Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-11-06
No TROUBLE TO WIN.
COLLEGE BOYS EASILY BEATEN BY
THE COLUMBIAN ATHLETES.
YHg SPIDERS UNABLE TO SCORE.
they Put Up q PIucky Game, But
che Washington Lads Are Too
strong for Them-No Game Here
To-Day.

that little band OF Richmond College
students that marched from Broad
Street Park TO the college grounds late
Yesterday afternoon They had no
reason to be happy. and that was EVIL
denced by the fact that over the fields
floated the glad and victorious yen of the
Columbian University lads of Washing
ton.
An exhibition Of football had been
promised. but all the football that the
200 or 800 people who sat on the bleache-
ries and crowded on the field saw
was played by the sturdy athletes from
washington. Two twenty-minute halves
were played and during that time the
visitors had scored % points with the
greatest ease and never once was their
goal in danger.
The officers who had been chosen by
the two clubs-Mr. Percy Bosher, UNI
pire; Mr.. Murray Mcclure, referee;
Lynch and Nichols, linesmen and time
keepers-too,s their positions, and the
clubs lined up as follows:
Richmond College Columbian Unity.
Parks Right end. Green.
Ellyson. ........ Right tackle........ .Lonts.
Powell. .......Right gnard....,. Cummings.
Daughtry........ Centre .......... Harland.
Thraves. Left guard. Green.
Left tackle............Beil.
Pope, Scott......Left end...........B Beatty.
Kaufman. ...Quarter bdck..........kye.
Frayser. Left half-back.. Oyster.
Landlord. Right half-back. .....Tlndle.
Mcneil capt. Full back. Lewis capt..
EACH BORROWED A MAN.
AS soon as the teams faced each other,
the crowd in a moment saw that both
had drawn from other clubs for a man.
Ely one Of the stars OF the crack
Athletic Club, was at right tackle for the
Spiders, and at the ColIm0ians' right
end player whom Captain Lewis said
was Green" was recognized az one OF
the Hamptonian team who played here
| two weeks ago against the Athletics.
| Green" did not count for "a great deal
| for the visitors, but Eilyson's work for
| the college kept the score from being
| larger than 1t really was. Before the
| teams had played two minutes the crowd
| saw sthat the Columbian men would be
vlctors. and easy ones at that.
| The college got the ball and Column
| bia chose the west goal TO defend. Nc
! Nell kicked off, and the punt was caught
yards. Then the visitors took it, and
| by hitting the line and prancing around
| the ends landed a touchdown. Tindle
making the play three minutes after play
had been called. Lewis kicked goal and
| the score was to 0. The ball was put
! into play again, and the work of Lewis,
| Tindle, and oyster took it back towards
| the home of the college, despite the
beautiful interference of Ellyson and
| Pope, who were playing the whole game
| for the college The ball was taken
| along until just before time was called.
Tindle was sent over for a touchdown.
and Lewis again kicked goal. This made
| the score IL to 0.
COULDN'T KICK FOR LAUGHING.
After a rest of ten minutes play was
resumed. The ball was kicked 40 yards
into Columbia's territory, and was
brought back 10 yards. The college lined
up. and the play came for kick; the
| ball was passed to Mcneil, who posed
| for a punt, but Tindle broke through,
blocked the kick. and the pigskin rolled
| into the college goal, and Tindle made
| touchdown, but Lewis. who had not re-
covered from a laughing fit, failed to
| kick goal, and the score was IL TO 0.
| The crowd had been roofing like pack
|
the score running up became more en-
| thusiastic Mcneil kicked off again and
Lewis caught the ball, and before he
was downed had put IS yards between
| his goal and the ball. The visiting play
ers then pushed along. but Pope had
been hurt and had to give way to Scott.
| and the Columbia men had an easy time
| making another touchdown, Cummings
being pushed through the line. Lewis
kicked the goal, and the score read ~
| to 0.
The college then tried the kicking
game and did we'll. Only about 20 yards
| separated them from the goal Of their
opponents, but they could not score. The
last few minutes of the game were
passed away near the centre line, the
bah being on Columbia's 10-yard line
| when the game was called.
II has been a standing rule to allow
the college men TO attend all the games
under the management OF the Athletic
Association, but when the Athletics
came up to the gate yesterday they
found they would have TO buy tickets
to get in.
There will be no game to-day. The
Athletics tried to get the crack Ports
mouth team to play, but failed.