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IF Vol. 13. UNIVERSITY OFi NORTH!; CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL, B. C, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1905. No. 16. OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA-ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION. AR ttJGJEJU, VIRGINIA GAME TO BE PLAYED IN NORFOLK. The Virginia game will be played in Norfolk next fall. Tlie last word was said ou the subject as-far as the managers- are con cerned when Virginia accepted As sistant' Manager Bahnson's propos al to have the- game there. Per haps it. would be better to say no more of it anywhere ' but we feel it our duty to say that the students here who know the circumstances feel that the Virginia athletic com mittee insulted North Carolina and that our own committee, did them selves and this University but. little credit when they accepted Norfolk's proposition. As to the first of these opinions we-have held that, for some time, but circumstances! made it impossi ble for us to express it. Manager Stewart has been detained at his home ;this: spring- and we were un able to. find out exactly what cor respondence he had with the Vir- ginia authorities. We now know that the executive committee of the Virginia Athletic Association made an agreement with the Norfolk au thorities to play Carolina there without ; consulting Carolina. In other words, they ig-nored the rival that gives Virginia ; her most im portaut game. At first it ;was difficult to believe that the Virgin ians could be guilty of such dis courtesy;. Even when we became convinced of it we waited to learn positively that it was true before saying. anything of it. There is no doubttof its truth and we. repeat that the students here feel that this committee has insulted a rival who is entitled by what she has done on more than one football field to all the courtesy that a true Vir ginian is capable of. A prominent member of the Ad visory Committee said that Carolina should be congratulated on the fact that she' had overlooked the dis courtesy. That is not our opinion. Where the virtue of taking an in sult lies we fail to see. It is cer- tainly not; the kind . of virtue that football is supposed to foster. As long as a rival shows the civility that is due from gentlemen to gen tlemen, g-ood. But when that civil ity no longer exists and is no longer shown, the time for passiveuess is gone. It is difficult to believe that', the Virginia.studeut body, can - sanction the discourteous act of their com mittee. For our part we do not be lieve it. The students here will certainly not give their own com mittee great honor for ignoring the insult. Too little attention has been paid to the students throughout' this matter anyway. It is evident that the Virginia committee made its decision contrary to the wishes of very many of the students there. The protest, against their action which recently appeared in Topics was a clear manly statement of a student's position. Here there was still less desire to go to Norfolk. The Advisory Committee knew this and disregarded it simply because of the arrogant action of Virginia tne very lact winch, as much as anything else, should have made them refuse to play. It is not the purpose of this article to discuss the merits of Richmond and of Nor folk as claimants for the game 1 hat is or: secondary importance. The real question is, why did the committees act as they did." Vir ginia gives as her reason for going to Norfolk the statement that she was under obligations to that city What reason does she jnve for kr i- o noring her rival? None at all, so far as we have been able to find out. It would be unable to give any Why did our own committee take no notice of. the insult? An answer to this would be quite interesting. The only explanation apparent is that Norfolk played a sharp game of politics and won. I The situation: was this: Norfolk wanted the game: Richmond had the advantage of location .and of.be ing a better football t city. How iwere these advantages to be over pome? By a i very clever scheme by offering special inducements to one of the teams, getting them to agree to go to JN Or folk; leaving" nothing- for the other team to do but play there or not at; all. She jthrewthe bait to Virginia and; of fered to pay the . expenses of her jteam to Norfolk, taking care to in form the Virginians that this in ducement would not be offered the (Carolinians that it' was a f 'special".. The Virginia commit tee took. the bait and made the conr ract;, The Carolina committee in stead' of making a vigorous and tnanly protest, refusing if necessary play the game, allowed them selves to be hoodwinked and duped. Carolina is thus placed in a posi tion that little becomes her dignity. Football Captain Foye Robe.rson has al ready gone to work on the football team, and if he continues his good work Carolina will have a winning team next rail. It is his intention .o get all the scrubs and' Varsity jfootball men on the.track this spring jso that next fall they will be able to iandle the pigskin swiftly and oug.hly. An excellent schedule is being ar- raniredfor; jnext. season and there will most probably ' be some hot bractice games ou the Chapel Hill gridiron, and .some hot-shots for the respective places on- the team As yet the coach for next year has not been selected. . A TROLLEY LINE TO DURHAM. I one. could tr.o:and come between here and Durhanron a quicker and more This Much Talked of Project Comes certain schedule, there would be to the Front Again. much more travelling than there is. Mnndav evening" Mr. Richard vv nrni, yiesiucui ui iuc