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OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA
VOL., 24
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA. CHAPEL HILL, N. C., THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 25, 1915
NO. 12
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TEAM IN GOOD FORM
Hard , Play Takes Place
of Early Slump
TRAINED TO THE MINUTE
Team Not to Stay in Hotel
Before Game and Hear
Yells
With the great Virginia game
only a few hours off the Carolina
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sntiaf continues us earnest wuu
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in preparation
for trie yon test.'.
The team is not 'over-confident 'as
lias been the case in previous
years. The team is confident,
however, , of its great strength,
latent for two nonths. but brought
out in the last two weeks.
For more than a week the squad
lias been drilled in practice every
afternoon until too dark to see
the ball, and then
the v have met for
after supper
signals and
rehearsal of the plays.
The scrimmages during the
week have" been costly in that
Parker, star full back, a consis
tent ground gainer and a tower
of strength on defense, suffered a
fractured collar bone and will be
utit of .the. game for the year.
Blades, one of the best substitute
backs, has gone home on account
nf .in uttulr nf irrinnp. The rest
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condition ana wm put up a ngni
till the final whistle blows on
Thursday afternoon.
The position of left end is still
unsettled, Hogan and Love being
'the chief contestants. ? Jones has
been lighting hard during the
week for a position at tackle and
in every scrimmage lie has star
red. His great weight and
strength and the pep and form
which he has developed are very
pleasing to the coaches. Black
and Blackmer who were shifted
to end on account of the injuries
to Wright and Metz, have been
shifted to the backfield to fill the
vacancies made by Blades and
Parker.
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Captain Tayloe is in the best talest men otr their respective
condition he has been in this sea- gquads or Virginia, Thurman
sou, and the predictions are that stillwell, the newly discover
he will make this, his last college per, both stand six feet
game, thp best game of hjs foot- ftne. whereas'Caro.lin,a principal
b,all careef. punter, Loig, stands sx-one, last
Virginia has aneuyiab.le vcpord year's punter., Daye Tayloe,- is
his year and tjoasjs of heir team x-two. and, Tandy, Carolina's
as. the finest fn the history p,f he pj(i reliable (rqpkicker, is of the
institution. With a iq-q victory g'ame- height
qver Yaje, a 3,5-iq viptpry oyer Carolina has in Capt. Dave
Yanclerbjlt and haying JieUj Har- rpav)oe am joy Homewood two
yard tq a M-Q field goal spore,' she mpmbers of the regular team who
Way justly feel proud. The one are serving their fourth year in
defeat by Harvard is her only de- White and Blue ' uniform,
feat this season although Oeor- yirginia's two bulwarks of
ffia gave her a scare. strength, Capt. Harris Coleman
Our record has been a poor one, arid ex- captain Mayer, will also
due somewhat to injuries to good don the Orange and Blue uniform
men early in the season and to for the last time this Thanks
the poor physical condition of the giving. But next year Carolina
entire squad through most of the will see such of her first string
season. However the coaches men leave as Ramsay, Cowell,
have worked with one object in Tandy, Reid, Parker and Love,
view; to have the team in top That, however, is a problem for
form on Thanksgiving day. Af- the future and not for the pres
ter the Georgia game last year, ent.
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CAROLINA
Yrs on : ; ; Yrs on
Name Age i Weight Height Team . Name Age Weight Height Team
Love, 1 e 21 150 5-9 3 , White, 1 e 22 163 5-10 3
Ramsay, It 19 175 6-1 3 i Moore,' 1 t 23 1 179 6 2 '
Cowell, lg 21 196 5-10 3 Coleman, 1 g 22 187 5-11 - 4
Tandy, c 21 177 ... -l 3 Urown, c 23 192 6 ! 2
J, Tayloe, r g 18 182 5-11 , 2 Thurman 19 19C 6-1 1
Boshamer, r t 20 178 - 6-2 2 G. Anderson r 1 19 177 6 ; 1
Homewood, re 22 166 5 9 4 '. Stillwell, r e 21 200 6-1 1
Long, q 20 167 6 . 2 i Berkeley, q 24 136 ., 5-6 3
D. Tayloe, 1 h 21 171 6-2 4 Maer 1 h .23 170 6 ' 4
McDonald, r h 22 160 6 1 E. Anderson rh 22 1 162 5-10 2
Keid. f 20 165 5-11 3 ,'Sparr. f ' ' 22 165 5-1T 2'
Average.. . . .20.5 .17.1.5 5-11 . 3 ..-!. Average .22 174.5 5-9 ' 2.3
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INTERESTING FACTS
SHOWN BY STATISTICS
Virginia's Backfield Lighter
Than Carolina's
Figures, comparative scores
and tabloid forms of numerals
reveal many interesting facts in
regard to the Carolina football
aggregation. .
