The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-11
O EASY THING. :
The Lexington Boys Put Up a Stiff
Game and Fought TO the Finish.
EVERY INCH WAS CONTESTED.
The Soldier Boys Started In like aa
Avalanche and Threatened 10
Sweep All Before Them. but
tho Heavier Men from
the District Passed
Them ON Stretch

Them on Stretch
.sEai1 raii, rail, Georgetown!
teorsetown!. Georsetown:!
1,hat was the cry TINT rang out on Tue
streets Yesterday evening at the coneiu-
sion Of the football game between t-
,us,y youngsters representing tha " N. l.
and Georgetown
All day yesterday the young athiatss
were in the hands Of their TRENDS ana
their friends showed their fidelity oS
n,acrg many small bets upon them and
nv shfy1t;ny for them even after the
game had been mayed, with the coiors
of ore side in the dust under tas iesl oL
the other.
There we're! PROBABLY 1890 people out %
SEQ the game, and II was hare % zen
which team Had the greater nulnoer oi
followers Many ladies' were psss5-i''
some Of tilem wearing the w:lle ana pioe
Of Georgetown, anu some lile o'Hli5S "t
red OF V. N. 1.
The game was ono of the best ever
p!aves. here. from the standpoint OF the
spectators for 1t abounded In surprises
and open plays, and could, accord.as!y' ee
better enjoyed from the Srandstand anu
the hIeaGleries.
On the start the solder boys appeared
to have everything their owR way, out
as was proven later the oder heads ana
heavier men from Georgetown were sizing
up the tactics of the Firs mans ana
studying Their methods, and with few eH-
ceDtions after the first touchdown ana
up to the last one, the boys from! the
| District of Colump:e had things PRETTY
well mixed up.
VERY CLEAN GAME.
The game was clean one throughout,
| there was little slugg.ng and only one
! player was injured to any consideraote
| extent McCabe. left half for Y. NJ. l., IN
| q mlx-up sustained an injury to his rlp
; that was broken in the game with the
| University several weeks ago, and was
! forced to retire.
! The crowd enjoyed the game, and had,
! probably, the best chance ever given here
| to faulil.ar.ze themselves with the various
| points. The open playing allowed this,
/ and there were many people present VINO
/ knew no more about q football game when
| llley went out to the park than Span
! lard does about baseball, but who py close
| attention posted themselves up and VINO
/ can now give average instruction on the
| points.
| Armstrong the chunky little referee.
| proved the best man in the place ever seen
| here. He was most impartial and alto
| getter popular with players and specta-
| tors, and even in the very close decision
| IN the last half. when he undoubtedly
! gave the decision to Georgetown honestly
| und fairly as ha saw it, there were Dut
/ few who raised a kick.
/ Some good plays were made by both
| sides and sprintins cut q big figure, and
| from a critical standpoint the game, even
| with SO many :,rnbcS, must ne considered
| as far above the average. The ground
f, was not in the best condition. being too
| soft. and several filmoles were made be-
! cause Of slippery ground.
! The V N. I. boys put good offensive
work. but were olttcassed on defensive.
/ strange as it might seem, GeoreetowEi's s
| superior weight probably hel2Ing tina;
| team In defensive. Had not one of the V.
| NJ. I. splayers bct,il on "off s.de" when goal
! was kicked II the last half. the score
| would have been II to Il. but that error
| cost his team one point, and the score
! was /! to 10 when the game vas called
| on account of darkness
| The details follow:
| THE PLAY.
! After the usual preliminarf4s on the
! field. in which the time keepers and lines
| men were settled upon. the eastern goa:
| was chosen by Virginia Military Institute
| ana tho Georgetown team iill55 UP In
( defense OF the western boundary. Referee
| Thompson, Gf Georgetown. sounded tilS
| whistle at 3:SS5 O'Clock. and FuA Back
| Dcvelin put the bail in play foc Georg2-
| town by kicking thirty-iiVe YARDS; the bal.
| going on, OF bounds on the north side, vas
| trapped by Tucker. OF Virginia Military
/! Institute. Being brought ill., Virginia Mill
| tary Institute starts the play by sending
| Miller, right half, at ttre line. He fails &c
-i,Iy LIT, .,plc ,T
| Johnson RECEIVERS the bah for Virginia
| Military Institute. Mt:ler and AfcCabe, Ii
/! three downs. gain the five yards; Kirk adds
! one moro. Biscoe gains four around left
| end and McCabe makes it the first down
| Finnagan, of Georgetown. is slightly hurt
| and time is taken out,
! On tbs line up, Kirk gains two and one
! half through Georgetown centre, anc
Tucker and 9IcCaoe follow with shori
gains Virginia Military Institute has ad
| vanca6 tho ball within ten yards Of tbs
| goal and IT begins to look as though they
had the play all their way. Georgetown
makes q determined effort to check the
progress OF the Cadets, but fail, as kirA
| jumps the line for four yards, and on t.1r
/ next play does over for the first touch
down in thres minutes pay. Kirk falls
| goal, making the score to % in Virginia
/ Military Institutes favor.
sDevelin puntS n1ly SafdS 70 SIclaoe
who carries 1t back fifteen yards before
being downed by Ftnaegan- In the nex
scr.mmage the fumn.ing Is begun. ant
/ McCabe drops the ball. Johnson Is OF
1t, and Georgetown has chance to SHOW
/ thai- offers We game
Hei,ey Is sent for end and tackle, nu
/ failed 20 ga n. and Develn kicks on ths
/ second down thtrty-hve yards to KIRK
1 who is downei in his tracks by Finne
gan and vandeventer. Kirk claimed fail
! catch. and V.seM. I, was given ten yards
and ia r kick for the interfe-ence This
game was again on. Kirk kicks to Deve.
| In, who is downed by Tucker without
gain. Georgetown calls guards left
i and right ara gan the required distance
I IN two down Barry adds more around
i rist,t end. a.-A Reilly falls to gan. Barry
kicks right os1 for eight yards, and Is
downed by Kirk. BY repeated short gains
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