Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-21

town game their inability to stop consis-
ten,Iy the heavy mass plunges of team
such as Virginia will present The caro-
iirSns depended in the Georgetown
game chiefly upon end runs, winch
though brilliant attempts. netted no
sensational gains. They must deveiop
defense sufficient to stop guard VI
tackle-back plunge and sho" k .et'.et
pushing power when 1t is queslIoii "
sheer weight and strength IN an eilo1. ~
advance the ball or stop play. lhes
were outpushed by Georgetown in nearly
every such clash on the entire eleven.
Georgetown likewise advanced the pali
and made their distance several t'iiieS
by few inches merely by plungins hesao-
foremost over the blue and Whlte me.
Carolina will do well to hold virginia 70
II points. and she will surprise tne eate!it
If she keeps Eirginia's score down 10
II or Is. Venturesome gentlemen with
"wads" will do wisely to refrain from
making bets that the Carolinians Will not
score. and. If Virginia hopes to shut tnen
out she had best not let them get Wlthln
thirty-five yards of her goal with the pan.
That young man Graves, OF Carolllaa,
will bear watching as drop-kicher' anu
is conner in football who promises 10 oe
a star kicker in the course Of anther sea-
Sn.
If Virginia would learn a. lesson from
her experience Of the past. she must put
up a stronger more alert game at the
start for in luickness the men IN olue
and white usually excel Last year at
Norfolk they rushed the ball over Nlr-
ginia's line three minutes after play oe-
gan. before the orange and blue realized
what had happened. Last Saturday at
Norfolk they not only scored by dropping
a field goal at the Very beginning OF the
game, but a few minutes later pushed the
heavy Georgetowners back to their very
goal line, only a superb rally saving tne
blue and gray from a score against tnein.
Carolina is alert to capture the pail IN
fumbles. and her ends are fleet and IN
reference we'll developed. If they once
circle Virginia's end it means sure
touchdown Another thing: The Caroin-.
ians do not quit playing until the maj
blast of the whistle. and are strongest
at the finish. If they have forty or fltty
pounds more of weight, Virginia would
be in danger of repetition OF the score
of 1895. or worse. On the whole, it looks
like Virginia ought to win, but she can
not afford to underestimate her opponents
or to relax vigilance for moment All
the visitors lack is weight, in every other
respect they are the equals of either
Georgetown or Virginia. The contest is
sure to be spirited and stirring one, for
each team will be on its mettle and eVer.t
slip will count and count materially.
Reverting to the Harvard-Y Yale game:
The records of the two teams show them
well balanced. Yale always lives up to
and exceeds eXi.ecta tons in its crucial
games. Harvard, too, for several sea-
sons has appeared at its best in the Yale
games. The West Point game would seem
to indicate that Harvard is the stronger
i {<>,1r 1,I
and a safety, to a single touchdown for
the army West Point, however. it is adj
mitted played a much stronger game
against Yale, tying the New Haven men
6 to in two short halves. Yale beat
Wesleyan So to o. and Harvard rolled up
the same score, but allowed Wesleyan to
score, while Yale did not. Yale scored
10 points against Brown, to by Harvard.
against the Providence team. Yale de-
feated Princeton Il to 5, while Harvard
beat Pennsylvania II to O. Yale could not
consistently gain ground against Prince
tons line making her two touchdowns on
long runs by an individual player on trick
plays. Harvard. on the other hand, is
strong in the line, and has bunch of
brilliant backs. with veterans and stars
like Herman and Graydon to do the run
ming. Chadwick is Yale's star runner. but
her bunch of line buckers, including Glass.
Goss. Hogan, Holt, and Kinney, are
dangerous quintette. Marshall, Harvard s
quarterback. is a star, not only in his
intelligent direction Of the play, but as
runner and ground gamer and an all
round player. Harvard's left tackle is
weak and as Yale's line bucking is
searching and almost resistless, Harvard
is afraid this weak spot will be their I'M
doing. Tie betting odds will probably
be to on Yale. That is what Harvard
men are asking now.
In the Southern field the annual game
between the Virginia Polytechnic Institute
and the Virginia Military Institute to be
played this year in Norfolk on Thanks
giving Day. will be the greatest and gam
est struggle these old rivals have put up
in several years. AS far as one can judge.
the two teams are very evenly matched.
Virginia Military Institute has been beat
en- for two years back. and will strain
every nerve to win this time. The chief
obstacle to the realization of this hope
is a human catapult named Carpenter.
one of the Virginia Polytechnic Institutes
backs, who is the hardest line plunger in
the South to stop. He is ably seconded
by a gentleman named Counselman, who
is hardly second to him as terrific line