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Richmond Times-Dispatch from Richmond, Virginia • 45

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1 fMpattfr 72ND YEAR RICHMOND VA SUNDAY OCTOBER 8 1922 PRICE SEVEN CENTS SPIDERS HOLD HEAVY MARYLAND ELEVEN TO SCORELESS TIE VIRGINIA AND CAROLINA SHOW FORM ON NORTHERN TRIP GOBBLERS DEFEAT RICHMOND PULLS OUT OF DANGER THROUGH FINE DEFENSIVE STAND Stonew all Defence Save Lighter Team in Shadow of Goal Spider Unrork Bert Offensive IMay in Lart Minute of Contest Indians and Jackets Will Play Friday SIDELIGHTS ON SPORT Auto Races (or Last Two Days at Fair KAH1K LL'TX TIGER TEAM FORCED TO LIMIT TARHEELS HOLD OLD ELI DOWN Princeton Winn by 5 to 0 From Old Dominion Eleven Yale Scored Only Three Touchdowns in I)e frating Chapel Hill Outfit Two nioro Southern ti'ania harn visited the North and made a showing that will All their auiiportora with prliln following one wk after (lie Vnlveralty of lllrhmnnd and William and Mary played so brilliantly ana lust I-afxyettfi and Mate the University of Virginia and University of Nnrtli Carolina yesterday did some ftoik that will make ilwni ri'inrnibererl Virginia aurpriMi Ha moat opilinlatlc supporters by the manner In which the Orange and lllue hold (he Tlgora The uneapecled showing will go a long way to boom the Orange ad lllue atock The entire student body will meet the Virginians this morning when they reach Th Indiana And Spider yesterday conlliiuud thoir good work The former scored on Virginia Tech while the Weethampton eleven held the heavy Maryland nrldders to a acorelcae draw The manner In uhlrh ihene teams are a hap Ing np so early In the lesson makes It a prediction to say that tha Thanksgiving lay game on Mayo Island going tu ha about tho snappiest exhibition seen hero this season bar noua William and Mary and Randoiph-Macon have taken kindly to tha auggeation that th game scheduled for neat Saturday be played bn Friday In order that tha playcra and atudent bod lea nf ilia two Inatitu-tiona can hnva an opportunity to aoe the Centra-Gobbler aquabblo bora TARHEEL CLAN STICKS TO BULLDOGS TO END Indiana and Jacket! will meet at Wllllamaburg It la expected that the game will attract a good crowd from Richmond and Newport Xewa Randoiph-Macon yeaterday whipped the strong Richmond Blues outfit by three touchdowna and the showing of tho Jackets a week ago againat North Carolina State waa impressive Gene Saracen yeaterday took the measure of Walter Hagan whose playing here last Monday was a feature of the week aa far aa sports go Baraxen started tho day with the British open champ In tba lead but aoon overlook him and forged Into tho lead How Hagen has played the grade of gnlf lie showed here la a mystery when It la considered that he has been living la Pullmans for week while un tour with Joe Kirkwood Motor races feature tba last two days of the fair The auto daredevil will have the mile track all to thomaelvca and some real riding will be seen from tho way the entries shape up South close prematurely and twe or three games In December would ha mighty weli-uine in tilling apert followers uver th winter Southern football teams mads a great linprraaion yesterday in the North when Virginia held Princeton to a l-to-0 while Carolina waa losing to Yale to A It waa a lough battle In Princeton with (h Tigers acuripg through a safety and Acid goal Ylrglnls pul up a great defense and at several period! showed offensive power Carolina was on tha defensive throughout the gam but gave the Ella a great Aght Games In the Old Dominion were featured hy th defeat of North Carolina Kiai 14 to by Washington and 'Tha gams waa playad at Lexlngmn Georgia suffer'd a 30-lo-t defeat at ihe hard of Chicago Centra College again displayed offensive power bv running up a score nf is lo A on Mississippi In the' other big lnteraartlonal clash Pennsylvania defeated the University of the Mouth 37 lo 4 The gam waa played In Philadelphia Virginia Polytechnic Inatltuta continued Its winning stride by defeating William and Alary 30 to I Th Indiana displayed etrong defensive power at times but only managed to croae th Un once At Lexington Virginia Military Institute romped on Koanoka College winning (0 to th team that set a record last weak by rolling up 107 point Virginia Tech