The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-03
BLUES UNABLE TO
CHECK INVADERS
Artilleryncn Prove Too Strong
ior Locals. and Pile UP
20 Points.
LOCALS DEFENSE STRONG
But They Were outwcighcd by
Aggregation OF Former
College Stars.
ny GUS MALBERT.

st the hands OF their adversarics by
scoring safety In the nrst period of
play. the football team Of the Rich
mond Light Infantry Blues. neverthc-
less went down IN defeat before the
stronger aggregation OF the Norfolk
Blues In the final game OF the season
ut Broad stree; Park yesterday, the
score being % TO 2.
One OF the larEcs, as well as one
OF the most enthusiastic crowds pres
ent at any game during the season
was on hand 10 watch the warriors OF
smoke and powder do battle on the
Sridiron: TIC entire battalion from
inc local camp "" out IN force head
cd by the band. Just TO add little
color 20 the cason. The Blacksburg
eleven tourneyed up from Norfolk
ans occupied t. stand reserved FOR.
The Blues. The heroes who had con.
quered the North Carolina a. and NJ
yelled Justify for tho Richmond con.
tiHgents
Snake Dance Feature.
During the resting time between
the halves. when the score stood IL 10
against their team. the Blues gave
All exhibition Of the snake dance,
marching around the inncld with sin
uous grace 10 the tune OF such inspir-
In melodies as Well DO the same
Thing over The Merry Widow
Waltz ana Dixie" II looked more
like mighty gathering from some
far-oh college than it did like grim
and brave lighters. There was the
game atmosphere. tho same kind OF
Sclis the same partisan spirit and the
game determination to win that mark
anv Of the greater college clashes.
While IL was evident from tao be-
ginning TINT the visitors had il on the
locals in nearly every department OF
ktf. Et
the superiority OF the invaders was
going 10 be largely discounted by the
defense put UP by the lighter eleven
II was no walkovcr for the victors
and In one period, the third. they were
unable to make any appreciablc adj
vance against the Blues.
Locals Have Their Inning.
For Just short while, during the
earlier moments of the iirst period il
looked as II the locals would have
chance. Even though Billy Feuersteln
had crossed the local goal line IN the
first five minutes OF play, hope ran high.
and the Il. L. l. b. camp was happy
for Richardson had forced a safety
when one OF the visitors touched
punt which rolled behind his goal line
where he was tackled.
Like battering ram, Bubbles Hodc-
son, former " T. ]. and All Southern
star. tore into the wavering Blue and
w mite line. Yard by yard the ball was
advanced. each advance being stub
bornly contested. But II was no use
Weight told and down to the fivc-yurd
line the ball Travelled. Billy Feuerstein
then found an opening on the left side
OF the line. and the first touchdown
from which Hodgson kicked goal, had
been made
1t was {; moment later that Richard
sons toe sent tho leather down the
neld to the opposite goal and across
the line. where the Blues only count
was registered, That was all OF the
scoring in the first period The quar-
ter ended with the ball on the visitors
sorty-hVe-yard line. in their possession.
Mflitinmen Improve
The second quarter was more holly
contested. and the play was more nearly
equal Richardson's toe was WORKING
overtime. and he was .booting the Iaath
or anywhere from forty to ffty wards
at clip. Tho trouble was that Tho
opposing hacks were able TO BRING, Al
back for appreciable gains Towards
the close OF the period Jones went
across for the second touchdown and
Hodgson again tried for goal, but
missed. making the score il to,2. The
half was up with the ball on Rich-
monds hfteen-yard line.
The first period of the second half
was the most holly contested of tho
game 1t was q battle royal from be- ,
ginning to end, with the seasiders hav-
Ing slightly the better of the. argument.
Try as they would, however, no score
resulted. Kicking was resorted to by!
both teams. and the ball was kept aero
planning from one end of the grlddle
TO the other. Just as the whistle was
about to sound the end of the quarter.
Billy Ffuerstein got away around right
pnd Tor the longest run of the day,
pulling UP at Richmonds fve.yard line |
Two More Touchdowns,
1t took two plays In the next period |
to get the ball Big Bubbles Hodg- |
ION, with his mountain OF weight, |
sroke into thelne, and when the legs
md arms We're separated he was on the
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