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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-08-03

This fact-the far greater proper
tional losses Of the railrOads-is
counted on by the union men to win
the strike, or PREVENT it!
Two of the four brOtheThOOds have
their headquarters here. These are
the Brotherhood of Locomotive En-
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-08-03

gineers, of witch W. S. Stone is grand
chief engineer, and the Brotherhood
Of Railroad Trainmen, of which W.
G. Lee is president.
The others are the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen and Engine
men, whose president is w. S. Carter
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-10-27
Eevens Engage Battles Lewis Down ans
WASHINGTON AND LEE
PLAYERS ARE SHIFTED
Bob Ignioo Goes Back to Right
Tackle, While Turner Bethel VIII
Play On End.

Especial to The Richmond virginian. }
Lexington, Va, Oct. 26.--I.eaving
tonight for Atlanta to meet Georgia
Tech in what is considered the most
important game of the day in the
South, Washington and Lee expects
on Saturday to establish a claim for
the Southern football championship.
Washington and Lee. Georgia Tech,
Georgia and Vanderbilt have been UNI
defeated by n Southern eleven. and
since each OF the four will meet one
of the others. the game next Satur-
day is expected to have direct bear
ing in deciding the championship.
Despite injuries to ends Crifs and
Graham. who were looked upon as
regulars, the Generals are in excellent
condition. They wtN. however, pre-
sent a changed front ct Atlanta. Bob
Ignico, whose work in the game
against Rutgers seemed to slate him
for A permanent berth in the back
field. has been shifted back to right
tackle, following the desire OF Coaches
Eloock and Donahue to strengthen the
line, and following the improved
showing made at right half by Harry
Adams.
Turner Bethel has been shifted from
tlgHt Jackie 10 rlEnt END Inc big
Richmond boy. in scrimmage against
the scrubs. showed up web. rarkin.
whose early season work did not come
up to expectations. has been improv-
ing steadily and win start at left end.
Washir gton and lee Will be out
weighed by the Techs, hut the Gem
erals expect to offset this apparent
handicap with speed. open play and
the puntinE of Captain ICY" Young,
whose bo"tinE this year has been bet
ter even than last season The Cen
erals average 1877 pounds IN the line.
6s pounds in the hackheld and III
pounds over all
The team will line up on Saturday
rs follows: L. C.. Larkin, l. /. john
son; &. Bryan; c. Pierotti; !. g..
Moore; y. L, Ignico: r. e.. Bethel. q.
b.. Ragicy: l. n. b., Young. r. h. b..
Adams; {. b, Sorrells.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-10-27
CLOSE GAMES EXPECTED
BY VIRGINIA ELEVENS
Three of Old Dominion's Leading Aggregaons win Be
Found Battling Foreign Territory, But Four Inter-
estng Contests Will Be Waged In Virginia

Orange and Blue. However, It wf1i
he noticed that the Charlottesville
gridironists have had q much harder
schedule than their oppohentA It
must also be remembered that Yale
hung up sixty-one OF those seventy
four points against the Orange and
Blue. Virginia will go to Nashville
with a changed lineup. Darlington
will be seen at quarterback in the
place OF Jim White. who has been sent
back to his old wing position. while
Allan Thurman will appear in guard.
The Orange and Blue footballists left
Charlottesville last night with blood
in their eyes, and while there will
hardly be a repetition Of the IS 70
1 o score OF last year. they are expect
ed to put up a great fight against their
opponents.
logger Elcock's Generals VIII
meet a heavier eleven when they tackle
Georgia Tech. The Washington and
Lee team averages 179 pounds. while
figures show that the Crackers have
it on the Lexingtonians by three
pounds to the man. These two teams
ala not meet last year and the result
ia being eagerly awaited by football
enthusiasts throu ghout the South. The
Generals will probably win, despite
the handicap In weight.
Carolina Should Win
While Carolina should win out over
! Virginia Military Institute, the Cadets
are expected to put up hard battle
gainst the Down Home aggregation.
! Last year the Cadets battled the Tar
! heels to 3 to 3 standstill, but the
CaroIinians have a much stronger
eleven this year.
V. T. 7. and A. &, NJ. ala not meet
last year. This should he another
great game. Figures show that the
West Raleigh outfit will outweigh the
| Techs, but the last named eleven Is
noted for it's fight. and IL the Blacks
| burg aggregation fails to win the Car
olinians will know that they have
I been in a game.
Last year Davidson won out over
Roanoke College by a score of 13 to
0. and the Salem lads are out to atone
/ for this lacing. Davidson has a
powerful eleven this year, and by
virtue OF their showings against other
e1evens this fail. they will journey to
the Magic City tomorrow morning
favorites over their opponents.
The usual amount OF interest Is
centered on the two struggles in East
ern Virginia intercollegiate Assocta-
ton. These two contests should be
two OF the best waged by elevens rep
resenting the four eastern Virginia
institutions. and close scores are an
ticipated.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-10-27
v. & J. THIRD TEAM
SCORES ON VARSITY
ISinsa Yale Plays and Formations,
Youngsters Easily Make Two
ToucfNfovns.