The North Carolina squad
averages about three pounds to
the man less than the Orange and
Blue. The average weight of
the Carolina first team is 171.5,
while the average weight of t h e
Virginia regulars is 174.5. Caro
lina's backfield averages' 165.7
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to the man; Virginias
backfield
verages 158. The
bulkiest man , in the Carolina!
backfield is Captain Dave Tayloe
who weighs 171; and he is pitted
against ex-captain Mayer, Vir
ginia's heaviest backfieldsman of
170 pounds.
Virginia's line has a consider
able margin over Carolina in
avoirdupois. The average weight
of the Tar Heel line from end to
end is 175; the average weight of
the linesmen from Virginia is
185. "Fatty" Cowell, Carolina's
left guard, weighs 196; while
Virginia's bulkiest linesman,
Stillwell, right end tips the scales
at 200.
It is a coincidence that the best
kickers on each squad are also the
Subscribe to the Tar Hbbz.
FOOTBALL STATISTICS
BAND PREPARES TO
ACCOMPANY THE TEAM
Will Leave the Hill Wednes
day Morning
The University Band, twenty
strong, will leave the Hill for
Richmond Wednesday morning,
filled with "Tar Heel Born's" and
"On to Victory's."
, A competent , instructor has
been engaged for the occasion,
and through his services the mu
sic will be greatly improved. '
j For the- past week-the Hand
has been practicing every even
ing, and together with its music
and the voices of five thousand
loyal "Tar .Heel" supporters,
Carolina should be able to get up
the old "pep." :
On Thanksgiving morning
they will play in the Jefferson
Hotel, where this year they hope
to create even more enthusiasm
than they did last year, as they
have a new collection of songs
and pieces.
ATTRACTIONS IN RICHMOND
Dance at the Jefferson and "Omar"
There Thanksgiving Night
Those who go to see the Vir.
ginia game will find other attrac
tions in the Hilly City on Thanks
giving Day, : 'Omar, the Tent
maker, ' Richard Walton Tully's
sumptuons Persian spectv'le. will
be . at the Academy , of Music
Thursday fternaoq and. night.
Guy Baes Post will take the
fading role, . Tickets matirjee,
25c to $1.50, evening 50c; to S2 00,
At tiie Strand Theatre the Oray
ce Scott Company will present
"Stron;heart," a cornedy drama
of modern American college life.
Besides these there will be plen
ty of movies ' at the Bijou,' Lyric,
Little, Colonial, Iris, and Superior
Theatres. There will be a dance
at the Jefferson Hotel Thursday
night. .. '', '..
All students are urged to be at
the Jefferson Thursday morning
at 10 o'cIock at the big mass
meeting. The band will be there.
Gorgon's Head Informal Dance
The Junior Order of; the Gor
gon's Head will be at home to
the students and faculty at an
informal dance in their bdge
Friday afternoon, December 3rd,
from four to six o'clock. .