held Button out of ilia-Kama yeaterday In order to aava him fur tha Centra contest Wall It appears that th world's aeries la drawing to a eloi Having put down tha opinion In black and whits that th Yankee had Ilia ads on the Giente th writer cannot Join th great multitude la "1 told you Inability to hit la tha weakness of Yanks who evidently think th Ulanta ar th Boston tribe which never had any difficulty with the llugmen "Ha he" Ruth baa demonstrated that ha la not as murh tu be reared a some xupposed whlrh will I'niiArm tha opinion of many tnat he rl quit a number of tboaa lioin run Th Yank pitcher aer alao aup-pnaed to th clan Again th dop waa amlaa lAftytt dcfatd Pittsburgh yea terdsy hy a touchdown and tba addL mil puini whlrh ahowe tha daaa of th taam which acored Ava time' on th Unlvcrally of Richmond last weak i When Dr from Nw York the world' gueat of Tbr may have om regard tn men of iie auclaibui on Mini i then) laud exhibition- r- I'Hrktr: arrive i 'hr i dewing uu- uf- th ten Tloia-DIpaluh ne ir'crestlng new in x' iiig entertain-- Hill Athletic Aa- ir eapected to call iinnila iriid through 'uni boy for tha 4 Billiard loiinuri hav6 bran welting iilntl) iiil a while for he i turn ineii between McCoy and Omni'! fin th pocket billiards till of Dixie tlcCo' since winning th till from it'id hu- heaifi showing an Iniiii'iK riuriii lqhi game hut On-weld recently ha displayed championship form So th three matches next week will he well worth watching Member of tha Richmond Blue arc anxious to have the athletic su-thorltifi of th organisation make membera of tha Association eligible for th fnulliall team The militiamen have some mighty good players In their ranks Iiul thara ara a number of cx-mrnibara who would strengthen the team and be a hig drawing card Tor gamaa played bar Dana for the reorganisation or the Richmond Athletic l'lifli (uolhall tenm in November are bring considered it la planned to get the famous team together for a couple of poat-acaaon game Tha football season In tha STATE FAIR Knight of Prinif George Takes First Honor in Event MISS WOODS CROWNED BY WINNING HORSEMAN Inclement Weather and Muddy Track Fail lo Leaaen I id tereit in Spectacle Riding with a skill and atemlln that lima and lima again brought apaulatora tp their feet In rner of applauxe Love of silver Springs Maryland entering th lists aa the "Knight of Prim- won th championship tournament et th Bute Fair her I yesterday Ha crowned aa Queen of Love and Beauty Mlaa Kudl Elisabeth tVoiid debutant daughter of William Wood president of the State Fair Association Second honor fell to Collins of Greens County Virginia wnn crowned Mra Nat Collin aa Arst maid of honor Third place want to Hurst of Clarendon Ha crowned Mia Malta Carper of McLean Va second maid of honor Fourth plica waa captured by A a LAngley of Clarendon Va who crowned Miss Gordon Fry third meld of honor Sinclair who halls from Gloucester County Va was awarded the prla for having the beat coatuma while Pater Stokes or Lunenburg County Virginia rode th horse that In the opinion of tna Judges waa th best In th lists The coronation of Miss Wood and her maids look place on the band aland In front of Ih grand stand the address being delivered by At -tornay-General John Saunders Ml- It Powell of Richmond an old tournament rider who learned 1 hla horsemanship under John Mosh'y In JMl-'AS delivered th charge' to th knights and was givn a round of applaus from the crowd aa he recited to the knights deed nf knighu errant and exhorted (hem Lo remember the deeds of knighti of olden times aa they vied with one another In tha lists 10 Horn Well Woo The honors captured by the "Kjilghta of Prince Georg were nobly won vanquished a Aeld of foemen well worthy of hla steel Vicing willi him In th Hats wera th bait horsemen the Old Dnmin-lon and tb DlatrliT of could offer and no knight who oon-teated with him or any one In the crowd that witnessed tha Jousting will 'gainsay him tha rhamplonah'p of the Bute A Langley who wnn the pageant tournament here and who had been picked hy a number to repeat hla achievement wa one of the Arat to congratulate the visiting kijight from beyond th broad waters or the Potomac fatllaa Furalabea Purprlap From out of tha clay hills of Greens County cam tha surprise the "dark horse" aa