The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-11-26
JACKETS AND TIGERS
PLAY TO STANDSTlL
IN LIVELY BATTLE
Neither Eleven Is Able Register Count Game Ending In
Scoreless Tie-Hampden Sidney Tigers Come Within
Seven Yards of Goal Line In First Quarter, But
Are Held For Downs BY Methodsts.
Thurman and Cogbil Star.
nv ERNEST POLLARD.

nv ERNEST POLLARD.
Putting crimp In the pennant-
winning aspirations of the Han'Pden-
Sidney Tigers and again placing Rich
mond College in the running tor the
Eastern Virginia intercollegiate As
ISOLATION gontalou, the Randolph Ma
con yellow Jackets put up wonder
full defensive fight out at Rroad-Stree
Park yesterday afternoon IN their
championship tilt with the FarmVlIio
gridironists and managed 10 play them
to" standstill The Mcthodists ana
Preshyterians battied releutlessly for
sixty minutes, neither eleven being
able to register a count and me COM
bat ending in scoreiess tie.
The showing made by tho Ashland
ers came as a complete surprise. be
cause OF the crippled condition OF
the eleven, and once more the old
dope can was kicked into a dark cor
ner OF Broad Street Park IT was a
moral victory for Randolph Macon.
The Tigers started out by march
ing the oval from their own forty
ave yard line after the initial kickoff
to Randolph Macon's ten-yard line
The ball was taken this far within
three minutes after hostilities started
and at this 1uncture a touchdown for
With the ball on the ten-Nard line
and four downs in which 10 mako Il
touchdown, Captain Mac CoEbiil must
have injected some fighting spirit INTO
his Randolph Macon team for the
Yellow Jackets Immediately pulled
themselves together and the line be-
came tmpregnahle. The ball went
over to the Jackets on the Seven-yard
line. q gain OF only three yards nav
ing bean made In the four attempts
10 penetrate the Ashjanders' line.
Had Pass Stops March.
MaybcrS, Randolph Macon's star
ppnter, Immediately booted the tall
up the field after the Jackets had
gained possession of It. and Thurman
ran II back to the thirtyyard line.
Thurman started off with a ten yard
gain on an ofT-tackle play and again
It looked as II the Tigers were des-
tined to count. However, bad pass
over Huddle's head. which meant a
loss OF ten yards. put stop TO the
triumphant march down the field, and
the Farmrille eleven resorted 70 a
dropkick in an effort to count, 1t
failed and the ball went over To the
Jackets on the twenty yard line. AZ
ter this the ball went from one eleven
TO the other but neither was able to
get within close proximity Of the 9TH
ers goal line
Again In the third period the Ii
gers started march towards their
opponents goal. but the Yellow jack
cts always pulled themselves togeth-
er in time to prevent disastrous
happening Another was started in
the closing quarter by Coach Bernier g
charges. but 1t met with the same
%nSr Il
could push the ball Just so far huI
when II came to registering a touch
down they failed to possess sufficient
punch to drive the ball across the
coveted chalk line.
In the second quarter the Yellow
Jackets managed to rush the oval ms
far as the eighteen-yard line, but this
was the closest they ever got to a
touchdown. With the ball in this po-
sition Riess rushed Reardon from the
sidelines into the game 10 an effort
10 save the day with a field goal
The pass was q beautiful one and thu
line held good. but the ball went
wide Of its mark by about three feet
During most of the encounter the
ball was In Randolph Aacon's terri
tory with the oval in Hampden- Sid
ney's possession. and 1t was then tina
the defensive work Of the Ashland
aggregation was br ug h I int
play. The smashing drives directed
At their line by Thurman. Hudd1e ant
Crisp frequently went for but shor
gains. while even the cnnsisten
ground-gaining OF Thurman was no
sufficient to push the ball over. Th'
Randolph Macon line certainly stood
the acid test while Captain Mac Cog
bill frequently beamed into the lime
light with his great defensive work
This youngster proved a tower o
strength on the defense and time af
ter time he downed the ADVANCING
Hampden-Sidney backs when 1t looket
rs II they were destined to get ava.
for long runs.
Great Defensive Game.
When the Yellow Jackets starte'
of by holding the Tigers on the seven
yard line for downs some of those VIII
had predicted a victory for the Ha mp
den Sidney footbaliists thought tina
II must be some mistake Just Wal
until the next quarter is what the
were heard to remark But in tina
next quarter the smashing drives 0
the Hampden Sidney backs met wit
the same fate as In the previous perio
and when the first half closed ii ha
been thoroughly demonstrated tina
Tic AIHcIS WcEt Sgdlf8I some real Op
position. The Farmvile aggregate
gained more ground than their op
ponents, but II counted for naught
The playing OF Captain Mac Cogbi
for Rand iph-Ma was spectacular
Aside from playing a great defensiv
game. he ran his team well at quar-
terback and was the most conrsten
ground gamer for the Yellow Jack
cts. He skirted the opposing ends 70
several substantial gains. while q
times he broke through the opposin
phalanx for good distances Hine
Young and Waters also ably asst ste
him in the backheld. the playing c
this THO also being good. In the lin
tho work OF Moss. Hudneli and Ma,
berg stood out prominently. TT
punttng Of tina latter was one of tn
features OF the game.
For the Tigers Captain Thurma
played = great game. He repeated
got away for good gains on end run
while he made long gains through III
line. His running back OF punts wa
OF the stellar variety. Huddle ais
came through for a number of nes
gains while Crisp contributed n
ahAre on both the offensive ana d
fenslve work. The two R.chmon
boys on tho team. Paimore and Pa,
IRISH. played q nics game