The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-08
SQUAD CONTINUES TO
SHOW IMPROVEMENT
Despite Run of Hard Luck, Washington and Lee
Team Rapidly Is Being Developed Into
Fighting AGGREGATION

Kept the line in good running order,
for there have been several OF the big
hefty ones laid up In the past few
days. Every day. however, has seen
hve big active men from tackle to
tackle on the varsity. while the second
team has been very little worse off.
Fast but lighter men are now being
used In the backfeld. Bone and Burke
having replaced Tindal and Buehring
for the present. The week, however,
mas as whole been trying one. Tho
team was fully ready for a game last
Saturday. but one had no, been
scheduled. and II was impossible 10
get good team here after IL was
seen that the team needed the game.
When the schedule was being made
out last winter, 1t was thought that
slow start would be a great help
towards the best ultimate results, but 1t
was not then foreseen that there
would be so many experienced men
on the hel this fall. The experience
OF the men has enabled the coaches
to whip them into shape much sooner
than was hoped. AS there was no
game last Saturday. it has been neces-
sary to keep the three teams ham
mering away. at each other. The
scrimma ges have been hard fought
and spirited. all of them. the men
question of making the team, this
week probably will count more than
any other. SO far the work has been
OF preliminary sort: only straight
plays have been used, it has been easy
to make many shifts. Beginning with
next week the coaches will give out
the plays which demand more team
work and will begin 10 put on some
or the inner touches. After this work
begins 1t Will he harder to Dust a
good man.
Private business called DR. Pollard
out of town Wednesday. and Mr.. Pratt
had charge of the squad the latter
part or the week Absence of Dr.. Pol
lard delayed matters to some extent
but Pratt is making good every day
and has been running in fine style
during the Doctors absence. Pratt is
already making himself felt with the
men; though generally qui.t he is sure
TO be heard when things go wrong. He
has a way of seeing everything Just
as good coach should; no man is
100 poor player to be unworthy OF
his observance. and none too good TO
escape his advice. when he thinks they
need it,
Hurd and Francis appear to he the
most likely candidates for end. Both
are strong in smearing plays around
their ends and handle Themselves like
veterans on offensive work. Waddlll.
captain of last years team, Is out again
for end, Pressure of work kent hin,
in for long time, but the call OF The
Brldlron was too strong for the old
star lie Is out, that is sufficient; when
Rupe gets out there ought to he some :.
thing doing. Once in good condition.
ne Will be the standby to the team
mat he was back there in 1907. tho last
year that football team was ,h..
pride of this institution.
slater Is pushing Rafferty, hard for
quarter. The contest between this pair
nids tair to hold out to the close or
held runner and handles punts with
more certainty, but Slater seems 10
n p It on him In handling the team.
coach can make no mistake
Earwood's carrying the ball has re :
IeiVed considerable attention of late.
re runs we'll picking his holes with
tackler in his course down the field
Tor I'VE ten or twenty yards
The training table started Monday
with twenty men. The training quar-,
hall. where no trouble will BIO spared
to sec that the men are proper1y nro-
vided for. With first rate training
table and good big squad at the
ra with no one trying to dodge the
that the long string of injuries which
has been pursuing Washington and
Lee for the last three years will not
fall again this fall.
The men at the training table are
Captain Moomaw. Baker. Burk, Davis.
Miller. Moore. O'Quinn. Rogers. Bone'
Buehring, Earwood. Evans, Francis
Hurd, hsle. Malcolm. Miles, Francis.
SEogers: f.; Rathroek. Tindal. Slater.
stewart, Sutherland. Webster and