Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-02
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- vii, be observed. however.
.ha. tho cadets showed their pluck ana
.nntr ability TO score when aroused 10
tt.air hrs, effort. Although beaten os
Snr.h carolfr.a. Virginia Military lnsa-
,,,e scored twice, while virginia feis-
tecbnic Institute did not score, o"' Was
,,nt beaten Doubtless tho weather "as
less favorable 10 score tneh man - sss
,er6av. II, any view OF the matter. hs'e
Z seems 10 h. hardly more Than SIN 10 ten
,sos,,s difference between the two military
s,hno, teams: and when they meet ~
Sorfclk TnanksgivinS-Day the diiiereHcc
n-omtsee; to be even less. The ODDS seem
~ slightly favor Virginia Polytechnic IN
sti,ute. but Il need surprise no one II
.tev play to a draw or IL Lexington WINS
by an eyeiasn.
Tho surprise of the day among tho big
teams was the draw played by West
Point against Yale Yale. which up 10
this time has won every game piaEeo
and had not been scored on. failed 70
.qual the showing made a week before
~ Harvard. The Cambridc team iouio
he soldiers q hard proposition, AND
though scored against Won the game by
margin Of eight points. 1t was eA-
pected that Yale would certainly 90 as
Selt. To be tied by West Point must
have been a bitter disappointment to the
sons OF Eli. and viii make them oiuer
,han their boosted colors, Tor on the com
narrative showing, Harvard has the bet
ter OF 81 easily. The Crimson is several
points the stronger of the two. and. on
he comparison. seems to have greater
Intensive power than the men in Blue
There is little difference between the two
stevens, however. and neither VIII 90
much scoring when the two line up at
New Haven on the I'd.
The showing made by West Point must
be delight TO the adherents Of that
team. Having scored on Harvard and
tied Yale West Point viii surely win
against the middics. The defeat of the
navy team yesterday by the PENNSYLVANIA
State College. a second-rate team. all
a. strong one. must be dispiriting even 20
such plucky bunch the Iriddles. for
with it and West Points growing
su enSth. the middies' last Lope Of vic
tory over The army has gone agiimmer
ing Beaten by Princeton II to 0: by
Georgetown | TO o; by Dickinson to 0;
by Pennsylvania State to O. and with
bare victory over Lehigh, a third rater.
there is little sweetness in The navys cup.
Nevertheless, the plucky AnnapoItans
will die hard before West Points su-
perior strength at Philadelphia on the
29th. The sailor are nothing If not game
fighters.
",
was expected. There is nothing surpris-
Ing. even in the figures. The indians are
not the formidable team they were IN the
days of Hudson. Seneca, and Pierce and
sther stars that made the. Carlisle team
famous.
Princeton's defeat Of Cornell was anti
cipated. 1t is rather surprising that the
Tigers did not make stronger showing
against the Ithacans. It means. however
that Cornell is stronger, not that Prince
ton is weaker, than before.
Pennsylvania took q brace Yesterday
and defeated Columbia, II TO 0. almost
edualling Princeton's score against the
New Workers. q to 0. The Red and Blue
are stiffening up somewhat in anticipa-
ton of the annual game with Cornell
Tha nksgiving Day. 1t will be pretty
battle when the two meet. with the ODDS
slightly in favor of Pennsylvania. playing
at home. On the showing made, it's al
most a toss-up between the two elevens
Princeton seems to be nearly or quite
the strength of Yale. but il is hard t.
compare the teams. The Tigers have
made big scores against some rather
strong teams. and may be able to keep the
Blue from winning al Princeton on the
9Th. The chances seem 10 slightly favor
Yale. however. The New Haven men
never show their real strength until
championship game. Yale is generally |
regarded as foxy, and lucky as well.
The first Of the big four games is |
scheduled for next Saturday when the |
University OF Pennsylvania plays Harvard |,
at Cambridge. Harvard should win by le |
TO q points on the showing of the teams. |
altogether, the indications are that the |
Crimson is al strong or stronger than any |
no TOO,
the championship are slightly better thar
Ya!e's, though the two are to meet al |
New Haven. A wilderness of blue ban |
ners and whrlwind of Yale enthusiasm |!
may inspire the team to whip Harvard |
but 1t is going TO require such enthusiasm !
and plenty Of it. That Cambridge bunch |
Is husky. scrappy, eleven to beat
LafaNette's Vic.ory over Brown places |
that eleven pretty close to the top-notch-
era The Pennsylvania college lads ought
to beat Annapolis by ten or twelve points |
next Saturday when they meet. unless
the navy takes brace before then
The University of Virginia has some in
feresting games scheduled before the
game In this CITY. I
Next Saturday they play Lehigh in Wash |!
ing ton. and are likely to be beaten by q |
small score. On the following Saturday |
they Will play the Virginia Polytechnic !
Institute at Charlottesville, affordins Cd
poi'tunity for an estimate of the strength |
OF the Virginia Polytechnic Institute, an. !
OF the University OF North Carolina, for |
these two teams played TO a tie The |
most interesting game on Virginia's sche |
dule is that with the Carlisle Indians at
Norfolk on November ed. This is the
hrst southern trip of the Indian eleven. |
and as the two teams are well; matched
IN strength it will give Virginians a fine
chance to great game.