Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-12
ISSUES CALL TO SPIDERS
RICHMOND COLLEGE WILL
START FOOTBALL PRACTICE
CoHch DobSon IIns Nucleus For Good
Tenn-Stars Are Lost. hut Fresh
men Material Good.

With tho arrival in the city OF Coach
Frank pobs"n to-day or Tomorrow
morning. football practice will he in
/, in!l swing on Stadium Field at Rich
mona College tomorrow afternoon
l'"hSon has given the call for all OF
last years varsity mon and substitutes
to report
Eight or ton regular men and several
OF last years most promising suhsti-
tutcs arc expected 10 answer the call. n
number OF which have already arrived
III the city and are out al Westhampton
y severe blow will be given the team
ny the failure of such men as j. Wicker
last years center; Hutchinson, guard
PriVott. end. who enters Cornell this
year, and Pollard half-back, to return
to college Craig will not enter college
this year, but Will go TO the University
OF Virginia. He. especially, will be
missed. as he scored more points for
inc Red and Fiue last year than any
man on the team. and great things were
expected OF tho former high school star
however, the old men that have de-
cidcd TO return gives DobSon a grand
nucleus around which he will build his
team. These men are. Captain Coburu
and MCNEIL, guards: Durham and Rob
ins. tackles: Cosby G. Wicker. LOGAN
and Roden backs.
Woody. Craven, Mlpourne and Pitt
of last years second team, will also
laSc under the watchful ewes Of Dobson
these men should make fair bids for
places on the team. Pitt. however will
not he able 10 actively engage I'm prac-
tee until October |. rs he has only re-
Gently undergone an operation for APP
pcndicitis
In the freshman class there Will be
some excellent material which Will
| likely give some OF the older men n
hard fight for their positions Those
most promising are Brucc, who entered
college last year. hut withdrew on ac-
count OF not having the required num-
Der of units. Bruce has played on the
Chester Agricultural High School team
to"r years, and is Il husky man: Pofr
oil Fork Union. 4 member of All-Vir-
Ginia Scholastic oothali team picked by
Washington papers last year: Whitlock
and Tom Miller. Of the Richmond Acad-
envy, and Big" Carter. of Highland
Park. Miller is expected to give some
OF the old line men II fight for their
jobs. lie is big, fast, and n hard plavor
While 1t is true that some OF the best
mon OF last year Will not return with
such able men as have signifcd their
intention Of entering college. the
chances are indeed very bright for n
winning team.
on the schedule as given out by Man.
agcr Boyd ii will be noted that a game
with the Richmond Blues will DO
Played. Local followers of football will
be glad TO know that this game will
be played. as more interest is taken in
II than any the Spiders have scheduled.
with the possible exception of tho
games with Randolph Macon. And this
is saying lot, as the local lovers or
the great college game know what en-
thusiasm those games create.
Tho schedule of games calls for five
TO be played OH Broad Street Park. The
Spiders Will meet Virginia at Char
lottcsville, and V. NJ. l. Mt Lexington.
Six championship games arc scheduled.