Washington. Pa. Oct. os-Yale
scored twice on WASHINGTON and JEFF
ferson this afternoon. WhAe this
statement is not literally true. II Is
Ia fact. in a way nevertheless, The
exact truth Ia that the w. & J.
third team, using Yale plays and for
nations. registered two scores on Sol
Metzger's varsity at College Field The
varsity play continued TO no ragged
and was disheartening to the coaches.
The serlmmage was the final one be-
fore the Yale game Of Saturday. and
has not boosted W. & Us stock in
this important game among It's ocal
supporters
MetzEer tonight was discouraged
and frankly said SO. The men today
not only failed to play together. but
even seemed to forget their signals
and hailed up" play after play. much
10 the disgust OF the coach. Metzger
told the men before the practice that
he would use today's workout as a
basis on which TO select his men for
tho Yale trip. and this, II is believed.
served 10 make the men nervous and
put some OF them off their Stride IN
an endeaTor to 30 better than usual.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-10-27
ivan L|N0W GIVES
LEWIS HARD BATTLE
Longest Match Ever Staged Here Il
Won BY Kcntuckian In
Straight Falls.

Ed. (StranEler) Lewis. the popular
Kentucky grappler, managed to again
get the verdict over Ivan Linow last
night in the Academy OF Music. but
not until the elongated Russian had
given him one of the hardest battles
of his career,
Aside from being one of the longest
mills ever witnessed in Richmond. it
can be safely said that it was most
spectacular affair ever staged on mat
here. As far as strength was concern
ed both men seemed to be on a par,
but the mat artist from the Blue Grass
State had his opponent outclassed
when 1t came to the scientific points
of the game.
For long time it looks as II the
match was destined 10 result in a
draw, but Lewis finally gained the
initial fall in one hour and fifty
minutes, Using the flying deadlock to
Moor the Cosssok. The second period
was short one. Lewis securing this
fall with a head and body lock after
just q dozen minutes had elapsed.
The kentuckian was kept on the
defensive practically throughout the
first round and apparently the aIc~
had him In several had places. How
ever. Lewis always managed to either
bridge out or free himself from his
opponents grasp hy twisting. turning
and sQuirmiry hike a worm thrown in
hot ashes. lewis also managed to get
some OF his wicked holds on the Rus
sian, but until the first fal! was OBJ
tanned he always succeeded in work
ing out OF them.
Linow was the most aggre ssive of
the two before the first fan was Sc
cured by the kentuckian, but In the
second round eyerVt hing favored
Lewis. He went after the Russian
from the very start and kept him on
the offensive practically throughout.
After the first fall the result was never
in doubt.
Even though Lewis did win those
who witnessed the bout all agree that
Lnow Is n good one and is every inch
man. II will take the best In the
game to pin hts shoulders TO the mat
J. The match last night WAS good
and one that will remain fresh in the
minds OF those wrestling enthusiasts
who witnessed the mill for many days
10 come.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-10-27
FIVE PAROOAEO BY
STATE EXECUTIVE

Governor Stuart yesterday granted
conditional pardons to the following.
on recommendation OF the trial judges
and Commonwealth attorneys:
Lloyd MacAllister. convicted In
stanton in September. 1915. on a
charge of bigamy and sentenced 10
three years.
Don K. West, alias II. E. Edge. con
victed In Prince Edward County Court
in October. 1915. and given one year
for forgery.
Charles Armstrong. convicted for
forgery In the Smyth County Court. in
May, 1915. and given two years.
James Greene. convicted in the Rich
mond Juvenile Court on a charged oil
disorderly conduct. and sentenced TO
six months In Jail.
EmmAtt Mundy, convicted Sin the
Norfolk County Court in May. 1915,
and given twelve months for felonious
assault. This man is now H. having
been for some time confined in a hos
pital
The following applications for par
dons We're refused:
Herbert Cox. convicted in Hastings
Court. Part II, in February, 1914. on
a charge of highway robbery and given
five years.
z. p. Moorman. sentenced TO thirty
DAYS In Jail and fined SEQ for conduct
ing disorderly house. He WAS tried
in the Lynchburg Court.
John Mayo. given two years by the
Amherst County Court for housebreak
ing. He was sentenced In october
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-10-27
Watch rabbit" Curry.

