The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-20
Soldier Boys Defeat Spiders
IL to 6 in Exciting, Hard
Fought Football Game on
Broad Street Park Cridiron
THE RED AND BLUE
SURPRISES RIOTERS
Team Referred to As Score
less Wonders" at Start OF
Struggle Puts Up Aggres-
sive Battle and Strenu-
Gus Defense
h, c. NJ. MONTGOMERY.


Somewhere In the mire OF Broad
Street Park lies buried a jink. \
link that Ia battered and SCARED be
yond all recognition. One That has
ruled supreme in the classic halls
of Richmond college for two agoniz-
ing football seasons, but that mas
now been planted so deep that notn~
Ing will resurrect il.
Richmond college has scored for
the first time in two season
BY 1t the Red and Blue warriors
have redeemed themselves in the eyes
of their supporters and this morning
have the town at their mercy. Any
thing they want IL theirs. Ana all
this as "a result OF holding the Rich
fnond Iighty infantry Blues to two
touchdowns yesterday afternoon an,l
carrying the pigskin over for one ON
their own account
Seldom has there been seen such
n seIuoGstratjan An that witnessed At
the conclusion of the game. Not
even after Virginia annual victory
over North Carolina is there such d
celebration as there was Immediately
after game last night. Time was
called with the players waiting for
r winded opponent TO recover. When
tic students. many OF them wearing
the blue-red rat caps. dashed for the
team and To man carried II oil the
field. Burger. the college hero. was
seized by dozen men lighting In
get hold SO that they might bear
part of his precious person back TO
the dormatoFy. Goblin, Saunders.
Jones and Perkins could not escape
and fell victims 10 the yicterN-tn2d
rooters. Other members of the team.
caught as they hurried from the siei'
and hoisted high on the shoulders OF
the yelling boys were carried back
to the college with honors-
Ard the Blues. the victorious team,
after giving the complimentary yell
for their defeated rivals. filed slowlf
out of the park They were the VIC
tors, yet they had lost. That is, they
took 1t that way. What they had
really lost though was their wind.
Not for many days to come will
there be suoh game in Richmond
ana such an accompaniment of root
ing. Throughout nearly 80 minutes
OF playing The two corps OF rooters
did not cease their yelling for mo-
lnent Yells and songs. loud and Iona
were the order. College was easily
frst in this department.
The collegians showed the effects
of much better conditioning than did
the Blues and il was this reserve
strength that enabled them to sta Cd
the ordeal through which Perkins
sen them during the latter part of the
game. He showed mercy tn no one.
He merely saw that the Blues were
weak ening. that the right side of their
line was in the worse condition and
that that was the place to hit.
Neither team was able tn work the
forward pass although both frequent
ly attempted the play. The soldiers
have several men who are wonderfully
strong on this play, but somehow the
man for whom the ball was meant
was ever in his proper place and the
play always went wrong. The Sptd-
ers made q few attempts, but each
OF them failed.
Besides the fact nf their scoring
the most remarkable improvement
made in the pasA week was that oi
their kickers From the puny drives
Of the frat part eff sea s,Aft,-th *
kicks yesterday afternoon We're fcl
good distances and went directly u
the opposing backfieid men. Their
punts were gotten of much more
eleanly, too, and the two that were
blocked came az thu result of the line
forwards cut and not from weakness
In the kicking department
Burger was the hero. 1t was he wh<
made the touchdown that will 60
down In college history. And ii wa;
he who carried the bail most OF tht
way down the Held before making
the fiEal dash that carried, Il. AoNel
the goal line by inches. He vii
get most of the credit for the vic.
tory, for so the students regard IL
and he Is due great share Of it
But he was not the only man wis
won his star by yesterdays game
Little Tip Saunders and fiaxen
haired Jones. endmen. were always il
the game and time after time broi,
through the Blues interference an,
got Billy Word or Van Pcit, some
times for loss and generally befo.
they gained great deal. Goblin an,
Reilly also were conspicuous and FIRE
quently tore through the line +,
gains.
Over on the Blues team there wer
three big names and all OF then
should be spelled with capital let
tera. Billy Word, Fergie McRee an
Richardson Billy Word. To men
ton him as carrying the ball is t
understand that there was 4 gain
He. more than anyone else kept tn
play in the middle of the field afte
College has scored and had begun
second steady advance toward III
goal. After every play whether 1t wa
around the ends or through the lin
Billy Word was found somewhere nea
the center Of the pile, IN tina word
OF the drug store player. he Is
whole game all TO himself Seldor
il seen such broken field runnin
and bringing back of punts as Mere
" did yesterday. Twice ha raea4sea IN
{ ball on the kickon and was not down
ed Until he had carried II back benin
\ the point from which the play WA
started. Richardson WAS best on lin
81 piungea and interfererce. but that
NJ II III wAy talEing credit from atm fo