The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-02
WILL USE
STANDARD DEFENSE
Dr. Lambeth Declares l cam Will Be Stronger
Than Last Years Eleven-Bright Prospects
for Track SQUAD
or Track SQUAD,
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| Charlottesville, Va. October 1.-"Vir.
| ginia's football team this fall will be
stronger than last years eleven" said
DIR. w. A. Lambeth. the father of ath
letics at the university and a member
| of the football rules committee This
statement was made Friday afternoon
/ the day before the contest with vii.
| liam and Mary College. in which the
varsity piled up 10 points in the first
half. establishing a new record on the
local gridiron
The eleven gives every promise of
being defens'vely stronger. and will
probably show Improvement on Of
fense." said DIR. Lambeth THE old
fashioned, or standard defense. will be
| the vogue al Virginia this fall" CON
was abandoned early last season, but
taken up again after the Georgetown
: game. with the result that the Orange
and Blue captured the Thanksgiving
| Day contest with North Carolina, which
| had practically an all-star eleven"
The NarSinia squad gets down to real
| work tomorrow, when the training
table Will be started. Those selected
from the squad of sixty to go to the
training table are Captain Bowen, Will
son. Voolfolk. Jett, Wood. Redus. Har-
ris Duncan. Farrell Davidson. walter,
Gooch, Holden. Mcdonald, Randolph
Carter. Todd. Mcclure. Grant. Landes.
Goodhue. l.. \. Lewis. Fite. Finlay,
Echols. Borah, Hewitt. Speed and Cook
twenty-eight players not quite half
of the squad.
Followers of the game are naturally
enthused over the prospects for win
ming team. The student body was
hardly prepared for the exhibition that
was given yesterday. Nine touchdowns
in single quarter of ten minutes was
something they were not accustomed
to, and the like of which they are not
apt to sec in years to come. There
was action from the very start and
the spectators had plerry TO occupy
! their attention. All realize. of course.
that William and Mary did not have
a representative team on the field, and
the big score rolled up will not give
the players the big head. The hard
work has just begun.
Preliminary Track Work.
After one week of preliminary work
by the Virginia track and field squad,
Trainer Lann'g gan is encouraged as to
! the prospects for the coming season.
| a large squad Ia out daily. and the
new men are showing much promise.
The greatest scarcity OF material in
| any one event is probably in the hur-
| dies The loss here OF old men In this
| department will be keenly felt. The
| relay team, as was the case last year.
| Will have to be practically remade.
| Todd and Boyle will probably retain
! their places but this leaves three va
cancies. The fight for these places
will be hard, as the relay race against
! Georgetown is easily the climax OF
| the indoor season.
| Recent additions TO the squad are
| Philips. who ran last year In the re-
| lay for the Episcopal High: Kline. from
the McCauley High School at Chatta-
nooga. and McKnead. from Oklahoma
City. These men are showing up well
| in the short distances.
Those who are jumping well are