Nashville, Oct 26.--Both Wander
lit and Virginia have admitted that
hey had rather win the game to be
Mayed here Saturday than any other
n their whole football schedules.
Ehere is not a pair of keener rivals in
he whole country than these two.
Each team is the best thing in its own
ection: Virginia has a regular habit
I beating everybody beyond the
outhern Appalachians. and Fander-
lit rarely misses a chance 10 walk of
Fith the title over the whole middle
euth and. therefore. the coming bat
le is case of champion against
hampton. and has every appearance
( being one of the most important
htersectionai games In the whole
ountry.
Both at Vanderbilt and Virginia
hey go in for clean sportmanshro, but
&p TO. date It is noticeable that neither
ga M has said anything about soft and
emile tactics as the program for next
aturday The local players are GER
hiniy being groomed for the tiercest
sFs-4 az "A stFHgg4e.-izast- seaF iFStH ia
aused terrible surprise and oisap-
Continent in the local camp by win
F ing the game at Charlottesville, but
his year the Commodores have them
h their own lair. and they are making
In effort to conceal the fact that they
re going in for revenge.
Since last year. Virginia has lost
|ome of her best men, and Vanderbilt
has been maternity strengthened. II
Ihere is difference enough to notice,
would SEEM that The odds favor the
|bcai players. Word comes from Char
|,ttesville that the Nirginiaus are NOR
|hiiy afraid OF rabbit Curry, cap
hin and quarterback for Vanderbilt
asst year this young man scored more
POINTS by himself than any player in
}he United States, with one exception.
nd he certainly gained more ground
han any player in the whole South.
Pc can sidestep. whiri, stop short and
Itart again. at dizzy rate. and II.
With aid OF powerful line In front
| I him and a good backficld 10 make
he Interference around him, he does
| ot put many chalk marks behind him
. nd scamper to more than one touch
| Town against the Orange and Blue.
Hearty every sporting critic In the
Inuth will have 70 admit for once that
IL is not infalhhle.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-10-27
A. & NJ. FOOTBAlL|STS
WORKING FOR CONTEST
North Carolina Aggregation Expect
Hard Game With V. p. i. sat
urday Afternoon.

West Raleigh, Oct. 26.--The foot
ball struggle of most Importance in
the minds of A. and NJ. supporters is
that between A. and NJ. and V. p. I.
to be played in Norfolk Saturday. Oc-
tober IS. Special trains have been
put on to accommodate the crowds
for this occasion. which is expected to
equal the old A. and NV P. l. garies
played In Norfolk on Turkey Day.
The A. and NJ. warriors are being
whipped into shape with the sole idea
of administering defeat TO this old
rival. Coach Patterson Is putting his
squad through hard scrim mage this
week, and having had a good rest
since the fair week victory over Wake
Forest, they should be in prime con-
dillon for Saturdays contest Some
think V. ?. /. has a handicap In that
the Tarheels' team carries only three
members of last years varsity and il
lighter than usual. averaging only 1853
pounds, but the Carolina Techs will
go into the fray with confidence and
determination. The Virginia aggrega-
ton has walked off with the colors
several times In recent years by Just
a bare margin as the result of some
fuke. With this in mind. A. and NJ.
expects 10 balance some past scores.
The following men will probably
start the game for A. and N: Nc
Dougal (ca ptain) and Hodgin at ends,
Cook and Lawrence. tackles; Home
wood and Nance. guards; Whitaker,
center; Lee. full; Rice. quarter; Van
Brocklin and Pierson, halves This
lineup is the result of several shifts,
and It is now felt that the Aaaximum
efficiency and machine work has now
been reached.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-10-27
lie GORE AND RRADEN
STAR IN SCR|hMAGE

