The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-28

the best quarter In the prep league,
got his chance during the latter part
of the game and the Blues, under ms
direction, showed complete reJuver-
Quarlss made the greatest gains Tor
the Soldiers, while Klevesahl and
King also did clever work.
College Too Anxious at Ffrsf-
The game began with Ancarrow
kicking to Jacobs at the west goal ana
that young man being downed on the
thirty-yard line. College was 100
anxious to open hostilities and was
penalized Vineyards for ofrslhe'
Sweeney gained four through center
and on the next play Word Went
through the same hold for gain or
six The Spiders line began to hold
then and more open tactics were re-
sorted to. A forward pass put the
Soldiers eighteen yards nearer the
Collegians' goal. A delayed pass fali-
ed to gain Robins tackiing WORD pc
hind the line. Perkins sprung
another forward pass for fourteen
yard gain after the second delayed
pass had failed and the rooters IN the
college section began to catch their
breath In gasps as the opponents
steadily advanced on their goal
Word dived through hole In the
line for his length. another onslde
play cost the college five yards Bane
made three and on the next play add
ed four more. The ball was now on
the Spiders seven yard line, Word
failed to gain. Perkins ,wriseieo
through the the line for four yards,
A measure was taken and 1t was
found that the gain had been maze,
the pigskin being on the three-yard
line with two minutes left to play
Captain George was replaced by
Wicker. Two bucks at the line noted
an advance of two yards before Word
carried 1t across the line. Even pc
fore he had hardly started, thnnRh-
the referees whistle sounding peuai
~ and the Blues were assessed hfteeh
Yards for holding Newton tackled
0uarIes for a. loss and the ball went
10 the Spiders for the first time dur
ing the quarter. King made TWO
wards through tackle, Ancarrow IAN
ed to advance and the quarter was up
lust after Wicker had made six yaFos
on a delayed pass.
Jacobs Spells Punt
v-non the opening Of the next quar-
ter college attempted q KICK put
Tacohs was through and broke IT mp,
the ball going TO the Blues. eeuafles
made four yards through tack1e'
Word failed TO gain around the enc.
t)uATiHE annexed ii ''dPlC W
on a delayed pass, hut after that the
line held and the bah went TO the
Sptders on their own twenty-five YARD
line. King made four, and after Co.
hurn had failed TO gain because o1
a bad pass from center, ne adueu
two Ancarrow kicked to Word. VINO
was downed In his tracks by Jones
the ball being in the center or fhe
field. Perkins made one ana then TWO
wards. Bane contributed three, aha
when the college was again penalized
for ofr-side, Quarles made three
through the line on consecutive at
tenpts. The ball went over when
Bane failed to make the distance. and
on n double pass King got around the
end for five Ancarrow made IT flrSt
down with one minute to play. Blun'e
/ gained four on tackle around, ana
! King added couple on run around
! the end Time was called following
/ this play.
! The second half was similar TO the
FIRST the same general style Of play
being used Ancarrow kicked to
Rane. who fumbled, and the ball was
| recovered by King on The th!rty-yard
line. Bane made eight, and Word
made II first down. The Blues were
unable TO make distance, and Word
kicked 70 Wicker. who fumhled, KING
4 recovering on MS own elcNfii y ~ u
line No gains could he made through
the line and a tumble lost the ball
on the ffteen-yard line. Word
brought II to the ten-yard line, hut
I the Soldiers were unable to advance
further and the Spiders regained the
ball. They started an advance ur
the field. and before they were
stopped had managed to rush the bal
to the forty eight-yard line. Here
: however, the Blues braced and Ancar-
! row was forced to punt to Word, who
made three yards before the whistle
. sounded, ending the quarter,
Klevesahl and Robins, two higf
school men of last season, one of them
now with the Blues. and the othei
with the Soldiers, did some clever
tackling during the final period, hu
outside of this the quarter was abou
the same as the others had been, Boil
teams attempted to advance the bal
| by plays through the line and gen
orally failed. Gray ran the Blue
much faster than they had been work
J ing. and their play was better. bu
I frequent punts were necessary, anf
: the game closed with the bali in tn
possession of tho college in the middl
, of the field.
r The lineup and summary: