Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-11
SPIDERS AND TIGERS
STAGE SCORELEss TIE
Richmond College Presents Stone
wall Defense, but championships
ney Also Is Strong.
TRY MANY FORWARD PASSES
Dobson's Men Succeed Three Time.
and Tigers Once-Pitt Intercepts
Pass-Milbourne and Whittet Do
Superb Work.
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AMPDEN-SIDNEY. VA. November
l0.--The Hampden- Sidney Tigers main
tanned their record this afternoon OF
not having had their goal crossed this
season. but they. in turn. failed of a
score against the rejuvenated Rich
mond College Spiders. The game end
ed to 0. after sixty minutes Of fierce
battling in sultry Death Valley.
Richmond College was stone wall
on the defense. and only in the second
quarter for few minutes and for Il
slightly longer time in the last period
were the Tigers able to pierce her for
wards consistently. Even then 1t was
FOR fewer than six yards at time
The superb Spider ends swept in
on the Tigers interference. and kept
Parrish and Graham from getting away
for the good distances that they have
made in other games. Until the last
period, Hampden-S idney's tackling was
miserable. and 1t generally took three
or four tries to down the runner
In the fourth quarter. the Tigers got
together and outplayed the visitors in
advancing the ball and stopping the
assaults. Parrish tried for goal from
the twenty-yard line in this period and
also In the third. Pitt likewise es-
sayed drop in the third that missed
by few feet. The punting OF Parrish
featured the back field work for the
Tigers. his spirals averaging between
forty-five and nifty yards Pitt and
Dickerson were clever at running them
back and the differences in exchanges
was offset in that way
Hampden-Sidney's nearest approach
TO the cnemy's goal was on the twelve
yard line. which she reached in the
latter part OF the second quarter by
of-tackle plays.
Pitt Makes Long Sprint.
Richmond came within ahont tt,~
same distance of the Tiger goal when
f'tt intercepted a pass in the last
quarter and sprinted thirty-fve yards.
After this, tries Mt the line failed, and
Parrish grabbed pass meant for Mil
bourne within the shadow of the nm
rights. a siXty-yard boot put the oval
out OF the danger zone, with two min
utes remaining to play
IN all, the Richmonders tried the
forward pass sixteen times in the game
with thirteen failures. The Tigers at
tempted this style OF play only twice.
me hrst going for twelve-yard gain
and the second into the hands Of the
heet-footed Pitt. who did thirty-five
yards for the Spiders at a ten-second
rate.
Richmond College played in hard
luck throughout the entire rame. and
should have scored on more than one
occasion. Tom Miller. plunging full
'S'> - VIC EpiOeTS, SOl away from
the Tiger team for a run of sixty
yards and crossed the Hampden- Sidney
goal line. only to be called back, be-
cause Referee Gooch saw him stem out
side.
huyk and Whittet also should have
crossed the Tiger goal line. a fifteen-
yard pass was thrown to Whittet, who
was behind the Hampden Sidney goal;
put he missed it, and It cost his team
the game. kuyk got away for a long
run IN the fourth stanza OF the contest.
put was downed. because he was play
cd out. and this cost the Spiders an
other score
IL was evident to all that the Dob
son machine was working with great
err precision than the Tiger. and il dis
prayed n variety of attack that out
SHOWN the assortment of line pIumg-
ing tactics the garnet and gray relied
on Tor advances. But In sheer force
ana samcness. the Tigers were unsur-