 1 f ! VANCE SYKES. ' The Right Guard of the.. A. j. and 31. .! fxtotoau Team.. - .- . .... ... . - , . . North Carolinian will be doing In his heart when he thinks of your, eleven next Thursday. Your college veil shall always find - an echo tn . the . News and Observer office, ; whether you ; witt as we are all believing that you are going to i. do- oft - whether you lose which none of us think for a moment. In' either, event, I am, certain that; the State flag! will fly straight from the mast and that, when it is all over, we will all have good cause to give the college yell ourselves or make a bluff at It ! . Every nian must play his own game, however, and tonight we start signal practice against the time when we are going through the dispensary center clean ? to the waterwagon. It : behooves us both to listen to the quarter-back, to mass on the , tackles, to, circle the ends, and! to kick the goal when we have scored, 'v Also I would have, you throw your man. -so 7 that he knows whea he hits, the ground, to see that nobody finds a hole in your- line and to nip all funny business and on-side kick ' in the . moment of their birth. ' Assuring you of my interest ", and faith and t that, though .'"down-home" In fact, . . t shall be wmoplngon ; the (Continued, on Page Slx.) t- v . " Star Uallback for All Southern 1807 inevcn. ; -:- - - - i 1 u.au 1 . it - - THE SOJjTHLftfJD c ' - ' " ' : -' Who Thoy Aro Arid 7hnt . Thoy llavo Dono V' AGniFICEHT RECOOD The Work of the Year by the Inrin r dble A. and M- Eleven Reflects '-r " ' Credit Upon the Col- . ' -i . - ... j - , ... . ..- :.'': . .'. !,-- i 1 .le?e and The', "; " -v -j. l ' 1. ; State. ' ' The first football team in .North Carolina is the' Invincible aggregation from A., &;M. ', College which defeated, the University ot Virginia" in a stlfiy contested game yesterday". v Never has an ' eleven from .'North Carolina grid--- iron made a more brilliant record, amd the splendid trlumtU'of Thanksgiving Day crowns the -victorious cadets with a 'completed record that, cannot be ex celled. V'-' ' ' -'. ' -'--." j - -The . record. of "A. & M.this season is as-follows: -' i-: -'- : ' "' .. ' t r. ,-0 J- - at 3 fU-i. Randolph-Macon, at Raleigh. October 1 X. . .... 2' Richmond, at Richmond, Oc- : 'tober; is - i,-. Roanoke at Raleigh, October . Rkhmond,' at rRaleigh, Oet-- Davidson at. Charlotte, , fo-. .. "vember" 1 6 . . . ' I . . . : -, S AH Stars of N. .C. at JRaleJh, November -2d . . . .iU: S University 1 of : Virginia, at Norf olk,;Npvember' 2 a . . i. 1 0 V " 1- ' ; ' ' if'- 9 v' Total It : : i , , -.. v' J -1 - ' Th 3Ien on the Tean. : " Selfert. A. &, M.'s left end." wa hob bling last week as a result of collisions with the Carolina' All stars, but w all right "yesterday. ' Altliough m first year man he is one of he Ijest men on the team, and despite bls tendency to wards a stocky figures he is; like th wind when. he. goes stnd he gets int everything.-. ' - - - -. . The other left end, Ri L. James,. is as few ' inches ' taller f than the 145 pounds of Selfert. and is quick. He has eyes everywhere 'and ' his . body follows his eyes. - , , . "J- The, happy right end is J. O. Sad ler, one of A. & M.'s. best flayers and a peer In his position. He has played solidly and with fine action and head( work in every game this season. The , 180 pounds he scarries are " muscled into an Al football man. He is of medium .height land is .neither too f stocky nor too light. Reid Tull. the) left : tackle, is soua and heavy, but not - so5 as- to discom-; mode him in. racing across the gridiron Foe. three seasons he has been one of, I7 CIlPlflllS'QF A. & M.'a prides, and his All pounds J always are felt ini-th game. . V. Sykes, guard.'2 05' pounds, solidf. . steady and long winded, as fast as any man his weight, -is making an enviable, reputation. ?r;;;;':'. V: "K-;1.- ',"- li i J. B. Bray, center, fs the right.tnaiti' in the right place, and, was one. of A, t A M.a best line player lasfyear.: This': , vear he has done excellent - work at half back and on the line also, p ( The tall man. and-the good, tower- I ing above his fellows and the Goliath to the enemy without x a Davtd. is right guard, J. 1 Von' Glahn. He tips (Continued ;on Page Six.) : j , A. and ziiz" TrcUn t U s- i . :Hn- . s:: .X .
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