The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-11-12
F OOTBALL SEASON
REACHES CLIMAX
Greatest Games of the Year for
One Day to BE Played Next
Saturday.
VIRGINIA HAS STRONG TEAM
Has Fair Claim to Southern
Championship Ionors-Rc-
view Ci Week.

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~ day Up to this
IARA time the matches have
y ~ hOA been largely prepare
~ >SRq tory 90 the great cham
piousliu struggles az
tne year for which every team s-frds
ltseH 80 close We're the scores ON Sat
uIuay that i'm most cases they read lil,,.
baseball hsures instead of football This
result is attributable 90 tine new rules
winch place premium upon svyfftness
ana cleNerness, rather than upon rn4r,.
weight and Drawn. the result being thar
teams usually classed ass secoud-ratcrs
are mp To- the standards or the big ,i.,.cns
| representing the great universities.
There were few surprises in mo- dave
record Of games. the result in most cases
having been forecast with rnor,. or loss
accuracy. ON form tho Swarthmore COL
-'be team should have beat the Naval
Academy. but the NIdiies won or, g. mir
or luck when punt was fumbied bv tho
SWarthmore quarterback. and a MILDLY
4ci ON the BAN on his OPPONENTS one
yard line OF course 81 touchdown re-
suited and the Navy won 3 to a.
Virginia's Victory.
Virginia s victory over Georgetown was
not unexpected The District lads are
Younger and newer az the game. and
nave not developed their trick plays
as well as Virginia has nor have th,,.
and star runners depending chiefly on old
style play. such as line-plunges to gain
ground. Nirginia's victory was the re-
suit of better generalshln and faster ana
cleVerer backs. Georgetown havina. re-
Gently defeated North Carolina to o.
! while North Carolina could only PLAY y
j. l. 20 game. virginia bv defeating
the District team. has "a fair claim 10
Southern rfIrrrrr.ffref.fr,
Doe ever any ground for such claim Vir-
ginia is now on edge. 8, i~c 10 fen noirts
better than In the rec, lme he~. with
/ BuckneU
- is TO he regretted t.at tho BucNleu-
Virginia Po'y,eclnlc game 'uld have
been married hv am outbreak b., me nature
of demonstration against officials.
who are reliable and consc ~. Gus men.
with nothing whatever at stake and no
motive 10 act unfairly.
BuckneNs victory was apparently
earned. the element OF luck being an i'm
separable part NJ the game As 10 the
merits Of the decision to which the
cadets objected this paper IS unable to
/ express am opinion. not having seen it,
/ The Bucknell score indicates that " T.
J. lis very close to tho University's
/ strength. and that game between the
two would ho am uncertain struggle
The overwhelming defeat of Roanoke
! prise only iu thc size of the score. This
Is largely due. 10 may be said without
! disparagemcnt Of Richmond Colleges
excellent team. % tho fact that the WISH
J tors We're unit for the contest having
just played 90 hard game with Hampton
Sidney the day before This was APP
parent in the Weakening of the Salem
ties after I'll" FIRST half. II was "a fine
contest for He half but the visitors
We're "all ia at the end. and there
after il was % walIoyer for the Bap-
fist colcgiare
Randdoiph-Nacon has small prospect Of
defeating Richmond for the ciamrion-
ship OF Virginia colleges. despite It's VIC
tory IN October i'm an exhibition same.
Richmond College is the strongest coll
legc team in tne State to-day
Near Same Standard.
Princeton mad all IT could do to win
/ from West Point Saturday its victory
/ by TO being due to the splendid klos
/ ing OF Harlan. whose two field coai
/ made up tac score. Compared with tft
/ scores of Harvard and Yale. the three
/ great rival teams are so near the same
standard THAT scOrelss game is likely
ntNt saturday. when Princeton and Yale
meet at Princeton. and on the following
. saturday, when Yale and Harvard meet.
The victories OF both Yale ana Harvard
+ We're ola" TO lucky blocking OF kicks iu
/ the shadow OF West Poin, s. eoal posts
/ tom Won because il was the better team
and had "a brilliant drop and place kicker.
! liarlan's good right foot may decide the
/ result ncNt saturday. or huky play.
such ass those which enabled Harvard
and Yale Co win from tho Army. may
decide the victory in the Yale-Priuccton
game next saturday. and in the Harvard
Yale game ou the following Saturday
Yale defeated Brown University Sat
urday, winning % single touchdown. after
having been outpayed by tine Providence
eleven. Harvard recently defeated Brown
o 20 .. a touchdown and a field goal con-
| triouting the winning total. bat 10 will
DE noticed that Brown scored touch
down on the Crimson. Pennsylvania three
4 weeks ago defeated Brown "a TO o. but.
on the other hand pennsv lowered IFS colors
to the Carlisle Indians 6 TO "A. whereas Har-
ward defeated Tire Redskins 10 q. Com
paratVo scores are sometimes dccciviuy
and. despite the disparity in scores
against the same team. Harvard ami
Penn are wcl matched and would pat
up great game. But thew do not play
this wear. Pennsylvania has been beat by
the Indians and bv Swarthmorc. and
could only nrht 90 draw with Tafay-
cite SATURDAY. Cornels 10 to 6 show
/ inr against Holy cross. and the uniform
ly strong play OF tho 1thacans indicate a
/ big struggle when they meet Pcnnsylva-
nio Thanksgiving Dav In the only great
eastern game ~ the day
Harvard S victory over the Indians by
. 60 q. as already minated. was am upset
90 followers OF the game. after the red
men had $50 dccisivcly beat Pennsylvania
The result shows Harvards strength
however. rather than the Indians weak
ness.
Big Games Saturday.
Probably mo most interesting games
i lNf Nt a..