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Richmond Times-Dispatch from Richmond, Virginia • 5

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1 jf 1 j' 'iv1 1 -r 1 4 1 -i 1 A 1 i "'is ''i I' -V--'i 'I i Yri'' 1 1 -V fr '-ft' f' rt' v't 1 i TH TIMES POUNDED lilt HB DISPATCH FOUNDED Mil WHOLE i NUMBER 17739 RICHMOND VA SUNDAY NOVEMBER 10 1907 PRICE FIVE CENTS vt vT WASHINGTON AND LEE TEAM WHICH BEAT VIRGINIA 'f tl-i MEN OUTCLASSED Richmond College Football Team Flays Rings Around the Visitors Famous Carlisle Team Gives Brilliant and Suc- cessful Exhibition4" 4 rt -t cm VISITORS WERE UNABLE TO SCORB Superb Team Play by Local Collegians and Brilliant Running -of Backs and Tackles Netted 5ix Touchdowns and At-' kins Lands Field Goal The football eleven of Richmond College gave the team of Hampden-Bld-ney a aad surprise yesterday defeating tha Prince Edward men 'll to 0 in a long game of thirty-minute halve coring two touchdowns' and' a drop kick for goal In the first half for a total lot fifteen point and adding four touchdown from which thrsn goals were kicked in thd second half 'It' was a Warterloo for the Revolutionists but their faithful band of rooters never ft NEARLY DOUBLE HARVARD SCORE Speed of Redmen Proves tion -Princeton Defeats Am-' herst and Yale Wins by Old-Fashioned Play Swarth-more' Defeats Middies CAMBRIDGE MASS November The memory of previous defeeu wu forgotten to-day In the victory of the Carlisle Indiana over Harvard by a core of 11 to For versatility of play the Indian team haa not been equaled on Soldiers' Field atnce the new rulea went Into effect Forward pease delayed kick and croaa paaaes followed each other In rapid succession' until tha Harvard playera became bewildered and Beamed utterly unable to atop the march of the Indlane toward their goal The visitor acored twice In the Urat half and twice In the second and alt the four Urkb on brilliant rushing The Harvard polnta were made on two touchdowns and a goal from placement by Captain Parker Each of the touchdowns was mads nn fumbles by the Indiana directly In front of their goal line so that it was comparatively easy for- the Crimson players to push the ball over for a si-ore Little Mount Pleasant the Indian quarterback kicked three out of four attempts his moat brilliant -effort was bis dash of eeventy-flve yards through tha end of the Harvard eleven for a touchdown cbortly after tha beginning of the second half Tbe play was on of the moat sensational seen Soldiers Field for many years WAKE FOREST BASKET-BALL Carolina Collegians Heady to Meet All Csnen I This HwL WAKE FOREST November 2 Wake Forest basketball team playi Trinity neat Friday In Durham tha second gams of tbs season It Is said that Trinity baa a heavy and fast team this ear and the students of ths Methoditnegs-arenfldentex- KSfXESE however when they WASHINGTON AND LEE DEFEAT UNIVERSITY OFWIRGINIA ELEVEN deserted them at any time and gave ffijk their abort sharp Hampdan-Bldney cry Vf A'-S1 at ftequent interval aa an encourage' ment and a conaotetloifc The game was a fast and cleverlp played one on the pert of ths local collegian the visitors being Outclassed however by the Red end-Blue teem While several Individual men played star games for Hampden- Sidney the team aa a whole waa Inferior to Richmond College toi every essential point but particularly In the' lln through which the Richmond backs and tackles ploughed at will during the eecond half The visitors were greatly weakened by the disqualification of Armletead the 182-pound fallback of whom groat things were "expected and by the Injury of Captein Johns a few momenta after play begs Johns had hte softer-bone fractured and hpd to get out reluctantly Despite this haodlcap how ever It la difficult to see how the visitors Could have made much head- way against tha unyielding line of Red and Blue