The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-20
A BATTLE ROYAL
FROM THE START.
Randolph Macon Wins From
William and Mary by
Score Of 6 to o.
DEFEATED TEAM PROTESTS
William and Mary Claims That
She Was Entitled to
Touchdown

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WILLIAMSBURG, VA. November 1ss-
In the hardest fought battle ever seei.
between teams belonging to the Eastern
Division OF the Virgimn Intercollegiate
Athletic Association, Randolph-Macon
won over William and Mary yesterday
by the close margin OF s to Q. on the lat
ters ground.
However. tho final decision is yet to be
made, as William and Mary will contest
tho score before the Executive Committee
OF the association.
The gamo was contested hotlys over
every inch OF ground. The sensational
plays OF the home team were features
that ELECTED q delirium OF applause from
the sightseers From start to finish the
| game was a battle royal, and It was only
by heroic efforts and endurance that tn,
visitors were able to score In the second
half Three times did William and Mary
come within an ace OF maldng touch-
down. Once the ball was over the line.
but was brought back on penalty for
offisde play. The second time the ball
was put over the line In an attempt at
/ goal from place-kick by J.. Lloyd. quar-
tier back, and was dow-ned by William
and Mary, the point ought to have been
! q Rando lph- Macon player. This IS the
point to be contested. William. and Mary
claims that after having been touched BY
Rand OIL PHI Macon and downed BY William
and Mary, the pont ought to have been
for hr,y,, on, m,
If, the Executive Committee decides in
! favor Of William and Mary and the lat
ter kick goal the score will be tie:
| II decided adversely. the score will stand
as 1t is
The third time the ball was carried
within five feet Of the line In a brilliant
wenty-flve-yard dash by Blackiston, who
| lost 1t On q hard5 tackle @a Z i: q t3s B ..9
Game in Detail.
In burst OF mEsl fronp the Williams
burg band and, amid the college yells
sot the William. aud Mary rooters. who
several times sparaded the gridiron, the
opposing team took their places Ran
dolph-Macon had won the toss and had
| chosen to defend the western, goal. AT
o'clock the whistle sounded. and Blacks
iston sent. the ball spinning down the
field. Randolph secured the bali and
advanced it to the fifteen-yard line. Wal
ton gained five yards, and schencls gain
| ed two more, On a fake play the rum
ner was thrown for loss In three
downs Randolph Macon failed to gain
the required number Of yards, and the
ball went over on downs. William and
| Mary got the ball and made a few slight
| gains. Again the ball went over and
| Walters made thirteen yards around left
tackle. There were two successive
gains Of seven and four yards each. and
William and Mary secured the ball on
downs. Blacltiston was put through for
ten yards, Henley gained fIfteen,8a and
Rlacls,ston again covered ten yards, On
third down four and one-hnlf yards were
| made and In the next three downs the
ball went over. The visitors advanced the
ball to the thirty-five yard line, and then
| failed for down. They punted to Black.
lston, who passed the bail to Lloyd, who
made q brilliant gain for twenty yards.
| On the twenty-yard line Lloyd tried a
place kick for goal but the, ball missed
| by a small margin, The ball was brought
out and the visitors kicked to William
and Mary from the twenty-fivc-yard line.
Henley received the ball and passed 1t
| to Blackiston, who advanced 1t In a long
run OF twenty yards to the enemy's
thirty-five-yard line On fake punt
Blackiston covered twenty yards. and
| IN a hard rush tn eball was placed over
the line Instead OF Its being touch-
down. as everybody thought, the home
team was penallzed five yards FOR OFF,
side play. The ball was brought back
4 fifteen yards. The home team punted
to the visitors fivc-yard line, and RAN
/ Idoph-Macon advanced the ball to their
| lafifteen-yard line. In n series of long
runs and mass plays, the visitors placed
the hall on the Orange and Whites eight
yard line, and time was up The score
stood 0 to 0.
The Second Half.
In the second half RAndolph-Nlacon
kicked Off. and William and Mary ad-
I vnnced the ball TO center field. Tho
I! Orange and Black boys got tho ball on
/ a tumble and made steady advances to tho
goal. Schenck crossed the line, scoring
Iii three minutes and thirty-nine seconds.