The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-12-13
CHURCH HILL BATTLES
SCHOLAS7YCS TO TIE
Although Contest Was Staged in Sea of Mud the Game Was
Dominated by Number of Spectacular
Plays by Both Elevens.
ny ERNEST POLLARD.

Playing the game in a sea OF mud,
the fast Church Hfii Athletic cub ana
Scholastic elevens battled through four
periods yesterday afternoon at Broad
Street Park witho4. sither getting
decision. the conflict resulting In a
o to standstill The triple ALL
Rnee''-ratn, hail and snow-that In
vaded Richmond Friday night left the
local gridiron in very slippery con
Sition, and on numerous occasions
when II looked as If p man was des-
lined to get away with a substantial!
gain he would slip and fall
Although the game might have been
q better one, under the circumstances
both elsvens played q nice game As
vas anticipated the encounter was
hattie royal from start 10 finish and
svery inch Of ground gained by either
side was contested. Both sides dis
PLAYED pluck and grit galore and nei-
Their gave up from the time the cur
tain was hotsted for the beginning Of
tho game uutii Referee Foster witt
blew his whistle for the last time.
Owing to the condition OF the held.
neither side gained much ground 70
amount to anything. ana very few first
downs were made by either aggre-
cation. The game was married TO
certain extent by repeat fumbles,
blenders,
sehoiasttcs Gain Ground.
The Scholasties gained more ground
sban their opponents. but this of
set by the superior defensive work dis
played by the. East Enders. On -"
less than ave occasions n" Sehotas~
sic eleven was within striking DIST nee
Of the much coveted eoal line, bat
they lacked the punch n the otpor
tane time. and every time IN" bail
went over 10 the Church Hil BOYS
The fumh}ine began shortly after
fhe initial ktckon. the ball WIS kick
81 hv the Scholastics, and Perkins
brought the oval hack almost 10 midi
field ON the very first plaY the
p{xxi<ln was not erasped firm eheue II
aud a tumble resulted, the bali failing
Into tho hands Of the SchoIast}cs. How
ever. the tall saan went o"-r and IL
setzased up and down ths ~~.' a@T-
ing the remainder ne op*nias guar
Ter. II was IN r otter part Of tl'e
second period the s1aetasti'S
threw tho lYst . .pto the church
Hsn camp wnen they carried the hall
@-lthtn ten yards o. tho opposing soai
.Ano. but u was then Church Hi ltnc
took a trace ana held like . stone
~r31t II, the Second and third HuaT~
ters the schoiastics eane with'n close
proximity of the East End goal }'ne,
bat when ii came 10 Nor"}tos theit
way through for = tourhdowa there
was simply nothing doing
R~mine and Rsn&em~ Help.
The Scholastic team was very aniN
assisted in playing the game Nestfr~
dav BY two Medical college OF Viz
ginia Eridirorists Rcrnue and Ran
some. both Of whom played stellar
football for their team. II was Re
mine who PLAYED such good game
against the University OF North caro-
lima, when the embryo surgeons jour
reyed down 10 Chapel AN this fail 10
meet Conch "Dog gle" Trenchards pig
skin chasers Remine PLAYED nice
game on the defense, and was also
called upon on several occasions to
carry the leather. each time gaining
ground for hts team
St,,tz was the most consistent around
gamer for the Church HIN boys, break
ing through the opposing phalan% Tor
gains time after time Walter h"tl
and Hubbard also contributed some
nice little gains Hubbard broke one
az his ribs during the game. put ne
displayed his pluck by remaining In
the melee until the final whistle hed
haen sounded. Then he gave way 20
the pain and had 10 be carried oil tAe
field on the shoulders OF some OF ms
teammates Hooks Quarles played
a snectacular game on the right END
for the Church Hill eleven. and II was
only a few times that the advancing
scholastic backs managed f. set ny
this blonde haired. elongated lhdiNia.
ual. He was on top of every play anu
when he went after them they gen
orally fell. The other two Bell broth~
e~s. Arthur and Robert. also PLAYED
nice defensive games. In the opening
half Arthur broke through time after
time and broke up plays, while Rob
srt played n consistent game through
out.
Parker was the chief ground gamer
for the Scholastic outfit, pulling OFT
some ~ the longest runs of the game.
Molts and Dennis also made some nice
runs while Hart played II heady game
~ quarterback
nv holding the opposing team to
stRndstill. the Church Hin BOYS sue
ressfuIly defended their title of indie
pendent football champions of Rich
,nond. The East Enders were merely
aafeadiac their title the -Schola sites
Aaving disputed II.