uuiuaiu . r It .i . i. .. Trolley Company, accompanied by iirver since tne new atnietic nem his attorney. Mr;-. Jones Manning, ha been used there lias been a sore came over from Durham to see about need for more roora- Each year the proposed. Chapel Hill-Durham the needibecomes more urgent,, and trolley line. He met a number of only lack of money has prevented the leadiny citizens and business the enlargement. . Fortunately the men of Chaoel Hill at Dr. Venable's ia?t rootbau season was a financial ',Aa.MnvrrUv. . trh nm, success . and left a balance in the posed :.to them thatj if they would get treasury ot the Athletic Assc.oa- ua -nannia f w;n rwif ; t in tioii. - lliis money will be used to thelegislature to grant, ther South- raake the improvements in the field. ern Railway Co. a permit to tear up AS statea one or nie prove. the road between Chapel Hill and meat win oe to enlarge the space University Station, he would prom- that is-now enclosed. It is an un- , i- r i nlpn'sanf fnci f li.ntvvp a r tint' nhlr ise to dui a a' iu pua?e' roaa t from Durham to Chanel Hill: ow to accommodate a large crowd- . . . . r . i , enrh a rrnwrt :an t hi . Virtrinia hntp suitaoie ior operating Dom eieciric " and steam cars., He promised that, ball game always draws, orascame if the legislature should grant, this to see the A. & M. football game nermit. he would build the oro- iasi tau- m tne mture every oouy r ' I', i , ' ' 1 1 a nn.t0 u ; can sret in, anu arrangements win jvv r J - Hav aa an exneriment before asking De fflaae ror everyooay to see j x the Southern Railway to tear uo their road from here - to Universitv heads of fiftyimen taller-than- him Qfnfinn Uelf, or. from a feuce that, was, con- Mr. WrLo-ht, is, enthusiastic; over stantly: threatening , to break,, can the nroiect and oroooses to , exoend appreciate the change one hundred and fifty thousand dol- WOfk OU the n6W field haS been fin lars in the construction of the road. lsnea inere Wlli De no excuse Ior e He does not ask the Chaoel Hill or spectators to crawl under the side Durham people to contribute a cent fence .or roPes' causing delay and toward it. He promises to jrive the Fxatlon t0 tne Players- 'oeoole of. Chaoel Hill a station near The field will; not only be en 1 1 Ik i i '11 l i il ' he business part of town and also area' DUl .wm De raaue soraeiH1: one where the Southern depot now P101"6 tnan "P a Piace 10 Pid nprctr.nH fi,af Hoi a paseoaii ana rootDau. it win oe j- i i. i. ' - Q derson, vice-president of the South- Pdue ldre enou8n "-am aia ern; said that the Southern will be track'N amPle rounU for track team nr r-.A pi work ' and several 1UU L-Vy bVUli ' M y-f VUV t W4LL14 1 1 J Hi- LkCLyj One over the TTM1 j """ j C . a el nui to university station,, since of late it has been operated: at an tennis courts Heretofore it has been impossible to- have, an intercollegiate track annual cost, of several thousand dolJmeet here because we had 00 T closed space in which to nave it. The Lake track has done good ser vice, but it does not fill our needs ow. The natrual place to have a ars. This trolley line has been talked of since the time of the oldest col ege inhabitant- the faculty per haps excepted, and it is welcome news that we may now- have it In 'the Societies. Resolved, That'the: Solid South s detrimental' to the: South's best interest,, was: the question discussed jn each of the Societies Saturday night.. In the. Di the. affirmative won and Mr. Reynolds made:, the best speech, while in the Phr the negative: won. and. Mr.. Jenkins made the -best1 speech. itate -track meet would be here. There is a strong probability that completed. Chapel Hill is the, most pere .wi ne buw completely side-tracked town in and afterward, and vve must be pre- North Carolina. Why the road Pared for theffl' Not oaly W,U tm8 I J 1 j." L. ..A f hu rrrrkrtlirim unA U,a Kofln KiiMf fm TTm! neeu ue sausucu, uui, tuv v? li i v4 uuvw x k. uu uur , t?4.i.: :4...,i c : tL. htv to have a tennis V - LV 11 f L.I1JI1 lim fLVl 1J1 1 1 t fill i "DnrliaiTi id mvtit.prv that haci Tiny- mv. Another thincr thah i offered. At present there is not -a. I 1 t A. hard to understand is the fact that s,nle eacl0sea cour UD 7 i pus... The opportunity airoraea oy the new courts will doubtless cause a greatly increased interest in the TVnnie A inriation and bring us some good tournaments. A thorough system of underdrain- so that the be too wet for the station is a mile from town. With a trolley line to Durham and a station where we can get to it; we will not feel so entirely out of the world. Ac i ft Vif hnctnpsc Kinp nt tVio l . , age will be put in, proposit.on the promoters ltave r of JJound will never be course looked into that and must use. With this and the thorough be convinced of the profitableness grading that vvill be done there will of the venture., To an outsider the be nothing, to keep us from having, plan appears to have promise of a s fine a field as there is in the much more profitable nature than As to when the work will be the present Chapel Hill-University done it is impossible to say exactly. Station track. Now it is impossi- The contractor would be at work hie for anvone to tro to Durham tn on it now if the bad weather had a show without hiring a horse and not prevented. There is danger u i , . , , , that if the ground were torn up buggy and riding over a bad road J . . in condition on a cold night' or spending al whole S00tJ en0Uffh for the ball team. It day and night practically away is certain however, that the work from the Hill. If it were so that will be done by next year.
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