well aa a "Rlack who heretofore unknown In these parts fnr any feats of not In the tourney to challenge th prowess of tha Maryland knight Few In th grand atanri figured the aumbre-clothed knight from Green aa having a chance against auch a galaxy of Blr Glllahads a wera arrayed in t4te lists But before the rich prlae had been won they were aware that the 1 daahiqg knight was no npvlca at the game Right nobly did he ride with a crowd pulling for him lo win The Marylanders and other knights from nlatant lands found brfore tha buglea erased that the challenge nf tha Knight of Rurkersvlllo was a menacing threat His win of second prise waa a popular one The successful knight fairly dai-alcd tha crowd with his superb horsemanship Hla strength Indeed appeared to he "aa of ths strength of ten" aa the steel point of hla lane pierced ring after ring aa If drawn thereto by a magnet Lore never faltered used neither spur nor whip hla steed seemed to perfectly understand what was expected of It Man nnd horse worked a one A bigger feature has never bean put on by the fair her WOODBERRY FOREST LOSES TO FORK UNION Special tn Th Tlmea-Dlapairh WOODBERRY FOREST Oct Fork Union Military Academy defeated Woodbcrry Forest today on the latter's grounds by tha score of 2X to 0 Woodbcrry put up splendid Aght but gavo way In the fourth quarter ta the steady drive of th fadel marhln Ifrasaeur Iloliertson Miholil anl Savory carried the ball like veterans Itraaseur made several sperutarular runs and also put four drop kicks between the bars after touchdowns Itobertaon ran the Initial kickoff hack fifty yards and Hihnld mulil lis -nunl- ed nn at all times tor ths necessary distance to he gained with hia line plugging On the defense Anglin Jnnrs Conns and Davis I'itls and Rlnxlun stood nut prominently Wnnil-berry mad only two flr! downs Cabell and Fry put up th lirst game fur th hnme team Harry Hnsisa Srraad ST JOSEPH MO net Eddie-Lon take Hhore Country Clith ('hi- ragn won St Joseph's second annual open gnlf champinnshlp with a srore nf 3M tor th 73 hlr Harry Hump- ton of Brooklyn County t'luh Rm-h-' ester Mich was second Hh 301 WlUism Creavv of the Hillrrest Qountrv Club Kansaa City was third with 2X4 V1M Back Field Rips Off Long Gains Against Indians WILLIAMSBURG TEAM SCORES NEAR CLOSE i lory Rutherford Wallace Shererta and Rea in Limelight for Blackhburgers Special In Tha TAmao-Dlapatch ELACKKHlllG Od Virginia Tecb easily defeated William and Mary here today 30 to Tha visitors' Inn score came during th waning minutes of th fourth quarter efler Coach Cubbage had eUbetituied his second tram Against th varsity the Indiana could do nothing and they were kept on the defensive the greater portion of the game In th opening period Tecb had the ball piactirslly the entire time They should have ecored two touchdown but with the bell on th visitors' luclve-yard line the William end Mary defense tightened and th ball went over William and Mary ran one play out from behind the posts but wera forced to kink on the next Ijfay Tech on- receiving the bail luahed It to the one-yard line and Rutherford pierced center for the first tally Th Indiana scored In th last two minutes of play- Charles ind White corked the pas successfully on three evasions and th ball waa carried in thlff manner from midfield to within tha (curing aone where White hli 'hi center of th Gobbler line for the touchdown The Indinna kicked off at the opening to Flory who raved the hall Peek eleven yards Repealed line buck hy Flory Wallace Rutherford and Deck carried the hall to William and Mary's twelve-yard lint where Tech failed to make th required distance and the ball went over William and Mary could do nothing on th offensive and were forced to kick Wallace Flory and Rutherford carried the ball to th one-yard line and hutherford was sent over' or the Aral counter At the opening of th second quarter the Indians with tb ball on the forty-six-yard line started a brilliant offense with Levy carrying the ball but they were soon forced to punt and Rutherford carried th ball over center for the aecond touchdown Both teams played cautiously in the third period the ball shifting front one side to the other Mil at the close tba Techs worked tha oval to (be William and Mary four-yard strip In the fourth period