Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-26
coach DOBSON WORKS
SPIDERS UNTIL LATE
Final Scrimmage OF Season Staged
on Stadium Field After Caro-
lima Finished Practice.
/, SIGNAL DRILL THIS MORNING
Squad Slightly Deficient in Some
Formations - Hard.Fought Game
Expected With yellow Jackets
Saturday.

From three O'clock yesterday after
noon s,f,r , ,,nht,l long after dark. when tho
light. Coach Dobson put his Spider
squad through what was probably,
had so far ths sear , hyr they sao
lar signal drill. In which several new
players were rchearscd. the Varsity
s seGiH ''ao ana told to do what they
From that. time there ensued one Of
Stadium Field has seen this season.
II was the last scrlrnmage of the year
between o tho varsity, and the scrubs
Scrubs ana Sofh TERMS t0r
at each otheg with a will.
3, The scrubs fought especially hard
playing their last time and the var
sity had Its hands full all through the
the game. The, varsity. however, reg
several plays In good style. II was
very apparent that they needed much
more more work on some OF their Sorma.
the rest OF the time viii be devoted to
patching up any weaknesses that may
have appeared in the scr!mmagc yea
, terday.
The varsity linemen were worked
especially hard towards the last Of the
ed all the work at the line OF the frst
team for q period OF over half an hour.
The dr., varsity sr,T line PLAYED ragged ball ut
wards the latter part OF the play. There
was n good deal of sentiment displayed
by the, scrubs In their last work. They
worked hard to develop the varsity,
and. OF course. without their work. the
G0o aF m, not nave been
playing on the scrubs all season. Will
make very strong bids for regular
berths on the varsity next year. and
Will make ROmnOna hIlatlp n hat
jobs.
The scrub players are not entirely
for they were all taken along on the
top to williamsburg. and they will be
awarded an r. c. monogram as a hon
ta her ds their
tice yesterday afternoon. the North
Carolina team had long workout on
Coach Coo DoSaon No line ey could be- sotten
on their playing because of the secret
nature of the practice, but they looked
those that saw them are Of the opin-
ion that they are going to pull n big
surprise on the University of Virginia
team this afternoon.
This morning all OF the Spider first
for regular practice, Although no
the work will be long and very thor
feeling. OF ali the Spider. plays that
| Yellow Jackets Saturday.
/ Coach Dobson has given the team
some splendid formations and plays.
and II the team cnn only master their
execution and pull them off In proper
style Saturday they are bound to be
great ground -gainers And the Spi-
dcrs viii work hard to learn the plays
we'll enough to run them smoothly
There are great many. plays that
long time That tseY have vet 9 to t tpr
In a game, and they will all be UNI
corked Saturday. The team is in good
condition. barring a few bruises and
sore spots: and It is hoped that the
best lineup tina. has represented Rich
mond College this season.
The bows are full of the proner
spirit. and the fight is increa sing
daily. and as the time for the game
gets closed the minds of ALI the Spi-
ders arc more and more on this con-
test. 1t is confidently expected that
this game Will be the best and clean
est game played in Richmond this
season
Many who have observed each team
all season assert that the playing Will
he OF higher order than Richmond
fans have yet. seen, The Spiders are
tory In It practically means the cham
pionship In the ewes OF the impartial
sporting, world, since the Spiders have
twice defeated the other claimants,
Hampden-Sidney by Overwhelming
scores.
cts took the fret game from the spi-
ders has not discouraged them but
rather. 1t has created in them the de-
sire and determination to get re-
vengc this time.