Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-30
STATISTICS SAYS A FEW
SATURDAY GAMES CAUSE
SOME POWERFUL THOUGHTS
Old Wan Ncfuddlcd nv spider Reports.
Relieves Then, WinnerS-Pnsscs OBJ
5 Scrvatt0ns ON Past and Future.


& 3old Man statistics whddled into the
Sporting Editors office last night and
\ eased into n scat. As he drew forth
"a plug Of sailors Delight aud squintGd
= once at il, he contemplated VS. wise
4 ~ with the other. Then he broke
forth into chatter.
Them games saturday give me some
powerful thoughts. he observed. We
kept Still tor We knew if we did 80
the old boy would put us wise and ~"
had something OF an idea he might
furnish II bit OF dope by which We could
collect a few iron wheels of the realm
= Yep. says he, they surely did that
thing. | saw that Spider Indian gam"
out here AT Broad Street rark. and if
ever WAS humfu"dicd it was then.
You know | kinder expected. from what
had been said. To s,r Il bunch OF Spi-
,lers all shot 10 pieces, hohblinp about
on crutchcs before Il lot of alleged
rooters that wrs cncaScd in their own
, individual REFRIGERATOR plants. Hun.
did YOU notice the score, SON"
We observed that we had found II
necessary TO notice it several times
during the afternoon and evening.
and did YOU see how those Rcd ana
Blue rubanites played? Just like il
was tile regular team and all of it, ana
Dunford an his crowd made II little
noise. oh cOuldn', see much dif-
ference. About three FACES were new.
but that didn't make any difference in
the play oi the bunch. That young
fellow Dobson is something when il
comes to building up team play. aint
he Now il the Progrcssives and them
Republican fellows called on him-but
I'm started on football.
That's where the Spiders are strong
this season. team play. And that is
what's going 10 win them the cham
pionship ii several Of those other clcr-
ems aili't mighty kccrful. You just
{, watch.
Wait until after that game here
next saturday between them and the
yellow Jackets, then I'll know some
thing denritc about the situation in
the college association. Now il looks
like the spiders to me. hut Randolph
Macon and lampden- Sidney have II
habit about, en-. YOU know. and wcad
. better wait Il week there.
"Iikewisci the Same about V. NJ. !.
and V. r. l. Those cadets lost 10 Caro-
lima but they was not massacrcd by
any count And the Techs get their
chance against The Tarhccls this Sat
urday 50 we can &c, tab on both OF
them for the Thanksgiving gam. Both
is powerfully healthy this ycrc. and
their battle should be n corScr.
THAT Teller Thurman can't win all
the games for Virginia even II they do
think so UP at charlottesville Nandy
proved it. didn't she, And unless my
Spscta"leS have deceived me about
the figures, Virginia is going 10 yet
dose OF her own medicine from Caro-
lima next month. Saturday they play
Harvard. and that should he right
likely contest, but The odds is all with
the Crimson this we're. son.
Looks to me like that V. NJ. l. game
with Clemson here OH Saturday week
WHY be a good 'un. too. It's hard to
calcilatr kerrectly at this distance and
this far In advance. but | Judges that
1.-The Lexington boys Will have about
an even chance in that battle.
And speaking of Lexington fcllcrs.
what about Washington ana Lee? some
team. that. That fracas Saturday was
dandy, and when they meet Wash
inStoh and jefferson which did we'll
against Yale on The same day, VIC
should Get our finest rridiron sport of
Inc year That's goin' To be a meet
ing OF giants. tf YOU are listening 10
me- ana our Turner Bethel is likely
10 De one oil the biggest Of en- too
prospects is mighty alluriur for
the rest az tn" Year. but YOU keen vcr
Eyes on them Spiders. watch Carolina
ana niac. yer bets on the SCORING in
IN. Generals against Washington ana
Jefferson and the Cadets against tho
Teen" So long" ANA old Man statistics
rolled on lis course