Saunders carried the ball over on two consecutive line bucks Wallace mad the ''try tor points" with a naat placement kick At tbis stage substitutes were asm In and William and Mary opened up a driving offense tha second airing men could not stand th punch and the ball was pushed over by Whlto for their Ion tally Ths individual atari for Tech wera: Flory Rutherford Wallace gherertx Rea and Nutter Flory was In hla best form and ripped off 11S yards In the opening quarter Rutherford as an all-mund player established himself at Tech today He waa brilliant In every department of th game and ran with the hall nicely In th line Bhersrti and Rea were bulwarks on the defense while Nutter copped two beautiful pasaea for a total of thirty yards Button Oettle and Buchanan th regular Tech backs were not used today but Cubbage had little use for them with such stellar work as Rutherford Flory and Beck put out For William and Mary Levy and Whit were the best ground gainers Levy cut around the Tecb ends and off tackle for repeated galne while White scored their lone touchdown and handled their aerial work beautifully Flanders Hastings and Cain ware also high lights on th 'offense On the defense the Indiaos proved their mettle when they prevented the Gobblers from scoring from ths 13-yard mark tin use was especially strong In the William and Mary defense William and Mary had little chance from the outset and were forced to dsfenslve play as long as ths regular Gobbler tribe was In ths Aght In the closing minutes nf play they showed what they could do In a running attack The' game waa witnessed by the largest crowd of ths year and was Interspersed with thrills from the outset The Techs play Centre In Richmond next Saturday Tech Poaltlon ft Hardwick: left end Chalkley Tilaon left tackle Elliott Rea left guard Parsons Moran center Todd Shcrertx -right guard House Graham right tackle Young Wilson right end Diets (Wallaoe quarterback Flanders Rutherford left bait Hastings Flory right half Cain Beck fullback Levy Sampson 8L Albans Moore Virginia Head Isard Washington and Lee Substitutes for Tech Saunders Green Rhodes Nuttier Rae Owens Moore Roberts Glaia Llebrecht Bander Whitehead William and Mary White Irvin Jordan Keister Co-fer Charles HasbllL Touchdowns Retherfnrd (2y Bandars Whits Try for pnt Wallace (3) Tim of quarters 13 minutes RY RAHIP LIT I Showing a sinne-wall deftns I againat tha heavy University of Maryland eleven the University of Richmond Spider yesterday hold th 1 vlidtora tn a scoreless draw on Itx jrilum Field I In three periods th Spiders out- played tha College but tn the Ansi quarter tha ball was worked to within threa yirdn lllehmond'n goal where tha Spiders took poaneg slnn and kicked out of danger Again getting tha ball the lighter Rich I mnnd team in Av playa worked Its way Into Maryland territory and was showing I he beat offensive powsr of th day when th Anal whistle blow I Mad Holda Maeyfaadsf Playing on a muddy Aeld th bnllKF Marylanders were at a disadvantage although the Rlehmond offsns was Sian slowed by th same conditions The Spiders worked prnetleAUy nil plsya from a shift formation snd got them off perfectly Maryland only fumbled once Richmond rertlved th klek In both halves hut aoon worked th ball Into Maryland territory through plays and kicks Snead had nn advantag nver McQuad In hooting th ovaL the Spiders gaining moat of th exchanges Only one waa th Rlehmond ling In danger That waa In th Anal period But whq th Bpldars took th ball on down on thlr vary goal line they punted out of danger held Maryland near th canter of th A old forcing a punt nnd pnad a whirlwind attack that netted two Aral downs Just befor th contort was I'BiUd Maryland I Ontpwafd Maryland mada Arat down tn Richmond' Ar Richmond had Ihe advantage In punting but thl waa offset by two penaltiea againat the Spiders totaling twenty yard The College Parham mada two an- ceeaful passes and failed on fear aerial heave Tha Bpldara gtt off only one good pabut Intercepted -two Maryland ahoot for good gain The Spiders alo outplayed th trillion In the matter of running th hall back on kirks Carlton Rucker and Bethel did some good defensive work for th Spiders' Captain Wnrerly Jon nnd Ziegler did th beat work on th offense Kurger and Moore wer tower nf strength