Richmond Times-Dispatch from Richmond, Virginia • 7

Wdrti HK TIMKI FOUNDED UML THB DISPATCH POUNDBD I RICHMOND VA SUNDAY NOVEMBER 10 1912 PRICE FIVE CENTS Spiders Vandy Holds echs Lose Is STURDY FOOTBALL ELEVEN SPIDERS BREAK LOSING STREAK OF THREE TEARS William and Mary Tastes Defeat at Hands of Ancient Rivals BERGER AGAIN IS STAR OF COLLEGE Plunging Full Back Largely Responsible for Splendid Victory Tilley for Williamsburg Proves -Both Elevens Suffer Penalties and Both Keyed for Battle BY GU8 MALBERT- Breaking a long -string of defeats spread over a period of three football seasons spanning an arid era of scoreless encounters the Spiders of Richmond College yesterday wiped out every sting of the past and with every ounce of energy massed for one mighty attack swept William and less skilled athletes backwards and forwards across the chalked arena in Broad Street Park and won a game by the score of 20 to X- terday art defeat for the rat time tfela Iawrrri Saeaad Klagaua Thlrg at the hangs af lt Moac Bala Last raw They arc readlag frnas left to right i First lUeharda Clarkson Aaalataat Caach Paagac masest Haa ter Pea diets a Assistant Csaeh Hager HE TECHS Washington and Lee Ev-ensPast Scores When I Bows in Defeat RECORD-BREAKING CROWD ON HAND Blacksburg Scores First Touchdown Early in Game but Lex-ingtonians Finish Strong Uncovering a Mass of Whirl- wind Plays Which Over- I a whelmed the Techs Roanoke Va November The football team from Washington and Lee University this afternoon lowered the colors of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute defeating the Blacksburg boys by a score of 20 to 6 It was a great game and a great victory for the tonians Thp scene at the Fair Grounds was an animated one the student bodies of both organizations being present and the attendance broke all records The cadets and their supporters together with the corps band( occupied one-half of the grandstand anj the Washington and Lee boys and their followers with a band the other Wbtnth whistle blow -at ths cod of tbs gams tba maroon and orangs of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute! trailing In tha duet i The university hoys axe celebrating their victory here to-night The Caws Tbs gams was called promptly at o'clock and when the two team scampered on the field they were given an ovation It was agreed that tha quarters should be fifteen minutes kicked off to and and tha gama waa on Tha Blue and White team lost tha hall and the Techs worked a successful forward pass Hughes making a good run carrying the ball across the Una for a touen- down The Tech kicker misted the goal Score to 0 After a few minutes' play Washington and 10 worked the ball down the field and Raftery dropped one 8IKL Uu AsIlBiJ Bropycii wnu Troni the field planting tb ballj squarely between tha goal posts Mnkklns the score I to I re- ndvad tha ball on the kick-off end nsds soma mit sains made soma great gains fieeend Qaarter I Xn the eecond quarter the Washing ton and 1st boys worked tha forward pssa repeatedly without success They jdld not show form In this quarter and did most of tba ground gaining Tbero was considerable fum-bling at thin point and It waa disastrous Waahlngton and Lea was penalised fifteen yards for an offside play Tha Techs wore held for downs and the and Xj boya did some good line tacking -They tried the forward pass again but It failed to work Captain Miller made a splendid gain through the lino at this Juncture The 1 I full back waa put out of the gome for rough playing and his team pen- allied thirty yards The end of the first half found the acore to for Third Quarter Xn the third quarter- the Lexington tm went In for victory and from the Jump they played the game They played like another team while the Tocka found' thamselves unable to atop the onslaught of the Leglnxton lino plunges A kicked off to I- end the Tecka fumbled bgt made good gain I got the ball on downs but lost It in like manner I tried the delayed and loot tha ball on a fumble the vanity team regaining the ball A series of Una plunges JIM THORPE IS NEMESIS Champion Athlete of World Defeats Unde Warriors in Gray West Point V' November Jim Thorpe champion all-around athlete "if the world defeated the Army team here to-day In a bitterly contested game that was marked by near rioting rough work slugging and a' general display of bitterness such as has seldom bean seen on tha gridiron Score: Carlisle 27 West Point Jim Thorpe had srmo help Arcasa his partner half back was at hie side most of tha timu and there were nine i other Indians behind him but It was