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The Roanoke Times from Roanoke, Virginia • 19

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11 (4r KH1uM1 tWH I' THE ROANOKE 1 1 IS nts Automobiles And Auto News Real Estate and Wants i SECOND Pages 1 to IS SECOND Pages 1 to 18 19 2 2 I Bears His Ears Taped to Save as He Leads Centre IN THRILLING CONTEST IN ANNUAL OOTBALL CLASSIC Intercepted Pass HARVARD WINS BY Saves Sewanee King College Defeats Lenoir SCORE 24 TO 10 By Largest Score Of The Year CENTRE BACK COMES WHITE INDIVIDUAL STAR NAVY DEEATS GOLDEN TORNADO TOMMY TUCKER STARS BARRON AILS TO SHINE SENSATIONAL CONTEST that a hcuto ighting Generals Come Back Strong and Play Mountaineers To Tie In Second Hall touchdown ht nuHhN Slop Tech the llttlo no defense nga I st I hm L'nlver ynrds in rilm heir ip wan ly out Missis Iroin McrHfimagc Mattox ly the result of many forward pushoh Covington finally wont put BoylO nil Ion Tl Ikoh the Baker followed It ch 1 1 i Sta I 'n II fS lUH it Mat! Jut wh Position It Cullen i Am 10 it ini' thu ga nn i i 1 1 Collog iud Umpire scoring: i 1 1 1 a omcs i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i I I I in I Hcoro by periods injurie AgTgiCH South Hide! id qua lr tin second Hive liv si Lib MuteU lu University Bemis fur Wagner Tallfcro tor Cam it Lynckiurg College Trounces jiunenlH Roanoke College Battles Wake orest Ragged Game University Of Richmond thr mid tip A 10 vrg uson oarned by Wilt I Junkman Any paper ante from straight foot ball Llmunan Hobbs mala two troal kick Hamilton Cuumron Benedict Cherry 'rd line or betn much I1L RIL tw 1 1 a I Uvls A Sii ton opponents Cray and Costello White IE1 Hi 1H TlRon Hunt Hendrix Hunt Carlton Harley MrMmU'U hIkoh Iictirmon a nd ii we POV i th Hetron Malian Mpuctal ora 2 yard Uno ung tows to directly on ncroNH I la Winston Campbell oster Arnold man Wilson Latino though aulkner a is times iksiolb 11 Whalen Connor Lafou nt al no Wallace toy and Taylor placed the bn 1 1 with in two yards of the coveted gold and I hi I i 1 1 1 ru ugh Tho Crimson tumbled but emeu recovered the ball Nardicei Mahrt eighty uno Mahr I and Blackford Hall Hardison Bauserman features completed uni! A1cW hot ter Hunt jiikI tOi 1 Virga i i iu But rio rd Grille Wai lace Hughes Bevan Hale Arthur Bridgeforth fb th OTRM1 gl ItesuErQ 1 1 1 1 i i tv pt Ba rc het i uompsoii 14 Hobart 0 Connecticut Agricultural on the first line up for a touchdown on a well and conceived line plunge Late in the period thu Southerners started on their march Sewanee 7 ftie) 7 Lynchburg had the defensive tn tin on Illinois ield 8 to 7 A touchdown on an end run bv Captain Conlon scored for the Hawkeyer but huttleworth failed io kick gout Vrs wmvr lae O7IAW4Z most Immediately after the opening of the final quarter Harvard had been hold inside its 40 yard line and wh'n Mrixr hurH a Taylor who was almoat th' anal i1n and uooit chef failed in thia tty for point bum such nu this rear Armstrong and James MICHIGAN OUiPLAYS OHIO 8 1 A I 19 TO 0 1 a yldson'H plarc 1 Irk after goal was lucked Ihr line a Vlrainla man and over the post tiring th) acorr away Junkman Any hr Herald and Examiner The third and final touchdown name alter a straight driv down the Held following the substitution of Barnes and Tucker The play that carrkfi the ball over was a pretty piw'e of held generalship Tucker with line drives pulled the White and Blue team rind Baruea slipped hack and tossed a 2u yard puss to Idbert IOWA hRlHTS HLIVHS Urbana 111 Oct Illinois fighting a desperate battle and play ing tlrir heavier luwa uppvncuts to a nt ndstill lost one of the hardest fumbling In io hit his stride unstoppable leaped ini al reaily (Ids artvr B1U Cough for HmH mid of 1 1m Work I Im eoi glniiH