The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-11-14
!. ! .T'U.,SKI'|.EG.iE.EI / (
Meets It's !! ThirdDe efeai
at Institute NJ.
West .Virginians Take the Tigers Into
Camp in q Close Game Full Of s.
Excitement in Presence Of =
\ a Large Crowd.

institute, Oct. H12.--HOWard uni
versity 16. Tuskegee. 6; Hampton In.
stitute, 10, Tuskegee o. West Vir-
ginia Colored Institute 6, Tuskegee
s., tells the. tale or the disastrous
invasion OF the north by the Tigers,
representing the Tuskegee Normal
and Industrial Institute. Champions
\of the South by virtue of having de-
:feated last year Talledega, Fisk,
Shaw and other representative inst-
tutions OF learning In that section,
they came north with a ,repu-
tation, which, before the Howard
game, made them the favorites with
good odds In every bet made. The
bubble burst Saturday at Washington
and their stock has deprecated woe
fully as the result Of the two games
played since. Whether the poor
showing they made was, the result
of these their first games this sea-
son or Of overrating their opponents
In their conflicts last year Is ques-
tion. 1t is fact, however, that this
was Institutes first game this year
and their defeat Of the Tuskegee
boys, who, though tired by their long
ride from Hampton, showed better
form than at Washington, inclines
one to believe that the game at the
South In -not-the same as that played
in the east -
Fully six hundred spectators, over
half of whom were from Charleston
and other nearby towns, were present
when Tuskegee won the toss and
kicked the ball to Institutes twenty
yard line. By,a series Of end runs
and plunges through the line the lat
ter rapidly advanced to the center
OF the field, Tuskegee doggedly con9
testing every inch of the way, their
superior weight both; IN and behind
the line compelling Institute to kick
on several occasions. :, ~...,..
Kicks were frequent and here
again the West Virginluns had the
advantage, the distance they gained
by this method being About double
that OF the Tuskegeeans' The third
down and three yards to go Institute
kicked to the twenty yard Zine where
Foster muffed.> Like q flash Waddy
caught the ball as it bounded from
Fosters hands and romped behind
the goal posts for a touch down.
Then Bedlam broke loose. The
crowd went wild and the adjacent
mills re-echoed time and again the
1ndescribable din raised by every
noise creating device known to school
boys, the shrill yells Of the co-eds be-
Ing also much in evidence.
The goal Was an easy one and play
was resumed as soon as the field
could be cleared. Neither side was
able to score again before the end of
this half although Tuskegee came
within one yard of doing SO on beau.
tiful run by Newburn. The forward
pass was worked for substantial gains
by both teams the visitors excelling
In this respect and was the cause of
q Wrangle every time 1t was attempt
ed. Penalties for off side and rough
Ing, tripping and holding were fre7
quent and these too usually broughe
on an argument from the side penal
lied.
In the second half Tuskegee, the
vision Of another shut out staring
them in the face, played with redoub-
led desperation and showed better
form than in the flrst. They just
couldn't stand for three straight lem
ons and didn't care who knew it, and
this made the lot Of the officials far
from easy. One or the other side al
ways had protest on tap and the
game came near developing into q
talk fest. After few minutes play
In which the forward pass was used
time after time for substantial gains.
the visitors we're we'll down toward
the goal OF the local team. Brew
ton, who was the bright particular
star In the Tuskegee armament,
broke through the line and after q
sensational run, made the touch down
for his side. The goal was an almost
impossible one and the score stood six
to five In Institutes favor, with eight
minutes to play.
The first scrimmage after the kick
of all but brought the game to a
sudden end. Institute and the refe.
rec thought the Tigers forward pass
struck the ground before being caught.
The ball was brought back, Tuskegee
protesting, to the point from which
it had been put in play and they
left the field in high dudgeon. They
were, however, persuaded to return
and the game went merrily on. Back
and forth near the center Of the field
the pigskin was first in the posses
sion Of one side then the other. Fun
bles were frequent, but Institute was
Johnny-on-the-spot and got posses
sion OF the ball two out OF three
times. Harris, Eldridge, Waddy and
Wilkerson did some brilliant work
at this time FOR InSfifnfo both In