The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-10
SPIDERS AND TIGERS
PLAY TO STANDSTILL
IN TITULAR COMBAT
Silver Trophy Eastern Virginia Intercollegiate Association
Still Unclaimed Neither Richmond College Nor Hampden-
Sidney Being Able Put Over Win Yesterday Afternoon
Both Elevens Have Chances to Score.
gy ERNEST POLLARD.

blematic of the football championship
Of the Eastern Virginia InterCoilo-
g.ate Association will remain UNI
claimed Richmond College a d
Ham pden- Sidney hattled for sixty
minutes yesterday afternoon out at
Broad Street Park to gain possession
Of the cup. but when the combat came
30 an end the TWO crack elevens were
as far away from the gonfalon as
when hostiities started In other
words. the Spiders and Tigers battled
TO u standstill. neither eleven being
a Bile TO register a single point,
That the two gridiron aggreEations
are about as evenly matched as any
two elevens that ever represented the
schools in the Eastern Virginia or
ganization was thoroughly demon
strated. Both elevens put everything
they had into that game yesterday
but neither could gain any advantage
over the other II was one of the
war,nest battles whsed in Broad-Street
Park this season. and those who jour
neyed out 90 witness the hostilities
felt amply repaid
In the opening bali the Tigers out
PLAYED the spiders as far as ground
gaining was concerned In the two
opening periods the Tigers made five
flrst downs. while the best the Spiders
could DO was 20 get one However.
this was offset TO a certain extent by
Bob Whittets punung. on humorous
occasions he booted the Spiders ont
af danger. and on the exchange Of
aunts he gained yard after yard. What
Richmond College failed to do on line
bucks and end runs this younsster
made up for with his punting In
the closing half the Spiders gained
more ground than did their opponents
registering four FIRST downs to the IT,
gers two. During the entire game
the Tigers made seven first down 30
Ave for the Spiders
both Try Field Goals.
Each eleven got within close PROV
Unity of the enebys goal lines and
on both occasions goals from field
were attempted, but both failed. In
the first half Captain Thurman. OF
Hampden- Sidney. made an effort TO
lift the oval over the uprights, but the
leather fell several feet short Of soar
ing over the bars. II was in the clos
ing quarter that Tiny Wicker tried
10 give Richmond C&llege n victory
via the same route. However, he
never got the ball across the line for
before he could get it away the OPP
posing forwards had sifted through
and the bali was blocked.
In the closing quarter Tom Miller
got away for twenty -fivc-yard run.
carrying the oval to The twenty yard
iine and At this iunctare II looked as
If the Spiders We're destined to score
"a touchdown. However Il penalty
stopped their parade down the field
and az "a last resort Wicker attempt
"a to boot the leather over the cross
bars.
With about Ave more minutes of
PLAY. both eievens started an aerial
i,nmbardment ana on three occasions
The han from ThTman's hands fell
into he waiting arms Of some Rich
fAond College staiWart However. lust
iecfore the game ended Captain Thur
rean hurled one through the air TO
:. Warren that came near paving the
WAY for = Tiger victory Warren
grabbed the oval out Of the air and
raced twenty seven Yards being
el"'Fne3 bN Harry Carter or the TWEEN
Af- line. \ nVe-yard penalty
7g3ir~t Richmond College put the ball
on The 1ifteen-yard line. and at this
luActure the Tigers chance for vic
tory seemed good However TWO con-
-ecutive penalties Of hfteen yards each
inflicted on the Farmvile boys for
heterogeneous of the rules brought
tAe ball back down the feld Here
anc game ended and neither side had
won.
Carter Plays Great Game.
The playing of Harry Carter 81 bod
nlit prominently for Richmond Col
i~ge throughout the afternoon The
big Highland Park youngstcr was in
practically every play and his de
fensive work could hardly have been
Improved upon He was not only a
tower OF strength on defense. but he
WAS called upon several times 10 ad-
vance the oval for the Spiders. and
"Aly once did he fail. Tom Miller
Was Richmond : most consistent
ground gainer the former Richmond
Academy hoy gained considerable
ground for the Westhampton eleven,
contributing one twenty-five-yard run
sud another for twenty. besides M
merous shorter ones Bob Whtttet's
pHntng was nothing less than spec
tscular Captain Bert Robins ana
Tiny Wicker, playing their final games
with Richmond College also put up
81 excellent game.
The work OF Capt&in Toad" Thur
rrFrr was TtTH OUTSTANDING feature for
Ham pden sidney This youngster put
~ "a brilliant exhibition from start to
finish. and while he did not gain as
much ground as III some OF the games
this year his work stood out promi-
Captain Thurmans final football
game. Lee Palmore, q Richmond boy.
Was Il consistent ground gamer for
the Tigers while his defensive work
was good The Warren brothers put
up an excellent game for the Farm
Vile team. as did all Of the other
members OF the team.
Mac Pitt Injured.
Mac Pitt received an injury In the
third quarter that neCessitated his re-
tirement from the game At FIRST II
was thought that he had broken his
ankle, but an &-Tay examination at
Grace HOSPITAL disclosed that several
ligaments In his leg are torn. He
was rushed 10 the hospital in an auto
mobile shortly after ne was in iured,
bur last night he was removed 20
his home in Barton Heights. MG c
played eXceiiently while he was in
the game and he was missed AL
though Wicker played ii nice game at
quarter. IT necessitated the calling in
OF another man from the sidelines.
thus breaking up the backfeid COM
bination
The Hsmpden- Sidney and Rich
mond College eievens are undoubteG e
~ two of the best football aggrega =
tons that ever represented any insti-
< tuition in the league and both Cuarh he !