The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-10-14
VIRGINIA VETERANS
BRACE To VARSITY
ELEVEN THIS YEAR
SEVEN, INCLUDING RANDOLPH.
BACK IN COLLEGE-LINE
AVERAGE fgS.

- ne prospects Tor a.. winning foot
| ball team at the University of yir-
ginia this year are exceptionally
promising and coaches, players and
students alike are quite optimistic
over the outlook.
Besides the wealth of promising
material afforded by the scrubs Of
last year and by the new men there
are seven of last years az men" back
With these seven as founda Il ON
and with fifty other prospectives to
draw from Coach Warren hopes to
build up winning team
The return OF Carter (captain),
Gooch. Maiden and Mayer who gave
such notable accounts of themselves
in the Vanderbilt and North Carolina
games last year Ia especially encour-
aging
Notable among the new men is
Word, star baifhack of the Richmond
Blues for the past two years and
one Of the best al-round athletes In
Richmond. He. however. is some.
what lighter than the other members
Of the team and It Is doubtfui whether
he will make a place for himself on
the team or not
In the third quarter OF the vir-
gtnia Randolph Macon game when he
was substituted for Ray Nirgsnia's
star right half he at once proceeded
to distinguish himself by carrying the
ball across the line for two touch
downs.
Besides him, there IS Oscar Ran
dolph. the famous quarterback, who
left Virginia in 1907. and returned
only this year. Randolph was at the
time of his former stay at the uni
verstty one Of the snrest tackles In
the game and from Appearances he has
Lost none Of his skill during his alb
senee, Were Il not for the fac; that
he is somewhat lighter than the other
men Che weighs only. 1872 ponndsl he
would be sure Of a position on the
team. As 1t In re Is pushing Half
back Ray for his position and he may
yet win over him.
OF last wears scrubs there are
Brown and Gillette. who have virtual
~ "cinched' their places on the
team. Both OF them are going strong
this year and Gillette especially is do
ing himself proud. Brown is filling
the place left vacant by the departure
of ex-Captain Wood, who has played
the circuit of four years allowed at
Virginia The indications arc that
Brown will fill the position even bet
ter than his predecessor did
Developed Ends.
At the beginning OF the season II
seemed that the eiigibles fo- the team
played everywhere except ~ the ends
No one at all could be gotten tn hold
down that position and for some time
II was feared that the weakness %
the team would lie just In those
points.
Blu; as In every case there Is al
ways some one who rises 10 meet the
occasion and the heroes In this case
were White, left end. Nirriniats star
shortstop last spring, and Gillette.
right end. Of the scrubs, mentioned
above.
These two men have developed so
speedily and wonderfully that they
have become fixtures on the team and
now instead of being the weakest po-
sstien the ends are now about the
strongest on the team.
On the whole the team In going
very fast for this period of the season
This fact Is shown graphically by the
big scores which Virginia has rolled
up in the two games already played,
viz: Virginia 40. Randolph Macon
college 0. and Virginia "a. University
OF South Carolina 0. as against 1910
Ne8thS@ abS coGAH AdIOftElsAHE last
year.
The line is unusually strong and
when in form Is almost Irresistible.
Exclusive of the two ends the average
weight OF the line Is 1as pounds. in
Guiding the ends. the average la 1873
pounds.
Two Strong Tackles.
Captain Carter. right guard who
was said to nave been of ali-American
wa la AL
Tackle Maiden. forms an impossible
bulwark. Both are fast on their feet.
despite the fact that each weighs
something more than 400 pounds.
Redus, lett guard. and Voolfolk,
right tackle. also stars OF last years
team, with their $50 pounds OF weight
each. are showing up better this year
than ever before.
In fact. the line has only three new
men In It, while White, left end; Gil
lette, right end; and Brown, center,
and these all play like veterans. Priddy
is showing w well at center for the
scrubs. too and in case OF need, II
able to substitute excellently tor
Brown.
AS for the back field all except
Right Half Ray are veterans from
last year Bobby Gooch IL fast be-
coming distinguished as a broken field
dAd DUN MdyGF IDIIoWS a
close second In the Randolph Macon
and South Carolina games they both
several times broke through the OPP
posing 1.-The for long gains
Mayer and Ray are developing into
star lipe players and In the games al
ready played Virginia broke Carolina's
line to pieces numbers OF times and
plowed their way through. The aver
age weight OF the black field ID ITO
pounds, and Trainer Lannigan ex-
pressed the opinion of all when he
stated in an interview last Monday
''Virginia's back field this year Is the
best have ever seen here"
Team Looks Good.
In fact. on carefully looking the
team over not a single weak spot IL to
be found. No one player stands pre-
eminent. ana all work together like
a machine The team as a whole |
averages $50 pounds and there Ia not |
an ounce of superfiuous flesh In IL
Unfortunately Virginia 10 sadly In |
rnaA ~ n sfar drou.Lfctar |