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THl . : 1AK " 1 1 "" , x ,- .. -r- it- - r - ' " " """ " ' " "' " " -"" THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE UNIVERSITY ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION. Vol. 3. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL, N. C, NOVEMBER 1894. No. 11 Virginia Won, Defeating U. N. C. 34-0, On Thursday afternoon, Thanksgiving- Day, at West End Park, Richmond, Va., occurred the great est athletic event in the South, when the Universities of Virginia and North Carolina met in their annual foot ball contest for the champion ship of the 'South. Virginia won easily by a score of 34 to 0, in two halves of thirty-five minutes each. It was a cleanly-played, gentle manly game, rather free from un necessary roughness. The referee ing was fair in every respect, but considerable improvement "might have been made in the umpiring to the advantage of North Carolina. Virginia won entirely on her merits, entirely outclassing the Tar Heels; every one of her players have had several years experience in football either at Virginia or at other col leges, while our men are practically all new. Then, they averaged some ten or fifteen pounds more thanours and this surplus of weight in good interference was too much for us. Virginia's blocking was fine; the favorite formations were the Penn sylvania interference, used so well against Princeton, and the Prince ton tandem; by these the heavy men were used effectively. Most of the plays were directed at the. line, and generally proved more successful than the end runs. Our men found no trouble in making holes in Virginia's "inpreg nableline." Penton did not come up to expectation, and frequent gains were made over him. Baird had such an easy time with Bosher that Ramsburg was put in at the latter's place in the second half. Sharpe did not have much trouble with Blaine. Individually, between all the other men honors were even. Both ends distinguished themselves, and Gregory especially, who was cn hand to fall on the ball every time it was fumbled, and who tackled low and sure. Guion, Collier and Pugh should be noticed for their running as well as backs. In fact, we seldom failed to gain, and runs of five, and ten yards and more were frequent. The ball was lost but once or twice on downs; we lost it by off-side play and costly fum bles. A crowd of about 6000 witnessed the game! most of them were, of course, Virginia sympathyzers, but North Caroiina had no lack of backers, and the white and blue was conspicious among the orange and blue. The reporters of the Richmond Dispatch and Tar Herl reported the game together; the details of the game here given are condensed from the Dispatch. The Virginia team appeared on the field first and the North Caro linians a few minutes later. Vir ginia won the toss, and chose to de fend the West goal; N. C. took the ball. The' play was 'called at 3:30 the two teams lined up as follows: U. N. C. , U. Va. Gregory, I,. E. Johnson. Pugh, L. T. 3 Bosher. Ramsburg King-1' G' Burlingame Sharpe. C. Blaine. Collier. R. G. Penton. Baird, ) R T . . Guion. f ' Micks. Merrritt, R. E. Price. Stanly, Q. B. Taylor. Moore, R. H. B Groner. Stephens, L. H. B. ' Jones. Baskerville, (Capt.) ) ' p Graham, .u. foVe. Referee, Mr. A. Riggs, of Johns Hopkins; Umpire, Mr. Janney, of Johns Hopkins; Linesman, Iyieut. Sitnontoat of . Annapolis. Baskerville kicked off for 45 )ards the ball was caught by Hicks, who ran it back 25 yards and was stopped by G regory. JPope attemtred to kick, but Collier broke through and spoiled it. Next time he was more successful, and punted to our 15 yard line. It was our ball ; Stephens made runs of 5 and 6 yards, and Guion 3 around right end. There we fumbled, but Stanley recovered ball, and with Collier's interference ran 20 yards; he could easily have gone to a touchdown, as he had a clear field, but stumbled on uneven ground. In the new play, we fum bled and Johnson secured the ball. Groner went 5 yards. Virginia re ceived 10 yards because Merrit, was offside, Johnson added 10 more, Pope2T"and Johnson 2 again. Virginia worked the ball to our 15 yard line, where Taylor punted out to the side; Stephens missed it, and Taylor fell on it. On the next play, Taylor went over the line for Virginia's first touchdown: Pope kicked goal. Score 6 to 0 in favor of Virginia. Baskerville kicks off 45 yards. Groner caught and ran with it 25 yards. Penton made 10 and was tackled by Baskerville. Virgiuia lost the ball on a foul and Pugh makes 5 yards. Then we lost the ball on four downs. Johnson ran 5 yards and was stopped by Greg ory; Pope went 5 more. Taylor kicked across the line, and the ball was brought out to our twenty-five yard line, where Baskerville kicked off. Groner caught it but was stopped by Guion. Jones ran 10 yards and Hicks 20; Johnson added 