Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-23
ONE ELEVEN UNDEFEA7ED
GENERALS YET MAY LAY
CLAIM TO SOUTHERN TITLE
Other Trn'ns In THIS Section All Isentcn.
Aftermath OF Charlottesville Dtsustcr.
Prospects for Reinnlning Games.

With the defeat OF Virginia by Gcor-
IA. and of North Carolina by Georges,
Tech. the battle for the football cham
piohship OF the South on Saturday was
virtually moved to the territory where
me Southern intercollegiate Athletic
Association Is supreme.
number oI elcrenS still ar: undc
defeated in this section. while Wash :
lhgton and Lee is the only remaining
representative of the Virginia Caro- =
lima section.
Auburn. Vanderbilt. Georgia Tech.
Georgia, Alabama. Tennessee. and I.oaiis-
lana State are the leading contcndcrs
IN the Southern intercollegiate Athletic
Association race. All have shown
themselves to be strong, although Ala :
barna a week ago lost one OF it's best
men when Dexter liovatcr was put
out for the season with Il broken leg.
and yesterday Georgia Tech suffered Il
similar loss with the breaking of a
hone in tho ankle OF Jim Scntor. whu
was playing his fourth, and last. year
of collegiate football.
The stars in Saturdays play were
DeZcndurf. III the Nirg Georgia con
test at charlottesville, Folger for North
Carolina. Struppcr and Spence for
Jacket game al Atlanta and Green. the
Alabama quarter in the Alabama :
Florida struggle a; gainesville.
Dczcndorf's recovery Of tumble Ia
The first period WAS largely responsible
for Georgias victory over Virginia.
The punted ball struck John Coleman. ;;
shoe. and was detected into Dcz.n-
DORIS hands. the quarter sprintine
thirty yards for II touchdown
Soon after taking a slieh, lead. vir-
Sina began to play raggcdiy. Evans
Shot Thurman into tn" breach in an
effort To save the game. but no, even
that mighty punt:r could stavc of dis
ah'cr Virginia wns a beaten team as
soon as Georgia scored the second
touchdown on a series of tackle bucks
and. during the latter part of the BAT :
tie. manifested few signs of a winner.
Iinrd Luck Played IA Pnrt.
But hard luck played part il, tn.
battle. In tn" minds OF Orange ai,,!
Blue adher"nts who witnessed the con Z.
test. H. Coleman blocked - Kick dur
ing the last minute of play ana dashed.
nadly for the Georgia goal with tho
leather. He had thirty-iive yards Ga
go, aud succeeded III getting Within
hr" yards Of the coveted mark before
he vas tackled and dow I'd from he
hind. The whistle blew. as he fen
and III. university los; a tie. game hy
just five yards.
The Orange and Blue made :. mis-
"rabl" showing in the use az the for
ward pass. while Georgia used them 20
adNantase The way 10 III" second
touchdown WAS paved by one Of th.s.
plays.
~ result Of III. bat;,. Virginia
IS thought To h. a certain loser "a
Vanderbilt, this Saturday. and much
""Hot ~ entertained as In her chances
against Carolina Thanksrivinr
stop Fo!ger." no debut viii H.. tho
words on the tonsue OF every Virginia
player IN that battle For IL was Fol
ger VINO enabled the Tarh..Is Ia make
IN" showing aeains, the Georgia
cens' ~" carried The bali four on,
NJ
ports Carolina used IL forward pass
on the way to the C:eogin goal and
brought them to a position from
which Tenant managed to score.
F"iscr was alm"s. the sole ground
sainer for North Carolina asains,
We're made almost without intcrfer.
enc" His punts average, close "a
H'tS yards. and in most Instances wer.
placed SO tina, Tech man was under
tncin. Strupper carried tho ban NOR,
Than fifty yards for the winning touh
down FOR the Yellow Jackets.
t'-orEin Stock Goes Sunrinr,
GeorGia's performance against Vir.
cinia has raised the stock of tl.
Cracker aggregation considerably. ms
The Crackers played in this game
without the service OF "Hull" ,;,r-
many. one Yf the best centcrs in the
south. and J. Reynolds and McCon
hcll. generally considered stars ar
CARRYING the bail. With these men
back IN the lineup. the Crackers be
H"Ne they have an excellent chan..
to defeat III" Navy: Auburn on No
vc'nber {. and Georgia Tech on No
vc!nbcr IS.
Nandcrbi!i's performance against
mississippi in rolling up ,hirt~-tiv-
POINTS during the first period withou,
the service of Quarter Back Curry. and
81 Car'nan, the big guard. was merely
a continuation OF the Commodores,
heavy scoring performances
Washington and Lee goes 70 Ar.
ANITA on saturday for it's first South I.
'rh game OF the season against a
strong team. and much interest is
being manifested in what the GEN
erals vii! lac able to do against G;eor,
sih Tech. This. and the North Caro-
lima y. q: NJ game nj Raleigh ON No
felnnef 80 are the only bi,s Southern
sanes the Virginia team plays
Auburn continued its earlier season
performance OF running up Goud-siz
scores last week. when il defeated
clemson on Friday
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