VIRGINIA
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PLAYERS TO BE NUM
BERED IN BIG GAME
Cut this Out and See Who's
Who in Richmond
A number will be sewed on the the uncertain results obtained,
back of each player's sweater With the Virginia game looming
this year so that they may be '"P0"1? two days distant, it is in
n , r ,. .. , . A, Itcresting to notice in the criti-
easily distinguished! in the con- j . i ,
c . 'cisms of Virginia - and Carolinn
fusion of the battle. ' The olav-! ' Au i-
v' VlAJ newspapers the puzzling,,, inr
ers who will probably start the fluence on forecasts of. the latest
game and their respective num.
bers are as follows:
No. 3. Love, l. e. ; : ,,
8. Rlamsa', -l. t.
" 15. Cowell, 1. g.
" 19. Tandy, c.
" 16. J. Tayloe, r. g.
44 14. Boshammer, r t
44 5. Homewood, re
44 22. Long, q
44 26. D. Tayloe, l h
; 44 23. MacDonald, rh
44 29. Reid, f
The numbers of some of the
scrubs who are likely to get in
the game are as follows:
No.
'"1."
'2.
9.
17.
18.
20
21.
24.
27.
28.
3,0.
n.
Hogan
Metz
Jones
Grimes
Gay
1 Craig
Currie
Allen
Hines
Black
Blount
Blackmer
MANY PROMINENT PER
SONS TO BE AT GAME
Governor Craig and Presi
dent Graham to Go
At the Virginia-Carolina game
in Richmond Thanksgiving there lina's eleven was in a moment
will be many men and women of transformed from a broken ' and
prominence in both stat es . "'defeated squad to a formidable
Among those from North Can,- footba11 machine. Hqw it hap-,
lina who will lend dignity to the I)ene1 " one knows- Evetl the,
occasion are Governor Craig and coaches can give no satisfactory
Mrs. Craig. From Chapel Hill reason for the transformation..
President Graham, Mrs. Graham, Yet somehow, though still smart
Dr. Archibald Henderson and lttS ,rom the punishment inflict-.
Mr. Louis Graves will attend, ed by Georgia Tech, theCarolina
Mrl Graves, formerly one of the stlua(1 that went oul f Akamai
best quarterbacks Carolina has was not the same squad that en- ,
ever had and now private secre- tcre(l that city,
tary to the President of the Board Other comments from tbeChar
of Aldermen of New York City, ltte paper . which sum Mp the-,
is: spending a few days with general situation will be of irrter
Presid ent Graham.
PAPERS PRAISE TEAM
Transformed Since The
Georgia T. Game
VIRGINIA FEELS SHAKY
"Carolina at Maximum Speed"'
"Best Material in
10 Years"
Football sjeculation, reasoning
and arguing have filled the Hill
from the time we beat Citadel 1
to 7 until we trounced Davidson
last Saturday. With each 1 g-ame
the dope lias changed with the
varying ( fortunes of- the team.
Virginia critics have called our
football aggregation the "million
dollar mystery," referring to- the
expensive coaching , system and
developments. , Jn .general the
splendid come back of our men:
since the Georgia' Tech. game
has! occasioned much favorable
comment, and Tar Heels are op
timistic about Thanksgiving, re
sults. , ,
The Charlotte Observer, re
porting the Davidson game, says:
'Carolina is at maximum speed
the Blue and White squad on'
edge for next Thursday. Rising-peoenix-like
out of the very ashes
of disaster and defeat, there goes
against Virginia on Thanksiriv-
' ing, a Carolina, football aggrega
tion which is destined to surprise
both friend and foe. Weeks ag&
'when the news carac SouthwanT'
that Virginia had beaten Yale
and that Carolina had be,en.
smothered by, GeorgetoAvn, the
dopesters, along with the pessi-
mists, began to prophesy t,he re
sult of the Thanksgiving game;
As matters went from bad to
worse, they claimed to hear
strains of the swan song arising
from the old University campus
The Georgetown game wiu.
lost 3H to 0; a fairly insignificatil
V. M. I. team held Carolina to
a 3 to 3 tie, and Georgia Tech
trampled over the' White1 and
Blue, 23 to 3. "The Virginia
game will be a mockery, ''.was the
cry which began to swell in vol
ume as defeat followed defeat.
, 44Then came the change. Carr-
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