Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-31


to the accurate goal kicking Of Cap
tain Mahan Bot three cont-nts remain
On the Orange and Blue sciiehule. The
most important Of these is the annual
battle with Vanderbilt. 10 ne staged on
Lam beth Field next Saturday.
Seldom before has a football game
between Southern universities excited
the widespr.ad interest tina; IL cen
tered in the Comm odorc- Virginia game.
1hts old college town vii! bc The mecca
OF hundreds Of enthusiasts. ana the
largest crowd that has ever attended Il
football game outside OF the big cities
II the South IL expected. Richmond
and LTnchburg are expected 20 furnish
200. special excursions running from
those points.
Virginia ana Vanderbilt, have met on
the Bridiron six times. The first three
OF these engagements were all within
The space of -four seasons previous TO
= 1899. Their opening encounter. which
was played in Atlanta during the Cot
ION states Exposition In lSo. result
ed In one touchdown each, BUT as Nir-
Sinia kicked goal and the Commo-
dores Jailed, the Orange AMI Blue was
returned victor. The next mix-up be-
tween the teams occurred In Nashville
IN December. 1897. being a pcst-scason
affair that resulted IN scoring on
either Side. This contest was about as
close ms they make en-. with neither
sue having an apprcciablc advantage
me third game was all V!rS:u.a's and
score OF 20 TO attcstcd probably, the
true relative merits OF the Two squads
which met In Louisville In 1898
RELATIONS RESUMED IN I'M.
WHEN COMMODOREs wON OUT
Relations were again resumed In the
fan Of 1912. when Coach McGugin's
squad won by two touchdowns over
Virginia. which presented Il badly bat
tered team Ia 1914 the Commodores
journcycd TO the old Dominion and
roo Il
received In their gridiron history, the
hnal score standing 81 10 o. Last fall
III Nashville. til" Nirrin:nns acaim won
rather handl!y By u score II 20 TO .
In all the Nirglninns have scored a
total of 90 points as against 10 for
The Comm dolores.
The outcome Of Saturdays struggle
Is hard TO forecast, since the Virginia
Team Is not up TO iis early se'son form
James - SinnOt,, reviewing for the
New York Evening Mail the Harvard
Virginia gamc. said:
The Dixie boy. had an jmlprcguable
lne when danger threatened, ~, were
utterly devoid OF the semb!nucc %. NJ,
attack" This sharp criticism seems
All too true. Judging from thu showing
OF IN: Eirginians in tn. Georgia game
week ago. ana IN the scrimmages
~hcid this week ~ the !nidw..k scrap
with teams - and &. the sG,r.i p!uyed
the same spasmodic football as was
nncorked IT Athens Now and then
the backs would reel Off twenty-five or
thirty yard runs and tLcn Che advance
would suddenly he checked, when =
punt was vcsOrtcd TO to keep the ball
from beinS lost on downs. I-uicss this
condition OF things Is bct;crod. and
octtercd quickly. the team wi!l be ia
hole when IL lines M against Nc
''uSin's biz scoring machine ca Satur-
dag.
The eleven men who viii re resigned
the big task % battling the ia., and
powerful Commodore team have been
practically decided upon.
Stillwcll has hung Ioggcd!y 20 the
end which was given TO his care Jus,
before the Yale game. following tho
resignation from college ,: Watkins
Flanagan. til" midget who had shown
Improvement ia the initial game with
Hando!ph Macon The former Prince
tonian is undoubtedly the leading man
III the squad OF ends. Weighing zoo
pounds. and more than six zee, in
stature. h. is proving . diincplt man 70
get around. On the defensive he Is
especially wide awake. ana he uses
his long arms 10 advantage.
MAKEUP OF ENDS Is
DIFFICULT TO FIGURE OUT
Just who Will be found OH the other
extremity In the Vanderbilt game it Is
hard to tell. Since the injury 10 Bill
Stuart Jim White has been holding
down his old job quite satisfactorily.
but II Is almost certain thL. stuart
VIII return 10 the squad before mex;
Saturday. in which event Ward will
again he switched back to lcfi end,
He filled the position with muc, credit
in the Harvard game. In Ease OF in
jury TO the ends. poindcx;cr or Bon,-
wright arc the other best bets Til.
FORMER halls from Missouri %ra is a
player full OF promise. lie j.. OF cal
build and IS fast acquiring knowl.dcc
OF the game. soatwright IS IL hard
worker and aggressive and " another
season should prove n valuable man
The situation at the tackles Is by far
The most complex on the team. There
has been constant shifting II NIL the
leading candidates for tho two posi-
lions inside-thc ends. George WAYNE
Anderson has been more consistent in
his playing, perhaps. while stuart was
coming fast when lie had his hand in
Jured in the contest with Richmond
College. Moore and Calhoun were sent
into the breach in the Harvard game
and the former wilted under the con-
tinual pounding OF the heavy Grim
son backs. Moore has Just about re-
covered from his injuries and may yet
be called upon To fill Stuarts shoes il
the latter Is compelled to drop out
The guard situation is settled as far
as the first string positions are con-
cerned. Captain Harris Coleman and
Allan Thurman are working admirably
on each side Of the center Thurman
played tackle at Mcrcersbury and Mt
once displayed sufficient amount of
good football to warrant the coaches
In putting him in as Captain Colernan's
running mate
Tom Coleman. n brother of CAPTAIN
Harris Coleman. has been taking good
care OF the work which Is the lot of
the pivot man. His passing is quite
accurate and steady. and he is fast ac-
curing knowledge Of the finer points
Of the position, which comes culy with
experience. His passing Is espcciallv
good. Jack" Brown, OF last vcar,s
squad. is sub-center and good
charger.
The makeup OF the backfield has also
taken OH definite form. Ex.Captain
Buck Mayer. Ed Anderson, Sparr and
Berkeley. at quarter. have outdIs-
tanced all corners to date There are
number OF sub backs but nearly all
Of them lack the necessary weight
These include Fuller, Rhodes ond Pace
Berkeiey is Plying fast game at
quarter. lie shows good Judgment in
liracting the attack and seems Ia nnc.