The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-24
VIRGINIA TECHS
MAKE fine SHOW
The Great Naval Acad.
envy Team Made But
Two Touchdowns
TECHS ARE BEST
ON DEFENSIVE.
1t Required Thirty Minutes for
First Touchdown to Be Made.
Funbling Slippery Ball Re-
sponsible for Score.
Nays Work Dis
appointing.

ANNAPOLIS. Md. November 23.-1n
the closing game of the season on tho
local grounds. the Naval Academy won
from Virginia Polytechnic Institute
this afternoon by score of IL to o.
The Navy had in most OF the players
who will start in the game against
the Army next Saturday. and the show
ing was only fair. In some particulars
the work of the team was satisfactory.
but the Navy Is still very fer from
having a well-balanced back-aGld aud
a systematic offense; In fact. the. eleven
does not appear anything like fin-
ished aggregation, such as would meet
West Point on even terms.
The visitors put up an extremely
good defense. but showed little power
lot attack. b. HodgsOn and Douglas
had pretty punting duel throughout
the game. and both got of a series OF
| long and well-placed punts under the
| adverse conditions of q wet and Soggy
ball and soft foothold.
The Navy received the kick-off and
took the advantage ut once when
Douglas kicked, and the ball was fun
bled to Dasue. This put the ball in
the visitors territory, where 1t stayed
until a touchdown was made after
thirty minutes of play. The visitors
! showed great ability in stopping the
plays of the Navy team and would gem
orally hold for downs or force a kick,
when Hodgson would boot the BAH out
| of danger.
| Finally. the Navy secured touch
down on "a fake kick and forward
| pass play from LANCE to Dague. LANCE
4 kicked the goal Towards the latter
| part of the half the Navy did the most
consistent gaining of the game, car
rying the ball from virglnia's fifty
yard line to its ten-yard line, where
the ball was lost on tumble.
In the second half the Navy made
more frequent and longer gains, but
did not carry the ball steadily in IA
4 series OF rushes. Virginia was again
put to disadvantage by missing u
/ punt, which Dague recovered. Several
J times Douglas made orE runs on
1 receiving kicks or from he kick for
\ nation.
/ Reifsnider pleased the HAry contin
gent with several good PAINS. .9Lange
lplayed brilliant football and got in
one run Of forty yards. the longest of
/, the game. Towards the latter part os
the game Reifsnider got the ball at
lmidfeld and ran twenty-five yards past
1 Virginia's right tackle. Douglass and
Reifsnider followed with gains. and
Richardson. who had been substituted
Ifor Jones. carried the ball ten more
yards in two tries. On the next run
iReifsnider carried the bali over, and
tLanga kicked difficult goal.
| After the second touchdown most OF
the Navy regulars We're replaced by
Substitutes, and there was no more
scoring. The llne-up and summary
Twas:
! Navy. Position. v.4P.8I.
DeAIott. $1,000. left end ......Hufford
/ (Brown.)
Northcroft... left tackle ...Diffendal
(Stoer.)
Relnlcke. left guard Breckenridge
] (Stuart.) IS
Brand. /. ......,. centre ....... j ohnsons
Wright..... right guard Il. Hodgsons
/ (Stras) IS sis
Magruder.... right tackle ~. Smith
(Leighton.)
i Dague.. right end ........J Jones'
(Smith.)
LANCE. ..i... quarterback $500. Cooper
(Nason.) (Sheppard.)
Douglas. left half Luttrell
(Gates.) N.
Reifsnider. right half Rillups
(Burd.}
Jones. ~. ...... fullback ~. Hodgson
+ (I2iChardson.)
Referee, Mr.. Whiting, Cornell. Ur,-9
pire. Mr.. Gresham Poe, Princeton
4 Timers. Lieutenant Harms, u. S. NJ. and
Mr.. Northin1ton, Virginia. Linesmen,
[Nlidshipman Strother and w. Montague.
4 Virginia. Touchdown-, Dague, ReIfs-
nitler. Goals from tonchdowns. Lange
CD. Time of halves. 20 and go minutes
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