Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-29
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SPIDERS WIN THE
CHAMP |0NSH|P
Take Final Game of Season
From Yellow Jackets at
Broad Street Park.
LARGE CROWD SEES GAME.
Student Body From Both Insti-
tutions Root Lustily for
Their Favorites.
LARGE CROWD SEES GAME.

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noon defeated Randolph Macon. Is to
0. thereby taking the championship OF
the Eastern Virginia Intercollegiate AS
ISOLATION. for the second time IN two
years. 1t is true that shadow rests
on the title, but the Spiders by trounc-
ins Hampden Sidney twice taking two
games from William and Mary, and It's
decisive and clean-cut victory over its
Ashland rivals yesterday, clearly estab-s
lished their right to the cup II any
team ever. did.
Spiders BEST In League.
There has been no doubt since the
beginning of the present cup race that
Richmond College had the best aggre-
was against TIampden-S Sidney, and the
Farmville boys were given a terrific
walloping.
protest was entered, and repro
sentatives of the four teams In the
race met and declared a Spider player
ineligible, in spite of the fact that the
college officers had given him a clean
academic certificate, emitting him to
take up his class work and to par
ticipate in the college sports. Tho
game was not ordered played over.
but was handed to the losers. This
Is the dim cloud on the title.
William and Mary proved an easy
foe, and Hampden-Sidney at the next
whelmed. 1t was likewise badly licked
by Randolph Macon only n week ago,
and yesterday the Ashland lads were
BANKED by the claimants to the cham
pionship. In the two games played be-
tween these two teams the Spiders
have scored twenty-one points against
thirteen for the Yellow Jackets.
Hard-Fought, Clean Battle.
Coming back to the struggle staged
at Broad Street Park yesterday. 1t can <
be said truthfully that 1t was one
OF the hardest fought. and certainly
iaQt fr.lTf1 nj 4, -,
the season. Spectators who had wit
messed the Turkey-Day fiasco were
unanimous In their opinion that the
game was far more interesting, and
was the better played of the two. 81
North Carolina may have been theA
best coached team in the South, but
those who make the assertion have not
seen the Spiders In action against IA
team Of their own class. Coach Frank
Dobson deserves much credit for his
development of the Spider machine. sss
Yellow Jackets Play PlucISy Game.
Randolph-Ma played plucky,
and at times, brilliant game yester-
day. and succeeded In holding Rich
mond College scoreless in the first half.
Once n tally was prevented when the
oval rested within the shadow of ithe
goal posts. The two quarters were
played fast. and consistently. and for
the first time In many sensons the
thirty minutes were uninterrupted by
Red and Blue scored both its touch
downs by steady. persistent football
In tho last half. At no time was 9thc
Spiders goal In danger.
Large Crowd Secs. Game.
4 large crowd witnessed the en-
counter, and both student Bodies were
| there to man, and their rival cheers
and songs ringing across the field of
play helped greatly to enlivcn tho,
afternoon. To the credit OF both stu
dent bodies, be 1t said that they stuck,
by their teams in consistent, faith
| full manner that must have had a pow
crful effect on the playing OF both
elevcns. During the interTnisson be-2
tween the halves the Spider students
gathered in the ehadow of the club
| house, where their team was resting,
and cheered and sang their songs
throughout the entire fifteen-minute
| space.
| The game was mixture of straight
and new-style football. One OF the
| Spiders touchdowns was made on N
wide end run from line back and
| shift formation, while the other score
was registered by straight plunge
| over tackle. Forward passes wore
tried good many times. and often
| successfully. Randolph Macon pulled
the most spectacular pass Of the game
| for n forty-yard gain In the fourth
/ quarter. Richmond College made sew
eral good forward filings, but all cS-
| cept one or two were for short gains
| Probably the most spectacular play
of the game was long end run by
Logan, the Spiders left halfback, who
! got away for a forty-five yard run
around the Jackets left end, and was
only stopped by the last man in the.
Ashlanders' defense.
In the punting department.. the
! Spiders clearly had tho advantage,
Wicker getting off his punts Clearly
n nd 1iE via fo,
tances. On the other hand, tho Jack
eta were only able to get OFF one sue.
cessful punt, all the rest OF their at
| teTpts being s,neared or blocked by
Privott and Y. Wicker. Tho Yellow
Jackets also attempted a dropkick In
the third quarter. when unable to gain
in running offense, but this effort was
blocked by ]. Wicker. and Newton
picked up tho ball for the Spiders.
The playing OF the Spider backfela
State. For interference and smooth
running, 1t could not be surpassed.
Tho defensive work of the Spiders
ends was also OF the brilliant variety,
both Newton anu Privott. especially
the latter. being stumbling blocks for
the many efforts of the Jackets to
circle the Spiders tanks. Robins made
many good gains in the Spiders tackle
around play. and his work on defense
WAS also excellent. For the Jackets
IHe pHlyinS OF SneIey, W. X, Scott and
cogbili was of the arst water. Cap
tain Sheffey was the Ashlanders' most
consistent round-gainer, while Scott.
on right end, proved the biggest fac.8
tor In the Jackets defense. The ALL
around work of Cogbill was very good,
both on ofrense and defense.
Jackets Receive the Kick-Or.
The Yellow Jackets won the toss and
chose to receive the kick, with the
Spiders defending the west goal
Wicker; Kicked of, and the ball was
brought back by Sheffey to the thirty-
Vineyard line End runs and a line
plunge advanced the ball about twonty
yards. and then. Randolph Macon lost
It on tumble. After play or two.
Richmond College fumblsd. and Ran.
dolph- Macon recovered the. bali. 3. Al
though penalized twice for off-ssdes
play. the Spiders smashed every at9H
tempt OF the Jackets to advance, and
tho ball went over. ThenAt tho Snfdara .