12. Price 2, Pope 1, Hicks 5, and Jones 4. Virginia made more ground by our offside play and the ball was inside our 5 yard line. Pennon carried it over for the for second down and Pope kicked the goal. Score: Va. 12, U. N. C. 0. Baskerville kicked off; Virginia got the ball and rushed it back down the field. Bosher fumbled and Gregory fell on the ball. Baird ran forward 3 yards. Offside play by Virginia gave N. C. 10 yards. Moore went through the line for 8 yards, and Stephens 7. Then Guion made a beautiful run of 20 yards around right end. Stanley punted and Penton rescued the ball. On the next play Virginia lost it for being offside as she almost invaria bly was. Moore made 1 yard and Pugh 5 and then 5 more around right end. Ground being lost by a fumble, Baskerville punted; Groner muffed nnd Gregory fell on the ball. Stephens and Pugh each made 2 yards, Guion 3 and 3 again. Vir ginia got the ball, and received 10 yards for our offside play. Grego ry spoiled Johnson's run; Virginia made two good runs and then" lost .thMv ok a foul.- Mcnre. made ,3 yards through the centre, Stephens 5 over Penton, Moore 2 more, and then time was called at the end of the first half. Score: Virginia, 12; North Carolina; 0. v The second half was opened by Pope kicking off from the centre of the field. Ramsburg had been sub stituted for Bosher, because the lat ter could not hold Baird. Moore caught Pope's 'kick and ran 15 yards. Guion dashed around right end for 12 yards, and Pugh did the same for 5 more; Moore went be tween left guard and tackle for 3 yards. We received 10 yards for Virginia's foul and Baskerville bucked the centre for a gain. The ball was lost on 4 downs. Johnson made a short run and was stopped by Pugh. Pope punted 10 yards, and we were given the ball and 15 yards beside because they interfered with Gregory's fair catch. Then Moore made a pretty run of 18 yards around left end. Guion ran 4 yards, Stanley fumbled and Ramsburg fell on the ball. North Carolina's line stood firm and Pope had to kick. Baskerville caught and was tackled by Johnston. We failed to gain the required ground and Baskerville punted in-touch. Penton made 2 yards and Groner 3. Pope tried our right end, but was carried back 5 yards by Merritt's magnificent tackle. inother play carried the" ball to our 5 yard line. Half the distance to the goal line was given Virginia because one of our men were offside. Then Pope bucked the line and for a. moment it stood firm but by their greater weight they pushed Pope over the line for thrid touchdown and goal was kicked. From this time on, Virginia's weight and experience began to tell more and more, while our team, with defeat staring them in the face and disheartened by unjust decisions of the umpire, though they still fought on pluckily. ' yet perceptibly weakened. - As the game progressed, Virginia played harder and harder, by means of the plays in which her big men were used behind the line, they ploughed through our line for good gaines on every rush. The latter part of the game was up by runs of from 5 to 15 yards by Virginia and awards of 10 yards each time to them for our offside plays. We would not be understood to say that we lost the game by the umpire; far from that; had he been as partial to us as he was to Virgin ia, we would not have won. But we do claim that in almost every line-up, some Virginians were off side; that the umpire was especially blind to such fouls on the part ot the Virginians, and especially se vere on ours. The rank injustice of his decisions had a very displeasing effect on our players; and had he been impartial, the score would by no means, been such a snow-under for us. ' ' Virginia made her last three touch-downs in short order; before the fourth one was scored, Baird's hip was injured and he had to re tire; Guion took his place at right tackle, and King took Guion's place at left guard. Baskerville made a beauty kick at the kick off, sending the ball down the field for 50 yards. Pope caught it and ran it back 20 yards. Taylor ran 25 yards on a double pass, and was stopped by King's nice tackle. After a few short gains, Pope fumbled and Moore se cured the ball. Baskerville bucked the centre in handsome style for 15 yards; he was roughly used in the scrimmage, and his injured knee was hurt so that he had to give way to Graham. We soon lost the ball on four downs, and shortly after, Groner made the last touch-down, and Pope kicked the goal, a score of 34 to 0 in favor of Va. The game was over, and the championship of the South for 1894 decided. Great credit should be given to Captain Baskerville for the way in which he directed the team. Al though incapacitated by injuries to do a great amount of running with the ball, yet his coolness had a good effect, and his coaching was excellent. ? t 1
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