nor how they could stop the plunging backs and tackle who bored holes through tho Garnet and W' Gray line like ap many humaa augers Tha visitors apparently lacked' condi Mod also time having to be called frequently' for a winded or bruised player to recover hte wind or nurs 1 hte bump- Thle fact te also attested by the eeoro of tho two halve mond making but two touchdowns -the first half and four In tha secoeV tho first acoro being a'Aald goal drop--pad by Atkin of Richmond -For Richmond soldo from tho Indl- rtS vldual work of ths backs and tackles and Atkins's elovar punUng the team work of the entire eleven waa the foa-tur Without thte the backs could -CvH not have gotten through for their long run v-M The whole Richmond team worked- i like a' well-oiled maehln making holes whenever required and support- tng their becks with beautiful Inter-ferepc In the form they displayed V-yesterday Richmond would give Vir-glpl North Carolina or vhV hard fight to 9 in and could have defeated Georgetown easily It waa a' triumph ot good coaching and tlonlng Hampden-SMoey filara fj 'fmi For- Hampdan-8ldney Fleming -at somewhat Jarred I i tackle Wake Forest for notwitbstand-j X'sisn Ing the fact that tha team haa nonJuf this year three of Its star Vra pdf Klllot centre Beverly guard and Turner Wake Foreet Is going 1 to put out the fastest team that ever left the campus 'The boys have been practicing bard for the past six weeks and under ths direction of Mn Crosier have gotten the game down to a nicety The team Mat year won every game that It played and through tha Atlanta Journal challenged any collego In tha South to meet It The students here are as confident of victory as are the boys at Trinity saying that if their friends do not Improve greatly on their playing of last year Wake Forest will Juv a "lead pipe tlnch" Mr Crosier wishes to renew hie challenge of last year and says that he would like to make arrangements for games to be played with an Virginia North or South Carolina coLge at any time i zrandstand was first on ths put up -a game fight In the first' halt but seeing themselves outclassed gave weight the odds At 2 the game wae started kicking off to defending -the west goal- The ball waa exchanged from ono to another till finally landed on thlrty-Nve-yard line where a goal from field was tried but failed -After twenty-three minutes of actual pMy succeeded In kicking a goal from the field and before the half was over Dlffendal recovered the ball making a touchdown First hair ended 10 to 0 SECOND IIALF The 'second half was rather a walkover for I scoring two touchdowns and kicking both goals Tha main reason for L'a defeat waa the way1 In which the ends of L'got down the field on Hodgson's 4 'j- 'A i-aig As 'Vi i SY -C" '0 jr- '-ctL -i rt 1 Vv DAY OF FINE SPORT FOR THE RUNT CLUBS Members of Middlesex Hunt Club Have Fine Morning Run NearLcesburg I 1 1 01 oes fe- HAVE THREE-HOUR CHASE Special to Tho Tlmao-fHepateh -LEESBURG VA November The MlddleeeHunt Club of South Lincoln Maas met their English pack to-day at Dry Mill for a week-end rum A Henry Hlgglnaon led the field whip Willie Edwards anl Ned Cotes worth The start was made at the Dry1 Mill and the flret find was In 'the Dry' Mill wood the fox Leading the 'hounds acrote the open where he was den nod The ucond find waa at Utopia the hounds running- for three hours outhweat the fox In sight and the field following close The hounda lost the scent for a wbil regained It and then denned the fox Hiding to hounds were Mrs Davis of Marven Park Mr Euatls of Oatlanda Mr Caatleman and Corbin Caatleman of Elleralie Mr Lrnn and MMe 8wart of Leeaburg At the start ware 'Miaa White of Selma Chichester- Sr and Mr ChlchenterAjr Miss tang-don Henderson of Clarke Captain Chichester and Mra Page of Ivon Mr Littleton and Miaa Berkley of Leesburg TOMAHAWK HUNT HAS WEEKLY