Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-29
INDIANS E,NSNARED IN
MAZE OF SPIDER WEB
Shift Formations Bewder William and Mary, and Pitt
Outguesses Opponents to Tune of 48 to 0-Spider
Caamties Myth-Passes Feature.
Standing of Clubs

Eleven Red and Blue Spiders. acting
Elngly and conccrtcdly. wovc "A maze
bf web. In the e,uise Of shift-rsn~;ions.
delayed triple forward pas4-s AID quick
kicks, about tho feet OF an apparently
lisorganized tribo OF Indians ut Broad
Street Park yesterday afternoon. and
n various and sundry ways held tho
indians helpless while they roIipcL
trough the tribe 10 tho tun. Of IS to q.
rho fracas hardly could hc called Il
Football gainc-it simply was practice
FOR tho Spiders, and not unusually good
practice ut that.
After the FIRST halt-dozen plays had
Ieen run or. there were few IN the park
but realized that William and Mary
vas hopelcss!y outciasScd by !acl:mVn1
College. The victor was never In doubt.
,ut several times the Indians threaten
I'd to push man over the Spider goal
inc. Each time, however. they FUN
lied or held an opponent, and the bal!
vas recovered by ii Spider or the Will
iamsburS eleven was pn,IaliZ.d so far
Town field that they found II inpos-
bible TO regain the lost ground.
Tho Spider machine showed but
slightly the effects OF the calamity
reported to exist at Wcs.haiGrton. The
oss OF several players ns Il result Of
njurie3 WIS not evident against Vii
lam and Mary, nor was there mani
Tested that lack Of pep on tho part
pt tho men and the student body that
had been complained OF. rh" nichinc
Kept on the move. the rootcrs kept "a
he howl. and every now and then on"
pr the players kept diving through the
weak opposing line for a touchdown.
William and Mary lived up !" the
eports sent out from tn. college ia all
but one respect. II had been reported
he eleven had strengthened consiner-
III ~, P,.rn ',
lad. There are men oN IL" team who
played good ball yesterday, men who
Fought hard and who performed notice
.ble stunts, hut as Tor Il team n MI
lam ard Mary this year. thai ~ some
hing We. Ia br developed. II appeared
hat the men lacked training, ihat thoy
md rot been coached in concerted ct-
ort. for as individuals practically all
,f the players worked hard through
,ut tho game l;ut ih" team lacked
,uuch /, was run poorly tho Reid
general lacked plays that could have
been used TO advantage.
Pitt Has Yield Day.
So evident Was II toward The close
u the first half that the Spiders had
III the best OF the battle that pobscu
sent practically all Of his second STRUT;
ren into the game. They did not do
yuite as Well AS did the regulars. but
t appeared they we're capable OF pro-
ecting The Spider goal limo and %
tr6ESluS inat OF tHclT opponents.
Richmond College puzzled. uicNrd.
auuht of their guard AMI IHaSsacrci
n. Indians with their shift formations.
MI OF the back field men ianc"i the
opposing line for gain after gain on
hcse shirts. while Carter and Robins.
.olcs through which n limousine mieh;
ave been directed 10y child. Sell
tom II Was that one of the Spider men
vas downed Until after lie had passe'!
he fret line defense by several yards.
When this did occur Il Was due 10 some
Individual Ike Wilson, Closc or t;oslce,
Who had charged straight forward ana
had met the runner aingly. while his
teammates hustled To the opposite Side
pc the line To grapplc with ii fake
Lttack.
Young Mac Pitt had Il picnic all 20
himself during the greater part OF the
fternoon. He jockeyed with the oppos
ng eleven. outguessca them in the d.
Getting OF his team, lodged them time
fter time, while carrying the bali in
broken field, once saw that II WAS
impossible for him TO complete for
ward pass after running back about
light Yards and then essaycd Al EN-
un which Melted him swelvc-yard
gain. And then he closed the after
ioone work by scoring three touch
Downs. Pit, eascd through the Indian
Inc on strai3ht-linc bucks consistently,
ran back punts We'll. and usel excel
ent Judgment in the directing OF the
play.
Forward Passes Heyilder Indians.
Carter and RObinS gained consider
tble ground and were strong on de-
ense MilbournA and White; again
iphcld tho reputation they made III the
,arlier games, Iiroaddus, who suhstitut-
Id for Whittet. did well also and maze
he best tackle Of tho battle. Shepherd
vas in the game throughout. whic
Miller. Jolliff and Fanncy carried the
pail excellenty. Fancy especially has
habit OF running low and unusually
,ard. and. but for his inability 10 de-
ipher signals AS quickly and as he
,urately as do some or the other backs.
probably would be u regular.
In the use or forward passes Eich-
nond College showed it had paid a.
cnfion to the reports of the Indian
Hollow Jacket melee OF the preceding
Saturday Pitt used them often ana
most OF the time they were successful.
chat triple and delayed forward pass
hat finally is meant IL reach iitt. VIII"
started the play was wicked twice
esterday for good gains PIX SHOT an
.ther pass to Whittet on w!.iCh the
md scored hy stepping over the line.
mother pass. u low hard drive t" Nil
err was succcssfu. also. The WI
iamsburg eleven seemed bewiid"red 10y
he forwuE pass attack and more than
.alf Of TIE attempts were successful
~ the SPIDERS. bu; that caught the In.
,ians soS decidedly OF guard that the
Iiay was driven back into the shadow
II their goal and play was kept there
iptil another touchdown resulted.
Nhittets kicking of six out III seven
yoals was noticeable also too. was
no manner In which the kick -ofis wer6
Executed. In punting from regular
formations, though, neither OF the cic-
,e,;s had much OH which Ia hrag. The
spiders probably had something Of III.
,ottcr of William and Mary. even i'll
his department.
But tho Indian attack was dis
appointment. decided aud real They
lacked drive, punch. pep or whatever
that quality is called that Is essential
10 n winner. The backs often stopped
in their tracks before they were
acklcd. They ran against mass OF
grappllng players and we're thrown
back OF tho point at which they
started. The Spider ends were not
blocked and moro than once broke UP
,to1a or tackled rho runner hnck