The Washington times., 1915-11-07
Eleven Takes
TopHOnOrSin Winning
Charlottesville Players Accorded Rank Over Southern
Teams Following Victory Over Vanderbilt
Donnelly Thinks Georgetown Would Lose
by Two Touchdowns.
BY THOMAS KIRBY.

CHARLOTTESVILLE Nov. lin the
calm moments OF their afterthought.
are iinSins : SnaiiIity of opinion
among themselves In their declarations
on the sridirons Of the Southland for
1915.
With . Gsorgetown ensa cement elm
mated through irreconcilible differences
mains Between ns n.S sns II.
Richmond, ThsnRsIivins bay; With
comparative scores alone AZ basis It
wSSS nasn vSl. b; hs sa croS DF'Hsst ss.s VIZ
ginia's onward sweep 70 not to continue
Uninterrupted through the finale. Nu-
nnorous are tho things more startling
than football upset. stu Caroi'ns's
vember are OF a most decidedly indigo
hue.
virsinia's prestige was enhanced in .
superlative degree yesterday when Yam
Lambeth, sire OF VirGinia's sportive
plan. That Vanderbilt was dreaded.
athletics. On the field. however. Van
derbilt failed utterly. the disappoint-
ment being stunning to friend and foe
victory and thoroughly earned triumph.
For Vanderbilt II was a defeat convert
ed into a rout: a retreat that retro
graded into disorder: . setback that
count Of Is 4a 70 70 falling sso to record @ . ap.
failures OF the principals.
In physical condition, strategy. team
ddevriopmsnt and indiyidusiized ,,,a per:
between the teams that battled over
the chnlked barred stretch Of Albemarls
loan, the sole interest In the greater
part Of the afternoon being speculation
as to the probable total to which Vir-
ginia's scores would mount. Coached
by men who had learned the game on
the same soil and who had returned ia
demonstrate to their successors the
absorbed at Charlottesville. tho Virgin.
ians OF yesterday presented one OF ths
most tmpressively smooth teams of {
decade on Southern fields.
,Comparisons between Georsetown and
virginia might appear tnvidieus. the
most candid and unbiased disposition OF
the question that promises to be Ions
Sss srd.y Trinity anS ye' :es.S .s0 IN S"Prsd Ss yss
game. At New York dsorsctown va.
concsdsd TO be at the top Of her game
while Virsinia. IN the opinion Of thes.
EEsss:fS!i.v Esss s: v,,s & tss j%Ss'geSs ' w. Q!
margin Of two touchdowns on the Blu'
and Gray.
Those In the throng. including score!
OF Washinstontans. that filled every sea
In the most imposing athletic plant be
low the Mason and Dixon line. who haf
their appetites whetted for revolutionar,
their cravings even partially satisfied
Vanderbilt had the ball such a small
proportion OF the time that she intro
duced nothing radical. while Virgini,
was ultra-conservative throughout. 1
Virginia was holding anything IN secre
necessity demanded. she Was not forced
Of the first whistles blast to the end
when the vast stands were lengtheninI
Of the field. Virginia seldom varied he
attack. placing her reliance almost en-
tirely upon the generally accented reRu
| lation formation. Occasionally. how
ever when It was deemed advisable I,
shift. Virginia backs formed in the hol
low square order and drove off Wander
bilt's tackles. varying the order sorr"
what by delayed Quarterback rul
which caught the Tennesseans mapping
with the resultant long runs.
Once when Vanderbilt stinened some
what, the forward pass was nogotiate'
for more than twenty wards and ende'
| in the waiting arms Of Eirsinian 10
| a touchdown. When they had the bal
the men Of Virginia showed marvelou
! speed In the backfield. the point of at
, tack readily being reached before tn
| defense had diagnosed the play. On tn
! sweeping end runs the destined winner
| were aided to an incalculable degree b.
interference that not only hid the maj
with the ball. but carried back the op
position in a way that led to long run
| that KEPT Vanderbilt almost conttnuall
trying to turn back the onslaughts to
ward her goal but seldom recovering
possession.
their goal line uninvaded by Harvard
and simply swamped the much heralde
Vanderbilt team that had totaled 3s
points up to Yesterday charged Wit
q speed. strength. and "hft" that was
revelation to the visitors from Nash
willie.
| II yesterday's game may be taken a
a criterion Virginia has made her ur
.precedented record this autumn not be
| cause OF any freak Of luck or tran
scending briiliancy OF any one nlaye
hit because she has put forward eleve
| skillful individuals that have nee
welded into one of the most finishe
products that these parts have know
Without attempting TO disparage |
tho renotcst degree the general eS
celIence of Virginia. It cannot be sair
said that Vanderbilt was far below IN
Citations that early reports woul
scem to justify. Likable Dan McGu'ea
is ciassed as q rather shrewd studer
Of the greatest Of all intercollegiate
sthletics. II he Is to live up to his reputs
/ tion he must have observed many a
interesting feature yesterday this
should make for better and create
Vanderbilt teams of tho future. II
archaic system Of waiting end derens
was carried away like October leave
swept of by aut,imn's early gusts an
suffered ma arkedly In comparison wit
the close, dashing. smashing flank prt
lection OF Virginia that was driven mi
The backfield at the inception OF II
plays that carried all before them
other contests. Virsinia's line va
adamant and the few gains recordt
nv Vanderbilt were netted throuH
, short runs from kick formations. The
surposedly dcceivirg formations hoy
, ever. were usually "telegraphed'' to y
\ ornosition through the fact that u