RUN Meet at Montebello Colonial Home of the Grays- Near Orange y-V ORANGE VA November Beneath threatening ekle the weekly drag ot the Tomahawk Hunt Club waa run at Montlcello tha Colontel home of Mr and Mra Gray near Orange Rare Indeed the opportunity presented to ride over auch nice hunting country as this estate affords-and though tho going should have been heavy on account of recant copious rain yet so fin the add that tho footing was all that could be desired and not a mishap marked the pleasant run The hounda were thrown in Just back of the mansion and went away at a merry clip taking a circular course around the farm for a five-mile run negottetlng a number of fence dltcbea and amall creeks and rounding up with stlfr In and out round a bevy of haystack-After the hunt the genial host and hla charming wlfa vied with eacn other' In serving their gueata with those things which tickle tha palate of the epicure Those present ware Mr and Mrs Jack Thompson Mr and Mrs 8 Grymes Mr and Mrs Leslie Gray Mrs CL Woolfolk Miaa Allen Gray Miss Eugenia Grymes Misses Members in Misses Woodruff Mlsa Katherine Newman Hon 3-Shackelford Macon Tyne Virglnlua Shackelford Dr Harrl Wal- iContlnued on Second Page) i Lexington ians Scored Touchdown Just Before Close I' KICKED A GOAL AND WON BATTLE Byrd Allowed Long Punt to Get Away from Him Almost on Goal Line and Neffs-'' Kick Was Blocked Score Fol-lowing VC pedal te The Tlmee-DUpateh CHARLOTTESVILLE VA November On the era of tha moat Important gamle on her schedule the championship contest with Georgetown Virginia was defeated to-day by Washington and Lea I to i The Lexington lane won the game In the Mat two minutes of pMy Byrd who had bean substituted for Honaker at quarterback allowed a long punt to get away from him being downed on nine-yard Una Captain Neff booted the ball twenty-five yards and the Lcxingtonians after 'being twice held tried an onatda kick Byrd caught the ball but went down under a heap on VlrginMa three-yard line almost under the rose-bar of -tha goaL Fearing that the ball would etrlke tha crosa-bar Captain Neff ran to the (Continued on Second Pago) Washington In CalTenlty of Virginia Carlisle 22 1 Harvard Princeton 14) Amherst EnJ versify of Pennaylvoalo Pennsylvania Itate Wcotcra University of Pennsylvania lg University of West Virginia Yalo Frvsbmen 22 Prlaeetoa rmknes CMraen 14 Army It Yalo 22 Brown tL twertbesee 1S Bevy Leklab S4 University of Now York Gcormetowa University of North Carolina' IX Wlseoosln lit IndMnn Cklcnvo Mi Pardon Virginia Polytechnic Instltnto Virginia Military Insrttnte Rewnnee 1S GoorgM Ike ho X': Villa Nova 1B Fndham 11 Lafayette BeekaeU Tnlaae Ualvemlty 1S Unlvnrntty of Artreeeoe IT Tsaaesaes University Ken tacky State CoUegn Dartmoath S2 Holy Cress Trinity 28 Stevens Masssshosrtts College 11 Tnfts 'IX' WU Items 18) Wesleyan CAROLINA WINS IN VERY FAST GAME Defeats Georgetown on Home Field by the Score of i2 to WASHINGTON November t-Xorth Carolina XI Georgetown That lelis tha story pf defeat by the husky band from the University of North Carolina on Georgetown Field this afternoon The Blue and Gray eleven was outweighed bat It cannot be aaid that they were outplayed Perhaps It waa not on tha defensive but on the offensive that tha light school eleven waa a surprise even to the students themselves Twice after making a touchdown tha locals wera within halllng -dlstanoe of tha enemy's goal but on both occasions tha bulk of tha Tarheel alavea told Once with tha ball on North one-yard Una' it seemed as though nothing could atop tha District eleven from scoring but the bulk of the weight of tbd Chapel Hill outfit centred Iq the three middle men and Thompson mad the fatal mistake of trying to go through" them It was disappointing to the Blue and Gray rooters and heart-breaking to tha players themselves for they had made one