The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-18
RICHMOND COLLEGE
WINS FROM JACKETS
BY NARROW MARGIN
Spiders Emerge Victorious Over Randolph Macon Qun by
90 IS and Take First Place in Eastern Virginia
Intercollegiate League Westhamptonans Get Verdict in
Last Minute of Play, Dickerson Making Goal

beautiful shot, enabling Coach Riess
charges to knot the count For q
little more than a minute the score
remained deadIoeked. With but thir-
" seconds TO play left. Corr. Rich
moud colleges big guard. dribbled
The ball IN the floor and tossed the
ball into the waiting hands of Dick
erson. and the youngster shot II
through the nets for what proved to
be the winning goal, This sudden
squirt of the Jackets was entirely I'M
expected and when the Ashland con.
ungent began to gradually creep
nearer to the Spiders. II doubtless
served TO make a most unComfort-
able feeling creep into the systems OF
the Richmond college supporters
Watch out for the sting of the yell
low jacket" someone was heard 70
yell during the game. and when Cap
tain Waters Gagged the ball that
placed the AshlanGers on an even
footing with Coach Dobsoin's pro-
teees temporarily, ii appeared as II
this Randolph Macon supporter had
spoken an earfui.
Game IN Great Exhibition,
The encounter was unquestionably
he most heated affair ever staged be-
tween two quints in the Eastern Ftr-
ginla association. 1t was game
fraught with spectacular and hair-rais-
inc playing-the kind In which the
mythical Frank Merriwell used to par
.icipatc on paper.
If someone Is to be singled out
from among the Richmond college
players and patted on the shoulder, II
should be Dickerson, who halls from
Dauyille, This young low not only
gave the Spiders the goal that de-
fg.fg4 Raudnir,h Marnn h,.Y 10
ing throughout the encounter was Of
the first order He was all over the
floor. and elusive as smoke, he broke
away several times for dribble down
the floor, He made six of the West
hamptonians' points. Captain Dick
Wood also played a great game. hay-
ing three field goals and six of the
foul variety to his credit. All three
NJ the other men. Tyson, Wicker and
Corr played the game of their lives.
Captain Waters was the outstand-
ing feature for the Jackets. This fell
low played wonderful game. He
made five goals from the field and
tossed six in the basket from the foul
line. having to his credit sixteen Of
the eighteen points scored by the RAN
dolph- Macon team. Butterworth' 8
guarding was excellent while his pass
ing and general floor work would
hardly have been improved upon.
Smoot, IA Richmond boy, also put up
a good game for the Jackets.
Richmond college has only two
more games to play, this season, and
the Spiders chance for the basket
ball championship Is considered very
good. More than a hundred Spider
supporters witnessed the game here
tonight.
Tho lineup and summary:
Spiders. Jackets.
Wood Co. RI ..........rf. 7. l.. Coe
Dickerson. II ...,.....l II Co. Waters
Tyson, C ............c. Thomas
Wicker. re- ........ re, Butterworth
Corr liz .....t......... lg, Smoot
Summary: Substitution--C. p. Coe
for T. l.. Coe. Goals from floor
Wood, 8; Dickerson. 3; Tyson. /; Wa
ters. s; T, l.. Coe. /, Goals from foul
Wood, six out OF 10; Waters. six
out Of l, Referee-Hargrove, V. p,
l. Time OF periods-Twenty minutes
each