The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-10-23
GEORGETOWN CAPTAIN THINKS
VIRGINIA HAS STRONG ELEVEN
Ltkeise Of Opinion Blue and Gray Team Very cakRh
mond College Poor At Tackling in Team Play bit
Game ReveaIs Unexpected Strength Al Ends ard Tackles

saturday To be sure the day of the
fiN'ng tackle is done. and swift back
mas more chance to make broken field
runs than formerly--which many crit.
les III blaming "a man for failing 10
stop runner forget-but high tackles
| only brings disaster to the man who
makes them.
Richmond College has really two
very good ends in Reilly and Blume.
Harris, after he went in at centre.
looked stronger than George. Lutz
showed up in great style in the back
HELD and Captain TAYLOR made one
or TWO very pretty tackles and was ia
every play DuNal and Decker were
up against the stars of the Georges
town forwards, Hart and Heiskell and
they played IA surprisingly good game
vice the boys stopped the Georges
Town advance. and many times the
blue ana Gray were a yard or two
snort of the necessary distance be.
Tore entrusting the bali to Hart. Bry-
ant, or some other husky, who couf0
crush through rhe Richmond line by
Steer weight and bull strength
richmond needs more practice In
team play and especially In tacklirg,
put the nucleus of good eleven is
there.
Virginia did as well az expected
against st. Johns, considering the fact
that the team was somewhat demon
aiiAed by the desertion OF Captain
Bowen. His loss viii be felt in the
nis games. but an inspiring leader
IKE Wood Is bound To have ten men
with him In every play Team work
n the thing that counts, and with
keinper fancey for head oh and
W ood 10 hearten them Virginia is go
ing 10 have sure enough football
eeVen this year,
Davidson gave North Carolina a Jolt.
but Branch Bocoek has still some
.ime to perfect his machine before
bringing the team here To tackle Vir-
sihia on Thanks giving Day.
Browns defeat OF Pennsylvania was
the big surprise OF SATURDAYS games
a'th"hRh the defeat OF Yale by the
Army Team gave il close call for
Eonors. Brown always has = strong
eleven, but i'll the game with the
e@udkers they usually are off their form
ana invariably get beaten. This wear
tht team got ready Tor the Penn game
ana the result was q score of six To
hoihlhg tor the Baptista from provi-
dence, r. l.
Poor old Eli Yale. Las; year when
the Army dog whipped the Yale bull
pup everybody from Head Coach Ted
- "HN "a IL tHe newest rubber WAS
banned. 1t WIS lale's System of stick
ing 10 the old style football too long
ana not getting UP In the new gam,
ttftt VAS responsible. the critics sst,.
ten wti,n Yale held Harvard Ia an
even score they added. Sc. VIVA, can
ne ooite when up-to- date fellows hka
ON Shevlin and Harry Williams show
YOU how "
Inc whole fact Of the matter il that
the ale team Is never more than In
documentary state when IL tackles
W est Point. and is ut Its best against
princeton and Harvard The TIGER.
usually strike their stride earlier than
ale. nut this year Navy holds Prince.
ION 10 a seoreless tie go there ia lii.
re 10 choose between the Bulldog and
'iie Tiger thus far. Harvard has "A
cream slate. but Amherst held th..
crimson 10 IL points. However n ia
noteworthy that the scoring way dom.
when the real varsity backs got in
the game
Fo"tpaii surprises by himself. as
NouHt Sinoritork used TO say. and 80
the game advances this fact is all tho
more noticeable.