grand effort to croaa tha Tarheels' goal and lost 1 North victory was clean cut Insomuch aa aU tha points scored by tha visitors warn tha result of touchdowns and goals It waa not a fast eleven that Coach Damson brought to Washington but tha men showed that they have been wall drilled In the gridiron game and furthermore every member of the team looked to be In the pink of condition i Early In Abe first half tha locals ap-peared to be able to rack tha visitors defense with more or less aueceis and tha crowd all but a small portion of which were sympathisers waa In scstacles But soon the North Carolina defense strengthened and before the half was wall under way It became wall-like It was impossible for fast pMy Tha field was In a soggy condition Just adaptable for such a team aa North Carolina presented and a detriment to a 'club of make-up Tbe line-up and score: Georgetown Position Carolina Lemon left end Davie Cullen left tackle Rogsre Glennon left guard Thompson (Todd) Buckley centre Parker Woods right guard HowaU (Allger) Mulpall right tackle: Deane Miller right end Thomai Stuart quarter back Man Thompson left half Wllllama McNully right half 4 Dunlap Dutcher fullback Crosswell Touchdown Dunlop Dutcher Crosswell Goals from touchdowns Mann (2) Referea King Princeton Umpire Mr Dunlop Bowdoln Headsman Mr Ed-monston Georgetown Tima of halves 20 'and IS minutes BALLOT WINNER OF Defeats Brookdale Nymph and Brings Keene's Winnings Up to Nearly $400000 AQUEDUCT' November James Ballet the favorite at 1 to I won the i Edgemoor Stakes ono mile and a furlong dafoating Brookdale Nymph by a head in a drive total winnings for the season up to'dat have been 292565 which the largest amount ever won by one man on the American turf in a single season Tho Keene horses atin have several etake engagements to fill before the close Summaries: First race three-year-olds and up celling slx antra half Purse-lane (f to 2) first George Davis (8 to 1 place) second Troublemaker (4 to I to show) third Time 1:21 l-L Second race the Queensboro Steeplechase Handicap four-year-olds and up about two miles and a -Thistle-dale to 10) first Bat (4 to place) second Jimmy Lana (out' to show) third Third race tho Oakdale Handicap two-year-olds six Royal Tourist (8 to I) first Rialto (4 to I place) second Doranto (S to I to ahow) third Tima 1:14 Fourth race tha Edgemoor 1 Stake all agea one mile and an Ballot (I to and out) firot Brookdale Nymph (4 to 2 place) eecond' Nealon (out to show) third Time 1:62 Fifth three-year-olds and up: aelllng one Grapple (j to 29 and 1 to 4) first Quinn Brady (4 to 1 place) second Robador (2 to 2 to show) third Tima 1:41 Sixth maiden two-year-olds seven Lotus Brandt (2 to 1) first Traah to 1) place) second Gridiron (4 to 2 to show) third Tima 1:26 1-6 YALE DEFEATS BROWN New Haven Played Old-Fashioned Llae-Smasklag Gaau- NEW HAVEN CONN November Tale played great football to-day when he defeated the strong Brown team 22 to 0 Brown worried Yale In tha first halrr which ended with six points for tho local merf but In the second period tho Blue outclassed the Brown in all departments of the frame Yale played old-fashioned football from the start and their powerful lino smashes were tqp much for tha visitors PBIXCETOX PLAYS LISTLESSLY Batata by DecMvo Scars Bat Net la Good Fans PRINCETON 3 November showed a complete reversal of form today axalnet Amherst and did not score a touchdown until tho loot minute of play although Harlan had provlnuoly acored two field poalo from tho It and 15-yard linen The final score wu 14' to 9 In favor oi Princeton Princeton played a liatlew sam while Amherst held Princeton for downs three times wltltn her ten-yard line It waa lest same at home and a hla erewd saw the contest left end was tha bright particular tar getting Into all tha play tack-''M llig furiously breaking up end runs