The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-01
COSTLY FUMBLES
LOSE FOR SPIDERS
Randolph-Macon Eleven Trims
Richmond College by the
Score of 10 to 8.
VICTORY A GREAT SURPRISE
Dopesters Were Confident Bap-
fists Would Win by
Large Score.

has been turned upside down and all
the sporting predictions upset. and IT
happend out at Broad Street Park yes
terday afternoon. when Randolph-Ma
! con took a fall out Of the Spiders by
4 the score OF 10 to s. Hardly any one
{. was more surprised than the members
OF the winning team. This game had
s all along been conceded to Richmond
College. on the basis Of the records of
the two teams. and the best the Ash
land supporters had hoped for was that
their team would hold the Spiders to n
close score. But, by jumping into the
fray with all their might from the start
and taking advantage of the Spider
misplays and errors--in which the
over County scored a touchdown in
the first quarter and another in the
their period. and succeeded in holding
the Spiders to n safety and one touch
& down until the timckeeper's whistle
brought the game game to , Close. with he
middle of the field
~ Needless to gay. The showirg OF
their team set the Yellow Jacket sup
rooters extremely disappointed by
amd the Yso1 sh'S JaeKe are hra@a
into tie. each having won one and
lost two games go far.
Spiders 0vcr-Con ltlcnt.
The result OF the game can easily
be laid to the many errors and rank
mona College Hn The Soy par, who 81 1 sns to
Z have nm ovcr-abundant supply Of false
I confidence; and who failed to wake
had time te @corc but one touchdown
Errors Of Judgment ON the ,offense
who have neve. been guilty OF this
rort of play before, spelled defeat for
the, Spiders II must he ,conceaeu,
= credit from the winners, that the Spi-
ders absolutely outplayed and outdis-
tanesd their opponents IN an,e Ger r. ,o oe,
the benefits of al their good. work
because Of bad judgment OF 4 tumble
The Richmond College team gained
eleven FIRST downs by actual running
fen siau @ abe 10 garner Sas
In the first holt and another in the
SECOND I,n mu Oh sns G'' Ilickr on.
capsaIn sSetrey chose 70 IN, l;1ek s., 70 IL, isf
Ssa sa Gsas hFHaSn 'he Sf sain NJ
a sleeping end, but it was unsuccessful.
I on the next play Ancarrow thte" y
ima and h Fl was GS ntercsp,ed by Robert
son on Richmond Colleges thirty-yard
linz ,ns taen aaG ih
fourth down scored n touchdown by a
RIehmogd eolisse iheS RECEIVED
b1cks and end runs. advancing the bali
s.ragh! dSWn the isida to I'm, the mei' ,ns
end of the first. quarter. IN the second
quarter the Spiders lost the ball on !.
fSmPG bn the
team to within three yards Of the goal.
when an un:ortunnts tumble by g
& over the goal line. deprived the Spiders
OF this score a.i gave the ball TO the
line Robertson esssyed TO punt, bqt
The Kick was blocked from be: his
for n -. safety, thus giving the Spiders
The ball was then put in scrlmmage
down the field for the remainder Of the
the bali in the Spiders possession on
the Jackets for,y!avc yard line, Score:
Spiders Show OM Spirit.
At the beginning OF tn. the third ! quar-. quar-.
had come back with their old spirit,
and many. predictions were made that
And 1t looked very much that way for
a while, as the Spiders took the ball
from their own forty-yard line UP to
only to lose on another discouraging
tumble by one of their backs.
she game nov could ds noS
4 ing in the way of advancing the ball.
being thrown. for heavy losses on both
few spasmodic gains. After having
lost almost twenty yards in their at
tempts to run the ball through the
punt from their own twentyyard line.
This they did, and the Spider back who
!. could not hold on to it. and
on the Spiders forty-yard line.
After losing ground again in their
pa ePNt to foiiarG. who o f1mnbled. a and
Captain Sheffey scooped up the oval
and ran between the Spider goal posts
low Jackets The attempt at goal this
time was good. thus giving Randolph
Macon ~ total Of thI re points TO to
Spider team was greatly dampened by
these costly errors on the part of their
startled to fight harder than ever.
Throwing the Yellow Jackets for loss
after loss the Spiders gained posses
quarter took the pigskin almost the
length of the field by line bucks and
delayed passes, aided by long run
then, sent Robins over the goal line
I SIS Ancarrow Fni'S mt Goal.
Ancarrow failed at attempt to kick
goat; With only minute left to play.
the Spiders were fevcrish!y anxious for
until they We're halted by the whistle
Pof the end of the game. Score. Ran
dolph Macon, 13; Richmond College. s.
Many forward passes were tried by
each, side; and they were uniformly
unsuccessful This fact was due more
to the excellent defensive work of
both teams than to any lack OF skill
in executing the throws. The Yellow
Jackets ono successful pass gave them
heirstouchdown.
For the Yellow Jackets. the work OF
their entire line was very good espe-
cially that of their centre. For Rich
nond College. the line p:ay was COM
nendable on defense. but rather poor
oil ioffense The work of their backs
of high order except for their
al fumbles, which gave the game
SkpaeIS ha that t'e hs sl,m ought
Have won on tho strength of their
Aktent ground gaining and the
- " of sthe Jackets to effect any
ga bio advances. but on the other