The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-10-19
SCIENCE AND SLUGGING.
BOTH FIG URED LARGELY IN TIE
FOOTBALL CONTEST.
The Game, as u Ge,ns, waa Great Suceess,
but IL was Ruined by the UncMiled-
for Behavior.


for Behavior.
\
II vigorous forms OF cruel slugging,
pronounced types Of repulsiYe swearing.
and disgTacefui exhibitions oi pugihsuc
brutality constitute the features OF
model football game, then The contest
between the team from the University
/ OF Virginia and that OF Richmond CCi-
! lege at the West-End Park yesterday
| afternoon was a conspicuous success.
10 the reporters Of the daily papers
| on the grounds, as well as to many OF
| the dve-hundred spectators with whom
! I talked the affair would have passed
| for nrst-rate mill, instead OF a pan
game with the odds decidedly IN favor
! of tho men from Charlottesville, so far
| as unfair advantages and lneNcu-apie
| slupging was concerned. There we're
three separate and distinct Siussins
! matches. and some Of the wcdrers ~ the
orange and Inue seemed determined TO
| disngure several Of the home team IHey
| succeeded admirably. Johnson, the rs.
! haif-back for the Tigers, got an Wy
| cash cut on the top OF his mead RJSer
| Harrison. the Colts quarterback VINO
| is captain OF the team, receiver seN ei%i
! flesh wounds in the face, bes'aeS . p'oSH
| eye; Willie Duke, the college IlhHt- .
was knocked unconscious Ior 5oi ar,,.r,i
| minutes by violent fdii' anu $50 ,.,d
of the members Of both teams We're
! battered when the second hali was calIe6
! at 5.45 O'Clock, with the score - 10
| in favor Of the visitors
TIE HOME TEAM oUTCLAssED.
But 10 the game There were rev SPY
! tatOrs present who ana not AUNT re, ~ a.,
! college team was out-classcd. Inc az
| eragc weight Of the Varsity men was
! about l6j pounds while that OF me Soi-
| legians was scarcely 80 POUNDS. 9GCH
! a difference could not but nave l'lllil5
! effect when efforts were made on the paft
! of the Ught-WcightS to force an entrance
| through the rush line OF their adFeISdI'e9'
| Strange TO say. however, WHei' uIe SoLtih
/ strrs got together and pushed ih d "Uath
! they seldom failed 70 make SIBHt Sa'li''
| More than once they shook themselves TO-
! cethcr and went directly through lh' CEN
| tire Of the heavy FhalanN, Iheir NSdh,S1
| point was their pronenesS 10 IuHlp!, 'ne
! ball Ugly, awkward fumbles lost mem
many opportunities that might nave otutr-
! wise proven decidedly advantageous .',t
| Interference too was far below what II
might have been had they falhed more
| Tigilly in this direction, On more IMAM
one occasion what might nave been
! beautiful run, turned TO the best adNan-
taec, was nipped in the bud by fahuFe5 III
the interference.
strong point for the Collegians was
their tackiing which was highly trctitd-
BILE. Some Of their work in this respect
was indeed marvellous. BinfOrd, lldHeH,
w. Duke and r. Harrison made a number
/ Of the pretticst tackles / have ever seen
The kicking Of +. Duke and the running pt
SaIlade and Ellyson. was fairly good.
Daughtrcy did clever work as centre
breaking all the way through the Var
-ity line at a number Of critical points.
The individual work Of the CO!leSianS was
Of a rather high standard. They did not
swing together, however, with that unity
and snap which is indispensable for even
ordinary success I'm football
rLAYrp WE'LL TOGETHER
The VARSITY men put up a fine exhibii-
ton Of the game. Their individual work
was OF high order. and the team, as a
whole, understood one another. Their
united efforts were particularly e1ecnNe
Lach man seemed struggling 10 adVaHc"
The work Of the entire eleven. The dJu-
bic pass, which the visitors so frequently
adopted during the game, was one 81
their strongest points. This was repeated
ly executed In q skilfully deceptive man
Uer, and seldom failed TO achieve the de-
sired erect The passing Of the BAH was
quickly ana neatly done IN every IN
stance, showing the effects of constant
practice in this direction. Not once ala
the trick fail outright, though on several
occasions towards the latter part OF the
game It's success was not $50 pronounced,
as the youngsters seemed TO grow more
FAMILIAR with the play
IN the Interference the work of the
visitors was all that could be desired b.
the Wcarcrs Of the orange and blue. They
placed special stress upon the importance
Of this feature, and carried il out to adj
mlrdhIe advantage. Their running was
effective and discreet Jones proved
valuable acquisition to the team in this
respect. as did also johnson. Taylor
Price and NIudd. some OF the runs of
Jones and Johnson were models ot JUDI
ment and skill POpe's kicking was little
above the AVERAGE. He did not aCqult
himself as well as upon several former
occasions. Blaine, James g., ira heavy
set fellow, strongly resembling his father,
acquitted himself with some credit as
centre rush. and Fanton. the captain Of
e. 10
The playing of the VARSITY men was
rough, and at times noticeably brutal.
They took several unfair advantages of
their opponents, notable among which
was their refusal to permit the home
team o. name the umpire for the entire
game, a privilege which the Charlottesville
men claimed ana held when the cole
Eiaus played at the University week or
so ago. Then they claimed a foul tackle
on the part of Saldde in the second half
when he threw Mudd near the twenty
hye-yarl line and the 'NaTsites were
given twenty yards i'm consequence The
tackle was perfectly fair one. Sallade
did not seize his man below the knee. as
was claimed, but was, on the contrary,
thrown against Mudds legs by another
player.
SURPRISE PARTY FOR TIE r. or VA.
The game was quite surprise T. the
Varsity men. They had held the cham
piOns Of America down 20 - points and
when they tackled the Richmond College
team they expected 10 run the score up
TO - points. Several Of the CharlOttcs-
Vile dplegdtiOn We're seeking Wapers on
the figures ~ 10 %. IT was nothing les
than a source of establishment to them
that the light weights should have reineI
them in TO 2S POINTS, which is really re-
markabIe when one considers the diff
ference i'm the weights of the teams
and the fact that John Poe did the
training of the Varsity men, The col
leEe players seemed very we'll satisfied
with the result, and well they might have
been They paved plucHly and showed
a deal of grit throughout With some
additional training the team WiH snow
up well when they meet the University
Of North Carolina, GA November ION.
in Greensboro.
TIT IINI ZIP.
After little siege of wrangling all
around as 10 the umpire and referee
il was aereed that Mr.. II. 6. Burnett.
Jr., and MIR. George AIusHe should alter
nate as umpire ana referee in the first
and second halves and that AIr. Charlie
Burnett be linesman The two teams
lined up as indicated below:
L. Va. Position. R'd col
Small and Mudd.. left end ........ Sallada
ECsher ..........lcft tackle ........Gr0Ves
BurHnE0me ......left guard ........ B,oXtOa
Elaine........ centre rush ..... Daughtrey
Penton........ right guard. .......H igpasOn
Hicks....... right tackle ........EIyson
Priee........r end Duke and Harrison
Tay lOr....... quarter back ....R. Harrison
Jones.......... LETT half back ....... Hdzsn |
JOhnson...... right halt-bdck Biz ford |
Pope............ fun back ..........F. Duke !
rARIy u THe WIGHT.
The game was divided into two halves |