The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-05
Y. ?. |. CLAIMS PLACE
IN So. A. DIVISION
Goes Through Season without Defeat
and score OF $50 Points 90 IS

/ Especial to The Richmond Virginian.
Biackshurg. Va, Jan. 3.--V. +. i.
! Is entitled To first place IN the South
I Atlantic division because il has gone
through the season without defeat.
winning from such elevens as Wash
inEton and Lee. North Carolina State
college, University OF North Carolina
! and Virginia Military Institute. All
of these games were played on
neutral fields with alie exception OF
/ Carolina. who met the Techs at
Chapel Hin. Tech has scored $50
points TO opponents 3 and every VIC
tory WAS eieancut.
Tech was only scored on twice and
both touchdowns were the result of
forward passes Not once was her
goal line crossed from running attack.
furthermore. no team came within
twenty yards of her goal line. Two
teams failed TO max first down
during the entire sixty minutes Of
play and another team managed to
maze a single first down. Certainly
"A team with such defensive powers
must possess championship qualities
The attack OF the team was of the
smashing type, with much stress on
intact interference for the man carry
ing ~ ball. The team did not rely
on the uncertain forward pass for
gains. but for variety. we'll timed
passes we're used which were inter-
spersed with short end fnns. thereby
giving the attack variety enough to
keep the opposing team guessing.
After all is said, the Y. p |. often
sive of 1918 was simple sound and
we'll lined giving to the team a con-
sistency which is only to be found in
a championship. aggregation. No big
scores were rolled up, as the per-
gHI1 al r.f taa ,t.a
time TO time, but every victory clearly
proved that the best team had won
Coach Bernier was confronted with
many obstacles during the Geason. but
all were overcome and all Techland
feels that the 1913 team is one OF the
best
only three letter men returned to
college, making ii necessary to build
a machine from green material The
ends were fiardwick, Roden, Camper
and Huddle, One heavy pair were
lighter for the more open style Of
play, All were good extensively and
defensively and were fashy In getting
down the field under punts.
The line was new with the excep-
ton Of Rangeiey, who chad been
polished up The season before. Coach
Richie, of Carolina, judged him as one
of the hest tackles seen on the Tar
heel field Quarles. Richmond
yo0ngster, developed fast and by mid
season was the talk of the circuit,
becarse of his polished playing and
unusual agressiveness. Resh, who
was not good enough to make a GER
| tain PREF school eleven last season.
came across wonderfully at center.
and proved to be the hardest charger
in the line. PIERCE and Tilson both
showed the necessary punch and
/ should he valuable men next fall.
| The team suffered many reyerses
in the backfield. and Bonney. Mccain
and Croker were out from time 10
time on account Of injuries. Even
Crisp, the Tech mainstay, was out OF
! the Arst game on account OF influenza
| but las one OF the backs said after the
/ game iii Norfolk, ANY one could ga In
with such interference" and that was
the real reason why Bernier could
muster up strength enough for vic
| tory even after losing some OF his best
men. IT was that absolute protection
To the runner as furnished nv Crfsp