Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-28

Especial from Staff Correspondento
NORFOLK, VA, November 27.-V. P.
l.. so: ". NJ. T., 5. The Blackshurs team
swept up and down Fafay cite Field to-.
day from goal to goal with Irresistible
fury, and gave v. M. l. the most crush
ing defeat recorded in football circles IN
Virginia this season. The most ardent
partisans Of " P I. did not boast that
the score would be more than half what
the result showed. and so tonight there
was a surfsit Of wild, delirious en-
thusiasm in the lobby of the Monticello.
where the two teams were auartered.
Out Of the wreck that marked the
cyclone trial of the " P. l.. the team
from Lexington saved a scant five points
made by heartless 50-yard run or
George Dewey. the quarterback captain
Of the V. M L. team. 1t was great
piece of football extravaganza. not
much more so than some of the spec
tacular feats of Captain Carpenter, OF.
v. p l.. but coming at a time when de-
feat was certain, and the chance OF
scoring as remote as the poles. 1t brought
friend and foe alike to their feet. and
was the one brilliant, meteoric fash
across the darkened sky Of V. NJ. is de-
feat
Another Famous Geo. Dewey.
After seeing the team from 4Blacksburg
mercilessly rush their military asso-
ciates for touchdown after touchdown,
the V. NJ. I. section Of the grandssand
and the host of impartial spectators
arose en- masse, an 4cneered like mad
men as the namesake and kinsman of the
hero of Manila. grabbing the ball m
a tumble by Blacksburg near the mid
field. sped down the field. while a sex
tette of stripped-legged v. p. men
strained nerve and muscle to head him
off Just as he touched Blacksburs's D
yard line, Dewey stumbled and fell. and
before he could recover. a v. P. I. tackler
pinned him to the earth. He did not have
the glory of reaching the goal, but
he planted the ball on the 2-root line.
and on the first down, Johnson was sent
across the line for V. NJ rs so1tary
touchdown. The light then went out,
for never again, as never before, was
V. P. is goal in the slightest danger.
A wnirI and a Smash.
From start to finish, 1t was whirl and
a smash WIN any tIllIS lIoiil d yhAN ~
sixty yards to the credit Of V. p. is
line through which Carpenter and Coun-
Gilman leaped for crushing gains. For
star performers, Carpenter stood head
and shoulders above his company. His
electrifying end runs, repeated time and
again were of the hair-raising order.
His generalship was the best His good
Judgment, as well as his physical
prowess, was half the game for Blacks
burg. and the great crowd that thronged
the field picked him justly as the mark
for its applause. Possibly Robbins. V. P.
I S crack left end. from q technical stand
point should share with Carpenter the
praise, for Robbins was ubiquitous. Where
the ball was there also was Robbins. his
towhead looming up like monster yell
low chrysanthemum In the human bou-
quet of legs. arms. and writhing torsos.
OF medium size. he is fast and visilant.
and he made 1t his prime duty to-day to
see the ball and spend his time right
next to it.
v. P. us Fine Open Work.
In punting. line plungIng and open end
work, the Virginia Polytechnic Institute
team outclassed it's opponents The stiff
wind that blew from the northwest was
an important factor In the game, and
it seemed to- be the irony of fate that
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