University of Virginia Library

Partisan Outburst

In reference to the statement
made by the SAC in yesterday's
paper regarding the booing of Charlie
Scott, I feel that they overlooked
several major points. Scott
was not for being a Negro, as
the SAC' statement implies, but
rather for his unsportsmanlike conduct
in starting a fight with John
Gidding. The highly partisan Virginia
fans naturally resented Scott's
actions, but the point is that they
would have any North Carolina
player who started a fight, be
he black or white. The SAC also
fails to mention that during the
first-year game, the only Negro
player on the North Carolina team
received more applause than did
any other player, black or white,
from Virginia or North Carolina. In
this instance, I believe that the SAC
is making a racial issue out of a
purely partisan outburst.