Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-10
SPIDERS AND TIGERS
PLAY SCORELESS TIE


'hanScs when they found i, impossjhlc
L" advance through the trenches
H. Warren opened the game by xiii
IFS TO Pitt, who was down.d hv /
Warren on his thirty fve-ynrd linz,
nc Spi"crs found il Impossible "a
gam and Whittct pun,ed TO rburm,l,
me me held. but ialmure found :,
mole on the next play and runs up
hrst down. II was necessary 10 nm,
however, ia short time ami Miller
OH the FIRST scriinInage, advanced min.
!"'os' The line held after this and
pass failed on the fourth down. 1bs
ilsers winning the leather in mid
field
i'almorc made first down, after
Thurn"n had advanced four yurds
A'ilpurne got in dandy tackle and
me Tigers WERE penalized fifteen yards
"eiofe - N;fit.n. ,fauted 20 Kuyll
Nhittct SooH returned ilc drive. and
IN short time u. Warren found il
necessary 10 Kick also. The Tiger line
held and Wicker punt"d over the goal
Tor u touchback. Pitt missed "A kick
nut Shepherd recovered tho ball Just
as tho period closed.
Palmoye Lands First Down.
Enable TO advance through the line
" ECKER Shot pass GO Pitt for a i've
ward gain before punting TO Thurman
No advance could be made through the
line and The ban was punted 10 he
returned in few minutes by Wicker
Palinore and Huddle advanced nine
Eards and fallnorc made il f1rst down
Dorsey solved shift formation and
tackled behind the line, Keeping the
pail Oh the same line. The Spiders
were oTtside ana paid the p.uoltv
Thurman was unable 10 advance and
also failed to complete "a pass. puntine
outside on the spiders eight ward line.
Nhittct punted in poov form and the
Tigers gained the leather on their up-
ponents thirty-seven- yard line
PIT had 10 be taken from the game
and Jollif entered il. After failing
TO advance. Thurman cssayed a field
goal. but received bad pass aud reg
istercd a touchback. Whitt-t puntcd
TO midheld. Pa!move. OH 4 triple pass,
made four yards. Porter was hurt on
the piny and withdrew. Thurman pass
ed to liuddle, but he fuinblcd and Il
Spider recovered Oh his own forty
yard line. Wicker was unable 10 gain
and pass failed. Thurman received
the punt and was downed on his own
lhirty-one-yard line Thurman made
five yards, Huddle added four and
Thurman registered first down. \
would haVe-beeu forward pass was
spoiled when the Spiders broke through
The line. so Thurman ran the ball four
SaFdS aHcau. PalInofe failed 10 adj
vance just before The half ended
Palmore received the kick~om and
Was downed on his thirty-yard l!ne
u. Warren soon punted 10 Jollifr ~
miditld. and Thurman received the
kick when the Spiders found it impos
able TO gain. ialnorc and Thurma !,
advanced eight yards. and Palmore
made IL frst down r. Warren got of
=. Iaoor KICK. and the ball went outside
in midGsld Wicker advanced three
yards. Carter got away for an eight
yard gain and first down. and then In e
Spiders were penaiized five yards for
offSide
Time was taken out the second time
for J. Warren. The line held and
Thurp6n intercepted a pass Oh his own
twenty.iour- yard l.ne Thurman FUN
bled and lost I'VE yards. y. Warren get
ting another bad Kick on shortly after
aid the ball going t. Richmond Col
leGe OIL the Tigers thirty eight-yar,
line. Carter tried another tackle
around play. but lost fiNe yards when
j. Warren tackled.
Miller passed TO Wicker for four
yards. and Wicker then passed TO Mil
Ter. sweeping the play 10 Hampden-
Sidney twenty thrye yard mark
Wicker lost seven sI<rds around ripSt
The Tigers won the leather on downs ~
thslr own ,hirt%-yard mark. Joliin
head gear Off with ia high tackle, out
'us tohu advanced Twelve yards IN
spite oi IL. snort aiAahccs were made