on th Maryland defense line Boaley and McQuad did aoma An offensive work Try far Gaal Fall Only once was Richmond near a core That cam In th Jourth period when Jr at goal waa mad from placement on the forty-yard line The heavy ball failed to IMt properly and fell short Laat year tha Maryland eleven are from I I and other atrnhg teams only one regular being missing this season The Spider did not expert to hnlil the visitors so close although the eleven la showing good form for so early In th year Ths Hphlera re now ready for the Ansi touches before the Virginia gam In Clinrliiltrsvlll nn Saturday name la detail First Th whistle blew fur the Arat play at 1:10 o'clock Me-(fund kicking off to the Bpldara 6-yard line where the ball waa eaught hy Snead whu returned to the 10-ynrd line Ziegler made three yards through left Igrkle' Fray added two arils nnd Snead's punt was dead on Hid Maryland 36-yard line On th lirst piny lloaley made four yard on cross buck: I'-ranner failed to gain nnd Mi-Qiimle punted thlrty-Ave yards to June who waa downed In his tracks Ziegler mad on yard and eight yards on two successive lint bucks where th play waa stopped by Nesliit Snead punted out on tha 41-yanl line 'lirhnnar waa thrown by Rucker rter two yards a pass waa liii'iiinplrte and Boaley was thrown for a three yard loss Mc-Qunde Imut rd (lie hall outside on th 2U-ynrd line Ziegler mada only two yards In two attempts and Snead kicked out on Maryland's 31-yard line Returning Rranner mad It around left end for eight yards and Mrijiinde added three fur a Arat down Itrunner made one yard a pass failed Itrunner added three yards Hod waa thrown by Bethel who broke through McQuade punted over the Richmond gosl line Spiders' ball on the 31-ysrd line Ziegler made eight yard through left tackle Kray added one yard and Ziegler mmle It Arat down Ziegler failed tu gia un Ihe next play Fray made one yard and Snead punted tu McQtinde on the 311-yard lin He returned Ave yards Maryland lost tour yards on a bad iaaa from renter and the quarter ended Maryland' balL second down on the 31-yard line gerwad qaarlrN-ln tha second quarter Semler failed to gain and McQuade punted th play balng stopped by a fifteen-yard penalty Imposed on Richmond tor holding la the line Ziegler and Fray failed lo make any Impression nn the Maryland lln and Snead kicked out un its 12-yaril line V-noker and Ral-eliffe got through for good tackle in the next rrl-cro play at-templed by Maryland and forced Mr-Quailr to punt to June oil the Spider i-yard lino Junea returned twenty-seven yards oa a pretty broken Aeld run Ziegler made two yards Fray added one and Kirh in-io-l pouted tu Semler who wax thrown after a short Rranner made eight yards around left end and McQuade mada It first diwn no the 47-yard line On th first play Ziegler intercepted a pars and r-i turned the ball tn the l-yard line Two paxaea and a line buck by Snead I failed and the ball waa bonl1 eat-itid on th 32-yard lin Marylanl (Continued on Third Over 36000 Fans Fare Rain to See Fourth Battle By Universal Krvlel NKW YORK net Hraplla a heavy mist Inierniitlent light rain a lutal uf 34242 fans paid tu ar Ihe (I is ilia and Yankees In the fuurth gam of the world's aeries liulny ami IIII3K4 In receipt were taken The nffli'lnl Ax urea exclusive of war tax follow: Paid altendani's 3A343 ICecelpla IIIX3X4no Adilsory hoard I 3nl2S34 Players' share I xnJ7SXt The tulnl figures tor the four games exclusive o( war tax ara: Paid attendance I474na Receipt f4Xn3340O Advisory hoard I 63XXf1n Kach club XI 161 60 share flXX4X4X4 Tha totals tor the players' share the club's share and tn advisory hoard's share are only tor the Aral third and fourth games a the entire receipt of the aerond game 6130114 have been turned over to charities UUCMTEE SfSmKCUTK HEI Sustains Ruling of Vice-President Hinton of Southern Conference I By Associated Preaa ATLANTA OA Oct Th executive cummittc of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association today declined to grant an appeal of Centre College that two of Its atara fnnhall players Shandran and Gnrdy who were declared Ineligible April fl 1433 restored tn the team but announced that the case will be referred to the organ ixatlon when It meet In December Official of Centre appearing before tha committee