aithoiig I atkms Lynchburg College Tim lirst touchdown short punt by Boss and Boyle carried the ball across after two thrusts The second came when (Juddy fumbled the ball on the 2U yard mark and in the nilxnp that followed slipped around mid with a pretty run planted the ball behind the Lvnchburg goal the ends and Halfback Tanner slip ped through openings made in the Cambridge forwards until finally the ball reposed upon one yard mark as the second period closed Three times the liomc eleven massed and repulsed the chargs of Centre but the Danville Collegians had willed to score and world not lie cheeked Continuing its Urtoiious tuamh second (rum plajlug tnosf of the gunic the strung I cnuii College eleven 20H to POBEPTS CENTAL COTALC C4PTA( AhT At CHOtca AS fM) ability at luoken field tho Mlddb were able iormntiuu anv emiHlKtcnt gains TI1A AlhldlCM Ndfri'il each the llrat and st coud tmrluds but In the two final unrterw the bat tle was wagd more dcsnuniUly with Navy easily having the advunlugu Ent lacking tio final punch iu at least two instaneen when touchdowns scorned Immhumt Bardo I Mr Keo ami TiiyJoi emerged hi hero of the battle both lor gaining ground Jn and handling forward piisKva Charleston Vu et 1n uiai of the most sensatkinal foot ball games evr witnessed In West Vir ginia Washington and Lee UntvnrHitv ami West Virginia University phtyml hro on ft neutral field played to a 12 12 tie West Virginia got a touch down in each of the first quarters and began making substitutions appar ently resting on their laurels Imt Washington and Lee rame back with an elnbomtn display furward pasa cs that completely dazzled the Motin talneirs and put the West Virginia lads on the defensive till through thu for po hit hall strlk boumdng i eldes interrupted five p'ism hut were HurupsKiul with many more Hfp Wullarr td Pasco flrttlr of Tech time and time again made the luivld line u'Ol sick oy their plijtiglng but the ihlii r'd line always tlght unukt i'yy msMves 1 BlaekTrd rm ln 1 rrli burg was inside the 3 the score wpuld have la rger illy The A MMiirInf AunuHpolin Md t'ct 21 Sumshhig Duvldsun Inn hi Clark Hof I Is Brien stages of iho buttle Middles tied llinir tirst oppor t'i alter play of the that whs six ndniiirn under way caiuc hirgoly fiti ii tcsull of a shift" nud otherwlMo slashing (dtrnstve iiud at the sunm tlnm unleashing a more consistent at tack thcmselvf'N with remarkable sticeesM with the tnrwnrd pass the Annapolis Midshipmen triumphed Centre Harvard scoring: Owen 1 lehrkm Chap frv after touchdown 1mm held ing: from trv urter tone i oal from held Covington Keteree Wuigiey tStout In stitute Little Mock Ark) Umpire Crowley iBowdoint Bead Linesman Tiggert anderiuitj bield Judge Elmer ullpnant (West Point) 'Lime vt perious 15 minutes Clark Iahn Su rnn arv goal from officials: I Haywood S' head linesman Bethrd Loose Handling of Ball Proves Downfall in irst Period (By The Aansorlulrd resh) Canibrhlgn Mass Oct 21 Overwhelmed by a first period col lection of twenty one points Cen tro College was defeated by Har vard in the stadium hero this af ternoon by a final score of 24 to 10 but the cold figures do not tell the courageous battle staged by the Southerners in the latter periods of play a battle which lifted the game from a drab defeat into a thrilling struggle that clamped fifty thousand spectators in their seats until the closing seconds of the contest By A wodfi I rtl Tlichmund Oct Kundulph Ma con defeated Gailaudet li re today 7 to 0 in a game In which ahnofct every jday known to football was attcinpt Thu score wan mad early Jn thu Erst period when mid runs and a well executed forwaid pass placed the ball within easy reach of goal from where Krouse ran the ten yrtrd nuceHism to put it over