The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-05
Neither Team Able to
Successfully Advance
Leather onWet Field.
LEGGE AND COFFIN
IN PUNTING DU Ell
Tarheels Show Great Defensive
Strength, While Blscksburg
outkicks Downhomers-Bo
cock Elated With Showing
Made, and Has Hopes OF
Thanksgiving Victory.

sAow,ng marvellous and at times
speetaoular defensive proves, IT,.
vearers OF the Blue and White from
Carolins Yesterday held the orang,
and Maroon warriors from the viz.
GINA Polytechnic Institute in check
during full hour OF tho fastest PLAY
witnessed here this season. tho gam.
resulting In n scorelsss conflict
Down in the old North state Tn,
result OF Yesterdays contest Will be
regarded as practical victory tor
the Carollnlans. II has been so nany
years since Carolina has been able to
poin, 70 tie Same with the Tech,
that the jubilations which met the
tnal whistle would have meant 10
the unknowiug and unsuspecting way.
iarer that the "downnomeites' had
actually trailsd their gdversarys
polors IN the dust Of defeat
Tho weather chose one OF his rawest
varieties Tor tho battle. 30 that this
crowd. which numbered somethng
more than 1000 people. shivered 10
INC truly wintry blasts and tried 20
get warm rs Occupying the smallest
possible space IN the Srands;and. Thc
uncovered bIeachcrs were soon emp
tied By "A cold, drilling downpour.
which made Ell seek shelter.
Somehow or other there WAS lack
ing the enthusiasm which has marked
previous games between the two
rivals 1T may have been the dampen-
Ing Influence OF the weather, or IL may
have been that the crowd was not
partisen enough 70 reflect real college
spirit AS matter OF fact, only the
warmly cloaked could Possibly have
enjoyed themselves. Naturally n foot.
ball game without enthusiasm Is not
e.. B.
siasm is unbounded. but the players
cannot be blamed. Indeed. 1t Is a
question whether the men could have
hattled harder under any conditions.
Techs Fret on Field.
First on the held. the Techs were
soon the favorites. Clad in their at
tractive Jerseys striped with Orange
and Maroon, they looked to be sturdy
bunch. Head Coach Reiss. assisted by
Bob Williams. ives in charge OF the
squad.
In the preliminary prxct!ce Legge
was sending high spirals forty and nifty
yards without seeming e&ertion, and
this len; hope to the Tech supporters.
Shortly afterwards Branch Boouck.
leIdlng his Carolinians, came across the
Enclosure. pGtting first this and then
that ono OF his former charges. In
front OF the grandstand cock was
given q rousing cheer by alumni OF
Blacksburg. who thus voiced their es-
TEEN for the former coach. Watching
the Tech booting practice, Bocock
picked his man and sen, him to the
middle OF the field 10 show what he
could do. Coffin was the youngster Of
whose toe Carolina depended. but with
out disparaginS his work. he failed
10 measure up 10 the V. p. / man.
Rain, Unin, Rain.
Rain was falling when Referee Gass
blew his whistle. Captain Bob Win
ston booted the leather 10 V. p. LIS ten
yard line. where Legge was waiting TO
receive Il Back came the ball in thu
grasp of the sturdy halfback. Ten
yards ne advanced, and then squirmed
his way along tor I'VE more. Then
Legge tore off few more yards for
Blacksburg, but Carolina showed her
greatest strength on defensive play,
and Legge had TO boot. IFroil then on
through the irst period il was a punt
ing duel. with Leggc Nesting Coffin at
every exchange, and this despite the
fact that the Carolina ends Were dong
yeoman service in running wen under
the ball and mailing the Tech runner
most OF the time in his tracks. The
period ended with the ball on V. y, is
thirty hv. yard line.
The second period was much the
Ha!Ie--!IlOte display OF KICKING ability.
V. p. I. was unable to make aplrecia Bile
gains either through the line or around
the ends. In the exchange OF punts
Blackshurg again won, and the half
found the ban on Cardinals fifteen
yard line. Gibbs Hodsson and Lee
Febvre were doing the big end OF the
work for V. p. l., with Legge carrying
the ball and doing all OF the kicking
For Carolina Captain Winston. .Aber-
nethy and Applewhite showed their
true form. illicit az quarter. was a
revelation. the youngster being full OF
lire and down the field like . shot.
More kicking Toward Finish.
Carolina again elected the kick
when the third period began the sec
ond half. Once during this period Til
lett got away on a delayed pass and
was down the field for eighteen yards.
Captain Winston made appreciable
rains around both ends. but advancing
tho bali either through end runs or
through the line was hard work for
both teams, aud the toes of tho
punters were again called into SER
vice. The period ended with the ball
on Carolinn's eight-yard line in her
possession
parheeIs Get Hotter.
Carolina showed TO better advan-
tage in the inai quarter than Mt any
other stage OF the contest. The hall
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