admitted to be a personal victory for Thorpe This mighty redskin who brought buck for Uncle Sam the highest prise offered In the- Olympic games to-dsy took the scalps -of Uncle Sam's Backed to the edge of a bleak football experience the wearers of the Blue and Red entered the game with a degree of confi-i'l'-dence a determination to fight'? and a pluck which has been lack- ing up to this time The wards charged with 'desperation while the backs tore and plunged into the game lads from Wil- i liamsburg with such force as to leave them spent at the final whistle Have Great Celebratloa Last night all of Richmond College celebrated with a superlative degree of enthusiasm which had grown heavy upon the sorry gruel of defeat William and Mary had been defeated for the first time In a quartet of years and by the same score which Randolph-Macon had run up Not alono did tho Spiders celebrate their victory but they put on a few extra pounds of steam In anticipation of winning over tho Tol-low Jackets and thereby kinking tho championship In tho Eastern Virginia Intercollsgtate Association Again it waa Clarence 'Edward Berger who held the spotlight X4ke a boys In gray It was Thorps all the 0f play In the first quarter after which way through The big Indian waa both teams resorted to kicking St singled out aa tho object of the fiercely John's In the second and third quar-flghtlng cadets He was half knocked I (era cut loose with their brilliant snout several times and ones was gortment of forward passes which net-dragged from a scrimmage totally un- ted two touchdowns one by Mellon si-conscious Water waa poured on hla ter twanty yards through tho right head and In a few momenta the superb en In the second and the other by physical machine responded and the Clark In the third quarter Ceaqaerese af Virginia who yes Bradley Patterawa Golems YaacII GOOD PRACTICE Washington College Gives Blue and Gray Opportunity to Try Out Material Washington' C' November 1 I With her acruh eleven making touchdowns- practically at wlU through a team that offered bdf -little-resistance Georgetown swept Washington College pff Its fee) on the gridiron this afternoon wlnnlnb -y the' lop-sided I score of 1 1 to a It was one of the largeat score ever! rolled up by a Slue and Gray team and) the outcome came as a dstlnct surprise to alL The visitors came here wlth- out a defeat having been registered against them this season and It waa thought that they would give Georgetown a battle Instead of a contest the game from the very outset became ferae The Cheetertown lade ap- peared to suffer from stage fright and although they fought it waa In a halt-hearted way and Georgetown hammered her way to a one-sided victory Georgetown won by "straight foot- durlrtar Ihw vumwmn used alz of fbem being successful 'Washington line waa woefully weak her forwards being swept aside as if made of paper by the fast charging Georgetown men On nearly every rush big holes were opened In the visitors' line' through which plunged the Blue and Gray backs for substantial gains On many occasions after the scrimmage line had been Passed by the offensive backs the visitors- secondary defenao- waa swept asldc leavlng a (Continued on Third Page) NAVE EASY TIME Blackstone Academy Furnishes Little Resistance to High Strong Eleven Specla! to Tho Timea-Dlapatch1 Blackstone Va November I -In a Kornegay easily deserves the lion's share when It comes to dividing honors on the Blackstone team Blackstone' only score came In the last quarter when Prlvott recovered the ball fumbled by John Marshall taking advantage of tlie crowd of Blackstone rooters running out on tho field shielding him from his opponents The line-up follows: a Position A Brumblo left end Anderson Hoover left tackle Johnson 7 (Relgger) Klevershal left guard Hardy Atkinson Wllllan 400 Houchlns Williams right guard Basset Robins right tackle Land (Capt) (Bethel) Palmore right end -Davis Gray quarter back Prlvott Craig left half Kornegay (Capt) Brumble full bsck Hpangler Cosby right hulf Robertson Referee Gary (It Umpire Mo-Kenry (H Linesman Williams (J 8) Timekeeper' Phlnney(J IL 8) Time of quarters ten min u(ea Bopr II tg Ia MIL I EOF St Fools Cadets Walking Away With an Easy Victory 8peclal to The Tlmea-Dlspatch Lexington Va November 1 Bt John's took tho measure of the Vlr- finis Military Institute this afternoon 18 and rftrd ginlans first defeat of the season Vlr ginla fought to the last ditch and It waa while using Una plunges In the final quarter they walked through St John's hut failed on a forward pass In their desperation for a touchdown