WILDCATS 10 VIRGINIA POLY Ohio Staium Columbus Ohio Oct JI an outplayed Ohio Stale here today and defeated the Buck eyes 19 to 0 before almost 70000 persons who had come to sec the new Ohio Stadium dedicated Tackle Vandervoort with a broken arm and Halfback Roby with a broken leg of the Michigan squad will be out of the game for the rest of the season it was uunouncuu Mirhlcran points were aasnes ror toucnaowns ana a from the ii Bethel the fin Bn rnnu who was substituted late in the gm rm ran rums around the visitors and made tne pass to Ebert that resulted In the filial score MrVu'v fur Thomas Bends tor gt 1 M' NLllan for Harnlltou Vog VIRGINIA DOWNED SCORE IS 14 TO 0 Of 2I)OO(J Hl 11 ield today byi Hcurn of Ht 0 It was hrsr defeat the season was a splendid game trom Muri to finish and In which modern fnolhall was Idg outstanding feat ii re Tech was not nJv oulplnvcd but otiigem railed mid the mighty Bur ro it a 11 A imTlca halt back full ml lu slilrm in the manm that had been of him 'True Im got off Ju some brilliant plitys ami showed his runiung but to Ku I 4J 1 1 1 and prevent PRAYING COLONELS ALL BEORE CRIMSON ELEVEN (ily'Jhe Uirmingbani Ahi Oct An anciuiit nemesis tween Alabama and tasted victory here noon when Captain lin snntehcil an Alabama ward pass from tlic air and zig zagged seventy yards down the field to a tonchdown that nave Sewanee's a purple drap ed 7 7 tie Tim Crimson scoreii its counter on a 20 yarii pass from Bartlett and MncCart 20 ynrd spurt after catching it brilliant work her! today beat 20 to (pchil To lltnp i Imvlihson oct 21 PUlitlng to iipliohl tins tradition of never Ion Ing a Kiuno on Spnint th Id tho 1 uvld son Wllileats enmo from be hind mid out weighed ten Pounds to the man held tins heavier I' 1 elov to aovii seven tmlny in the inoHt thrilling mil liardeat fought gridiron Ulo hero In yiara I 'oped to loan by three touetidnwiiH the WI dents gave Iho football world ono of Iho most astotihdilntf nm ts of tiio retiBon by prasontliiR' an ulmmit Imiirf gnulilo ilefense to the ntn that last week ItrtoHl beat Center gatut nbouinlcd In thrilling playa end 1'uRon unil tmnuua keeping ttio lleetutors on edge throughout After Va Tech by a Bi'rlen of lino bneka had ruHlied the pigskin to the ttml and Hlack tliron yard nt tlio elnso of thu pint nuarter they opened period with a touchdown I''rom tlio following klek off to tho eri'l of tlio inir tho Wllilciita allowed a cmdi'lo re run I of form and thrived tlio Gobblera ofT their feet Um entlio pur od In th tirottleHt run of the gitue I IcndrJ Pavldnon iuar ter returned tho following1 klelc off fifty yards with practically im Inter ference ROANOKE DOWNS LYNCHBURG HIGH Cadets Play University Boys Off Their eet and They Are Kept on Defensive Substitution vncli Mc Broom Younger Batidson Hopkins and Roanoke: Barnes Gil bert Shickel Tucker Trimmer isher and Barnes Officials Adams referee Elglcby umpire Hurks head linesman Time of periods: 15 minutes Huberts of Centre college Kentucky till American choice as end is a football star in action as well as bail is hardly what one would call puny individual in fact altogether the opposite He spurns a headgear as a chorus lollvpop would put the nix on a duck wal proposal of marriage A band uf tape around the noodle and over the rars serves to keep his shell liko ears from getting too familiar with the terra (Inna during the skid ding 2o Tran VirtHnkL Eraham Marlin Leo tlio Ininu Hho throng of Gnlhiudri Kuh'I'Hp Touchdowns dn poims irom i BtieJl goal Centre seor Toueiidnwn Covington poinis in flu ar for three hours twenty one minutes hus beating by ulevi min utes the record made In the German competitions recently by JL Pent ft Hanover Technical School Manry Tolh won a LHOO pound sterling by