In execaii'e session contended that th two men who were impended with Ara other play-era for participating In an American Legion gams at Plaaaurcvllle Ky laat fall had been punished sufficiently The petitioner also testined that Shsdean and Gurdy did not know at the time of the game that there waa an aaauclatlnn rule prohibiting Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association athletes appearing In athletic events other than college games In upholding ilu ruling of Robert Hinton Qeiirgctuwn College Georgetown Ky who la vlce-preal-dent of the Krnlucky-Teiincaece district suspending the seven plnycrs the committee staled It rnultl nut grant the such action In ef fect would mean the anting aside of ths association's by-laws Foat-aeaaon games between Institutions holding membership in the Southern lnlrrcnllrgiale Allilelln Association wrre barrcil by the committee In a ruling hn tilled down lust night The scheduled gnme lielween the I'nlvrmlly of Florida and isiuis-lana State University in llnvanH-Culia llhrlatmas Day la outlawed under the by-laws whlrh reads: "The football season shall rinse not luler than the Saturday Immediately following Thanksgiving Day" An appeal of the University of Chattanooga Mississippi College Birmingham-Southern Howard Transylvania Millaap College Oglethorpe and Mercer University asking Uni the association permit them to piny freshmen In contests with each oilier and larger Inatllutlnns where the latter wrre favorable to the waiver was denied the committer holding that It had nn right to net said the association' one-year rule Where two Inslltutlnna had entered Into ennlracta for games wlih each other before the Southern Inter-rolleglate Athletic Association one-year rule was adopted however an exception will be mmle lo the ruling the committee stated Davidson College of North Carolina which meet the Georgia School of Terhnuloay her today will play freshmen under this decision After a short aeasion today the committer adjourned Its special meeting whlrh opened here yesterday tn cnnaMer mattr requiring attention before the Decern lie meeting of lha association ROANOKE CAPTURES INTERCITY TITLE Special to Th Tlmea-Dlspatch LYNCH III' RH VA (let In a baseball game here tmlay for the championship uf Roanoke and Lynchburg the Norfolk and Western team of Knannke heat the Crsddock-Terry team nf Lynchburg 4 tot It was a pitcher's battle In which Jones of Roanoke bested I'srcell Score Xorf A Id Mi 4 0 Cratl-Terry i Batteries Jones anil Duuglaa Parcel and McDaniel PssiyHf Trophy Hare I Hy Asnclatit I'rr-s I DETROIT MICH I 7- Rain and fog today caused postponement until tomorrow nf th Curtis marine trophy race scheduled to ha been held this afteraoon as a preliminary to the am met to be held seat week at SelfAdg Aeld ORANGE ANp ULLE DISPLAYS STRENGTH (in la I'larH la Steady lla-paar Which nkm Vaall N-rar Pvtssrilb Special to The Tlinea-Diapatch PRINCETON Out Vlr glnls's line standing as (at as pna-albla In tha slippery mud of Palmer Stadium this afternoon was tha chief fartnr In holding rrincalun to a l-S victory Mlsplay ware frequent on account of the rain which poured for all ascent a few minute until the final quarter A Held guel by Smith and safety when Arnold failed tu act off a kick frum behind the goal line In tha last period were the only tallica of tha Tigers Only ais Aral downs wars made In the forty minutes of play Virginia kept the ball In Tiger territory throughout the opening half bn never in alrlklng din ant of goal Luler In the game Princeton drove the ball far down toward tha Orange and lilu goal principally on the long punta of Van (lersig and' several limes came close to carrying Ilia ball over bur Virginia's line wm tight In aplto of the muck underfoot i Although' defeated Virginia outplayed their opponent In several features of tha game and prevented the enamy from fro slug the goal line Their defensive work was fast enough to get Princeton runners for several tosses behind the line Holh teams had been arcutomed to play Ing on dry fletda all autumn and neither waa able to overcome tha handicap of a blowing rain Baker kicked olf for Princeton Arnold punted to return the ball hut recovered and when Arnold (Contlnuedon Third Pg ST) P0CKETJILL1D TITLE STAKE HERE NEXTWEEK Opening Game