Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-15
SELECT DATES FOR.
FOOTBALL MATCHES
Five Eastern Division Champion
ships Will Be Played in
Richmond.
CHANGE ELIGIBILITY RULES
Players Cannot Leave College Be-
tor End of Term and Then
Make Team.
CHANGE ELIGIBILITY RULES

Playing dates for tho eight cham.
pionship football games between tn.
TOUR representatives OF the Eastern
virginia intercollegiate Athletic Assoc
ciation, together with the officials for
each game, have been selected by the
tests Will be staged at Broad street
eark. The complete schedule follows:
october 1e--William and Mary
against Hampden- Sidney, at Hampden.
Sidney.
October 20 Richmond Coles,
against william and Mary. at VII
liams burg; Hampden-sidney against
Rand olph- Macon, at Richmond.
October 3o-Randolph- Macon against
william and Mary at Ashland; Rich
at Richmond.
November civilian and Mary
against Hampden Sidney. at Newport
News: Randolph Macon against Rich
mond College, at Richmond.
November 1s-Hampden- Sidney
against Richmond College. at Hamp-
| den sidney: William and Mary against
randolph Macon. at WILLIAMSBURG.
November 2o-Richmond College
against William and Mary. at Rich
| mond; Randolph Macon against Hamb-
| den-sidney, at Lynchburg.
November 27-Richmond College
against Randolph Macon, at Richmond.
| Inc executive committee, through
| Secretary w. w. Martin, announced
yesterday that 1t had engaged az Of
| hcials Foster Witt. Virginia Military
institute, and Harry Hedgepeth, North
Carolina, as umpires; John L. Hughes,
virginia Polytechnic Institute. and 1.
| paired with Hughes and Hedgepeth
with Jackson. Each college sent in a
list OF men, and all have agreed upon
| tho four selected.
| QUALITY OF FOOTBALL
HAS IMPROVED EACH YEAR
Football. as played by the Eastern
Virginia intercollegiate Association,
has improved every year. until the ex-
hibitlons are now the best seen in this
section. The teams. while light, make
| up this deficiency by speed, and show
| more new" football than the larger
institutions. All four have eficient
coaches. with such men as Dobson.
sernier. Reiss and Draper. and from
| present indications some speedy teams
Will be turned out this year.
Important changes have been made
| by the executive committee in tho
| eligibility rules. tho most striking one
OF which prohibits the playing OF
man who left college before the end
OF the previous term This means that
not quit school at Christmas and then
return the next year to play The rule
| will work equally against all four in
stitutions. but Hampden- Sidney will
feel It most this year, as Draper. who
was elected captain for next season,
withdrew from college before the end
OF the last term. shackelford. who put
| UP a star game at tackle, will cap
| tain the Tigers.
Hope Is entertained by the execu-
| tive committee that a track tournament
can be arranged for the association.
making tho championships in Ave
| sports. football, baseball. bask efball.
| for this latter sport, but track teams
are not developed in two of the col
leGes in the Eastern division.
MAY SOON HAVE
WESTERN DIVISION
With the admission OF Roanoke Col
lege into the Virginia intercollegiate
Athletic Association. there is again q
! prospect of organizing Western d.
vision. which would necessitate tho
playing OF an intersectional game to
decide the championship Of the State.
Tho Virginia Polytechnic Institute Is
now a member of the association, but
does not compete In the champion
ships. 1t would form ono Of tho West
ern teams. and Emory and Henry and
another college may be asked to COM
plete the quartet.
| Oficers Of the association arc A. W.
Mcwhorter. Hampden-Sidney presi-
dent: H. b. Handy. Richmond College.
vice-president: w. W. Martin, Hamp-
den Sidney. secretarytreasurer; Reeves
Fleming. Hampton Sidney; F. L. Day,
Randolph Macon: r. N. Pollard. Rich
mond College: D. r. Carpenter. Eoa-
noke College; Woodson P. Waddy, Vir-
| ginia Polytechnic Institute, and c. A.
Taylor. william and Mary, executive