The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-25
.BUGG'S KICKING
. BEATS ASHLANDERS
Hampden-Sidney's Right End
Displays Sterling Form in
Championship Game.
OPEN STYLE OF PLAY USED
Randolph Macon Players APP
peared Dazed During Con-
test-Sheffey Stars. y

Hampden- Sidney defeated Randolph
| Macon at Broad Street Park yesterday
afternoon. 6 to Q. 1t was hard fought
! game from the starting whistle to the
end. Neither team was able to cross
the others goal line. Hampden- Sidney's
| score being made on two drop kicks.by
| Rugg.
The teams were very evenly matched,
but Hampden- Sidney used the open
style of play to advantage and was
able to carry the ball to within strtk-
! ing distance of the Yellow Jackets
T, goal time after time. but lacked the
| hnal punch to carry 1t over.
Then 1t was that Bugg was called on
/ to lift the ball over the bar from the
I field He made two unsuccessful at
/ tempts In the first quarter, but on the
! third trial he lifted the oval squarely
! between the uprights for the Tigers
! first score. Thil was in the second
i Period He scored the second drop
I, kick in the last quarter. After the yell
| io" Jackets had halted the Tigers with
! liz five yards of the goal, Bugg dropped
back and booted the ball between the
! uprights for their second and last score.
Thurman. the Tigers diminutive
quarter back. was the real star of the
| game. II was he who made possible
| the drop kicks. BY his long gains
! around end. time after time. he brought
the pail In front of the Yellow Jackets
goal and Busg had little difficulty in
dropping them over the cross bar. 1t
| was Thurman who coolly stood back
| and picked out his man and shot the
| forward passes, on, which Hampden-{
| Sidney gained SO much ground. He
skirted around end for long gains the
| Yellow Jackets being unable to hold
him after they got their hands on him
Hampden- Sidney's backs ran splendid
! interference and Thurman's work was
| made much easier.
The Yellow Jackets seemed dazed
| nearly all the way through the game
and only In the last few minutes of
| play did their backs show any pep"
They were slow In getting their plays
| OF and were forced to play on In, 'e-2
( fensive most of the game. They lost
I considerable ground on the exchange of
| runts. Twice the ball went outside,
i fifteen yards from where 1T was punted
Captain Sheffey made several long
gains around end and was the only man
In the back field. who could make CON
sistent gains Only in the last three
minutes of play did the Ashlanders
| wake up and make consistent gains
and then they carried the ball from one
end of tho field to the other to hear
the fnal whtstl, low just as they were
| In striking distance of their opponents
| goal. .sil
! In last desperate effort they re-
1 sorted to forward passes, as the time
| was growing short. and worked several
short passes. but time was called with
the ball in their possession on the
Tigers ffteen-yard line.
| twice. In the first half the Tigers
rushed the ball to within five yards of
the goal. but We're unable TO penetrate
the Yellow Jackets solid line and were
thrown back when they tried to go
around end.
The Game. Play by Play.
Hampden Sidney won the toss, and
defended the west goal. Thurman re-
ceived the kick off, and ran ten Yards
| They fumbled. but oliver recovered the
ball. They punted. and CogbiI ran the
ball back for fifteen yards. but fun
bled. and Hampden- Sidney recovered it,
Thurman went around end for twenty
yards and Perkins for eight. Bugg
failed on an attempted drop kick
The ball was brought out 20 the
twenty-yard line. and Randolph Macon
| punted. Driver gained eight yards
around end on the first down Hamp-
den Sidney lost the ball on downs
! Robertson gained eight yards for
the yellow Jackets, and then Captain
Sheffey got away for twenty five yards
but the ball was brought back, both
teams being offside. Randolph Macon
punted Hampden- Sidney attempted a
! forward pass, but Sheffey Intercepted
IT, and the first quarter ended with
tho ball In midield.
In the second quarter the ball was
Kept In mldheld for most of the time
J until Pendleton caught n forward pass
and ran twenty yards.
Thurman made twelve more and then
| tailed at forward pass, but went
around end for fifteen yards Driver
made five yards; Pendleton, five, and
the ball was on the five-yard line. Ran
| dotph Macon held, and Bugg droppeas
back to tho fiftaen-yard line and drop
kicked the Tigers first goal The
| Yellow Jackets received the kick and
start up the field. but were forced to
kick. Hampden-S Sidney made forward
lpass. and again threatened. but again
| the Jackets held them.
| In the second half Thurman and
| Driver made continual gains around
end for the Tigers but were held when
they threatened their opponents goaa.
1T was In the third period that tHey
worked several long forward passes.
| BuEg tried another drop, but the ball
fell short OF the goal.
Randolph Macon received tho ball,
and Dudley ran eight yards. Shefrey
| gained twenty-five yards and worked
successful forward pass, Dudley
again carried the ball for good gain,
but 1t was too late, and, after run
ming the ball from near their goal line
TO the fifteen-yard line, the whistle
| blew.
Final score: Hampden- Sidney, 6:
Randolph Macon. O.
| The lineup:
HIS. Position. RIM
Oliver. ....... left end. -. Richardson
| lSbei. ....... left. tackle. Landon4
Haynes. left guard. Jones
Rowling. centre. -. r. c. Scott
lWarrick: right guard. Mears
Shackelford. right tackle. Bush
BugE. .,.,,..r right end. wv. r, Scott
Thurman. quarter back. -. =. .Cogoiii
Driver. ....left half back. =. ). Hall
Pendleton. right half back (. shefrey
Perkins........ full back {. Robertson
summary; Goals from field-Bugk
t2l. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Macon:
Christian for Richardson; Lancaste for
CoghIll; Kinzer for'Alears; Lee for, Hail.
HOPKINS for Landon: Dudley for Rob
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