to Be Played at McCoy's Monday Night Jamea McCoy Southern pocket-billiard champion and Harry CM-wald from whom he won (ho tlUo last year aro practicing daily (or thoir match which begins on the -night of October if The Arit tilt will staged in Main Street parlors and 'will for 125 points On Tuesday soonlglit tha contest will shift 'to the Richmond Hotel parlors which are Managed by Hermoa McFarland former out A elder of the Chicago 1 White Sox apd will continue until on of tha contestant run up 123 points Back to McCoy's the competitors will change on Wednesday night and the goal will be ITS points The Anal block will be played at the Richmond where one of the contestant will hive to check oil 600 point before the winner la de-' dared Because the known ability of both players much Interests has been aroused In the mark McCoy yeaterday said ha had heard that Oswald la showing the best form of hla career knocking off rune of T4 II I and 141 Ha admits he has never mad a score high as 141 McCoy Is practicing daily 1 though and Is showing Improved form Tha purse has been put up and Is worth tha effort aside from the honor that will go to the auccrsaful competitor At McCoy's admission will be only for those holding tickets The doora will close at 7 and tha gam will begin at I SOUBRIQUET IS WINNER OF FAMOUS HANDICAP Ry Associated Pres KEMPTON PARK END Oct Soubriquet Sir Kdward Hultnn's 3-year-old by Lemberg out of Silver Fowl won the Duke of York handi-rap of 13000 run here today Major Harold Cayse'e Poisoned Arrow wan second and Tattersall'a Tctrah-liasla waa third Twelve horses started Tha betting waa I to 1 against the winner and againat the aecond nrt third horsea 10 to I end iao to 30 respectively Bonbrlquet won by a length and a half SCHMIDT UNSIGNED MAY LEAVE GAME By Associated Press MODESTO CAL Oct Walter Schmidt atar catcher of th Pittsburgh National League baseball club ejs net signed a eontra-t for next year be stated upon arrival at hla horns her Schmidt declared a cor-! tract had been offered hlm but that he did not know yet whether ho would play baseball neat year Kerr Tad Janea freer ta fee He-aerea gireagb la Urr Hla NEW HAVKV i'uVN Del In a drlsaia Yale deprived of Captain Jordan and (YMrarn derailed North Carolina II tu 0 this afternoon McDonald tha visitors' quarter back on- carried tha ball across Tale's goal line hut tha lada from the Foulli had ben og aids and tlis touchdown Ol not count A clean twsnly-two-yard forward pass Neldliig-r tu Mallory gave Yale Its Aral score In tha third period Johnston from behind North Carolina's line kicked the ball against ths pusi It rebounded and Eddy of Yale fell on It for Tala' anond (ituchdown Tha third score rainc when Ncldllnger was pushed over from tha Ave-yard line The line-up: Yale Position Cutler left end Morris Storrs left tackle Mathew Cruikshankleft guard Pritchard (acting captain) (captain) Landis canter Blunt Cross rlgh' guard Poindexter Driller right tuckle HawAeld Holman right end Cochran ltci'kl quarterback McDonald Bench left ibalf Morris Neldllrgcr right Johnston Malloy fullback MrG Scorn' by periods Yale 0 A It North Carolina 0 0 A 0 Yale aeorlng: Mal lory Eddy (sub for Cutlerj Neldlin-grr Referee Schwarts (Rrown): umpire Reed (Springfield) Held Judge Thurher (Colgate) head linesman Palmer (Hartford) Tim of periods 10 minutes each a French Fighter Spikes Report Siki Broke Agreement Ry Hertrlll Universal Service PARIS Oct deny emphatically and categorically on my honor aa a boaer the Infamoua accusation that my Aght with SikI waa arranged or that fdkl broke tha arrangement by knorking me out" declared Georges Carpentier to Universal Service today is ths Aral time In my career that my reputation aa a square fighter has been assailed The best answer I can give la that I am ready to Aght Bikl again any time or any plate" From Amsterdam Universal Service received th following aiiswar from Slkl: "The lying report was started by a sportsman who lost on Carpentier I demnnd tna fullest investigation I never faked a Aght in my Ilfs" Meanwhile it 1 reported that th boxing federation la about to forbid either Aght lug again until tha accusation la proved or disproved If It Is proved both Aghters will barred from the ring for life HARVARD IS WINNER OVER HOLY CROSS TRy Associated