The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-24
s1ACKETS VICTORIOUS
OVER HAMPDEN-SLD
handers Up Great Game and Win From Tigers By Score
of % to O-Although Defeated Farmville Eleven Put
Up Plucky Battle Throughout Game
b, ERNEST POLLARD.

That staiwart Randolph Macon
eleven made a most suspicious start
for the silver trophy emblematic OF
the Eastern Virginia intercollegiate
football championship by administer
ing the piucky mpdenSidney feo{-
bailists who hail from the town OF
Farmviale 8 perfectly good coat OF
walftswash. winring from their time
honored foes of the gridiron 10y a
count Of 80 to O..
The Tigers car attribute their de-
feat largely to forward passes. The
yellow Jackets made their first touch
4 down Of the game wnen Richardson
tstsrce pied forward pass. racing iiftv
yards and over the goal line. white
two Of the other counts made by the
\ Asfyanaerx came az the result of ae-
curate teeses fFena the hand of Lam
caster,
The game was much better than the
score indicates Although defeated.
the Hanpden- sidney eleven fought
hard from the time the FIRST ball was
ktrkej until the battle came TO an
end Even in the last few minutes
OF play. when defeat was inevitable,
thew continued their fight never once
giving up
This boy Lancaster deserves lot
OF credit fer Randolph Macou's VIC
tory. TIE younesfer demonstrated be
yona a shadow Of doubt that ne -
ore Of the best little generals that ever
wore a Yellow Jacket uniform lie
ran the team In fine style. skirted the
ends for gains when they were needed
and made his passes low ana accurate
In tue, FIRST half Il looked 80 If II
was toss-up. despite the fact that
. - t. "a nf he
Ashianders mt the end az this period
Tn the opening half both lines held
Ike stone walls. ard they were prac-
tiealIy impregpa BITE In fact. II was
only al intervals THAI the Jackets
could do anything with the FarmTifle
phalanx. bat most If their gains were
around The end and as the result OF
completed forward passes
jackets. Receive First.
The game opened with Rand lph
4 Macon receiving and defending the
west goal Fugg did the punting for
the Tigers and the ball was brought
back To The thirty-tive- line by
I.anragter. Two unsuccessful attempts
10 penetrate the Hempden Sidney line
!. faffed and Lancaster punted the oval.
penaieson brought the hall back 10 the
\ ce,stA*f Of the field where he was
6owned \ line plunge by Warren
melted only small gain. anu Bngg
kieke5 the ball 1he oval going out
an tire siftcen-yard line, having gone
several feet over Iancaster's head.
e I-ang aetef punfea. and pendleton car
4 red the oval back to the orty-yard
K line The first play attem pied re-
4 sN',ei }n tumble Randolph Macon
rneover4n. the bali on the thirty FIVE
ward line Again Lancaster kicked
and the pigskin was brought back TO
+ the center of the field Al this juno
4 ture The first forward pass OF the
I game was tried by Hampden- Sidney,
E but Il proved disastrous play for
tht Tigers. Richardson interceptine II
+ and racing fifty yards for the initial
g Touchdown of the game. On the kick
out for a try at goal the ball was
: rot Ia FTfiied welt. and the score was
s To D In favor Of the Ashlanders.
During the remainder Of this quarter
= rfE tIff see-sa wed from one team 10
the other, neither side gaining any
!. ground tn speak Of When the open
ing quarter ended the ball was in
Hanpde Sidney's possession on their
own thirty live yard line
Neither scores I'm Second.
In the second quarter both teams
s fought like their lives depended upon
Il. ami as q result neither team could
cross the others goal line. The ball
went from one 10 the other during
this period. and neither team had any
advantage over the other. Had 1t
been a pugiistic encounter instead
of football contest, the second round
I might have been called a draw.
4 Again in the second half Bugg, of
Ham pden dnev, punted to the yell
low Jackets. the Ashlanders bringing
/ she leather back fifteen yards Ian
caster made first down right off the
\ bat by skirtiug ore end for ten
yard gain. A forward pass to Scott
+ melted fifteen yards, This was fol-
lowed closely by another pass to Ian
caster. who contributed a gain Of ter
! yards. Lancaster. Richardson and
Young made II the first down again
with line plnnges. Young was caught
& i've yards back Of the line OF scrim-
mage AMI Bush failed 10 make a gain
"A forward pass to Scott brought the
\ ball to the six-yard line. and this was
Il Followed up by another one. Inghan
\ Teceivine the oval and racing across
the goal line for another touchdown
! the second OF the game. Richardson
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