Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-05
REPERTOIRE OF PLAYS
WAS GREATEST IN LEAGUE

1t would not be too much TO say tina,
/ ms repertoire OF plays ana formations
I was not excclied in the State. The
/ variety and IntrIcaCy OF the attack in
: the last game his team played Rich
! ironG College was the outstanding fca-
! tufc OF that contest and large factor
/ III the undoing Of the Spider machine
10 single out a particular player or
/ players and say. He won the cup for
! Hampden-S Sidney" or They won tho
cup for lIampden- Sidney" would lie
doing an injustice To the other mem
I bers of the team. besides widely miss
Q ing Inc mark. However. members of
I the team themselves Insist on talking
about how much credit is due this one
ana how much more credit is due that
oht--ail in thc finest spirit of caudor
and unsclfishness. Warren. Bugg.
thurman and Crisp are the names one
hcars most frequently banded about"
AND the rest OF the team pushes this
quartet forward to head the procession
/ max snail carry the trophy. Close up
| 10 these stalk Captain Shackclfort.
Amick. Palmore, Lyle. Oliver. H.rzig
1 Pendleton and Gillcspie-stout hearted
warriors all. Figures are not avail
aL!e, but II is Il safe assertion that no
team mas ever won the championship
/ III this league whose average weigh,
was less than that of the Tigers The
stripped weight gives an average OF
1913 pounds. Crisp is the heaviest ISL:
Thurman the lightcst, 1870.
/ AS "A quarter back, Thurman ranks
with the best in the State being a eau
/ tious general and speedy and fearless
! broken field runner. Bugg as a lin.
p!Ghser and drop kicker. would shine
/ on an eleven Of one OF the larger col
/ !cg-s or universities. and /, is IRE.
dlcted that there are many bright chap
'"rS Yet 10 he written in his football
career. for he enters one Of the uni.
Nersiises next fall and Will again don
the mole skins. In Warren, the Tigers
( had the hes, defense PLAYER in m.
/ league. and IN this respect he is as
good, II not better, than the. best that
ever wore tho garnet and gray Daring
/ 10 the point of utmost hazard ANA
nimble -witicd In diagnosing the enc.
ing'S game. he was Il bulwark i'm hack
/ ing his light line men and smashing
/ his opponents on the wings. In tho
Richmond College game he saved the
dey for the Tigers by stopping the on.
/ rush through their line
WORK OF CRISP WAS
OF HIGHEST ORDER
The playing of no man on Hamuden-
sidney was watched with more intense
/ interest and admiration than that of
/ Crisp. the big "single-handed" tackle.
After the Y. NJ !. game. the Cadets
coach told Bcrnier he ought 10 cut n
hand off each of his men If il would
make them play the game ;hat Crisp
! put up. He did not meet his match this
year. Powerful on the defense he was
also counted for many yards i'm
advancing the ball, and he often re-
! sponded with twenty yard dash
on II TICKLE around"
Another, !!!s.n on the championsbi,,
eleven who deserves q world of crcdi,
IL Amick, the daShinE right end H..
has worked hard for the team for four
years ana repeated Setbacks, due TO
sickness ana minor Injuries. dimmco
his ardor not at all. He knows the
game clear through. and plays IL with
every ounce OF heart and nerve in hi.
wiry body.
This season closes the careers of
Captain Shackelford and Edgar pendle.
ton on the gridiron at IIampdcn- Sidney
Both have been good fighters, and their
laurels have been well won. Shack.l
ford has made an excellent leader. and
the clean. hard game he has PLAYED
has won much merited applause. Pen
dlcton has not been in good trim this
fall and has not. therefore. PLAYED the
star game that has been his wont in
the past. He has always been n cool.
clear headed player. and has. to n
nicely. the fine points of the game.
Until this fall. it has been longer
| than decade since the Tigers won
| Il football trophy, hut during those
years they have either tied for first
place or held on to second as each sea-
son closed. With a student body of a
few more than hundred she has run
abreast or ahead OF the other members
| of the league whose enrolment is from
| two to three times greater than hers
| The splendid spirit OF her student BODY
the sturdiness Of her athletes. and the
| efficiency OF her coaching system arc
the factors that have kept her to the
r.- e III.