The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-10-30
JAsPERS PUT Up
REAL Football
Show Better Team Play Than
Hampden- Sidney but
Lack Kicker
RED AND BLUE SEES
HOPEFUL OUTLOOK
Coach Honaker Brings Men
Around in Fine Shape
and 8 to 0 Defeat is
No Disgrace

Coach Honaker. Of the Richmond
College football team, has reason 10
be proud of the progress made by
his men the past few days. Although
beaten by Hampden- Sidney. ; to 7.
the Red and Blue put up the superior
game. and lost through the individual
superiority Of two OF the Garnet and
Gray backs Saunders and Blanton.
1t was Saunders who time and
again saved Hampden-Sidney from
defeat, and it was he wto brought
the ball within striking distance OF
Richmond's goals. Blanton proved
himself goal shooter Of extraordi-
nary ability. and by a boot from a
dImcuIt angle sput the ball betw
the uprtghts for the only score OF the
game. Richmond thrice had the BAH
within easy field goal distance. and
once tried TO shoot the bali over the
bar but the attempt went wide I,y a
yard. The Red and Blue had 70 such
expert as Blanton.
Richmond Better Team.
In the matter OF distance gained
Richmond College was far superior 10
Hampden-Sidney. Murray, around
the end and through the line. was
the best man on the field back of me
line. Throekmorton, TOO. usually made
three to five yards. and sometimes
more when called upon in straight
line bucking. But the work OF saua-
ders. OF Hampden- Sidney, WAS brill
liant The little ,ow-headsc quarter
hack time and again got away for
long runs. and always when /. looked
nlaokest for the Garnet and Gray
Without Saunders Iampden-S iney
would have been nowhere, even with
the magnificent bunting OF Phantom
That stocky young man beat the
best that Richmond could show from
ten to twenty yards and With the
present style of game IA kicker Of
his ability can tira out he i,est set
Of backs that ever stood on a grid
iron. when the latter have no punter
to help them,
Ends DO Good Work.
Richmond has been weak at the
ends and In centre. but Saturday RE.
~ and Justis played well, and later
young futile showed unmistakan BILE
ability. Riley showed q weakness in
getting down the field on kicks. He
has the speed. but once he Was seen
to stop ten feet away from the man
waiting TO catch the ball. and tho
result he was blocked of and missed
hts tackle. On the defense he tackled
we'll and hard. more than once stop
ping young Saunders in his meteoric
lodging dashes.
Tyler at centre was star Twice
ne was FOOLED on plays sent at Rich
mond's guard. the stocky centre tear
ing through on the left side OF the
line only TO oyerrun his man, bat he
WAS invariably SO successful that moth
ing but praise is due his play,
Tyler Stars For JaspcrS
II was Tyler who broke through
and blocked one attempt OF Hampden-
sydney to score field goal. 1t was
Tyler who again and again went
through before either ends or tackles
and spilled the Hampden Sydney
backs. II was Tyler who broke up
play after play and was all over the
field making tackles. II the rest OF
the Richmond line had played up to
the standard OF Tyler Hampden-Syd-
ney would have lost ground every time
they tried TO rush the ball.
Richmond's real weakness was I'm
the kicking department. Murray, who
played such a brilliant offensive and
defensive game. was not the equal
of Bianton and Murray Is the best the
local college can show
Richmond Line Good.
The Richmond line. especially at
centre and tackles was all that could
be desired and Harris at guard put
UP n grand game. With any sort of
field goal shooter Richmond could
have won by three times the score
made by Hampden- sydney.
The team played tngethes In sur
prisingly good form. The boys seemed
. little lost on signals more than
once. but tho Improvement over the
games with Randolph Macon and
Georgetown was so marked that when
the eleven hits its real stride Ran
dolph- Macon will find that the Red
and Blue team is the one they must
beat for the championship.
Saunders. OF Sydney. has
an odd fashion of carrying the ball
He holds. 1t in front OF him for all
the world As III he were going TO drop
1t or toss 1t forward. He also runs
erect. but his squirming and lodging
are wonderful. He is great in
diving tackle IL passed his success In
worming his way forward Ia little less
than mArveIous.
Hampden.Sydney Stars.
Saunders. Blanton and Walker were
the most conspicuOus men in the
Hanpden-Sydney outft Coach Cecil
has done wonders with the material
1t hand and In Willis and Payne ne
has two ends who know how to play
the game. especially in down the field
work. Willis however. was put out
Of the play more than once by Riley
and 1t was between Willis and Akin.
son that Murray made hi sbest rains.
Riley and Decker clearing the way for
him.
william and Mary was not up to the
fast game shown by the Medical Col
lege OF Virginia. The boys from Rich
mond smashed through the williams
burg line and finally pushed their
way across for touchdown, from
which goal was kicked. University
College OF Medicine met with defeat,
The team found Randolph Macon at
Ashland too strong and lost, IL to D.
In Byrd Park the Blues and Ex-
Props played a rafting good game
Neither side was able to score.