The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-10
CADETS ELEVEN
SOURCE Of PRIDE.
Showing Made by v. NJ. I. on
Gridiron Due to Hard
Work.
PROSPECTS WERE GLOOMY
But Coaches Finally Succeed in
Picking Winning Combination
From Candidates.
PROSPECTS WERE GLOOMY

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Picking Winning Combination
From Candidates.
Lexington. Va. November s.-Ths
football season this year ct the In
stitute opened inauspiciously, Il was
thought. due to the lack Of apparent
line material. But before the season
apparens that two. ami In q number
OF cases. three. good men had devel-
oped for positions from END 70 end.
While the line 10 not . very heavy
one. In axYressiveness IL has seldom
been exceiAed on Virginia gridiron.
o fart due. no doubt. TO the struggle
which each candidate has been forced
% make tor . position. II IL always
satisfactory to know that positions
can be well nlled during succeeding
aeasonA
Ths baek Geld Of the team. COM
posed OF Moore. Leech, Balm AMI King.
man. with Burress and Richards and
Merry available. 10 undoubtedly the
best ever seen here At any time. ani .
Number Of football men claim the
quartet which played against Virginia
20 b. the best ever produced By Q team
In this STATE. There have been per-
hApO better Individuals than any one
q the four. but We are unable to
point to any group OF the past or
present poossssing the same aIl-around
ability In rushing the bah In forward
1asses. IN puntins and in nsrce de-
1sn1gvs WORK and interference.
4aotDa11ans Are dough.
Dvssy team has an o6-day. and II
Was . sstisfaction to have the tnsti-
futs slump In kentucky. where. how
ever. x ran into more or less Of q
sDag. the University Of Kentucky
game being b. tar the toughest ans
hardest o9 the season Il was one Of
those games Ia the playing OF which
there was everything to lose and moth
Ing 70 gain. and came near proving
The tact that football policy enters
largely into the success OF q season.
The Roanoke College game should
Deovo easy. but the 81 Johns and
Johns Hopkins games are serious
AnAestakinSa. While here St. Johns
displayed itttls o6snsive ability. except
with the forward pass against Wash
lngton and Lee. and practically no de-
Sens1ve ability, losing the game by .
score Of 3l.1A
Thsir akin With the forward pass
vas 1t times startling and spectacular.
About Johns Hopkins very little -
known. and there 10 no way to make
. comparative estimate. Tho cadets
would enjoy the opportunity OF meas
not view the Aaratnons which the
Tennessee team has run against a
number Of small Southern teams ~
indicative Of overwhelming strength,
. Wow which - borne out by the Viz
Have Fsetn,ase Season.
The season has been fortunate one
In respect TO injuries In the squad
until Of late, Q number OF regulars
now being In bad shape due to IN
1uries In the asrce daily sertmmaSea.
The squad Of coaches 10 not prone
20 pamper players. believing that daily
work IN TO the limit 10 the only way
20 make strong, aggressive teams. rest
ing men when the need therefor actual
ly develops. and using substitute ma
aEht1ng. What success the team has
met with this year 10 undoubtedly due
20 strtaght football tactics in the main,
varied with Q few modern develop
maats The lack OF interference on
the part Of the University OF Virginia
Whsa staying tAs cadets was NOT
Aus % the poor condition OF tts BACK
aeiA q some are wont to assert ouf
20 tie aggressive defense OF tho ends
Iand powerful line men. who went 70
1he boll when It was snapped. ana
maAe their dsfen.e N the %, enemy !,
no principal reason there was no
s>fsrference Tor virEinia's feet run
Sern Vas because the backs. VINO
aSooJd have intsyfesPd. were on the
lRo011 before tie Tanners ssssSSo.
~ latass being ieft for the TACKLES
I~SS S>rko ta TAXA care OF while