The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1917-11-23
UNION VICTORIOUS OVER
HOWARD 16-O
Richmond Va, Nov. 20.

Richmond Va, Nov. 20.
Special to the Globe:
The Va. Union University aggrega.
ton again broke her record and es.
abolished herself as a champion. The
red and steel combination gave
toward the severest drubbing that
she has ever experienced on her field
The well oiled machine of Coach Rob.
lnson worked with clocklike precision
and surpassed the Howard squad in
every manner. The Washington bows
were only able to score two first
downs against their formidable op-
ponents while the Unionites ran wild
around the ends and tank" Woods
plunged their paper line continually
for long gains.
Howard kicked off to Union but the
Unionites seemed to be a tri1e slow
getting their machine started. Here
Howard took advantage and put up
her strongest fight of the game. On
the fourth down Hucles punted and
Howard returned thirty yards and
finally brought the ball to Unions
thirty-five yard line and the home
fires ceased to burn when Fishers
drop kick failed to go over.
Union failed to gain on four downs
and the ball went over likewise
Howard failed, the ball going to Union
IN her own territory. "Tank" Woods
began Unions terrible offensive by
going over right tackle for four yards.
then Hucles passed forty yards to Tay-
lor and the speedy Gregory completed
this move by skirting and running
through amaaca of would be tacklers
for touchdown.
Hulcles kicked goal. Howard being
unable to davance her distance from
kickoff punted to Union. Waters and
Young in their vain effort to stop
FIucles on the return collided, Young
being knocked unconscious.
The second quarter, found the ball
on Unions forty yard line from which
Union essayed her second successful
pass, On the fourth down Hucles
punted and Howard failing to gain
also kicked. Gregory returned the
punt twenty yards, and constant
plunges. by the red and steel backs
carried the ball to Towards five yard
line but penalty on Union brought
the oval back and Hucles booted the
pigskin between the uprights.
In the second half Union seemed to
grow stronger and refused to allow
Howard to advance the ball from her
territory, forcing her to kick. Gregory
received the punt and ran through
the Howard combination for forty
yards. The visitors failing to gair
from here lost the ball but quickly
recovered it when Taylor intercepted
a pass. Gregory brought the ball into
kicking distance but Hucles failed
Here Howard beginning to play en-
tirely on the defensive kicked. Tht
quarter foun dthe ball in Unions
possession but Howard grabbed thu
ball on a pass to Taylor and immed
lately punted the ball to Unions
elusive quarterback who sidesteppet
several tacklers and ran thirty-fiv,
yards. Johnson and Woods by heav.
plunging carried the ball over for thu
final touchdown of the game TIL
game ending with Howard having tn
ball in midfeld. The Unionites wen
wild with enthusiasm as their champ
ion eleven marched from the gridiron
Union lost several of her best mel
on account Of the war nevertheless
Coach Robinson with undaunted spiri
produced an aggregation which NJ
team has been able to get closer thai
twenty-five yards of her goal line
Neither Hampton nor Howard wer
able to cope with the fast red an
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