The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-11-18
IMPORTANT CONTESTS
IN VIRGINIA TO-DAY
Encounter To Be Staged At Broad
Street Park Is Feature At
traction of South.
ORANGE AND BLUE PLAY CADETS
Game at Charlottesville Expected To
BE Close One, While Techs should
Easily Dispose of Roanoke College
Eleven.

There are only four football strug-
giles to be staged within the old
Dominion today in which Richmond
football enthusiasts are interested.
The most important game in the
State, and probably, the largest in the
South. will he staged in Richmond
when Washington and Lee meets the
strong Washington and jefferson out
Mt from Washington, Pa. This game
should be hummer and one of the
largest crowds of the season Is antici-
pared.
Then comes the virginia-v. NJ. l.
contest. which is TO be staged on
Lam beth Field at Charlottesville this
afternoon. This encounter should be
another close one. While II a recog-
nized fact that the virginians have
appeared to be woefuily weak in more
than one department this season, they
have been displaying more pep" and
ginger this week and they are ex-
pected to give good account Of
themselves against the Lexingtonians
But let IL he said right here that the
Orange and Blue forces are going to
ahave no little opposition at the hands
of the Cadets. Coach Gortons pro-
teges showed beyond a shadow of 4
doubt here last Saturday that they
chimes turned out by the Lexington In
stitution in several seasons and no
team is going to have n walkaway
with them. When Coach Gorton was
here last week he whispered to yours
truly that he was going to hand the
Charlottesville Eridirontsts a licking.
Whether his boys Will or not remains
to be seen. but If they display the
same form against Virginia as they
did against Clemson here. they will
make the Eirginians sit up and take
notice before the game advances far.
Spiders Play Indians.
Coach Frank Dobson and his Rich
mond College Spiders will Journey to
Williamsburg fer their second game
OF the season with the William and
Mary Indians, The Indians are out to
avenge the drubbing handed them in
Richmond a few weeks ago. and at
times they may give the Spiders a lit
tie trouble today. The Indians al
ways fight the Spiders hard, and the
game may be a close one, despite the
fact that the Westhampton collegians
scored almost fifty points on their OPP
ponents in Broad-Street Park earlier
IN the season. ------
The Virginia Polytechnic Institute
eleven VIII go up against Roanoke
1citkt. Ia ILLS
and the Techs should experience lit
tie trouble in emerging victorious over
the Salem gridironists by good mar
gin. Last year the Blacksburg aggre
CATION won out over Roanoke College
by a score OF 2s to 0, but unless they
are decidedly off-color they will pile
up considerably more points in the
game today.
The HampdenSidney team Is the
only Virginia eleven that will be found
playing outside Of the Old Dominion
this afternoon. The Tigers will jour
ney to Washington for little set-to
with George Washington University.
The Tigers have a strong team this
season and they should be able to
make favorable showing against the
national capital outfit.
Randolph is the only State
college eleven to remain idle today
This Is an off-day with the yellow
Jackets. their next game being sched-
uled for next Saturday. when they go
against the Hampden- Sidney Tigers at
Broad-Street Park. By that time
the Jackets are expected to be in good
shape and the local fans are in for
another good football encounter,