Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-31
SPIDERS LOSE TO TIGERS
GOAL FROM TOUCHDOWN is
DECIDING POINT OF GAME
hirhmOnd College Owes Dcfent TO
hnihleS-outTinycdI Ininpden- Sidney
nnh Looked Like Sure Winners.

yrs VINO saw their favoritcS sweep
through the Hampds Sidney ranks
Tor a touchdown in the first few min
utes OF the annual championship clash
AT Broad street Park yesterday after
noon are st!ll wondering now It hap
pehcd that the Tigers took the fat end
y oi the count. one inch explains IL. \
looted ball on Il try at goal from
touchdown srazcd the upright and
Tor bare moment hesitatcd and then
detected across the bar. 1t was one
point. and that poin, won the game.
The score stood o C.
Richmond College started like 81
"hirlwind, and was the aggrcssor
throughout the contest. but that spec
ter OF football. the breaks" was
against the Spiders. Funbles at criti-
cal points cost countless yards. and al
though the local collcSians advanced
inc ball more than four times as far
as the Tigers by straight football tao
tics. only once did they get within
striking distance of the goal. after
making the first touchdown. Then
thcy carried II TO within one yard.
ana reluctantly surrendered the oval
TO the Tigers almost on the goal line.
In justice TO the Tigers ii must be
said that they showed wonderful i'm
provemcnt over last week. but at that
had no right 10 win. The Spiders out
played them at every stage Of the
game, but lost through their own
butter-fnger tactics. Had the backs
been able 20 hold the ball. after max
Ing substantial gains. they would have
piled up real score. instead Of
dropping hack In the championship
race.
The Spider attack found the Tiger
defense TO be ii sieve during the larger
part OF tho contest. while the Hamp-
DEN Sidney ohensc. barring the spec
tacular work OF Thurman and the
bucking ability Of Bugg during tho
second period. WAS weak Thurman
however, was a hackfeld in himself
ond advanced the ball -ASiher than the
rest OF the combination tGSS@Sar. BuSg
during III" second quarter. hit the line
well and for substantial distance. but
was unable TO do anything against the
Spider forwards during any other part
OF the game. His toe put the Tigers
In the lead. a he kicked goal after
.coring the touchdown.
MAC COSBY pITJp
STERLING OFFENSIVE GAME
Mac COSBY put UP a sterling game
Tor richmond. but he was responsible
Tor al lenst t'So OF the fumhlcs Yet
his ground gaining vas a big factor
In the Spider advance Wicker also
did brilliant work, although his gains
were shorter than those of fis running
mate kodcn, while running his team
well! apparently lacked Judgment In
IN" mai Si-As;"s when. instead OF max
INK NY at 4 is!i SpAi, sent on
AN end run. Only II fraction OF !. min
ute remained, ami the oval was twenty
yards Nom the goal. II was a com
para,'vcly easy shot. but was neglect
cd only a miracle could have won
by rushing the ball.
The spider line, except in the second
quarter. held well, and got the charge
on the Tigers Several times the for
wards got through and srlcarcd plays
behind the line. and ono. blocked Il
KICK when gave the opportunity 20
score. Will" the Tigers wer. going
down the held. Just before carrying the
oval across. the local colleSians went
down before the attack like paper be-
fore a strong breeze.
The gam. was over before the
Spider rooteTs gave UP hope Then
they surrounded the clubhouse and
chcercd and checred the team TO show
their confidence ia the final outcome
OF the championship series But during
the entire progress OF the clash there
WAS always the hope, tostcrrd by the
agsrcsSiNcncss OF the locals, that they
would again cross the goal lire.
In Thurman. Iiampden sidney found
n cork!nS good general ana one who
can be counted on to advance the oval
when there was any advancing TO he
done. palmore and Parrish. both Rich
mond boys, were unable 10 do Inuch
however, against the Spider line ana
ends.
Forward passing was rcsorted to
frequently 10y tn. spiders, but with lit
tie or no success. Only one aerial hin
resulted In material gain, and that
w.s in tho last minute Of play when
Rrjen sent one to Braddus for twenty
yards. More often the heavcs were
wild, and several were caught for one
and two yards advance. Ha.upden-Sid-
ney did not proht at all by such
passes. The Tigers. too, suffered twice
VII
capped without penalty.
SPIDERS ALMOST LOSE
BALL N EARLY STAGES
Hampden sidney kicked to Richmond
College, with the Spiders defending
the west goal. y tumble nearly lost
the locals the ball. On n left Shift
Mac Cosby pulled fifteen yards around
end. Pof crashed through tackle for
four yards. Wicker added two and
Poff made eight and a first down. Cos
by made fifteen on an end run. but CO.
burn failed to gain on tackle around
tackle play. Wicker made six Yards
hut Pof was unable to get more than
one and on tho next play The Tigers
took the ball on their scven-yard line
They attempted a punt. which Coburn
blocked and Whitfield recovered three
yards from goal. on the second plav
, Wicker crashed through tackle for the
first touchdown of the game. He failed
to kick goal
Again liampden-S Sidney kick ed to the
Spiders and Fof brought the ball back
to the forty-yard line. 4 free fumble
was recovered by the locals. Roden
made nine yards around loft and Poff
made 1t first down. Wicker z:gzagged
around for five yards. and Pof got six
and another hrst down. Cosby made
eight yards, but dropT cd the oval on
the Tigers thirty yard line. Hamp-
Sidney essayed two unsuccessful
whirls nj the Spider defenses. but
failed to gain more than yard and
: punted to the center Of the field.
The Spiders made their first attcmnt
at Il forward pass and 1t failed Again
they tried, and. while 1t was caught
it crossed the sidcline and the oval
went TO the Tigers In the center of tho
field The Tigers took three tries for
seven yards and puntcd II was the
Spiders ball on their own twenty-yard
line The period ended at this time
In the opening Of the second quar-
ter the Spiders made n first down, but
Cosby again dropped the bail Thur
man lost five yards and after looking
hopelessly cntangled on second try.
hut SwcDt around tho otbar anI