Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-01
JOHN MARSHALL WINS
FIRST CAME OF YEAR
Petersburg High School Unable TO
Cope With Aggressive Youngsters
From Local School.
FINAL SCORE IS 81 TO o
Game Attracts About t,5OO Enthu.
siasts-Play Spirited, With Indi-
viduals Doing Good Work-Mar.
Shnllitcs Have Fine Material.

John Marshall High School ycs,er
DAY afternoon inauguratcd tho local
| football season hy defeating tho ~
tcrSburS High school eleven at l;road
street Park by "a 81 to score. Al
| though the local team had all the bel
ter OF the contest and. although the
TelcNci. AS whole, outplaycd its on
pohch's. the game was not as one
sided as the score might lead ono To
believe. Petersburg did not quit unti1
| the last time signal had been sounded.
and at times the work of individual
visitors shown brilliantly.
| Like all first OF the season games.
the contest yesterday was in the ma
ture OF test for each eleven. Coach
| Simpson. who was i'm charge of the
John Marshall squad. sent more than
| tw" full elevens into the FRAY and
| managed TO give most OF his largo
| number OF applicants opportunities for
| "tilrl hand. Coach
Thompson. Handicapped by very small
number OF players. was forced to use
| his original eleven throughout the con-
| test.
The game was fast from the very
| first and for early fracas provided
the 100 followers OF tho rigskin sport
, considerable entertainment. John
/ Marshall outwciEhcd Petersburg, and
the men showed plainly the results OF
their coaching. y number OF tho play
srs sent into the game at the start
were veterans. men who wore their let
ters last year. They were the players
who bolstcred up the High Schools
| playing.
| Petersburg players appeared a, first
20 be suffering slightly from stage
fright tumblinG was frequent, and
the mon failed to work in the unison
which they showed toward the latter
| part OF the contest AS the game pro-
cccded. however. they became better
organized and put UP more crcdtabie
| game.
Good Individual Plays.
! individuals flashed into prominence
! frequently during the battle. Young
! Captain John Core, OF the Mnrshallites
played stellar football throughout and
SO did Devine, Anderson, Northern.
Smith, Riggs and Thompson. OF the
same team. In fact all of the local
boys gave rare exhibition for SO
early n game, and one that furnishes
ground Cor the prediction that tho
John Marshall eleven of this year is
to be likely TO make an unusual
record.
When 1t came TO individual work.
Coach Thompson had much to be proud
of in the work OF his Petersburg mon.
Little Recs, at quarter. played an I'M
usual game and deserved considerable
praise. Francis. at center. was con-
SpicuouS most OF the time and did some
excellent tackling, while Badgett. ut
right half. sped around the ends and
dashed about the field in Il way that
made more than one local coach wish
The had charge OF that boy"
For the most part, the game yestcr-
day was Il hammer, hammer. hammer
affair, with John Marshall welding
the force OF it's back field against tho
Petersburg line during the Greuter part
Of the time. Little difficulty was OK
pcricnced In making steady gains
rh No httt l1n 10 rSt 81
found some difficulty in getting around
the ends OF the opposing team. No
long runs were made during the at
ternoon. the longest probably being
| those recorded by men catching the
bail on the kick
Each OF the elevons attempted for
| war.' passes time after time. John
Marshall succeeded I'm getting away
with several, passes for fair distance,
but PctersburE's attempts were dashed
into the ground by the tall players in
white and blue. Puntcrs for both teams
showed the lack of training. and at no
time was this part Of the game up to
the standard for mldseason contest.
But that was not expected. Yester-
days game was the very first of tho
year. and those who witnessed it en-
joycd tho sport thoroughly. There was
fight and dash in the play throughout
the. game, and the youngsters offered
a SIylc Of game that more than once
FdtucT Drown anu NtStcr Nate
yelling and screaming TO the grand
stand rails.
Those in the game. and what they
did. is shown in the summary:
John Marshall. Position. Petersburg.
Halle ......... left end. peasants
Hunter left tackle. .... Nugent
Taylor. X. left guard. ...... Bowie
Dugan center. ....... Francis
Smith. II.....right guard ..... Payne
Terry right tackle. Williams
Anderson right end. ...... Tcnch
Core quarter back. ..... Rces
tcaptainD
Riggs .....ieft half back. l.ipscomb
1'cvinc right half back. EadGctt
Thompson fun back. ....... EurEe
summary: Substitutions by John
Marshall. Nisscly. Northcru. Todd, Ed
ridge. crutchiicid. Wesigcr Wiley. Bull
linGton. Jones, Wyatt, McGchoc. Sncad.
Smith and Mayhcld. Touchdowns--
Core. 3: pcvinc. .: Riggs. Northern.
Thompson, Smith Goals from touch
down--corc. .; Northern. .. Referee
Miles. Davidson. Umpire Boyd. David
son l.incsmau. Krausc. J. NJ. II. S.
Time of pcriods--l5 and 10 minutes.
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