his feat Extraordinary ability was showti by the renchman In spite of ever changing winds He ocaiBon aly gilded into dangerous eddies but always recovered lie flew in a monoplane that liy rush off ialK Referee Merriman Geneva Umplri Thomas ette Linesman Sugden of Harv when Mahrl enuubt fumbled the ball and star the game IDs I I Li'liil (sub umbling' on Part of Backfield Buin Chances to Score in irst Half ed the ball tn change hands oft but neither side was able to score The last quarter was unproductive of score for either side and the game ended with Richmond on the Jong end of to 0 count np iul uufrirr Sum ni a ry To 1 1 Cromwell Heckman Touchdown WnlljiL'H 'try for Mt pohil Riitbei tord Referee Gtnm high I iripfre Sampson rSt Eadrs itzpatrick and Kulp were the shining lights of the Roanoke line ades was especially brilliant and never failed to throw the visit ing hacks when they made a drive in tils sector The other members of tho local line played a steady garne and outplayed tlio opposing line from eery angle Outside of the held generalship of Tucker the work of Boyle stood out in the backfield work Boyle played a nice game and made a gain every time he was called upon to carry the hall ruddy had no trouble pierc ing the Lynchburg line but his play was in a rreti second half was almost caught two passes at the end first half and ran the time in style in the second half West Virgin HrM touchdown came in shmi order WTt Virginia had worked the bail tn tlio thirty live yard murk Irani paHM and daidn 75 VV I tuiu luliiwn Ruth hMch shuiihl have won pciiii itleM proving litr imdalng in the Hmornl quarter lmvlH a Davld Hun md enught a pphh and it over llu last rhaik'M llmi but thu i ''fui fc him out ImumH on lilt! two foot line the ball waw given iu iecn who Khuud ill li nger Point After Touch down Was Result of Lucky Block Richmond Oct 21 University of Richmond eleven defeated Roanoke College at Stadium ield this after noon by the score of to 0 Two held goals by Ziegler in second quar ter gave Richmond it six points Roanoke uncorked stubborn defense which chocked spiders when they ap proached Roanoke goal Hn Roanoke College and Spiders bat tled evenly in th fist quarter nei ther side being able to register a point It was nip and tuck for the best part of thu quarter Spiders scored two field goals In the second quarter giving them the lead of six points over the Roanokers Roanoke lost the ball on tumble near its own goal line and Richmond then made substantial gains A Spider advance was halted on the 2 ya rd line where Ziler kicked a field goal Richmond again secu the Lail after kickoff and advance to the 45 yard line where Zeigler again kicked a fluid goal The third quarter ended with the score unchanced The Snldar hll Ing to their lad of six points allow into Quarterback arm and hu twisted his way from his own 15 yard mark to 3 1 yard line a run of close to half the dis tance of the field Captain Huberts throw his huge bulk In the Gray and Watkins iu Lime light erguson alls on Ball for a Score iDew ster Imro Um brunt io lighter i rm held mh'hly II at dlf I I tl I tun irerhM and LlUiidi hi' kd oulside his own 2b yrnd lim rom that point iuvy launuheil baUt ring attack which coupled Centro has lost as McMi Han hut ochplfe the loss of sin a form Idnblu army Cnptmn Roberts is expected to load a team that prac tically equals tho iH'gregai ion of in But lest wn forget while ping ing praises to tho liiimitalile Rob erta a large portion of the glory should go to Unde Moran who coaches Centre and has guided tlio squad Info enviable heights In the football world Wallace and Gettlo Plunged the Thin Red Lino Tor Repeated Gains Red Roberts Throws Bulk Against Crimson orwards in Dying Effort Boyton University 