The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-11

HELD BY SPIDERS
Locals Keep League Leaders on De-
fensiye Throughout Suappy Con-
test on Venablc Field.
RICHMOND HAS
CHANCE TO SCORE
In Last Minute OF Play Kuyk Runs
Fifty Yards. But Is Downed--Gra-
ham Stars For Garnet and Gray.

scoreless tie on renable field at
Hampden- Sidney yesterday afternoon
the Tigers still hold first place in the
championship race. with a margin Of
one game on the Spiders. Should
Hampden- Sidney drop one OF, her
next two games with Randolph Ma
con and William and Mary. which ia
very improbable. and the Spiders win
both of their games with the same
eievens the race would end in tie
The game yesterday afternoon was
one Of the snappiest and IA stest ex-
hihitfons OF football ever seen in
death valley" The first half was
almost entirely g defensive game for
the Tigers in which the Spider ba clSs
! tore through the heavy Hampden Sid
new line and around their ends time
after time. but when the crucial mo-
rnent arrived In the shadow OF. the
Tigers goal, the Tiger defensive was
too much.
The Spiders had sevaral good
chances to score. but the breaks al
ways seemed to go against them. In
the second quarter CAPTAIN whittet
dropped forward pass while stand
ing over the opponents goal line.
Again in the latter part of the same
quarter Pitt missed a field goal by
inches. In the third qua rter Miller
cfrcled around end for n thirty-vard
run for a touchdown, but the referee
claimed he had overstepped the side
line, which caused the bali to be
| brought back TO the fifteen-yard line,
from which the Spiders were unable
to advance.
y good many forward passes were
, tried by both teams. but only n few
were completed Jones received a
pass in the third quarter which re-
suited In a tweive-yard gain. Kuyh
received a long pass from Pitt in the
last three minutes OF play and m
Gown the field fifty yards, only TO be
tackled on the ten-yard line. On the
next play Parrish intercepted pass
and then punted out OF danger.
The broken field running OF Kuvk
nickerson and Pitt was wonderful
throughout the game. Miller, with a
powerful Interference, circied the I'll
ger ends for good gains several times.
The generaiship of Pitt was superb
which is largely the cause. of the Spi-
ders' first downs
Graham was the star in both Of
fensive and defensive playing for the
/ Tigers. He was called upon to ca rry
the bah more than any other Hamp-
den Sidney back and often made good
gains. Captain Warren at fullbacE
was exceptionally good In bucking up
the line and in interference
Captain Whit{et put mp his usual
good game at lat end ana made very
good distances in his punts The work
OF the Spider line showed form punch
and drive such as has never been dis
played in any previous game this year
Melbourne and Whittet were both fast
in getting down under nunts which
resulted in their being run back very
little.
The punting OF Parrish was good
!, throughout the game aad he was
called upon many times Ham pdcn-
Sidney's best chance OF scoring fell
through when Parrish missed "A field
goal in the final quarter. Only once
WAS the ball PLAYED inside the Spi-
der twenty-yard line and that was In
the third quarter after successive line
plunges and an end run by Graham
Sidney general. was al all times
awake to the situations and called his
PLAYS for the most ADVANTAGEOUS gains.
There was q good crowd In Farm
vile to see the game. many alumni
of both schools attending. looking for
hot contest, and they got it
The lineup: