Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-03
VIRGINIA DEFEATS
YALE TEAM, 10 TOO
Blues Football Stock Takes I'm
expected Drop When South
erners Win.
ALL SCORING IN LAST PERIOD
In Kicking and in Running Back
Punts, Orange and Blue
Easily Excels.
ALL SCORING IN LAST PERIOD
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NEW HAVEN. October o-Yalc foot
BAH stock took an unexpected drop to-
day. when University OF Virginia. s
clever and wcll-balanced eleven won
a 10 to victory in the bowl. The visi-
tors did not score until the final period
yaie's mispIays were costly. and the
Orange and Blue eleven left New
Haven tonight on the big end OF the
score. Two fumbles by Captain Will
son. one Of them OF the excusable
variety, put the Blue in trouble. and
the Southerners were prompt to take
advantage of their opportunity.
For three quarters the game see
sawed back and forth. with little adj
vantage on either side. Yale started
off with rush. and carried the ball
to Virginia's twenty-yard line. At this
critical point the Virginia defense
stffened, and, in her turn, she rushed
the ball to Yale's stwenty-five-yard line,
after two exchanges Of punts. A try
for goal was blocked, and the rest OF
the half was a kicking duel between
Captain Wilson and Thurman, with
the honors decidedly in favor of the
latter Thurman was a potent factor
in Firginia's victory; his long punts
time and again putting the Blue on the
defensive. Berkeley also far outshone
the Yale backs in running back the
kicks. 1t was only in straight line
smashing that Yale excelled her rivals;
Virginia's celebrated runs from kick
formation were no more successful
than were the Elfs lateral passes
Yale gained twice as much ground by
rushing as did Virginia. but seemed to
lack the punch TO score.
SECOND AND THIRD
QUARTERS VIRGINIA'S
The second and third quarters were
easily Virginia's. In the first OF the
fourth quarter, Captain Wilson dropped
back 20 make a forward pass. AS he
was in the act Of hurling the ball,
three Virginia forwards fell on him,
and he fumbled. the ball rolling to-
wards the2Yale goal Coleman, pscFsa
it up and raced across the line. Mayer
easily kicked the goal.
Yale again started down the field,
Scovil and Wilson carrying the ball on
line plays. However. Wilson again
fumbled and Virginia recovered on
Yale's thirty-fve-yard line. Here
Thurman planted the ball squarely be-
tween the posts-a beautiful kick of
fortytwo yards. In the remaining
minutes OF play Scovil ripped great
holes In the Virginia line, but 1t was
too late for Yale to repair the damage
The game ended with the ball in Yale's
possession in the middle Of the field
The game was played in n cold driz-
Zle OF rain, with the result that few
spectators turned out. The field was
in soggy condition, and the cold, com
bined with the slippery condition of the
ball, undoubtedly had n bad effect on
the players. Yale's back field appeared
slow beside the speedy Virginia quar-
tet. and about the only thing encour-
aging TO the followers OF the Blue was
the splendid showing of the line. On
the whole. the Yale team seemed to
lack seasoning.
For Virginia, Berkley's running back
OF punts was second only to Thurman's
remarkable exhibition of kicking. 1t Is
doubtful IL such splendid kicking has
been seen in New Haven since three
years ago, when Charlie Brickley made
his name famous in the Yale-Harvard
game. Thurman's drop kick from ,he
forty two-yard line, considering the
wet field and slippery condition OF the
ball, was little short of marvellous.
MAYER MANAGES TO GET
FEW GOOD RUNS AROUND END
Mayer. while not up to the form he
displayed here last year nevertheless
managed to get off few good runs
around the ends z. Anderson was the
mainstay OF the secondary defense. and
time and again stopped runs that
looked dangerous. The Virginia line,
although outweighed by their Blue op-
ponents, managed to put up very
creditable battle.
For Yale. Smith and Wilson showed
up best during the first three quarters
both making consistent gains on short
bucks off tackle. In the fourth quar-
ter Scovil. the regular half back. tore
up the Virginia line for several long
gains. but the fatal fumbles OF the
Blues captain killed all hopes for a
Yale score.
The game was fairly free from penal
ties, each side suffering about the same
number On the merits OF the two
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