New Haven, Conn. Oct. &c. - The
Yale eleven this afternoon scored two
touchdowns, lie Gore and Braden each
shooting one across the line goal on
short line plunCss. lie Cores e5-yard
run. bringing the hall 10 the freshman
ward mark. was he most brilliant
performance OF the afternoon The
freshman captain. Herbert kaufman.
ran his team brilliantly and on three
occasions worked around tho varsity
end for first downs, his largest indl-
vidusl run netting him forty yards. on
all three occasions the freshmen took
the ball into varsity territory, but
were unable TO advance beyond the 40
yard line, twice losing II on two field
goals by Hammond and Campbell
Braden's beautiful back work today
made It practically certain he viii be
given that position in the washington
and jefferson game Saturday
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-10-27
VIRGINIA LEAVES TO
BATTLE VANDERBILT
ndaunted by Defeat of Last Saturday. Orange and Blue
Forces Believe They Have Even Chance With Comma
dores-Virginans Will Watch Rabbit Curry.

Charlottesville. Va, Oct. 26.-Con-
Pdent that they will emerge victorious
|yer the Commodores, Coach Pat
Evans and his Virginia footballists
eft here tonight for Nashville. where
faturday they will go up against Van
|erbilt University.
Undaunted by their defeat last Sat
Prday at the hands of Georgia, the
prange and Blue forces believe that
|hey will be able to get a verdict over
PIE Comm odores.
Several changes have been made In
ne team since last Saturday and the
|hake-up should prove beneficial TO
ne virgtnians. White will be seen
Y his old position on the end. while
Darlington will run the team from
|parterback. Russell and Billie
fooch will he in the halfback posi-
ions.
Although Coach Evans is anticipat-
ng the hardest battle of season, he
declares that with an even break of
pick his eleven will win out over Nc
Fugin's proteges Tho team has been
Displaying much better form during
ne past week
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-10-27
CAROLINIANS WORKING HARD
FOR CONTEST WITH CADETS
Virginia Military Institute Eleven Journeys Chapel Hill
For Hard Game Saturday Tarheels Get Down TO
Stiff Work and Show Improvement

Chapel Hill, Oct. 2S.--After the
fierce battle with Georgia Tech in
Atlanta on Saturday. the Carolina
team, back on the hill with only q
few minor bruises as a result of the
conflict. got down to practice Monday
afternoon in preparation for the COM
bat with the fast team from the Vir-
gtnia Military Institute here on Sat
urday.
The game Saturday will be the Sec
ond on the home grounds this sea-
son, the last three games having been
played abroad. For this reason much
interest is felt in 1t here. as 1t gives
opportunity to see the team in ac-
ton. The Improvement since the
Wake Forest game here has been very
marked. especially in the backfield and
at the ends. Coach Homewood has
been working hard with the ends. and
the training Is beginning to show. In
tAot. much IMPROVEMENT In this re-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-10-27
RAILROAD MANAGER
WINS IN RACE SUIT

New Orleans, Oct 26.--Frank II.
Iaubert. manager OF the Belt Rail-
road, has won his fight to prove him
self. free from negro blood Judge
Parker dismissed a suit to compel the
county registrar to remove LAMBERT
name from the white registration
rolls
The suit largely hinged about the
Spanish wore "Mesteza," which was
applied to Jaubert's grandmother in
her marriage record. Francisco Car
hajal. former provisional president of
Mexico. and other authorities. testi-
fled that the word signified white and
Indian parentage.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-10-27
PRINCETON TIGERS ARE
READY FOR DARTMOUTH

Princeton. N. J.. Oct. Is. -- Head
Coach Rush changed his plans today
and gave the Princeton squad another
long and hard scrimmage before the
Dartmouth game. The ends were
drilled long and hard In tho art of
stopptnE wide end runs OF the Dart
mouth variety and in running down
under Briggs high spirsls. In Con-
nell Dartmouth has ono OF the best
broken field runners in the game and
II the Tiger wings cannot cover
briggs long punts he Is sure to prove
dangerous
Ames and Eddy are still strong con-
tenders for the quarter position. The
coaches had both OF them receiving
punts and runner as interference this
afternoon. Eddy will start the Dart
mouth game. as his generalship seems
to give the team more drive and his
open field running Is OF high stand
ard. The team will go into the game
minus the services OF LAtrobe and
Moore. who are still on the injure d
list. McGraw VIII play In Latrobe's
place.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-10-27
GENERALS ARE OUTWEIGF1ED
BY GEORGIA TECH ELEVEN
Average Weight of Washington and Lee Players ITO Pounds
To Georgias 1S2-Virginans' Backfeld Said To Be
Faster Than That of Crackers

