The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-15
v|RG|N|ANS ARE
0VERP0WERED
BY REDSKINS 4 / !
Carlisle Line Was Sim
ply lmpenetrable to
Varsity Eleven.
.. NEVER "A PLUCKIER
FIGHTS EN- HERE
The Charlottesville Lads Went
Against Redtnen With Snap
and Ginger.
TWO T0UCH-D0WNs
TELL STORY OF BATTLE 3 ! ] 4
indians Scored Twice; Virginians
Not at All-Hope of Winning
Was Lost By Varsity
Early in the Uneven
ContcstThe
5 Detail.
The Charlottesville Lads Went
Against Redtncn With Snap
and Ginger.
TWO TouCH-D0WNs
TELL STORY OF BATTLE ! Is:

The score OF IL to 0 by which the Car.
I. Isle Indians defeated the team from the
University or Virginia yesterday after
noon at Broad Street Park. In no way
indicates the fierce struggle against hope
less odds on tho part OF Virginia that set
5000 persons wild with excitement and
FILLED the vast throng with admiration
1 for the men IN orange and blue. 6t
To the Indians belong all honor and
glory, for the redskins played clean.
straight game in n sportsmanllke way,
taking their victory quietly and fairly.
earning the shouts Of approval which
their excellent works evoked from foe
sas we'll az friend
Il II an answer In few words were de-
manded to the Question OF why did the
Indians win? that innswerswould be: Be
cause, the Indians weighed eight pounds
per man more than the palefaced war
riors from Charlottesville, and because
the rcdskin line YVES as steady and in-
$pcnetrabIe as General Jackson's Stone
wall Brigade. M II W
4 AS a proof OF this. 1t Is of interest to
note that during the entire game Vir-
( ginia gained but Ave va rtls. Try as hard
( as she mi ght8 and strugg CALAMITY as
I she ind oubtedly did, thes men from Gar.
4 lIslc not only Withstood the attack, but
\ threw the Virginia men back headlong
into their territory. sS "a
@ There Is an old race horse saying that
weight will tell" and It..applies no less
to foot ball than to running rnces.3 1t
WAS weight that wasa-responsibIe for
the honorable defeat OF Virginia and
the lads from the University have no
cause TO feel ashamed or Inundated at
the outcome OF the football struggle
Before five minutes OF play i was secn
that. barring 'aukc"5 or some luck
r,bo 7 io no
against he redskins.
All that was lett to Virginia was a
gene OF hard fought and stubborn de-
tense. land that she gamely played her
part. no one who saw tho struggle will
deny. Unable to advance the ball by
mass plays or by round the end dashes,
unwilling to risk kicking to any great
extent. the men in orange and blue were
compelled again and again to surrender
the possession OF the ball to the Indians.
and then withstand their fierce attacks
on her light line. The Indians advance
was slow. but fortthe most part steady.
Quietly the ball would be carried down
\ towards tho goal posts and, stubbornly
Virginia would struggle to check the Rcd
skin advance. encouraged by the sharp.
quick cries OF Hike! TIikei Hike" utter
cd by the rootcrs on the bleechers. Y
AS one OF the disconsolnte rooters re-
marked after the first half. '"rhcy are
loo many for us" The question to be
decided was not how much Virginia could
score. but with what success could she
hold down tho Indians score.
1t had been asserted before the game
that the score would be not less than
80 to 0 In favor OF Carlisle. and on this
basis Nirginia's defeat was In the ma
4 turc OF a victory.