Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-05
SPIDERS MORE AMBITIOUS
WANT FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
TO BE MUCH MORE VARIED
VIII Ask Virginia Cadets to pIny Here.
object 20 Present system OF
IcnEue Games.

I.cngue Cannes.
Athletic authorities of Richmond col
icEc are opposed to booking two foot
Dali games next year with each OF the
three institutions banded with it in
the Eastern Virginia intercollegiate
Association. For the past two wears
the schedule has been made up in this
way, which practically means that tho
local school has no opportunity to
meet representative teams from out OF
the state, having only three open dates
at the most, and these only available
IN the practice stage of the football
season.
Richmond College. which under the
Dobson regime, has started to come
INTO IT'S own. Is anxious 20 bring some
outside games to Richmond. While i,
mas not yet done so, the WeSthampton
management will invite the Virginia
Military Institute to play here next
season. The Cadets have had TN,
spiders on their schedule for a number
OF years. but always a; I.exinEton The
scores in the last two games hotn or
which were won by the I.exingtonians.
were very close. and indicat. that the
two institutions are about on par ath.
lctically.
From commercial standpoint. the
game would he winner here The
Virginia cadets are prime favorites To-
ca!ly. and. while their game with Glenn
son drew a fair crowd one with Rich
nund College would double the attend
ancc. ana there would be- no need or
dropping the South Carolinians Win
hoth games played here next season.
".e would act as Il feeder for the
other.
Richmond College has right to OK
pcct the Lexington management TO give
u game here. The Virginia Military
institute" has ABOUT the same number
o. students. and comparative scores
snow that tn" eievens of the past two
years were equally balanced The 1914
game was won by the Cadets, 10 to q
ana that of last season. l3 To g. Rot,,
zoe" We're played at Lexington, OH the
nome grounds of the Cadets
ASSOCIATION MEETS soon
10 DRAFT SCHEDULE
Ihe Eastern Virginia lntercollegiats
Association will soon meet 10 make
plans for the football season CT 1916
men. 1t is expected, Richmond Col
leSc Will offer it's objections To- tho
existing plan of having two games tn
decide the championship. The local
So'iese did not favor the plan when
- WAS inauguratcd. The scheme was
q dismal failure. as far as settling
the championship goes in snita -
me fact that Hampden- Sidney won tho
titlc this year without dispute the
decision had been reached with ono
game TO play. and the attendance at
49, S'''ie was cut to nearly half
on account of the poor arrnnrcment
/ OF tne schedule. The year previous the
championships race ended in n worse
h"ddie than when it started. The race
! IS just as easily tied up with four
games rs with eight. as was shown
IN the baseball series
IL Is due the local PATRONS of tbc
! sport that Richmond College bring
some outside teams here To play. The
spiders practically monopoliac tn. local
park, and II is to Richmond College,
mat the football followers mus. turn
Under the old system. the local coll
ieSiahs brought three, and sometimes
tour' teams here each season, In addi.
ton TO the championship games.
The past season was the best that
richmond College has had, financially.
Ill many years, even eXceedin- 1911!
Wheh the high water mark was
| reached. The attendance at the final
game was smaller than the previous
year. but an extra game. the clash with
! inc Richmond Blues, made up the dir
terence The Cadet-Clcnson clash
drew better than the previous vear
! while the Virginia Carolina setto far
exceeded recent meetings OF the rival
institutions
RICHMOND WILL ,..yr