Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-11-25
|OLO POINT BOYS TAKE
sCALPS OF RED SKINS
Pale Face Warriors Bruised and
Battered, But Hilarious
Over Victory.
FAST AAD ROUGH EXHIBITION
Football Was Played Under New
Rules, But Substitutes Were Just
as Much In Demand as Ever-sey-
eraI Men Painfully Hurt-Wlnners
Well Trained.

of the Hampton Normal and Agricul
tural Institute were swept down to
defeat by tho Old Point Com
fort College eleven on the
Casino grldiron yesterday after
noon by score OF IL to 0. Five
hundred enthusiastic rooters includ
Ing a large number of students and
several members of the faculties of
the two institutions. witnessed the
spectacular contest.
/ Picked as easy winners, the indian
braves, led by Big Chief Damon,
started into the game confident Of
( victory, but after the first few min.
utes OF play II was apparent that their
weight and Drawn were unequal to the
/, superior speed. craft and endurance
of the pale faced players and thcir de.
| feat, though slow in coming, was in
| evitable.
Slowly, hut surely the Red Mems
! stubborn defense crumbled before the
onslaught of the .rollegians until in
the second half with .wo OF their
most brilliant pjaTers out of the game
on account of ihiuries, they were una
/ BILE to longey' check the ever increas.
1 ing impetus of the pale faces, who
twice trirmphantly swept across the
gridirop for touchdowns. The defeat
of the Indians resulted In part from
thoir lack of such individual stars as
Moore. DAILY, Gadol and Segard, to
whom belong the honors of the day.
Many Players Hurt.
! Although the game was played
! strictly In accordance with the new
/ and revised football rules, more play
ers were injured than in any other
1 gridron battle in this city during the
past four years ]. White, the Indian
left tackle. was knocked unconscious
near the close of the second half and
had to he carried from the field. He
was attended by DR.. A. c. Jones and
regained consciousness in about fif.
teen minutes. 1t was reported last
night that the Indian had died from
his injuries, but the report was un
! true MS the player was taken to the
Normal school yesterday evening and
was last night reported to have en-.
tirely recovered
Haag, the Indian left end, had his
nose and mouth injured in the middle
Of the first half and he too was car
ried from the field. He later recov,
cred and replaced Smith, the Indian
| fullback. who was SO badly injured
that he had to he taken out of the
game. Carrot. the collegians' right
end, received deep cash In his head
and later so badly injured his nose
that he was forced to retire. A ply.
stefan last night took stitch in the
wound In his scalp. Gadol had two
teeth knocked out and nearly OF the
collegians were more or less bruised
and battered.
Forward Pass Results In Score.
The collegians' first score was made
In the middle Of the second half and
resulted from clever forward pass
engineered by Gadol and executed by
Moore. The pass was made on the
Indians 30 yard line and Moore ad
vanced TO the yard line before be-
ing hauled down. He then plunged
through the Indian line. and although
emerging with three braves clingine
to him, he succeeded In crossing the
goal line. before being brought to the
ground Gadol kicked an easy goal and
the score was to 0.
The second and final touchdown
4 followed few minutes later wher
TO the goal. Gadol missed an at
tempt at goal.
Indians Missed a Chance.
The Indians failed at their single
chance to score few minutes before
the game ended, when Segard brought
down Dodson in the center Of tho
field after 35 yard run.
After the match ended the enthus
iasm of tho college players ami theil
supporters was boundless. Yell after
yell and cheer after cheer was SEN
Mn on the field and leaving the grid
iron they began triumphant marcel
to tho Lexington Hotel the head
quarters Of the team during It's sta,
in this city. The PLAYERS marched III
Thirtieth street to Washington ave
nue and up the avenue to the hote
fourteen abreast. singing their favor
lite college songs and shouting theil
college yells., Both teams returned Il
their respective schools last night.
The Lineup.
o. P. G. C. (11) Indians 70.
Position.
Right End
McCabe (GarreD. ............. Otert
Right Tackle.
Segard (Wehster)............D odsol
Right Guard.
Webster (Gilligan) ............. Hoo'
Center.
McGehec. ....... ......... Whit,
Left Guard.
Robbins .......... ......... Frazle
Left Tackle.
Finders. ........ CLittlemam j. Whit
Left End.
\ (Turney. .Pierce) Haa
Quarterback.
Gadcl (Capt-) ...,... ....... .NcNei
Right Halfback