7 Holy cross 7 Exeter 2U: Harvard reshmen 6 urman 42 Piedmont College (I Lynohburg 20 Wake orest 7 Woodbury orest Augusta Mili tary Academy Michigan kota 0 Alabama 1 j'ividaon Penning 0 Tulane IS Ring College 2(G Lenoir Texas 10 Vanderbilt 20 ranklyn College of Lniiisvillr fl Army 33 New Hampshire State Georgia 7 Tennessee 3 Tufts 7 Norwich Rowdoln Colby 6 Ohio University 27 Western serve 0 Tail varsity of iTnn sylvan la Swarthmore Kavv 13: Georgia Tech 0 lorida reshmen 7 Vanderbilt reshmen 0 Gettysburg 28: Muhlenburg 7 Hamilton 0 Rensseler Brown nign 2 Wisconsin 2u IndianaAlfred fl Buffalo 0 a sa 1 1 a A i horst fl Rhode Island State Delaware 0 Georgia Vaunted Jump Shift is Smashed by Midshipmen Local High Defeats Hill City Team 20 to 0 in Loosely Played Game aerrce Dectes the (ifcEArrsr all STAg TltC placement and a drop IviQtsc Retired 1h ioihduluwiH in first hu and me minutes of plaj and fherrafter ran (hu ball doun the Held inr long gnhiH nt Avill Shortly Iwforc tho beginning of the Kveoud half flu' vui'wify retired from the Held and Hie coiHcm was finished bj the second strong idet ciL 1 1 Sharp and Stowall Marred i'r Kayser In Irw of the fart that thru arc only i)U students at King College (ho ri imtiknbh ahouing made b( Its tram tills year has attracted attrnflon all over the Sonth Lenoir College had iilioul thnt students llaniH t'cun4y I l'l Jmlyp lh'ive (Brown) Barchct McKee and Taylor Emerged as Heroes of the Battle the end of the most consistent at tack that had been on an ea football field this neason Gained More Inrdng Statistics of the game hhow Centre gained mure yantag ingoui punted IL ard am ciliirbr advantage in runs punts but it was Harvard that proved the real winner The Colonels had one pass intercepted and grounded six Harvard had one uornplcted pass and none intercepted anu Ek berg West now ns Washington and1 it 1 i' in oms: West Virginia hunk for N'ardh Simon lor Mahit Hawkins lor Graham: NardircJ fur unk GrMium for Ibiwkbia Hill for Tail man JuilllSOlI ID chniaii (C) Holmes Brannan urious Ihittle or more than two hours the two elevens battled in a furious mixturo bad and brilliant football and it was iu part careless handling of the ball in crucial situations that brought about the downfall uf thy Kentucky combination It was the valedictory tho Southerners in the Harvard rtadlum for some season to come yet in their passing all thought of looseness In the play which paved Hie way for a Crimson victory will be forgotten in tho brighter recollec tion of the fighting spirit and sen sational charges which Centre flung forth in the lace of almost certain defeat Three times in the first period of 15 minutes actual piny Harvard crossed goal Jim due in part to the Colomls' inability to hold the ball and to the all nsi un sense of sphere following Plus super Judgment as to when and how toistriko for sen res The teamwhich a year ago defeated Harvard 10 0 saw the Crimson score within two minutes after the opening kick off almost a gift touchdown at tho a cry beginning of pla Centre OntplajM llnrnih Yet in the face of this gridiron disaster Centre came back and nut only outplayed the Cambridge ma chine in the final periods of the game but scored a touchdown in ad dition to an earlier field goal It was the wonderful spirit of courage and battle to the end that thrilled and aroused tho thousands spectators and caused them time and again to omit the rebel yell Harvard opened the contest by liicking the ball across the southern line and Centra began with scrimmage on her own "fl yard line Hnowday in an effort to circle Har right wing ran wide across tho A Crimson tackler partly chicked his dash and the collision caused him to drop the ball lits was on the rolluig oval like a flash