The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-27
N OOWEll'S TOE
W|NSGREAT GAME
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Saunders had generated their teams
well. with here and there an error OF
Judgment, but splendid Eeneralship in
the main. And then happened George
Thomas Mcdowell
Geographically his name should
never have been Mcdowell. He halls
from Pennsylvania. where the sturdy
stock Of Holland Is In the vast ma
tority and where the Gaelic NC" Is
taboo. Innocently sitting among hts
fellows, only a sub" he waited his
opportunity. Down the field on two
occasions had come the Yellow ana
Black, only to be held by the hShtins
forwards Of Hampden-Sidney. Mid
yetre, on whom the Ashlanders had de-
pended most to boot the oval In the
event scoring had been made impos-
sible in any other way. had tried In
the third period from about the TWEEN
ty-five-yard line and failed. Coach
Reiss was walking the side lines. I'M
potent. but thinking hard.
Where Mcdowell Earned Fame.
Then in one brilliant fash, George
Thomas Mcdowell. hero Of Randolph
Macon Academy. where. with that
same trusty toe. he had won fourteen
battles, grew from q diminutive SCRUB
into the mightiest OF varsity heroes.
A solid mass Of Yellow and Black.
banked in the grandstand was plead
ing and begging for q score. Every
possible cry known to the cOilegians
had been Drought into play. All OF
the songs written for alma mater.
from those OF a period in the dim ana
distant past to those sung to the tune
COmn0Se0
by contemporary song makers. had
been sung. A scoreiess game. was the
unanimous verdict. To Hampden-Sid-
ney's thirty-fve-yard line the ball had
been worked Evenly Bane called the
signals. Mcdowell dropped back Oh
the line. In one made second his toe
sank deep in the pigskin and the next
-pandemonium plus bediam hao
broken loose.
On tie feid rushed that bank Of Yea
low and Black. High in the air waved
their pennant. Cheer leaders tire"
away their megaphones- They wound
have ended the game then and there
But four minutes of play yet remained.
Bernier had hope left-hope and moth
ing more-that his Presbyterians might
score. Randolph-Macon played safe.
Two forward passes in succession were
intercepted by q Yellow Jacket. WitG
i've seconds left to play. Randolph
Macon took the ball away from Hamp-
den-Sidney on the Ashlanders' fifteen
yard line. One plunge. the whistle
blew. and the game was over. Ran
dolph- Macon had won. had won the
hardest battle ever fought in a cham
pionship contest since the organfza-
ton of tha association.
Both Show Bfil1iancy.
Brilliant flashes were shown by
both eisvens Saunders, though he
bore the brunt Of the opposing attack.
made the enc serious mistake Of the
game. In the third period. with his
backs advancing steadily down the
field, on solid line plunges. and well
within the enemy's territory. he stop
ped the onward march with an attempt
at a forward pass which proved abor-
tive, losing ground. He finally lost the
ball. and the best chance he had Of
scoring.
Randolph -Macon's biggest show was
not in the fnal period, though that
was when the score came. In the third
period. after Bane had run the ball
back for rhirty-nve yards from the
kickon. that powerful back field Of
the Yellow Jackets plowed and ripped
the field on straight line plunges- 1t
was the prettiest piece Of offensive
playing witnessed here during this
season. But the Red and White held
when on the brink Of defeat and took
the ball. McCorkle's toe punted to
safety. Again tie Yellow Jackets came
tearing away, ahl once more the oval
was Within striking distance. But
those sturdy forwards Of Hampden-Sid-
ney braced, and their goal line was
saved from being crossed
No question exists but that Ran
dolph- Macons backfield Is superior TO
the Pres5yterians. while. on the other
hand. Hampden-Sidney's forwards out
PLAYED the Yellow Jackets. But honors
were So even until that Hateful Kick
OF McDowelrs that criticism is unjust
not to say unfair. Every man In the
game played for every ounce OF
strength in him. Not a man loafed-
IL was fight all the way. yet the game
was remarkably free from roughness-
The ofYicials were on the job every
minute. still no kick was registered
]. was q game won on Its merits by
the team which was able 60 take ad-
vantage OF opportunity when oppor-
tunity offered.
From the nrst period sn:ookers were
surprised TO ind the two teams 50
evenly matched. The ball seesawed In
.ha. quarter from one end of the hein
TO the other. stopping In the middle
sf the field when the whistle called
time. Bsne and Hopkins Gid the heavy
work for the Yellow Jackets. while
"a g(({l(I Fires