The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-18
splendid Showing
OF VIRGINIA | ] TEAMS
Home Elevens Covered Them
selves With Glory Wherever
u. They Played.
BEST GAME OF SEASON HERE
Rardolph-Macon and William
and Mary Fight Bitterly from
Beginning to End.

Great gridiron battles were Witness
ed all over the country on saturday,
showing what n place the great eol-
leEe game holds among its kind and
how dear It Is to ALL college athlc.es
I Here In Virginia there were stvcral
notable games. and some Virginia stars
silcnc In a galaxy with their Northern
and an. supposedly better. brethren. IN
versity OF Virginia scored one OF its
greatest victories In recent ycars--ore
OF the greatest. hs cause OF tic en-.
tl:ustasm and interest shown in tho
contest, because OF the thousands Of
excited. ardent admirers OF both insti-
tutions who witret sed the contest and
chcered for the two eleseps. because
Of ths gam1ns,s which the B Blu, and
setot>: o. play. Tremendous spirit and
energy sple ndid endurance. unexcelled
flectnsss OF foot. characterized the
OF play until the last echo from the
referees whistle. Virginia had won.
and II was RECORDED as a great dag
In the annals OF Virginia athletics.
srlenjently. The fast little quarter ex.
hioited better. qualities than he had
previously shown; lie handled his team
Ike general. and -! individual plays
Goorgetown's line as IL 1t were the
easiest matter In the world. In short.
the whole Virginia team dil we'll:
tewn that they wero so sorely defeat
cd. The teams occupied different
caitasses---there's thu story.
IN Ri:hn,ond BIZ far. the best game
81 the senson was Witnessed when Ran
William and Mary, after oy e'' d the he
n nsso ST. games either team has
down, though each came. at times. dam
gcrously near the others goal. So. the
So ne rss,lved itself into question
OF ,siesag. ana here William and Mary
low, Jackets couldn't handle Doveil's
punts and theY had no one who could
drop;kiek like Fuerstlne The Orange
feet. ran back punts better ana were
always quicker IL recovering the bali
on a kick or forward pass.
The linss were pretty evenly match
in the backfield. In running through q
broken field Joynes had no equal. save
JTeuerstlne. Theae two men were also
i sne inst 1es rnnners seen on inc lied
though he often found the Yellow jack
ct line n hard proposition.
Harlan and Balderson were the stars
for Randolph Macon. 1t was Harlan
who made their only score. by prett.
drop-kick. and Balderson several times
ploughed his way through the Orange
and White line for good gains.
There was never q more bitter strug-
gle. Every man fought his hardest.
and the stiff arm was used to fin
fsh. Both teams ran good interference,
but William and Mary showed up the
William and Marys next champions
shtp game y With Hampden- Sidney at
by recent scores the Orange and White
should win easily;s but then one can
never Judge by previous scores. Tho
last game OF the season Is with Rich
mona c,,l;sgs sswn , S lev
of war. with chances fayoring the Rich
nonders. The latter have shown re.
markable ability this year. and they
would be severe prop csition to any
team. not excepting Virginia herself.
Against North Carolina Richmond
been received about the game. one
records the score .as 13 to IL: but
Manager George wfIed back to Rich
Whatever the truth in the matter.
however. 1t was splepdidly-contested
game. The whole Richmond team got
into play, and they made sich repeated
onslnughts on the Carolinains that the
latter were startled out of their wits.
run through broken field. scoring
the first touchdown. and giving the
Tarheels the surprise OF their lives.
Such a game between a big university
and a college is rarely seen.
side the state also came OF with viii NY
Ing +cOlors. v. NJ. l. walked away with