Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-15

CHARLOTTE VA. August "a
DR. Harry *. Warner, head coach OF
H!fSinia's football team, has already
nesun correspondence with the mem.
pe!s OF last years squad who are ex-
rected 10 return the coming session,
ana the indications arc that before
three weeks elapse a goodly number Of
Rridiron aspirants will report for prac-
tee on Lambeth Field
Last session was banner one for
athletics at the University OF Virginia
The football eleven lost ONLY ono pan,a
mat 10 Yale: the basket ball ouint
captured seventeen games from the
strongest rivals in Virginia, Maryland
North Carolina and the District of CO.
!umbia. not sustaining a single defeat
"hiie the track and baseball teams had
highly creditable records
Tho football eleven, led by CaptaIn
Buck" Mayer. Of Norfolk. was one Of
inc pest that has ever represented the
university. With total OF 353 points
against opponents IS, and a total of So
touchdowns. the season as n whole
was highly successful. Speaking of tho
single defeat at the hands OF Yale, the
New York Times said that the victors
physically were played off their feet"
Inc strongest teams Of the South
Gee rgia. Vanderbilt, North Carolina and
south Carol!na-we-e easily defeated.
The football schedule for 1915. ms will
tent!ous ever arranged for Virginia
team. including It does games with
both Harvard and Yale. Vanderbilt,
Georgia. North and South Carolina The
scheduling OF games with eastern coll
leges has met with approval on the
ground that only by this method can
the university dra. the best players
and become a quantity TO be reckoncd
with in Northern football circles.
COLEMAN WILL he CAPTAIN
OF ELEVEN THIS YEAR
Harris Voolfolk Coleman. OF Stan
ford. KY. left guard on last years team,
was chosen to lead the 1915 eleven. He
played consistent game throughout
last season, but In the final contest with
the University of North Carolina.
staged at Richmond on THANKSGIVING
Day. ne fairly outdld himself. Time
and again he broke through the Tar
Heel line and played havoc with the
plays started by the Carolina backheld
Once during the game he was COM
pletely knocked out and was forced to
retire to the s!delines. Later he re-
turned to the fight. full of ginger, and
finished strong
In December last Tvs" were award
cd to sixteen members OF the squad. OF
this number II is believed that the fol-
lowing are apt TO return: z. y. Mayer.
of Norfolk. captain and left half back;
*. y. Spar. Of Memphis. Tenn. full
back: James l.. White, of Macon, Ga,
left end: r. A Barker. Of East st. Louis,
Ill, right tackle; James Clay Ward OF
Paris Ky. left tackle; II. w. Coleman.
of stanford Ky, left guard; Claude
Moore. of Roanoke, Va, right guard;
Norborne Berkeley. OF Danville, Va,
substitute ullback; George Wayne An
derson. of Richmond. Va. substitute
center: Edward G. Anderson. Of Rich
mond. Va, substitute halfback: w.
Watkins Flanagan, of Charlottesville,
Va, substitute end.
No member of last years eleven will
be more sadly missed than Robert Kent
Gooch. who has starred at quarterback
for four seasons past. Nearly two years
ago young Gooch was appointed to a
Rhodes scholarship but on account Of
the war decided not to go to Oxford
last fall to enter upon his three-year
course. 1t Is now said that he will en-
ter Harvard the coming session to pur-
sue his studies. delaying his departure
abroad until the war is at an end.
Gooc7h is aiso the champion broad jump
or Of the South Atlantic States, and
baseball player OF considerable ability.
He was also a member of the basket
ball 1uint las winter. During his stay
in college ne was one OF the leaders In
his class In scholarship.