The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-26
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DAVIDSON
SEMINARY CAPTURES
GAME FROM SOLDIERS
IN SEASONS OPENER
Blues Put Puc Fight Against Gnter Park Preachers But
Hughes Pharr, White, ct ais, Prove Too Much For
Infantrymen Seminary Wins 81 to 6.
BY ERNEST POLLARD.

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With weather more appropriate for
an exhibition Of the national pastine
than a gridiron struggle, the football
season was ushered in yesterday after
noon at Broad Street Park With Q
triumph for the Union Theological
Seminary over the Richmond Light
infantry Blues. Despite the fact that
neither team had secured much prac-
ice previous TO this opening con-
nict, both elevens fought hard from
start to finish, and when the ANAL
whistle OF Referee Foster Witt sound
ca and the Gust had cleared away
rom me scene OF battle, the Gtntor
raIh preachers were grasping . total
OK s~enty-one points, while the sol
oiers were fondling just six of them.
Considering the fact that the wealth.
er was Inadequate for football. and
that the teams had secured but little
practice, 1t was a very good contest.
The theological students scored In the
first. second and fourth quarters. while
the infantryr1en did not have but
one chance - count and that came
In the last period with but two more
! minutes to play. They made good Of
the opportunity ami Word, brother
of the famous Billie" who helped
Virginia in their. gridiron encounters
last season. wormed his way through
the Ginter Park phalanx for . touch 4
down.
Hughes Makes Touchdown.
Only two minutes had elapsed after
the initial kick. of of the game, when
Hughes, the inevitable Picker" rec
ognized as one OF the best quarter
backs V. p. /. has ever turned out.
grabbed a bal that had been fumbled]
and raced thirty yards for \ touch
down. Pharr punted the ball for thel
Preachers ana the Blues brought ltI
back something like ton yards. TheI
first play attempted resulted In 81
fumb and Hughes grabbed II and
sped over the thirty yards at gait
that would have made Dorando uni
easy. and doWned II behind the goal
posts for the first touchdown OF the|
game. and incidentally the first oneI
of the season in Richmond. PhArri
sent the oval soaring over the up-I
rights.
The ball was again kicked OF byI
the Union Theological team. but they
soon gained possession Of II again
With three left before the end Oh
the initial quarter the Preacers stArt-|
ed marching up the Held with thel
pisskin and when tho period ended
the ball was on the seven-yard line
However, when the bali was brought|
TO the east end OF the field and put inI
play at the beginning Of the second
half the Blues began holding like q
stone wall. and on top of this pen-|
atty of fifteen yards was imposed OF
the Preachers With the ball on tha|
twenty-yard line Hughes made e
beautiful forward pass over the goa
| line. 1t was caught-and dropped
When the Blues gained possession
they made two first downs In rapid
succession on runs OF rweSve ana ten,
yards by Burton and Word, respect
lively. However. II Was nothing dol
ing after this and the Ginter Park
eleven started down the field again
Pharr. Hughes and White contrtbut
ing good gains. On the twenty-yars
line Hughes made a forward pass ovef.
the line to White, who made the sec-.
end touchdown OF the game. AkAin1
Pharr's toe delivered the goods.
There was TO more scoring unfit
the third quarter. when Pharr
carried the bali over and ihen kickec,
his third consecutive goal.
blues Score Ono.
The Blues only chance for a score
came in the last period with only
few minutes left to play. An At
tempted kick was blocked and the
bali was dowred on the ten-yard line
At this tuncture the infantrymeEl
started pounding the line and Word
finally found a big gap in the lind
and crossed for q touchdown. An At
tempt to send the ball over the poles
failed.
The work nj Hughes snone from
start to finish. He showed that M
had not lost all OF his Old cunning
and many times he sprung surprtse4
on the soldier boys. Pharr and White
together with Hughes. gained constdI
era BILE ground for the Presbyter1anAI
while Bowling played brilliant game
at center. For the Blues. Word and
Burton gained ground. while the de-
fensive work of Palmer Hancock Wal
spectacular.
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