Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-11-13
Cadets Lost Game IN Roanoke to
Blacksbirg


ginia Military Institute accom-
ranied their football team to
Roanoke Saturday for the game
with the Virginia Polytechnic In
stitute. They left Lexington at
$3.50 am. on a special train and
returned that night. A number
of Lexingtonians accompanied the
boys to the Magic City. The FOL
lowing report of the game was
sent from Roanoke to Sundays
Lynchburg News:
Yhe crack eleven of the Virgin
ia Polytechnic Institute rem 1t
over the Virginia Military 1nsti-
tute here this afternoon, scoring
the decisive and surprising victory
of % to O. The Lexington boys
came with the prestige of having
played the strong team of the
University of Virginia almost to q
standstill. Indeed, it has been
generally remarked that the cadets
have the likeliest aggregation
this season that has ever repre-
sented the Institute on the grid
iron. Both cadet corps accom-
panied the teams in order to cheer
the players ON to victory, and ii
was quite evident before the
whistle sounded that the Lexing'
ten crowd considered it only u
question rs to how big the cad ets
would make the score.
V. NJ. I.was first on the ground.
and after a short practise, gave
away fer brief preliminary work
by .Blacksburg. Promptly at 8
O'Clock the game started. with V.
P. 1. defending the west goal. The
interest of the spectators was tense
as the Virginia Military Institute
kicked off, and the excitement
grew as the ball was exchanged
from one team to the other, back
and forth, for about twenty mir
utes of actual pay. Finally the
pigskln was landed on the thirty
five yard line of V. NJ. LIS terri
tory and a goal from the field was
tried, but failed. However, few
minutes later the trick was suc'
cessfully done, after a second at
tempt; and, before the half was
ended, Captain Diffendahl blocked
kick and, quickly recovering the
ball, scored touchdown. Thus
the first half ended: V. P. l.. 10;
V. M. l., 0.
This result seemed to damper
the ardo, of the cadets and, cor
resIOndingly, to stim ulate the en-
deavor of the Blacksburg boys In
the last half; for, from the sOurd
of the whistle, the latter played O
fast game, scoring TWO touchdowne
and kicking goal. The V. L. L.
ends got down the field in great
shape throughout the game, and,
as usual, Hodgscn's kicking was q
notable feature. Mclean, fer the
V. NJ. L., got his punts off nicely,
but the cadet ends appeared to be
Unable to get down the field in
tine to prevent the Blacksburg
roys from rushing the ball back
rom twenty to forty yards.
The lineup of the two teams
was as follows:
V.P.I. Position V. NJ. |
johnson -. .r......'.'... hahcocK
HodgsCn .... &C.. ........ Wickman
light guard
X. Sn 18th ................ ..... .DleCIel
left tackle
Brown, Brt ckinridge .......... Poage.
left guard
Smith, Differ dal. ...,......' Fray
left tackle
Hufford. ........ Poage, T., MCMILLAN
left end
Sheppard, cooper. .........'..'..D oyl'
quarterback
Gravely. HodgsCr. ............ McLeat
fullbfck
Jones ....... Ward Alexs nder, Davan
right end
Bellups ................... Porte
right halfback
J. uttrlll. ........'....' massl'
left halfback Ell
Referee, Gross, Lehigh. Umpire
DedhilI, Lehigh. Head Linesman, Pare
LinemaD, L. B. Cox, V. p. l.; Nichols
V. NJ. l. Halves, 80 minutes. Time
keepers, Walker, V. P. L.: Ragland, V
NJ. l.
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