as it crossed the side line live yards GtM MODOHES I T'allis '1 2) The IL scoring: op five minutes iho ball swayed wk and turth In mldiiold whn urman 2G OgTothorpo fl Harvard 21 Centre 10 Columbia fl New York Bitv 7 Randolph Macon 7 Gnlludct fl Richmond College Roanoke Virginia Ah Diary Institute University of Virginia fl WestVirginia 12 Washington and formation ami Wako orest got the ijill iu mld fleld rom there they went stiiight to a touchdown (he feature of this blng a 30 yard run around rRht end Unptan Hockman This was the only stage ot the game in which the vis itors showed real form Im mediately after this touchdown fmni Wins fumble Wilt got th Witt 2 Gouls after Heckman Substitutions Barger fnr Wood Um Ciiilet corps went wild with joy Tho second touchdown camo In the final quarter and was th result of straight football Whltn booted tfio ball titty yarns down thu field on' Lim tlmt play utter tho period upened aml Rig Harrison Wed down and miirel Arnold In his tracks on Vlr IB jard Hjv The usual followed and was caught by Ryder on 35 yard line A puss1 arley to km irntter Hm Ca det i ten yards and from hu'u tluj? Cadet bucks plunged through Vnglnix haw which strove irantic 5 ally to withstand them tn the 5 yuid line from which White eraslmd Ihrvngh tor the touchdown lie add 1 fl tho add 1 1 lona I point ly another placement goal ns lhe Cadets and shouted in glee rivrnKs thu field' to thu glumly nlhmt Virginia stands Arnold kicked off to and arley raced Lirti' yards in return Ing Urn ball or the rema imler of the game both tt aniB esorti to punt Ing with attempts at passing whiclv imttr'i I more than Rid the University an Intercepted pass' gave Virginia (he ball tn the VLB I forty yard Lm but after working the ball tin yards toward tlio Cadot roul Vhgndas chance went naught when arley tool an at 0 A 0 VIRGINIA SUN AY MORNING 0 0 ork in thu iut a 4 1 rm Ryder and1 gams at 1 1 until ve tlic tffiim on account in (he mend Roberts can hit a line like a herd of mastodon Ho possesses end ura nee that would enure a truckhorse tu blush and lies last In the defeat tha tthls little tucky college administered to van! Inst rear Roberts MeMlHan stood out with Insnlrini nro ml non re Roberts ered ground after tho manner of an April shower and solidly withstood tho brunt of the crimson attack In numerable? sport critics acclaim him the greatest all around star In the game (angrily my Johfismi Ritzmel TWO IIITOHiflfl rw Have Eng Or 2l Two new rds Ur gkbng re esl Id I sh (he eonipctltlun at Ilford Hill lvmg without pasfwngriw the tch a iator Mateyroo umaimrj iho hall Ho Graham picked It up for a touch down having but ynrds to go The second mountaineer lutiehdow came aftir a straight marcu mwn field from Um Charlottesville Oct 21 The Bed White ami Yellow of the Vir ginia Military InNtituto floated tn triumph over Lambeth ield toduvi tho Hying Hipiridron taking tho verstty of Virginia into camp In 1 hard fought and interesting game 10 to 0 The Cadets goal was seldom menaced during the game mid Virginia fought plnckiiy but in vain tn hold back iho ntmults of! the 1 backs Virginia placed on tho defensive tho greater part of thu game Only in tho third period did tho University backs un cover an attack that threw a brief i neuro into tlio Cadets supporters lint tho 1 Uno rose to tlio oc casion mid withstood the attacks of the opposing backs tn way that soon make it evident that a score for Virginia was out of the ques inlt'ln Oulplnyrl Thi Hi lines played uiero was no inlndM of iim eight tors but that tlnj were uiJt pluylny Harrison ccrat on Mtone wall ngainst Gouls from drop kick Zeigler 2 IhIb: Referee Goock (Vir ginia Umpire iit (Virginia) Iliad IJnesnmit' Mots (Washington and Lee) Time of periods 15 minutes