Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-08
seth YEAR
HIGH SCHOOL BEATS
SECOND SPIDER TEAM
Meteor Anderson Flashes Down Field in Fify-Fvc- ard
Run for observation-disclosures Nosthern Wins
and Saves Contest.


troduce to YOU Blair Hercules North
crn. known as Diugbat by his init
mate friends at the John Marshall High
school for which institution he per-
formed yesterday afternoon during a
certain football game in which his
team beat the Second Richmond Col
lcSe eleven by 7-to-G score.
Lend an open ear to US for while
and we Will convince you that Blair
Hercules is we'll worth the knowing.
He was about the brightest star in a
constellation OF John Marshall perform
ers yesterday afternoon. doing much
to win the game for the Blue and
White and accomplishing still more
during the last few minutes Of play.
when he saved the team from a Ger
tain defeat
Tho constellation that surrounded
Blair Hercules yesterday was composed
of Dugan, Thompson, Ed Smith and
Anderson. Dugan could be dubbed
Mars; Thompson, Saturn. and Ed Smith
might be Jupiter. while Anderson
to the present warbler he is some
meteor. and tho entire high school
eleven Ia something resembling the
Milky Way when II comes to shining
football performances.
Meteors generally attract more at
tenHon than do those fixed bright
lights, even though the latter kind of
stars shine moro constantly So II was
yesterday. Meteor Anderson was placed
out there on right end by Coach Bur-
russ, supposedly TO be OF service. II
case Of suLposition for some
time after tho game began. Then he
succeeded in getting tackle or two
and also in missing several forward
passes hurled his way by Northern or
Thompson.
And while all this was going on.
Second College was pushing the fight
ing High School eleven steadily down
tho flcld and WAS scoring a touchdown.
They retained their advantage until
tho latter part Of the third quarter.
Meteor Anderson FInshes Into View.
u was then that this meteor, Ander-
son. began TO he noticed. Right after
High School had received the kick
off In tho second half, Thompson shot
Anderson a forward pass far out Oh
right end, and the meteor flashed over
the field for touchdown. But tho
play had been worked before Referee
Word had had time TO prevent II, and
20 require the ball being kicked off
again. so IL was called of.
During tho last few minutes OF the
game. Anderson rose out on the right
side line again and once more spcared
forward pass from on high. This
tune several teammates were near him.
and, while ono of them sent college
n'.,m sprawlng, Anderson dumped am
other and set out across the field In
the general direction OF the goal. Mars
ipuran hurled the bulk OF his l55
pounds into some careless college man
who had ideas Of stopping the meteor,
aud Anderson cont simpson down with
q stin-arr under the nose He
then ruurrt ,"naininE distance 10
tho goal
Anderson s-ht the forward pass
on tho M.trshaIlitca' forty five yard
Inc. after i, lad been thrown from
tho ,hirty-yard line. lie ran nfty-iivc
Yards for The touchdown, tying thc
score for High School and successfully
suuclchiuG the band Of Spider rootcrs
who had followed the second team In
tho absence OF the varsity. Blair Her
cules Northern. gentlemen, kicked the
goal and scored the point which
brnuGh, tho game John arshallwnrd.
That is how high school came from
behind Yesterday afternoon and main
tanned the winning streak they began
on September 80. when they won from
Petersburg High School. Gl TO 0. Eut
the above does not tell all of the fight
they had in anneNinG the contest. That
crowd OF rockies Coach Barnett
brought down from Spidcrriile was "a
husky aggregation and quite uncX- !
pectedly demonstrated they know |
something about the game. AS we'll rs
the fact that they were well organic |
ed. In addition, they had several men
on the squad who played nrst-class
ootball
Young Simpson, at quarter back, |
proved to he the backbone of tho
eleven, and his work throughout tho |
game yesterday Was OF the highest or
der. The brunt OF the attack fell to |
his lot. while good share OF tho |
defensive work also came his way His |
ability to carry the ball was proved |
clearly and he managed to get away |
several times for excellent runs.
On one of these during the last
quarter! Simpson menaced the high |
school goal and threatened for few |
seconds TO wipe from notice the Mar
shallitcs' accomplishment in taking tho |
lead. Had it not been for Blair Her. |
cuics Northern he would have been |
successful. The college was sending |
plunge after plunge into the high |
school line and several times had man
aged to get small gains. Halle had
great dive behind the line of scrim-
mage.
Simpson then essayed lunge |
through left tackle, and there he |
found an opening. He was through |
the secondary line of defense in |
twinklinG and only Northern stood be-
tween him and goal. The less said
about tho form displayed by Blair
Hercules III this tackle the better. But
he got his man. and that was the big
thing.
blair Hercules waited until Simpson !
Continued on Fourth paEc)