The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-11-22

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sssI fan a 5 And more wonderful persistence
Nj ana endurance have never boon seen on
d a 4 football field In this State. Even
SssRsgfhpee 10 whom thu res,ilt meant much
f;s money ana those who had their hearts
pag hoYes. sci on victory Tor the University
v coud not but admire the superb rally
Il eof The fleet. enduring, determined IN.
ssdinns, who. though out weighed consider
ABLY. and IN to TINT time outplayed D..
ISss Their opponents. kent humnering and
stluneing and hurding the line Of giants
sS88nntil Il was beaten back stuDbornlE'
d ~ slowly. but I'll too surely. upon It's last
4 4 white line. Than. with unerr'ng prccl.
w sion, little johnson the indian quarter
sB55bnck, sent the oval spinning sQuarely
Is betwn,,, lie Virginia goal posts, and the
4. game was practically ended. and ended
KS indecsively. After that neither team, had
Sss8I d. chance tn ssorc.
;ss n N,,ther team was able to score 10 inc
s}s first h7H thourl, the rlay was almost
wholly In Indians territory, ana tnelr
ytMlinc was beaten back time after ume.
only TO rally at the crucial moment ana
AZ savn score against them. with almost
lt rcrk.ct ten ", NAV, the Virginia boys car
85 RED Tho han WIS., q was theirs to carry.
a nrd frequently when the runner had
V apparently been stopped he was seized
" ~ his sturdy associates and Literally.
VIZ dragged or pushed along for five ana
S{ ten yards
virginians Tricky.
q The urcxpectcd occurred In another
d resoect than In the score. The lnd'ans
were cxpected to fool their onpon',n's
u With ali manner Of tricks. but. to use q
home)y rhrase '.rhe shoe was on me
4 other foot. The team that had hidden
III the b,ll under the jersey Of one OF the
& players and scored on Harvard after
running the length Of the fhsld, failed
to fool the Varsity The only trick
they tried and that is rather common IN
several times nett,d them fair gains.
but never sensational ones. Twice Pol
n lard the little quarter back. saved the
VI IN income, after an Indian back hau
s3 gotten through on q delayed pass and
had a clear field with the exception OF
e the quarter hack. But Pollard was tnele
X with the goods and light though he Is.
& 10 was ,,nerrlng in his tackling, and
brought the opposing runner to earth
amid the applause OF the crowd. Once
Williams. the giant Indian fnll back
5if had gotten through and seemed to have
Y a clear field. hut fe Ind lost his bal.
ance In dodring virginia tackler. ana
B stumbled. F,efore he could rise me hiue
II hosts were upon him ana crushed nm
Y to earth.
IL vas Virginia. however. who worked
5the tricks. md worked them ceverly.
n nnas never sean on football field In
this state before, set the big crowd wild
with enthusiasm. 1t was quarter PACK
Il Kick from the Kickoff In the center OF
the field. and n'etted fifteen or twenty
v Yards, tooling the Indians completely
and amazing the SPECTATORS. Big Elmer
drowned back to kick the ball. lying on
the ground Mt the center line. when
III suddenly Watkins who was on his b.it,
rushed in and Kicked the ball dlasonally
across the field. almost to the right side
y line, and about eight yards advance. ana
there the nunt was caueht ~ rol.aru,
who aF off down the field like flash
e, for fift,,en or twenty yards The Indians
& had dropped back down the field for
Y the expected punt. and before they
B could get together Pollard had made
one OF the best gains Of the game. This
was brilliantly done. Had the ball been
Il hunted t.,vond the Indian forty-five yard
y line any Virgnian who got 1t would nave
been off-side and the team would have
"a been peneli-ad
POLLARD THE STAR.
S without disagreement Of tho other
Yiayers. whose uniform team work made
his spectacular runs possible. Pollard was
HI the bright particular star OF the game,
making one run Of fifty-five yards. and
another OF eighteen and several shor'ar
ones In his long run his team blocked
8s for him 81 well that he was through he
u whole team and seemed to havn a clear
field and a sure touchdown.
But Johnson the fleet little Indian
quarterback, was m his trail. and run
ming him down from the rear. In touching
distance and moving at the utmost ct
"a his powers, Johnson and Pollard ran fnr
II ten fifteen yards, until the Indian, SURF
OF his prey, made a fierce lunge forward
and po,inced upon the runner. bringing
him down on the Indian twenty-five Snid
line II was IL great run. but an equally
great pursuit and tackle. and undoubtedly
saved the game for the red men. Poilard's
work In running back punts was also
brilliant and for q man Of his "eleh'
q q there are few harder men to stop ano
d to make stay stopped.
Captain Johnson shared with Pollard
and Council the honors of the ground
gamers and made some brilliant plunginG
runs. The entire Virginia team played to-
gether beautifully. and by their perfect
4 work cnn tied -.their- run to storm the
unylelding line OF red Conner. In centre,
With his 2.5 pounds avoirdupois. several
times broke through and tackled TIA
Indian runner for loss. Head did very
" good work in the ground-gaining also,
5s but the tackles and quarterback were
chiefly relied on. and brilliantly respond
+ cd.
The Indians succeeded In blocking two
punts, one Of Watkins and the other
4 Councils Watkins is a bit slow OF getting
of his punts and big Williams plunged
through. and with uplifted arms stopped
the booted ball. which bounded back.
4 III Councils case the pass was so high
that he had almost to jump to reach
IT, and before he could get It down TO
punting position, big Williams through
\ and blocked the kick
E,t The story OF the game In sufficient detail
Is soon told. virginia trotted upon the
field at e:30 amid salvo of applause Five
minutes later the Indians came running
in and with peculiar appropriateness thu
band struck up Hiawatha. and the crowd
cheered both libernlly
Detailed Report.
Virginia won the toss and chose TIM
GAS, goal. Williams kicking OFF 10 Pol,
i lard on Virglnias fifteen yard line ond