Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-07
BI;|IL|.ACKSBURG CADETS.
REVIEW of THE v. P.aI,s WORK
IN FOOTBALL THIS YEAR.
SUCCESS WAS REMARKABLE.
the Aggregate They Were 80
Points Against Their Opponents,
17-Revie,v of the Gamcs-Bright
: Prospects, for the Next Season.

BLACKSBURG, VA, December O.
(Special.)-Now that the football season
of 1852 has closed. and there are no longer
any great contests TO look forward to,
interest in football naturally expands 1t
self in reviews of this or that teams
record for the past season, and the out
look for the coming season. In the last
few years the Virginia Polytechnic In
stitute team has emerged from the SMALL
er college class and taken high posi-
ton among the teams of our largest
southern universities. Year before last
the V.@P. I. cadets celebrated tie game
with the University of North Carolia
with bonfire. torcn-light procession. ETC.;
this year the same result was distinct
6isa ppointment. Two years since, the Vir-
ginia Military Institute team, which held
the championship of the South that sea-
son, defeated V. P. I. by a score of to
o. Last season v. P. I. defeated V. NJ. l.
q to 0, and this season by score of 80
to 5.
Five years since University of Virginia
defeated v P. I. Al to O.: then % to 0.
then II to 5;last year 16 to 0, and this year
6 to o. These teams have not gone back
ward; on the contrary, Virginia and Caro-
lima have probably the best teams of
those Institutions. But the V. 2. |. has
gone forward and what is more to the
point will continue to go forward. Two
years ago. when Carolina was tied on her
own grounds, the number OF students at
the institute was $50; now the corps num-
bers Geo. In view of this increased at
tendance, the raised status OF the foot
bali team is only natural.
OVERCAME MANY OBSTACLES.
The season of 1902 began under the most
disheartenng circumstance possible to
football team, viz. that of opening
month later than it should have. The
session Goes not open until September
Hst. a week to three weeks later tnan
most colleges, and this fall it was post
pcued to October 1st. The first game,
which was scheduled for October 4th was
necessarily cancelled The first game play
cd was, therefore, the one scheduled with
Washington and Lee at LynchburS on
October 18th.
The team went to Lynchburg with nine
days practice, and had lined up only four
times. Had it been an important same 1t
would OF coure, nave been cancelled, but
the team needed practice. AS was ex-
pecte6, Washington and Lee was unable
to score or to advance the ball material
ly, while V. P. l., with probably six or
seven plays-and very fair share OF
fumbles-would carry the ball down the
field at will, only to lose it on some luke.
On the second half, a w. & l.. man made
a 70-yard run through the crowd, which
was over the side lines, almost crossing
the v. P. I. goal line. AS the referee,
though admitting that the crowd inter-
fered would nol bring back the ball.
Captain Carpenter forfeited the game,
which w. & L. claims to have won to o..
Since this is probably the only game W.
and L. has to their credt(?) this sea son.
the Y. p. l. does not oegrGdge it, know
ing that no one. except possibly w. Il
L.. takes it seriously.
ID
The next team encountered was
the heavy, strong aggregation from
North Carolina Agricultural and Me
c!anical College. This team has failed
very much of getting the credit due them.
They played the University OF North
Carolina to stand-stiil. and played
Clemson, champions of the S. l. A. a..
a score Of ) to IL. The Y. P. l. scored II
points on the A. & NJ. team, while the
latter made a touchdown from mid field
on a tumble by V. P. l. In this game v.
P. l. still showed lack of training by a
succession of fumbles, which materially
reduced the score.
Next came the game with the University
of North Carolina in Roanoke, resulting
in a, score OF 0 to 0. By the statement OF
Carolinas coach, the Tarheels were out
played, and the ball remained constantly
in their territory. v. P. l. played a rather
sluggish game, being slow in getting their
plays Oft, and this saved Carolina from
defeat. The crippled condition of V. Z.
rs Quarterback lWare) possibly pre-
vented their playing a snappy same.
On November Sth V. P. l. played
GEORGETOWN at Blackspurg. In this game
V. P. l. played with rush and snap not
to be withstood. At any rate, George
town was unable to Withstand it, and the
score IS to 0, recorded sweeping vic
tory for v P. 1. Carpenters touchdown
from punt fro: the 25-yard line. with
Baer interfering; his a'l-round playing.
and Councilmans line-bucling. were the
| features of the game. On the following
Saturday, Georgetown defeated Carolina
Il to 5, playing, with one exception. the
same team that played in the " T. l.
game.
THE CHARLOTTESVILLE GAME.
With a team badly crippled by the
| fierce Georgetown game, Y. ?. I. played
University of Virginia on her own grounds
/ at Charlottesville, November 18th. Miles.
V. P rs star tackle, was laid out in
the first few minutes of play. U. Va, by
hammering the " P. I. line, succeeded In
scoring one touchdown and kicked goal.
The Y. P. I. line were nearly all raw men,
with Wilson, tackle, badly crippled, and
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