The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-05
GEORGETOWN EASY
FOR BLACKSBURG
v. p I. Eleven Wins Foot
ball Game by Score Of
Twenty to Nothing.
WINNERS PUT IN
SUBSTITUTES
Tech Team Heavier and Strong
or, but Lighter Eleven Holds
Them to One Touchdown
in First Half-Cadets
Play Stronger To
ward Close.

The football team OF the Virginia
Polytechnic Institute yesterday defeat
ed the eleven of Georgetown Uni
,ersity In a rather poor game at Broad
Street field by n score of 20 to 0 in
twenty-five and twenty minute periods.
The District team played q strong de-
fensive game in the first half. holding
the heavier cadets to a single touch
down. but in the second period the Vir-
sinians played with greater speed and
yigor, and added two moro touchdowns
and n field goal, kicking one goal from
touchdown. The game was witnessed
10y q crowd OF hardly a thousand peo-
utday on account of the dovnpour OF
rain tin DAY, and with little oppor-
tunity to advertise the change.
Tie V. p. !. eleven outweished the
Georgetown boys and were better
coached. and apparently in better ply
silal condition. playing more strongly
AT the close than In the beginning.
while Georgetown. rs the score shows.
weakened p~ercept!bly in the second
half. Tie heavy Virginia backs easily
cxcelled the District men in running
back l,unts and in end runs. being
aided by excellent interference. and
they were also more successful in ma
nipulating the forward pass than wc,s
the District men. With all that how
ever. V. T.. j. played q rather poor
game, fumbling frequently. especially
in the first half, and being unable 70
make first down successfully for any
distance. Georgetown played with
pluck and at times with speed, but al
together they were hardly IA match for
their opponents. V. p. l. must improve
on its play OF yesterday II II hopes
to win from the University of Eortl
Carolina.
story OF the Game.
Georgetown kicked oft to V. P. L. ir
the west goal, and the punt was re.
turned ten yards to the t~wenty-yert
line. On the second down Diffendal goi
around left end on a fake kick fol
twenty yards, and Hodgson added 1v;
more. Quarterback Shepherd failed II
gain. and Georgetown got the ball OF
a tumble on their .fifty-yard line
Failing to gain, Thompson puntet
to tine Virginia twenty-yard line
and 1t was run back ten yards
After two exchanges of punts
in which the ball was kept be
tween the two thirty-yard lines. Viz
ginia started at their fifty-yard line
n aided by a forward pass of III
teen yards, rushed the ball to George
towns t,venty-five-yard line, where L
r. Hodgson essayed a goal from tn
field, hut failed. Georgetown punte'
out, and Virginia again worked TIL
ball Town to Georgetown's twelve
yard line. where. as usual, a fumbl
occurred on second down. and tn
Techs tried a goal from placement. bn
again failed. Georgetown puntcd on
n Virginia got the ball on her forty
yard line and ran back to kick to mid
field. After making it first down an
a little to spare by straight old-fasl
toned football, Iuttrell,s left halfbacf
found aShole In the Blue and Gray line
and got through for a beautiful thirty
five-yard run through a broken tiel
for the first touchdown, after abou
twenty minutes play. The try for goa
went wide, and the score was 5 to
In favor of Virginia.
This ball was again kicked off b