DEFEAT I TEAM Lcxingtonians Outplayed by the' Heavier Men of the I Eleven CROWDS WITNESS THE GAME Special to Tbs Ttmas-DlspatcbJ ROANOKE VA November I largest crowd ever assembled on the football grounds In this city saw go down in defeat befora this' afternoon by the score of 21 to 0 Ths crowd was estimated at between 2600 and 2000 Tha boys cams on the ground first headed by tkelb band and marched around tbo grounds in ths bef 07 taking their placee kicks also outplayed but would resort to kicks at doss quarters thereby always punting the ball In territory On the other hand held for downs on three different occasions while no ball waa In six Inches of their goaL Mc-Lane got hla punts off nicely throughout the game but the ends could not get down the field In time to save the I men from carrying tha ball back twenty to forty yards on every kick Position I Johnson centra Hancock Hodgson Wickhain Smith Butler Drown Poage (Breckinridge) McMillan I Fray (Smith Dlffendal) Hufford Posnue Shephard Doyla (Cooper) Gravely McLsas (Hodgson) i Jones -E Vard (Alexander Davant) -Billups Porter Luttrell- I Maeale Referee Goss of Lehigh Umpire GledhilL Head linesmen Bare Linesmen L- Cox I Nichols I Halves thirty minutes Timekeepers Walker Ragland PoaguS and Ward had tha misfortune to break their collarbones in the lest half The stars of the- game were Dlffendal captain and Hodgson fullback for I and Masala- and Doyle of the S-i 1 and 'falling on the ball at every opportunity Next to him Blschof right 1 end and Foster quarter did excellent work Lewi who did their punting wae outpunted by Atkin the left-foot punter of Richmond whoeo work wae of a high class Wright1 at left end for Richmond waa also very success- ful in manipulating tha forward pass and once made a touejidown by a pret- ty run through a broken field after a paaa Loulhsn anj Lankford backs Thrarea and Robertson tackle and Walt fullback circled the Garnet and Gray auda and plunged through th line for repeated gam tauthan gave way to Rue near the close but he had played a brilliant ground-gaining game Tho contest wae witnessed by about 1590 people despite the threatening weather and an Intermittent sprinkle-during the closing half wheh drove the bleacherltee to shelter Hampden -Sidney bad about 72 to 100 followers present and very much In evidence early in the game The bulk of tbo crowd yelled for Richmond and when-'1 ever a player made a good gain the yell waa followed by hla nam Colors were not conspicuously abundant Aa the game progressed It grew too one- -sided for tha visitors to muster much enthusiasm but they were game to 4 HOWITZERS WIN Eleven Beaten 1Z to la an Interesting Game Teaterday afternorn at Christ Church athletic field the Richmond Howltser football eleven defeated the 8L Andrew's School team 12 to 0 making two touchdowns and one safety Thert being no goal-poets goal waa not kicked A good attendance witnessed an interesting and fast gsmn Next Saturday at 4 tha How ltaers will play Fulton on Chriat Church athletio field line-up: Hours left end Brown Atkinson left tackle Frasier Ryan left guard Befidall Ayres centre Winston Bannister right guard King Harton right tackle Blanton DePress right end Wilson MacFarlane quarterback-Winston Bahen 'left half Williams Illig fullback Seay Reid right half Richardson Touchdowns by Bahen and Illig Time of game 20 minutes BETHEL ACADEMY WINS 1 Bsadolph-Xaesa Aendemp Loses by Special to The Tlmee-Dlapetch 1 -WARRENTON VA November Bethel Military Aeademy defeated Randolph -Macon Academy of Front Royal hero to-day by a score of 2 to 0 In a beautifully-played game The game waa from the start and Ramey who played halfback igaa the etar for the home team j- HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK 15 SEEN BY OUR SKETCH ARTIST 2 --or 1.

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