Press CAMBRIDGE MASK Oct Harvard defeated Holy Croea today 30 to 0 The game was rnugh but not unduly so and was played in a drlx-ale The Crimson and the purple whlrh had played two years without a touchdown plhyed two periods today without score Harvard was the more powerful In rush but Holy Croea the better In kicking JACKETS WIN HANDILY FROM RICHMOND BLUES i Randoiph-Macon defeated the atrrng Richmond Blues tram yesterday at Ashland by a score of -10 to 0 The game waa played on a muddy fleld with the collegians never In erious danger Bauierman Hardison and Bell made touchdowns tha last taking th ball across on a forward pass Riddick kicked goal Riddlrk Hardison and Krouae put up a Ana game for tha Jackets while the work of tha entire line was grod especially with a sterling plunger Ilka Archie Harris formrr Virginia atar to atop Middles Win Easily ANNAFOLZ4 MD Oct Opening their foothill schedule today the Annapolis Midshipmen hurled tha eleven of Western Reserve University Cleveland Ohio nnder an avalanche of touchdowns and plIH up a score' of llleli HIGH SCHOOL MEETS FEARED OPPONENTS HERE NEXT FRIDA sj Jt With Two Victories and No Defeats to Their Credit John Marshall Football Team Now Preparing for Game With Petersburg High School "Deacon" Scott who la proclaimed the hero of the third world's aeries game on had a tryout with the Portsmouth Trucker but was releaaM by Lanky Jim Fox who found th Carolinian loo grean for hia purposes Scott was shunted to th Bally League where ha was thought so much of that 'ha waa sent back to Portsmouth with Instruction to show nothing and thereby get 'an unconditional relenae The trick waa aiiureaful and Scott returned to Macon and aignellsed hia entry by pitching a no-run-no-hlt game Macon la aald to hava sold him for XM0A feat to the Marsha lilies Tha nnlueky team cannot ba picked until after the amok of batllo has Mown away and a peep taken si th acora John Marshall's line-up for the giirna will probhaly he aa follows: Kuhn and Jnckeon ends Richardson and Atkina guards Welllmu and Prnadua' lacklce Dudley captain and cenler Sharp quarterback Junes and ffmlthla halfbacks and Elliott fullback Coach Moor 'mill has material which ha would Ilka to ue In a gam and It Is probable that many new face may ba seen In th line-up He however will start the contest with the same Tii-up that baa baea used la oilier guinea BINFOKD BASKETBALL IS UNDER WAY First call fur basketball candidates brought out twreniy-five candidates at Binford Junior High school including Henderson nf last yeara championship five The squad baa been working out on th Rtnfori roof each arternoon under the direction of Assistant Principal Dlerhel Tha most promising candidates art Singleton Bilvey Victor Richardson Joe Southall Harris Woodson Garland Caudell Herbert Nlemeyer Earl Baas Ruixell Mean Edward Walthall Ben Reynolds Frank Davit but others sr joining squad dally By With two straight victories and no riefents to Jell of It brief career on the gridiron this Mason tha John Marshall High School football taam coarh and many follower hava all turned prophet a to whether th number thirteen will live up to ll reputation and prove unlucky to tha team On next Friday October 13 John Marshall plays one of tha moat feared elevens on th arhedula tha strong Petersburg High School aggregation being tha opponent at that time The gam will be played at Boulevard Field and will commence at 4 o'clock Coach Moore will sea to It that the Marihallites will not lack practice when they line up to meet the Cockade City tram Dally work-outa under hie aupervlalon will help to condition th equad for the big battle while frequent blackboard lectures will familiarise it with ths plays that wlll be used The Marahalllte equad has already demonstrated Its power by not allowing either of teams It has playad to score However the Petersburg aggreatlon is capahla of giving much opposition being heavy and also fast Tha two team ar about evenly matched and next Friday's i gams promises to result In on of the hardest grid battle of tha season Th fact that the game III be played nn the thirteenth day of the month wnll symbolic of misfortune could provu tb undoing of the visiting eleven as easily as bringing da- I.

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