Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-19
IW|NTRY WEATHER ACTS
AS TONIC FOR SPIDERS
Coach Dobson Developing Line in an
Effort to Block Activities OF
Quarter Back Bertschey.
NO NEW PLAYS TO BE USED
Richmond College Squad Well Pre-
pared for Invasion of Williams
burgers, Who VIII Bring Trainload
of Rootcrs to This City Saturday.

weather. the Spider football squad has
ginger in keeping with the tempera-
tnre. Tho cold winds shooting across
the stadium field and the hard surface
that the ground presents have aided
practices that are being pushed with
more and more Vigor every afternoon.
The spiders are ut work in the most
earnest spirit. and no one is seeking
10 shirk his share In the slightest de-
play OF the lien is going to I've of ut
most Importance in the remaining two
voting much time. to the Improvement
of this department. of the team.
Al the beginning of the season the
college line was the source of much
very weak and ineffective. But with
conscientious hard work the line has
Ing%n tha Yrfaty nnt nsT So has
bear its share of the work in a game.
Yesterday afternoon, and also in the
work was chiefly in the direction OF
testing and improving the play of the
Line ! is too D., early yet to note re-
appointed If the forwards do not show
up in fine f.tue here Saturday, when
William and Mary is met at Broad
Street Park.
The work to-day will probably bear
field. 1t is fact that William and
and quarter back, one Of the speediest
and trickiest end runners that plays i'm
t thi Of the Ths 61y Is aiwSyS in the
emerge on Il long run ut any time,
when spells disaster for the opposing
team at the same time.
In the first game between the Spiders
and the Williamsburgers. Bertesche y
was not I'm his best form. and did no,
But even then he had to be watched
every minute of the game. and sue
ceedcd In getting away on several long
r runs, and in coping down q dangerous
forward pass, besides booting Il field
goal in the early part of the game from
quite some distance.
Therefore the locals will take the
best care to see that this boy does not
get away from them;
the same Berteschey, who snatched VIC
tory out of Randolph Macons grasp
in the early part OF the season by maxi
ing Il touchdown from a long run from
beautiful catch of n long forward
pass in the last minute of play. But
he is not the only good man the Will
strong. and has not proved IS vulner-
able for the Spider backs as have the
doiph- Macon. SO the Spiders are put
ting in some hard ticks to be ready
for their foemen when the whistle
They will hardly DO given any new
plays before the end of the week, but
rather the time VIII be spent on per-
fecting those which they already have
In the game SO far the, Spiders have
not used over half of the plays they
possess, and with what they have they
arc going to spring several surprises
Saturday.
The back field is in pretty fair shape,
except for minor injuries which do not
seem to respond To treatment. But
the men and Coach Dobson are getting
so accustomed to having three or four
men on the injured list that ii Is not
ANYTHING to dampGn their enthusiasm
on the contrary, the feeling AT the col
lcSe is that tie men will take part in
these last two games even if they are
iii for clutches
1t is rumored that William anu Mary
has decided to bring her entire student
body with the team To attend the game
here. in view OF the. fact that the
Suidcrs took over 80" down with them
when they won't to williamsburg. And
the Williamsburgcrs want To demon-
strate that they are supporting their
team just as strongly as the locals are
theirs
If they do this IT will undoubtedly
add much spirit 10 the game for the
rival cheering of the two student bodie
is ALWAYS Il feature.