When within fifteen yards of the goal line Mellon caught the pigskin and ran around right end for ninety yards before downed Clark then want through for the third touchdown and dosed the brilliant victory with a field goal for tho forty-yard line aa the whist la blew ending the game Virginia started off with a placement goal by Touell after eight mlnutea BL John's also registered a safety in the second quarter Virginia Military Institute played a great game and keenly felt the lose of Red Moore who waa a cripple and only went In the game after Leech was hurt but could not bo used for runs or I'ns bucking: Tho osdeta presented a badly crippled team' bat this did not detract from SC John's great victory over the Uni- (Continued on Third Page) PLRCK BEUYS MICHIGAN Wolverines Best in Beginning but Lag in Finish-Marshall New Hera In the early dlages ef tha game Michigan had seemed tha stronger hut Pennsylvania fought doggedly Tho game woe replete with sensational situation The lineups 1 rennsylvdgln Position MichigaA Young left ond Torhct Wilson left tackle Dels (Kllltlier) 1 MacNkeghten left guard Quinn Dim pec A centre Patterson (Musanrr Green right guard Allmandlnger Dillon right taoklo Plnllua Jourdst right end Barton (CorpelT) i Craig quarterbaok 'MuebSI (('handler Minds) (Bueoell) Minds left halfback- Craig (Marshall) 1 Harrington right halfback Buggltt (Hoyle) Mercer fullback' Thompson 1 officials: Referee Langford Trinity: umpire Crowell Pwarthraoroi brad linesman Thompson Georgetown: CRIMSON GETS AN AWFUL FRIGHT Underestimating Strength Used Second String Men Against Commodores WIN BY NARROW MARGIN Frequently Penalties Due to Overanxiety Are Severe Setback to Southerners Cambridgs Mass November Har- vard sent tha Vanderbilt football team back to tho Southland to-day with a to defeat but the Commodores left behind them a reputation for speed and versatility in attack and stubbornness In defense that will long he remembered Using a team made up almost wholly of substitutes Harvard scored a touchdown and a field goal in the second and fourth periods respectively Crimson errors permitted the Southerners In tha third period to get within drop-kicking distance of goal and Curlln lifted one' over for three points As usual Harvard triad out the strength of Us defense In the first period kicking usually on the second down It was not until after fire minutes of play In tho second period that attack reached Its fuU stride and then tha ball was carried down tho field thirty-five yards for a touchdown Vanderbilt' came back strong in tho third period scoring a field goal and outplaying tho Crimson until tha last two mlnutea Then Harvard stif- (Contlnued From Third Page) CHANCEFOR REOS IS LATEST MOVE Murphy Sells Peerless One to Garry Hermann for Waiver Price Chicago November The release of Prank Chanoe former manager of the Chicago Cubs to the Cincinnati Reds this afternoon was a big surprise to Chicago fans They were not displeased however- because Chance stays In ths National League likely as manager of Gerry Herrmann's team tom In Chicago if not in actual play President Charles Murphy of the Cubs to-night 'said that he would rather have traded Chance to Herrmann for another player than for a cash consideration of llCJO the waiver price but that he felt It would be Justice to let Chance go for the cash because he had an offer from Herrmann of a good salary to set a a manager for tho Redo I released Chanoe to Cincinnati' said Murphy "I had another motive In view It was to keep Chanoe ta tho National League He la too Mg an asset to let get away Ha will make a groat manager for Herrmann and also add Interest to the pennant race neat year There are several good Mayen on the Rede roster and If Vhauce ta allowed to have his way I tbtnk he wtu give Cincinnati the strongest team It haa had for years" Ohanoo's release to Cincinnati throws Joe Tinker Cub- shortstop out of an opportunity to become a manager next season Tinker was being talked of as Che man who would fill Hank place at -Cincinnati and tiatkxis were on betwoeo Murphy and UearnMA NogaUwda VIRGINIA MEDS WHIPWOODBERRY Baptists Simply Crushed by Su- perior Weight of Visiting Gridiron Warriors Wake' Forest November I in a good close' hard-fought game here: thla afternoon the1 Medical College of Virginia defeated Wake Forest II to 14 The game was a great deal harder fought than tho aooro would indicate The medical team outwe'gned tha Bapt'ata by almost twenty pounds to the man and it was 1is to thla that tba visitors were able to pile -up ao large a acore -The first quarter