Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-11-07
VIRGINIA CONQUERS
VANDERBILT TEAM
Orange and Blue Eleven Wins
Big Game, Crushing 0p-
ponent, 35 to 10.
FIRST SCORE is MADE
BY TENNESSEE SCHOOL
Drop Kick Gives It Shortlived Ad-
vantage Over Charlottesville
Aggregation. !;
CHARLOTTESVILLE. Va.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va,
November 6.-Virginia, conqueror
of Yale and worthy foe of Har-
ward, established a claim to south
ern foot ball honors by crushing
the hitherto invincible Wander
billt team on Lambeth Field this
afternoon, by score of IS to 10.
Five touchdowns, achieved
through straight line plunging
and end running, gave Virginia
victory. One touchdown and one
field goal, accomplished by Van
derbilt, as a direct result OF
fumbles by their opponents, saved
the visitors from a shut-out.
After an anxious first quarter in
which Cody drop-kicked the Com
modores into a slender lead of three
points, supporters of the Orange and
Blue were never doubtful of the out
come. Virginia battered through the
Vanderbilt defense in the second Pc
riod for four touchdowns and the only
question after that was the size of the
score.
Few Forward Passes.
Only three forward passes were at
tempted during the whole game. Both
of these attempted by Vanderbilt were
failures, while the only one tried by
Virginia brought the home team its
third touchdown.
Mayors consistent ground gaining
wnen called on to carry the pail in
the second period turned the tide Of
battle toward Virginia and afterwaru,
as though inspired by mis- example, the
other backs seemed 10 be able TO gain
through Nandy's line and around her
ends almost at will.
Virginia's interference was splendid
and, once the machine was under way,
the Vanderbilt defense seemed TO crum-
BILE. Adams was powerless to stop
Mayors sweeps around his end when
the opposing packtieid appeared to tire
of crashing through the line.
VanderpiIt's scoring was the more
spectacular and was seemingly more
the result of luck. A Virginia tumble
had placed the ball In Vanoy's posses
sion on the formers 42-yard line in the
nrst period when Cody placed a drop
kick squarely between the goal posts.
The play was SO sudden that several
seconds elapsed before 1900 people who
filled the great stadium realized that
Vanderbilt had scored. Vanderbilt's
touchdown came in the third perioo,
when Virginia had the game already
won, and caused hardly a single thrill oil
anxiety among the adherents OF the Olu
Domln Mon.
The play was a beauty. Virginia had
the, ball well in Vanderbilt territory
and apparently was marching toward a
sixth touchdown. Little Berkeiy. Vir-
g.nla's eelIike quarterback, took the
pail and attempted to eiude Nandys
right end. Suddenly he was seen to
lose his grip on the bail. Curry, Van
derbilt's wonderful quarter, was on the
oval like flash. Flying toward Vir-
ginia's goal line at top speed, he
scooped up the ball, tucked 1T securely
in the hollow of his arm and ran his
gilman near him. and he lit out in pur-
nesseanss heels as he crossed the goal
line almost out of bounds.
Little scoring was done after the first
half. The Virginia battering ram
seemed to have lost some of its punch
and no very desperate effort was made
to increase the already safe score. Van
derbilt fought gamely to the last, only
to have player after player go down
and out, disheartened and utterly ex-
hausted. After being replaced by
Hayes at the beginning of the second
half, Adams came back in the final pc
riod and played splendidly, thwarting
every effort to gain ground around his
end.