The Washington herald., 1915-11-07
virginia Wins
in EASY STYLE
Charlottesville Collegians
Romp Away with Wander
bilt by s. to 10 Score.
BEFORE. A LARGE CROWD
Capacity of Stadium Taxed-Visitors
Outclassed in Every Depart
ment Of Game.
BEFORE. A LARGE CROWD
By ARTHUR GUY.

Charlottesville, Va. Nov 6-Virginia
surprised even the most optimistic of
its followers this afternoon when its
football team defeated Vanderbilt Uni
versity by the score of IS 10 10.
Both teams took the field with a
midseason record. which surpassed any
other in the previous history OF the
two institutions and the spectators eX-
pected TO see one of the closest and
most hard fought games OF the year.
II was evident before the game had
been in progress more than a few min
utes that the Orange and Blue would
come out on the long end Of the score,
though il took them quite a time to
get their machine working together.
and though Vanderbilt lead at the end
OF the first period.
Virginia started of with u rush, car
rying the ball to Vanderbilt's goal line
in the first few minutes OF play. only
to lose it through tumble on the 4
yard line. Four repetitions of this
misplay put the Nashville team in a po-
sition from where they were able to
make their first. score. a nicely exc
cuted field goal b. Cody from. Virgin
las i0-yard line.
Virginia Line Holds Fast.
Vanderbilt absolutely could not gain
through the somewhat heavier Orange
and Blue line. and their quarter back
used poor Judgment in pounding away
at the center and obtaining no results.
In the early part of the game Curry
made one or two nice runs around the
ends. but with the exceptions OF these
and a few by Morrison late in the game.
the powerful offense with which Van
derbilt has scored more than 100 points
in six games did not show itself.
On the other hand, the Virginia scOr-
ing machine which was considered weak
seemed to have struck its stride this aft
ernoon as former Capt. Mayer expressed
it, resembling the ofTerse Of last years
team for the first time this season. 1t
did not reIp upon one man though. per-
haps Mayer came in for the lions share,
but worked as a well-orEaniZed force
with a variety of plays.
II was mostly straight football with
Mayer. Anderson and Berkeley carrying
the ball around both the ends for runs
Of from Is to - yards at a clip.
The Virginia line charged well. as Is
shown by the fact that in the first Pc
riod four of Zerfoss' punts were blocked.
In each instance. however. the visitors
recovered the ball. preventing the play
from proving costly.
The game was fast and interesting from
the standpoint of the spectators until
the end of the second quarter. in which
Virginia scored y points. putting 1t on
ice. After that. the players of both
teams seemed a little listless, causing
the contest to draw toward the end.
Immense Crowd on Hand.
1t was a perfect day for a football
game and the largest crowd which was
ever assembled on Lambeth Field cheer
ed the virginians to victory. The stad-
ium was filled. the crowd being esti-
mated at about 500. the big majority Of
mond. and other nearby cities on special
trains.
Virginia won the toss and Mayer kick
ed of to vanderbi,ts goal line. The ball
was brought back Is yards and three
plays sent against the locals line for
no gain. Berkeley returned Zerfoss'
punt 10 yards to the R-yard line.
and from there it was advanced to
the 4-yards line on runs by Mayer and
Spar. Anderson fumbled on the next
play, and the ball was punted out of
danger. II was carried back to Vandy's
l5-yard line. but two successive FUN
bles by the Virginia backs gave the visit !
ors the ball in the center of the field. |
Curry pulled of a pretty run for ID ,
yards around Virginia's right end, and
after three failures at advancing Cody /
KICKED IL ulfSClly DeIWetn lne pOSlS IOE
a field goal. The few Vanderbilt rooters |
who had journeyed up with the team
waved their hats in the air and it look
ed as though they had a fighting chance, |
but only for a short while.
Mayer Runs so Yards.
Early in the second period White re-
covered a blocked kick for Virginia in
the middle of the field. and on the first /
play Mayer tore OF one Of the most spec
plays OF the game. when he ran
fifty yards for a touchdown, bowling
over five tacklers before reaching the
goal line.
After this. Berkeley discovered that the
weakness Of the Vandy defense lay in
the ends. and he ran his speedy backs
around their ends again and again for
gains of from % to 30 yards. until the /
Orange and Blue had scored four touch
downs in the one period.
Virginla's one attempt at passing was
a pretty but deceptive delayed double
pass OF 30 yards, from Anderson to
White. who caught the ball on the run
wei over the goal line. scoring the fourth
and closing the first half.
Virginia started again in the third
period. when Berkeley ran the kickoff