The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-05
BIG GROWTH SHOWN
IN GR|O|ROh SPORT
Partt<auasion Never Before SO General
- During the Season Which
Closed Last Week.
STANDARD OFF PLAY LOWER
spnr-T4,ne Conditions Raised Havoc
Ptttsburg Again Leads the hae'e'n
FTevpns.

The modern game Of football mas
become such an uncertain propoSatIoA
thai the difference between a hlSn
chass team and en- ordinary eleven Is
rot az oiear out as II was nhoer the
aid rules. Football. as shown our III :
The season Just ended. Is as nncef :
tain as baseball. In the past foot
nati team which started season VIII
fsrw fundamental principles or the
rrrne gradually Increased its strength
xz she season progressed. adhering 10
f,yv,, right I'D to the end OF its sched-
nIe Form doesn't count for 20 much
in fpoShsu nowadays, for an eleven
vv4,soh shows remarkable skill on one
Satusday falls down before mediocre
opponent the following week
vhs~a has never been a footballs sea :
.on oufte as whimsical rs the one 1ust
Axrssd. In the first place IL canho'
t.s wyrrned up by the same stenoaruS
nx In other years, because the cohai-
tss,rss under which many of the eleVehs
wwre developed we're far dfnerenI
Military training took up much or tne
time formerly given over 10 IootpaAI
nr~rtyoe and varsity football was
Aronpsd at Harvard. Yale and Prince
snm' which robbed the Eastern GRID
RON of it's most picturesque competl
,tonx Practically all of the football
p,syers who would have gained promf-
aersee I'm the game this year -AhaeE
normal conditions enlisted IN either
.he army or navy. Naturally the stahd
ga Of play on the Eastern fields this
SEASON was not up 20 the standard Of
The past.
v-he games which were played. how
ever. were none the less interesting
ara an element OF uncertainty added
1sf
me season as whole showed nothinS
row IN tactics nor was there any I'M
t,stfsT' development ~ the ordinary
r~rertoire Of plays
THE main object ~ the colleges
nhich pursued The sport was 10 PRO
note Tie physical training Of the siu
dents so as to better fit them for nfli
ta~c duty The desire 10 win at mans
stitutions--Tcrneff fer example
was MOI to WIN games for that sah'
81 lone but TO play them go that the9
would attract "a many Young men n!
possible TO compete Il MAS q season
vhen q cham p'onsnlp vas not an on
5cyt.
pi1,xnurs finished it's fourth ~traigh
seasep without defeat. and while tn
pafsfher eleven was not up 10 IN
81 rAard ~ 2 YEAR age It easily out
sl~sSed, The other Eastern teams !
v.a. moi the welt balanced wsch}n
fhaf Warner developed IN 1915, but !
rad much power which was In cyl
f..,n~,ns,,,e bov,
fe Use W r5ir~~x i,,a po,.tI,f gan &c
r,s,,s,.,,,,ar,s. tear anoyva,
- ,,.,ss f,,;li,5cs z}fhoapb they
- - a,seg eIe>.nrge yzhiai
n-.sf.',.s.4 -, ,.s,.,,.' - eq.,,s ,,les.
~ 49, '4 gl}ttn "a, fv,
- r.3,,1 neatca nv Georgia Tech
v,4.t.,-,,~c ,I,,a rn.Aa, :a.p, ,}e
,a.o5 s,torc sefe,,se f,ut efid no
- - u-f,trb .arta - ex
STOW ''.e 49, ,.e,'.-a, ,,a,1eelf
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s,,,.,thncss ;n t}4a aAer,,.;a
5 ,,r,,s.a .lcva,s asr
So. Go, Es,,gt .
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r.,r,ti,.tI. s.,,o,, ma ~, III
X -, .tta.,5.,.f.,f ,e,,
- af7,.g, s,.srass ths., most a
raster, .Iayanv Therc was ro
a;aat{a-, ~ ,.I,ien an. inc Nav. Rru,,e
,,,cs rnam pron{ut choice ~ PLAY.
'4t,,, ~. t,4 IA
-. 49,, foi1r,p,r~ nc h,u anfc
.oa.tal 81, a,,.r,t GOOD football ,sa
70 r,,te,.-, boaaxay hsd a A.
e,t,,,, ,,.,t f.o,,, s,,,,clt+sn ysbil
-, - III, III web v-as+ ~,
n
ia ,.a,, veticb vvas bad1, eeatc
Voe4 Virginia Is asleyaa Tine hes
,.vrtne NJ fgp,yprS WIS made aeain>
~awpert Naval Reserve clever
"a, ~, cF sfnrrter. college STARS
t.tlr,o,,rr Dobfe coached the Nav
al li.a Ringers his eleven shove
.,tar~rrity ara team play than mos
,hc ssaann,s teams While hot
r.tee~s AMI the Navy had unusus
~7.t,ai .xa,vtioo neither had
=, t.et its reserve mower afte
49, r..rbnd tho high point Of Il
,t.t,,,,,ert TIE Army team had a
..,,darce IF good material this sea
Ina, suffered from tack Of coach
ma Iark re r{n1e for practice Tn
n,,,e only defoat came against MOTT
t,a,,o while the %ayy's only setbae
- In the West Virginia game
e,acuse should be classed alor
- Penn Tor aside from The dec
- aefaat bN pittsburr Syracuse ha
oood season defeating Brown. co
- Pufeers tho Michigan Aggie
1S3 Nebraska
the earliest upset Of the Seasc
90 vban Georgia Tech gave >,en
A - q defeat After that the SUI