with the ball in Iu own ko yaru Hue aruuiul rluuf nd npc ten yards and WliHr kick was re reived ly Arnold on his own fifteen College 0 Miami Ohio Northern 0 Rochester 7 Union 7 Prlnctcon 2G: Maryland 0 Grove City 20 Allegheny 13 Springfield 23 Stevens 2 Mt Saint 0 Western Mary land Wesleyan Trinity 7 Culbgu 19 Maine 19 or the visitors the whole line fought hard hut the work of Me Nainara was the high light In the backfield Taylor and A Rose backed up the line in xreat style Lino tip nnd Surnnniry lino rg Nurdac'd nil figured prom thn eonslMtcut gaining Washington and tonchddwiis wero both lh result of passes A pass Math the greater part of th) afternoon a forty yard und lun by Arnold in lie Hist quarter netted Virginia her biggest Hinglo gam ut tho day and incidentally was resnmisibln ono of tho tliico first downs registered by Virginia in tho course nf thi Kame At no tum could Vlrglnift Muccessrully negotiiito I'm first line or defense while on the other ban! iho backs crashed through Um Virginia line for iecislvu gams nt crucial momenta The first quarter witnessed a sharp: kicking duel between Arnold and 5 Whllu with the UadetH gaming on each exchange of mints Boon after tho guiw begun it became evident that Virginia had no real hope of wearing down the Cadet defense and had dulcrmim 1 io resort to a kick lug game in tlm desperate hope olh getting the But the didn't come and iho game wjim pbiycd and finished without Vr glnla an nrfenso worthy uf the name Bonn after tho secund quartre opened Whlto tried for fluid goal and failed Virginia put Um ball in play on own 20 yard line and whent Hunt blocked Ar punt Gene erguson lurmer Ruatioko High Hchmd star fell un thuV ball the goal lino for the first touchdown of thu irunie While booted tile bull between the cross ntnlii isentuc (Spccinl io Tins Times) Tuihi Oct King Uollrgr with lhe this niietnoou iHentol ludhing Little Tommy Tucker diminutive substitute quarterback of Roanoke High School football team covered himself In glory in tho 20 to 0 vic tory nf Roanoke over Lynchburg High in the first game of the State champlonshin series played before the largest crowd of the year at the air Grounds yesterday afternoon Just as the sun was sinking over the western hills llif? midget quarter entered the game and with a crippled and depleted backfield drove the team down the fluid for a touchdown the only one made durhi tlio afternoon in straight football Not satisfied directing the team Tucker leaped in the air and grabbed the next kickoff and dashed down tho field for 50 yards tlio longresd run of the game and planted the ball deep in bynch territory as the whistle blew The first half was a farce as fur as football was concerned Roa bnoky making thirteen first downs for total of 252 yards only to Tumble the hall at critical times Captain Cuddy of tho local team dropped the ball on three occafionR when a touchdown seemed eminent and three times a White and Blue man pounced upon it only two first downs were made by the Lynchburjgers during the entire game and both of these vere due to rurwara passes Ronneke llrnces Starling in the recon half Roanoke team braced slightly with two brakes unshed across touchdowns The third and final counter came as a result of a straight drive dnwu the field with Barnes and Boyle carrying the ball and Tucker directing Ebert made the touchdown after a 2u yard pass from Barnes The game opened when Wilkins kicked off to Taylor Lynchburg was unable to gain throuj Roa impregnable line and punted tu Rethvl Krom this point on throughout the entire first half the game was a comedy of errors um bling pour headwork and general all around bad play on the part uf Cuddy nnd Bethel were responsible for a loss of two or probably three