started off with the Hods kicking to Wake Forest The Baptists' made a few good gains but lost tha ball on a fumble The Meds started plunging Into tho line and with tha help of a couple of -forward passes made a touchdown In tne first The second quarter changed tne goals and after the brief rest the Baptist line hell like a stone wall The Meds were forced to kick and after several substantial gains and a long run- through the llne on a fake play hr Utley the Baptists planted the hall between their goal post Billings carrying tha ball over The Meda then kicked off to tho Baptists and with tha ball on tho five-Yard line the Baptists were shoved across for a safety The ball was put In play on the twenty-yarn: line The' ball waa advanced to within' fifteen 1 yards of their goal when they were held for downs 8chenk pulled off a fake kick and ran the length of the field for a touchdown- Score first half to 7 Tho third quarter-was decidedly the Baptists' -They- aeemad greatly refreshed after the intermission and the Meda were ablo to gain nothing ovar the line -Tho Baptists after several changes of the ball finally managed to carry the ball across for seven more points No more scoring- occurred until the last quarter when the Meds by superior weight pushed the ball over They finally worked the ball to the Baptists' thres-yard line and for three downe the Baptists held them without an gain Un the fourth down tho Baptists again held but Just for a minute when -tne Meda made one pull and had another cors The Meda were very strong In the line and pulled off several forward pastes The lino held at times but waa unable to withstand tha attack of their opponents at all times The work of Whltted Billing and A Riddick and Camp for the Bsptlats and Hedgepeth and Schenck for the visitors featured the game Xine-up: Wake Forest Position Hods Cuthrell left end Foster (Daniels) Britton left tackle Walker William left guard Ayers rnfftkr Carter' centre Coffer Camp right guard Brock well Holllng right tackle Hedgepeth (Capt) Faucette right end Arnold (Whltted) Billings quarter Bohenck 1 Riddick full back Elder Riddick right half Robbie Time of quarters 15 IS 15 15 minutes 1 Referee 1 Simpson Umpire Floyd Head linesman Crosier PETERSBURG HIGH SCHOOL DEFEATS BENEDICTINE LADS Petersburg Va November Peteiebur High Mmol defeated Benedletlne Cellege to-day by the overwhelmlns score 99 tat The Cadets -never hed a leek hi aad were unable to stead tha Scree attack of tha High School lads their line offering little or no reslatanoe Blllott It Pollard 4: Andrews I CHlIInm Pollard i Butcher Kinsey Umpliw- raves Head Dalton gesrtta It A Id might half hack was again aa good aa new The game had not progressed far when bed blood was shown Powell I tho Indian full back lost his tamper end started In to use his fists Hs was immediately- ruled out of' tho game The announcement of thla ds-e'slon act the Indiana wild andlt appeared for a time that a general fight would ensue The cadets worked swlfUy to take advantage of tho incident and after a number of rapid manoeuvres Hobbs went over for a touchdown Frun that time forward Thorpe was Invincible He seemed to he spurred to superhuman efforta by the fact that tho Army had made tho first score Berglo mods tho first touchdown for the Indians Etch touchdown foUrwed masterly gains by the great Thorpe ang usually when tho ball wont over Thorps waa ahead of It or behind It fighting the way clear Thorpe kicked three go ale Ho missed tho last hut It was ao dark when he mode the trial that he could not see tha goal paste Eight West Point substitutes were used The line-up: Army Pnltlon Indiane Markoe left end lArgo veritable nemesla he went at the Wil- Uamaburg defense crossing their goal line once and carrying tho oval to within the covetted striking distance 0 that hla follows could take It over on other occasions He waa the one brilliant spot In the encounter sharing honors only 1 with young Tilley the light sturdy quarter of William and Mary iC'A Keyed to a high pitch' adherents of both schools were on hand to lend cheer to their favorites Dr Boat- wright president ef Richmond Col-lege waa as enthusiastic aa any of the youngsters Dignity was some- thing for the office but he was a foot-ball rooter yesterday and though he may not have entered Into tho lusty yells which the bank of Blue and Rad -followers let forth at not Infrequent Intervals there wen a cuaplcfous twitching of tho lips which told that the spirit was willing if the fleah wes weak 1 Ceaehee Likewise Happy Coaches Dunlop- and Griffin were a merry pair Young