The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-10-30
VIRGINIA WORKS HARD,
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
STAR is CERTAINLY OFT OF
GAME AGAINST ORANGE AND
BLUE-COMMODORI1S' HOPES
or VICTORY FALL. Az;
COACHES HOPE ONLY F0T
GOOD SHOWING.
GOOD SHOWING.

COACHES HOPE ONLY ToE
GOOD SHOWING.
Especial to The Richmond vireinian.)
NASHVILLE, TENN. Get %
Whatever hopes Commodore suppor
ters may have entertained OF w;nnirg
from Virginia were blasted wnon the
X-ray photo made of Tom Browns
ankle. the injury to which caused him
to be borne from the field Saturday, in
the Michigan game, revealed the fact
that one of the small bones had been
broken. He may be able 10 return
in time for the Sewanee battle. but
he will be out in the Virginia game y
1t is the most crushing blow delivered
TO the Vanderbilt machine, which was
weak enough as it was hut with
Brown out Of the line. the big driving
rod Is snapped and against The power
full Virginia and Aburu backs. the
frail Black and Gold defense viii
crush Ike a cock!eshel.
Brown, whose work at tackle
against the Wolverines. stood art
head and shoulders both extensively
and defensively. above any man on
either eleven. was outside of Morgan
and Captain Muck Brown, McGug5n's
main dependence TO bolster up
wretched line. without him, the chip
jury sank the hopes OF Vanderbilt,
Brown was injured early in the Sec
ond quarter, when he was vicioueiv
taCklen by Quinn, after corraiiing a
punt With superb courage he RS
fused 10 speak of his condition. hut
continued on the few opportunities
accorded him, to tear Wits gans in
the Michigan line or smear the In
reference of some play. 1t IS Tom
Browns last year in football and fa
remained in there fighting hard re-
fusing to quit until physical exhaug-
ton took its grim toll Of him. IT WAS
-.@auza-t!aat-ht had p.EeIl-laea-la a&a-
some of the carriages in his threat,
hut with tears in his eyes he pleaded
that his neck he swathe1 in handages
and that he he sent hack 10 the field
II was a nitiful wreck that dragged
itself to the sidelines in the third
j period but he had played the most
/ brilliant game OF his wonderful career
and by his matchless courage carved
for himself niche in the hearts OF
Fanderbilts supporters
But now that he is out of the game
McGugin must go about mis- foriorn
hope. plugging up, or rather trying
10 plug up the gap ping hole left vacant.
Huffman has been shifted 20 Browns
place, while Askew and Putnam are
being drilled at guard. Boensch. by
dropped, and Zach Curtin put into
/ the breach. Chester Will probably do
the punting hereafter. as he is almost
las good as Boensch in that particular.
Curtin carries with him one Of the
coolest heads ever fitted on top OF
moleskins aud now that his chance
has come he will fight like a tartar
to make good His marvellous drop
kicking will be a big factor in piling
up scores for the Commodores. for he
packs "A punch in his toe which sell
dom. in a pinch. fails TO drive the
oval between the uprights. One
other thing He win hardly make the
foolish mistakes In his sele oe
plays as did Boesnch. who even after
his team had gotten offside. repeated
the same signal. only TO find the
! Michigan defense all set to break 1t
up.
! With the desperate situation having
drawn even more desperate. McGugin
forced the men through terrific pace
over the field, which was better fitted
for acouatics than for gridiron works
outs Long after the city lights had
been lit the varsity continued the
grind, aided by the electric lights
strung about Dudley field with the
exception of Tom Brown all the men
came out Of the Michigan game In
great shape and they were not al
tfpW0u 10 Stpf d iNtHhIE. gtis tfiihS
that helps Vanderbilt and that is the
fact that they did not uncover a sim (
gle trick or fake formation and all
the forward passes attempted were
simple. so that the Virginia scouts
who were in the crowd. went horne
with little or no dope of any value,
except the bare fact that the Com.
modores have second rate team
McGugin, realizing after the first half
that the eleven was hopelessly beaten
ordered Boensch not TO attempt any
thing except straight football or SIM
pie passes, In order 10 conceal from
the Virginia dopesters the trick playa
and peculiar forward pass formations,
upon which he will rely to check the
Virginia eleven
But they need have little fear al
the outcome at Charlottesville. Not
that McGugin or his men have given
up. for they will die in their tracks
now that they have been Inundated
by Michigan. But al this late stage
of the game still experimenting with
the line, trying out a man at quar-.
ter, while not a new man at the posi-
tion still he will have to get in ON the
teamwork still juggling and jockeyinas
with the forwards, there is little To
encourage the Black and Cold II II
sad, but il is true, II liz an off year
with the Comm odores; the have 4
mere shell of an eleven.