touch downs Toward the end of the half Barnes was substituted for Boyle and Gilbert for Cuddy ollowhig the substitutions Roanoke braced and two pretty passes from Barnes to Bethel put them in scoring distance as the whistle blew Upon the opening of the second half Ronnoko sliowcd an entire reversal ui lorni and with Giiddy and in the leading roles scored touchdowns nnd Bethel perrect dropkicks for subtilllutiun Th line playid st Ila the third lime he wasup he play 0 7 0 0 Tmchdo was erguson touchuu wu Referee Magof inadt' Ilftv sev'n yards and tlioti West Virginia hehl with thu ball her fifteen yard Hiw The GuralM made another wide pass however tnw jailer Hoti thf loflop liiindhi'ip tounv wifii rysti and Ippety VVItchet third riragtn the Knud foaLLnlt question in the thousand spcclft Cadet forwards incir Hunt constltuteci i oivnu uii iigiiuisi wmcti Hitt Vir ginia backs flung thomsulvcs in vain I Ulrl VUPVl iliiV i i WitshiiirUm and Um ioMti'n lor her ste(Hl rom thl point Mattox pass'M to vm thu full distance and a touclulowp With four uunufcH to play Vst Virginia eu I ve 1 1 I ff nud advanced the ball by straight rush ing to tho Washington and Lee tw VMfd Illi'' wncre a jjuutiG was culling tur a touchdown g'iruu elided him tip and Lee 12 (tie) Talc 38 Williams 0 University of Detroit 10 Boston College 8 Carnegie Tech 59: Thiel 0 State 33 Middleburg 0 21 Syracuse 1 1 Bethany' 14 Rutgers 7 Georgetown 28 ordham 13 Laayetto 28 Bucknell 7 Cornell 14 Colgate Lebanon Valley 4G St Randolph Macon Downs Galludet By Score of 7 To 0 Touchdown wn Hauser rn an ree i It gi a utli Carolina nnd LYING SQUADRON BATTERS ORANGE AND BLUE WARRIORS Butler 57 Earlham 0 Nebraska 18 Missouri Ohio Wesolvyan 11 University Cincinnati 7 Johns Hopkins 1G Havcrford Valparaiso 17 Crane College Chicago 12 Purdue 0 Notre Da me 34 7 Muskingum 15 Emadus 0 Vermont Dartmouth 3 East Tennessee State Normal Marvvino Polytechnic 12 Mercer 7 Auburn Go Mississippi A and 1 1 Bl rm I ii glia rn South er 1 slty of Chattanooga 0 Maryville College Tenn KvlVLinln 1J University of Kentucky 4V George town College fl Clemson reshmen 3 South Caro lina University reshmen 1 (Jon cot lent Agricultural College 18 Trinltv 7 irgnla Sunimar and White points afte: Uhte 1 Officials: fin Michigan Umpire Okerson Le high Head Linesman Harrison I and Time of periods lu minutes 0 ULI NOSE HEATEX Gloucester Mass 'ct 21 The fishin schooner Henry ord chal behalf of th American fishing fleets with Secretary Denbyf the Navy aboard beat the Blue Nose of Canada international cham pion by two miles today in a 40 jnlle race Because both the fisher men out for sport refused to re turn after a ipremature start tho in ternational sailing committee de clared it no contest THB WPAWL KDY Local State Sports I 4 ay VP 1 i V7 I fi I 'X A' Jk 1 1 rsaa sY Ji iA 1 mz SO WVW fret CtoAJ A if unirrf i rj i 'U b' JTIl lIAkk 'tHUMMrZ a i I k'uT yViT4Ta i I 1 A 7' RZ: JWK i 1 i Om i 'A 7 I Lm I V't I I i ti ii iiihI mtn a ry Ilnnnrd 2 1) Uenfre (l) itts GordyEastman Lynrii Crews lunes Clark Kubalu Hubbard Shadoan Bunker it Cregor Hartley Lemon Buell (c) Covingtun Genrke Sno wii ay i hven it udgins Cliapam Roberts (c) Hnnnnke IHgb 2O) Lynchburg 40) IfoMitlon Preston Benton Kulp McNamara Jeffries Marks Krebs McCarthy itzpatrick Blankenship Hades Barger Ebert Day Bethel Ross Cuddy HR A Ross Boyle If Taylor Wilkins I Russ Summary: Touchdowns Cuddy Boyle and Ebert Try for point Bethel two dropkicks Hh hnutxd lH HofiiU'ke Hil I'okI 1 1 ii Rucker uller Carlton Potter Becker LG Gelsen Bethel Logan Price White Johnson Davis Reams Anderson I Town Caldwell ray Hurt Mehaney IU If Oakry Zeigler Couk 1 Score by periods: Richmond 0 0 fl Roanoke 0.

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