Berger was hoist ed high on tho shoulders of the madmen who raced upon tho field even before the last notes of Referee Kilos' whistle had died Tip Saunders and George the aggressive centre were twe who came In for their share of congratulations while Rlely the low who grabbed a fumble 1 back of the William and Mary goal for -the first touchdown in the second period earn In for hla share of adoration- hotly-contested battle 'he John Mar shall High School overcame the sturdy aggregation of Blackstone Academy by the acore of is to 7 yeeterday afternoon on the latter's home ground Tha entire High School' team played con-forward sistent ball throughout the whole paas netting twenty yards and more game The back field aided by the line bucking sent Beuhrlng through un0i usual did stellar work Franklin Field Philadelphia November East mat tha Weat this afterneon when Fnuisvlvaola and Invaders Rowley laft tackle Ouyon MM mnku yield and AV? Jones left guard Garlow fighting with 'mcM- (Herrtck) esms from behind and literally awept Mlchl- Purnell 'centra Bargle gan off ita fast In a triumphant final Hour- Herrick right guard Busch Ish by If to a (Hutton) I Ttfhlfiht la tha Quaker's hall ef fame Devore right tackle Colls Mothsr niche has baan carved and In It (Winnie) I site llqtehall On hie own forty-yard llna Koge- right endVlderndock jitrihall received pnnt lfichl-( Gillespie) gin's forwards tore at Pennsylvania' man Pritchard quarter back Welsh tergieii slipped pest hli first assailant Hobbs left half hack Thorps 1s next and evaded hla third (Benedict) nun himself at Marshall and missed Peaa- Elsenbower right half-back Arcasa gyivanla had awept aside defeat and planted Keys full back Powell her banners on Michigan1 rampart Then there waa Cobean who had raced serose after a mad plunge far the ether Spider touchdown It was merely the expression of hopes and longing realised disappointments- atoned for chagrin raised to the steenth power of ay college prlda the line for a touchdown and Miller kicked the goal making the score 10 to 6 At th's point the Techs weakened and at the earns time the yarslty team grew stronger and ripped up the line of their opponents The third quarter ended with tne geore aa above Flail Period In tho final quarter Waahlngton and Lae made some great gains and when within range attempted a goal from the field which failed The Lexington team then resorted to their favorable play the forward pase working successfully making a good gain The A team pushed the ball nearer Mh and nearer to the goal The Toth line took a braoe and held solid but another line plunge by Beuhrlng took tha hall across for a touchdown Miller kicked goal: acore 17 to But a tow minutes remained -to play and after several scrimmages Raftery fur A kicked another goal from tha field making the Unel score rt to I 1 was outlayed in the lust half of the game and Hci-ordlng to tiiiso who witnessed the contest were outclassed although they started out very AGantlnued on Uocoudi Page) A crushed to earth allowed to rise again faith Just a general hullabaloo f-j In celebration of something which had been looked forward to through threo y-t years af unblessed defeat And now they at Richmond College are looking forward to the conteet with Randolph- Macon in the deciding championship gams with something more than hop -with a courage horn of tho vlctiry yesterday and with a well-founded belief that they will be more than a match for the Yellow Jackets and will he able te do te them what they la turn had meted out to the Spiders In a ernshiqc defeat earlier In th season Ipline IIsvs Bettor Tsana Ths Spiders were simply the better team though thla waa nxt made apparent until the last half WUl lam and Mary received the ball from the klsk-off and using Wright and TtlUyt 1 (Bergne) Referee Evans of WlU lams linesman -Taylor ef Princeton: umpire Torrey of Pennsylvania DARKNESS AIDS AGGIES IN DEFEATING GALLAUDET Wishlneton C- November With fast Catherine darkness as an ally te Ita drs-1 perate determination to turn Impending de-I feat into victory the Maryland Agricultural I College feotball eleven fought It way over (the Uallaudet goal In the last thirty aeeoads gf play thla afternoon on tbn Kendall green gridiron nnd troh put by tho too re ta Juer live minuter prevloue to this time the Gallaudet- players had made gallant etand on -thoir four-yard line lakes the ball an donne and were rapidly marching through tholr opponents defense when a tumble that turned tha tide of battle against them ea-eerred la the middle ef the field (Continued on Ssosnd lg- 1 7 'i 1 iV.