Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-17
.HAMPDEN- s|DNEY's FINE
YEARS WORK REVIEWED
Without Coach. Basketball Team
Won Championship by Consis-
tent Good Playing.
ovEKCAME EARLY HANDICAP
Lost First Three Games of Season
and Then Administered Defeat to
V. L. is Fast Team by Close
Scorc-RccordS of Players.
by yESABLE MOORE,

by yESABl.E: MOORE,
HAMPDEN SIDNEY. VA. March
lt.--Four seasons ago basketball was
introduced INFO the V. ]. \. y. "a a
championship sport. on an eQua! with
and football. Previous 10 this. basket
bail. not being an integral par: Of
the athletic activities OF the colleges
OF the league. had been kept up only
through the efforts OF individual play
ers. supported b? a few Interested stu
dents IN the several colleges.
Especially was this true az Ifamp-
den-Sidney. The college is located
seven miles from Farmvilie. and IN
the earlier days when "f.vvers" were
not IS thick AS ncas, a game on the
college floor would have attracted
prayer meeting when II rains. So the
games were generally played at the
armory in t'armviIls. Then. too. the
old gymnasium at ITampIcn- Sidney
"as in Gushing hall. where double
line OF pillars supporting the upper
stories OF the building rested on it's
noor These pillars did not interfere
with tho work for which the gymna-
SUM was originally intended bu; were
Il serious hindrance to basketball prac-
tice. and, In addition. the floor itself
was much too small. The floor a. the
armory, on the contrary, as most others
are nowadays. Is ample and omen. II
was small wonder. then. that when the
teams came u play on this floor. scores
and seasons records should, not
have been OF the best. 1t was as IL
all the games were played away from
home. The team that can play all
season on the cncmy's grounds and
ihcn come out ahead is more than cx-
reptiona!. This is no, offered as an
aiibi. but merely 10 show under what
disadvantages the Hampden Sidney
basketball team has lahorcd in the
past. But the will to persevere was
there. and victory at last rests on the
IA niers OF liampden- Sidney's fighting
Tigers.
TUCKER GRAHAM GYMNASIUM
COMPLETED LAST YEAR
Last session the Tucker Graham
lynn SUM was completed. and though
liHmpden 81 lncy's basketball record
was Sttll below her usual standard for
iootbail and baseball. the outlook for
the 1918 team was bright The ma
jority OF the letter men were expected
20 return and with another years prac-
tice or the fast floor OF the now gym
thcrc were great hopes for 4 success
iul season. though the cup. perhaps.
was bit beyond the expectations of
most OF Ilampden- Sidney's supporters
ihcn when the football team had. been
Houneiicd TO 20 the season throuc h
without regular coach. and il wos
known there would be none for has
kethaIi. cup prospects grew still dim
MGR But there was no disposition To
let down on the job" because it prom
!scd to be hard and the results, per
maps. unsucc esyful
Then came tho news: HIS. IL: V,
~ IT,. III; not so bad. Next. HIS. O.,
v NJ. l.. 80: why. that was more Than
reasonable. lis. is: Roanoke col
icse. 20; maybe we'll not need n coach
anyway. Ana day later. HIS. .3:
y. i. l.. ~ w" knew we had Il team
then: though still it was rather earlv
for the championship bee. us. ~.
va G c.. :; HIS. Sc: V. p. l.. %: again
We irumphcd. HIS. o6: Roanoke CO.
lego. p revenge is sweet indeed. HIS.
40: w. C. c.. II. Then tho first cham
pionship game. lis. %: II. NJ c., Ii.
The second. HIS. 80: r. C.. IS: Tho
weather was indeed getting warm
enough now for tho above mentioned
bee Again. lis. -: r. NJ. C. II.
there was buzZinS unmistakanl-
which. 1t is true. was somewhat mus
fed by tho score OF the next game.
Us. 49, w 6 NJ. o. but. ran tho
talk. We can win tho next from Rich.
mond and certainly William and MARI
can't beat us twice, So we won the
next from Richmond. 20 To IL. and
then il remained TO make good tho
other half of tho prophecy. And so it
came 10 the night of the oSrd with
w. e NJ. having n chance for the cup
IL she defeated us and our having the
cup II we were tho winners. Truly
there was something at stake in that
nights battle! First half. Is TO In
dams f. an easier breath or two
NcNt five minutes, Tigers. 10: Indians
IL, Er2cc up. I! s. and HIS. braced
tho cup which seemed 10 10 slippii.
from our grasp felt a grin tighten ON
il. When tho Indians f:llly could
stand again after having their 100,
swept from under them Nv tn" sudden
onslaught OF the Tigers. tho score was
>. TO -. practically tho same by which
they had previously won, and the cuo
was ours.
REVIEW OF REALLY
SPLENDID WORK or TIGERS
Now :ha; the season is over and the