The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-10-22
By ERNEST POLLARD.

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ss Of the old dope" can down in that
historic city Of Williamsburg yester-
q day afternoon. Coach Frank Dobson' $
d Richmond College Spiders were bury
Ing the Hampden Sidney Eridron
warriors beneath the peaceful sod in
Broad Street Park and, ineideGtaIly,
putting one over OF our cwn football
prognosti gatu~s The Westhampton
stalwarts won from THAR guests from
Farmvliie by a score 81 10 :. spring
ing the first real football surprise IN
Virginia This season
BY virtue ~ thtlr superior show
.nss against eleveus around virginia
Preparatory 70 the opening of the
Eastern Virginia intercollegiate
League the r eers went into the con-
test yesterday afternoon favorites
over Goa IN prnscr's protegcs. How
ever. while the game VAS stlU in ITS
infancy the wishing Erlalronists had
begun tc rcsNze that they had some
real opposition
TIE spiders wen: INTO the fray with
that game. newer sal die spirit that
has chara ,-frrt7s#9 tht5r exhibitions on
the chs-ke7 -zcr- srTre Frank Dohsor
assume ne coaching retns out at
the wesfhar pton institution. and they
emerged from the conflict with the
Red and Eluf Co'1-s hoisted high in
the ar and HE;'errG IN the hreezes
1t was 3 Earse .n which wei CHIT played
VERY minor role II was football
strategy that gave the Spiders a vic
tory TIE Richmond colleFians can
attribute tire p victory To superior gem
eraishIp ara me inpregnahle' line
they presented al the CRUCIAL periods
Tigers start Wei.
The Tigers started out as II they
were destined 10 do all that the
'tdopNster's' can predicted However,
the game had been III progress only
five minutes when the Spiders started
a rush down the field that paved the
way for Richmond Colleges victory.
They started the onward march from
the thirty-nVe yard line. and Il was
not brought 70 AN end until Kuyk.
the erstwhiie Richmond Academy per
former, had wormed his way through
the right side OF the Tigers rhalanx
and crossed the much-coveted goal
line for touchdown
Undaunted by the handicap, the
Hampden- Sidney footbaNtsts pulled
themselves together Immediately and
started another powerful attack on
Richmond Colleges line. At times
the Spiders were swept back by the
visitors. but at the crucial periods the
wild rampage Of the Tigers was al
ways stopped and the line was inn
penetra BILE,
Despite the fact that Richmond
College scored their only touchdown
of the game in the first half. il MAY
be safely said that they were out
played by the Presbyterian aggrega,
ton in this period. Time after time
the Tigers made their first downs
when II came to getting the bal
across the Spiders goal line. or ever
within striking distance Of the chalk
line, they lacked the punch. They
started their rushes frequently, but
they always petered out when the
goal hove in sight
The Spiders did not play n fiashs
or spectacular game. They played
conservatively throughout, taking ad-
vantage of every opening and oppor.
tunity. And 1t was the generalshiI
of this young fellow Mac Pitt, who
halls from Barton Heights. that play
ed prominent part in this. Al
though he did not gain an acre OF
ground himself he ran his team wei
( and he was one of the n,uin factors
In the Richmond College triumph.
Wicker Indi,iduai Star.
Tiny Wicker shono throughout the
contest. II gained yard after yard
through the visitors ward line, while
in the third and fourth quarters he
hotsted the leather over the uprights
for field goals The first one camein tins
third quarter and II may be said thai
the fact that he got away with this
beautiful drop kick was not hing Iess
than remarkab bic Henderson made &
very poor pass and he had to jumE
high into the air tn reach the oval
BY the time he grasped the ball the
visitors had begun surEing through
on him. but he managed to get the
ball away from him. 1t scared over
the goa posts for fleld- goal. His
toe gave the Spiders three more points
In the closing quarter when he boot
ed another ball over from the thirty
Vineyard line. Ii was a perfect kick
and would have sailed across the ban
had it been fifteen or twenty yards
back. Captain Robins also put uI
brilliant game In the line. while the
work of Kuyk was very good. Hen
derson, the former V. T.. !. center
Il who IL serving the Spiders in the same
I capacity. failed to come up TO ex-
pectation. He Is good player, but
he failed to play up to the standard
He enabled the Tigers 10 get their
only two points of the game. when
he heaved a ball over Wicker's head
i and the latter was caught behind the
u goal line. giving the Tigers a safety
Thurman. who has been a shining
light IN the Eastern Virginia Associa-
Il ton Tor three years. was dlsa p
II pointment. Time after time he was
downed for a loss while his gains
IN were few and far between. True his
defensive work was very good. but
on the ofensa- he played below the
standard.
Huddle played nice game for the
Tigers. while Palmore also contrib
uted some nice gains Both Goolsby
e and Gillespie put up "A nice exhibition
4 on the ends Richmond College =
two ends. Whittet and Milbourne,
were also very good when il came
3 to getting down on punts. and they
q were always on top Of the hall
Richmond College Counts.
The game opened with Richmond
College receiving and Hampden- Sid =
ney defending the east goal. Pitt re-
ceived the ball and brought il TO the
thirty-nve-yard line On tho first bal
snapped the Spiders fumbied, but re-
covered the leather. kuyk contributed
~ small gain and Wicker punted to
q the twelve-yard line, Thurman being
i downed as soon as he grabbed the
bill A penalty of fifteen yards was
inflicted on Hampden- Sidney for
rough work. Hampden- Sidney then
4 proceeded 10 punt. and on tie ex-
change of punts the Spiders gained
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