Atlanta. Ga, October 26.-The ap-
preaching Washington and Lee-Tech
game at Grant field have the football
fans OF this section by the ears try
ing to dope out winner and COM
parison of the players who will partt-
cipate would not be aniss.
There Is little 10 choose in expert
ence and height of the individuals or
the elevens collectively. but in weight
the Jackets have a tribe edge. IT de-
pending entirely on which men start
the game for the Jackets as to what
the margin will be, Also the weights
of some of the new men on the
Jackets have been estimated, as exact
figures could not be obtained.
The end position, held by Jim
senter. Is worrying the coaches some.
II he Is declared eligible, Joe Guyon
will play the place. II he is not, there
Will DO q difference of twenty six
pounds total weight as between he
and GULL. who will take his place.
From tackle to tackle the Generals
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-10-27

spect was shown in the Tech game.
Folger's brilliant playing in Atlanta
indicates that he is now rounding into
his old time form. The other backs
displayed a better brand Of playing.
too. Carolina is now beginning to
show some mastery of the forward
pass, as the long Twenty-Five yard
pass, Folger to Ramsey. indicated
Saturday.
Carolina still has some hard games
ahead Of her. A week from Saturday
she goes to Roanoke to play the
strong V. p. l. team; then she expects
to have great tussle with the David
son aggregation in Winston Salem on
November. II. Furman University
will afford somewhat lighter game
here on November 10. From that
time on to Thanksgiving the hardest
training OF the year will be put In
for the Thanksgiving game with Wiz
ginla-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-10-27

fert by the Aggies The two teams
did not meet last year because they
were unable to agree on a location.
In 1914 the Techs defeated the Aggies
to in Roanoke, when Dick Harvey.
substitute quarter, sent drop kick
spinning through the uprlghts in the
third quarter of the game.
Local Men On Tech Team.
Alumni of Maury High School arc
especially interested In the Techs as
two former Commodore players arc
on the team. John Caffee Ia captain
and right tackle, and George Treakls
at left guard. Both Caffee and Trea-
kle Were stars at Maury, and Caffee
is now plying his fourth and final
played Yale last Friday In New Haven
and held thaS Blue to ls to score,
twelve of those points being made In
the first five minutes of play, Caffee
was complimented by Bill Hanna. the
sporting expert of the New York
Herald. Treakle Is playing his third
year as a regular. One of the Techs
stars Is Gregory, the left end. whom
Walter Camp complimented after the
Yale game.
The Techs are relying on the punt
ing OF Nelson. right halfback. who
outpunted LIE Gore, the Yale star an
All-American halfback In the Satur-
day game.
: So far the Techs have broken even
In the four games played this. season,
losing to West Virginia by 20 to 0
SCORE. and to Yale They defeated
Richmond College Is to o, and Hamp-
den Sidney 10 to 0. The Aegies have
beaten Roanoke College and Wake
Forest. the latter by q s to score.
but were showed under by the Davids
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-10-27

will weigh ss3 pounds. as against SEA
for the Jackets. a difference of one
pound in the five men. which Ii very
slight.
From end to end the Generals will
weigh 1903 pounds. an average of
1877. If Guyon plays. the Jackets will
weigh 1884 pounds. an average of
ls1, whereas, If Gull plays. the Jack
cts will weigh 1908 pounds. an aver
age OF 1877.
In the hackfield the Generals weigh
$50 pounds. an average of 1865. while
the Jackets weigh SIS pounds an
average of 1877.
The entire eleven OF the Generals
weighs 1899 pounds. an average of
17s. II Guyon plays, the Jackets will
weigh 2.002 pounds, an average of
lS2, whereas If GULL plays the Jack
cts will weigh 1876 pounds, an aver
age OF $50,
The eleven General substitutes will
weigh an average of CT pounds, while
the eleven Jackets will average ITO.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-10-27
ARMY TEAM WORKING
ON FORWARD PASSES

West Point, n. z. Oct. 2s.-The
Army practiced twice today. once out
doors without football toys and once
In the riding hall under electric light.
a military drill broke into the pro-
gram. stokes had McEwan's Job at
center on the varsity for a. while. lie
is fast and passes we'll. and is getting
the call as a reserve center over the
two veterans. Weems and Chapman.
Forward pass plays featured the
workout today. and the Cadets spent
some time in perfecting a defense for
the airline plays. The final prepa-
ration for the Villa Nova game will
come tomorrow