The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-16
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PRACTICE IN SECRET
Team Will Leave This Afternoon For Atlanta Where They
VIII Play the University of Georgia Tomorrow.
Team In Need of Punter.

Chapel Hill. N. c., Oct. lin -
cret quarters, Cardinals football
squad is preparing for the contest with
the University Of Georgia in Atlanta
Saturday. BY order OF the coAchso
secret practice was instituted Tues
day afternoon for the three days in~
tervening between then and this as
ternoon. when the team began it,
! journey to Atlanta. A party of twen@
ty-five-about twenty-one players
will take a special sleeper from DUR
ham this afternoon. reaching Atlanta
early Saturday morning.
Members of the squad emerged from
the South Carolina game Monday free
from injuries and none the worse ~
to the athletic field on Thursday at
ternoon at the appointed hour Of :
o'clock and were subjected to the
usual three-hour practice. Quarters
back Bridges joined the squad in the
workout after an absence OF two
weeks, during which time he was fore
ed to resort to crutches. He received
! a knockout blow in a practice game,
dislocating leg.
| Bridges temperance on the fe1d
reinforces Carolina's offensivo
strength in the backfield for the Geor-
gia fray. The coaches have been re-
lying on the Castle Heights product
| to cooperate with Captain Tayloe In
the backfield in guiding the destinia1
of the eleven. Coach Trenchard at
tributes Cardinals inability to mAnip-
ulate forward passes In Mondays
game to the absence OF Bridges from
the lineup. OF the six forward passes
ATTEMPTED only one was completed.
/ The first string men have devoted
considerable time Of the weeks prAc-
tice in accustoming themselves to tha
| Georgia formations. Coach Arthur
Bluenthenthall witnessed the contest
between the University OF Georgia and
Sewanee. and there caught a vision
of Georgia's methods of play. Tho
strength of the opposing team forced
Georgia to resort to Its most skillful
| tactics. His observation was that
Georgia had bulky line, but they did
not work together in a machine-ltk0
precision.
! Need n Punfer.
| The position Of left wing Is agftat-
| ing Coach Trenchard. He Is unable to
put his finger on the man that can
hold down the job steadily. and tho
test game with Georgia Is going to
demand a strong man to co-operat0
with Homewocd at right wing. Grima-
| ley and Wright, last years substitutes
seem to have first call for the job.
Grimsley has shown decided improves
ment over last season, but he still
soft pedals a bit in his fighting tao
tics.
| The absence OF Henry Foust from
the lineup creates a need fog a punt-
err. Playing the position Of right guard
last season, he only acceptably filed
| las. season, he not only acceptabty
filled the berth, but excelled in punt>
| ing for long ranges. He went in tho
last quarter of the South Carolina
game and proceeded at once to get
away with forty-yard punt. His
absence from the regular line il Sc
counted for by reason of suffering
| from sciatica-
| Gay. a freshman from Warrenton
High school, is playing excellent ball
at right tackle. taking into considerA-
ton his inexperience. His sum total
knowledge OF the art of the game was
gathered from having participated In
-four games while attending the War
renton preparatory school.
! He weighs 200, and Is proving =
bulwark Of strength In the line. act
| ing as a running mate to Left Tackle
Ramsey. Ramsey acquired his ex-
perience while In Randolph Macon
academy. Virginia, and saw services
on Cardinals 1918 varsity. He IL =
standby that can be relied on.