The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-01
BIG BATTLE STAGED
IN LYHCHbURG TODAY

tNIeCl84 10 tlHnflpNo IT SiNtalt ,
Blacksbure. Va Oct S1---Elevcn
husky hlacksniths will board the
Poly special here tomorrow morn
ing for Lynchburg, whore they viii
entertain eleven bury piano movers
IN the greatest grid Matte ever
staged by Virginia Poly AMI
Washington and Lee university.
The Techs and their cohorts aIe
Keyed up 10 the highest possible
pitch aad affirm n 10 uncertain
tones that they Will garner the long
and of the score when the tinal
count IS made. II VIII be a sam
bang battle royal for football laure.s
with every man for himself ana the
oevi for the hindE Ike.
1t is 10 be a night that VIII pro-
duce every a;ored~up Wrinkle that
the brains III BeruI.r and Rafferty,
have concoctcd, and both e.eVens
Wlll turn loose the whole Dag Of
tricks IN one Suprcnlt effort TO take
victory back home with them to-
morrow night Joe stiles, king Of
all Tech centera, Clarence Miles,
former all South Atlantic tackle,
Emory Hodgeson, Techs premier
Punter Of ali-time and Bili Harris,
EAI4 EtiI|A Vi AAtf1tAA = d" / . N1NN'"4ts
put the finishing touches To the
Techs this afternoon and the staff
If coaches pronounce the team 70
bs In the best possible physical
/ trim,
Never was enthusiasm through
out the state as great AZ ii Is on the
aHe OF baltic. Washington and
Lee has perhaps the best eleven
sire has ever put fourth and Teen
claims to have one OF ss equa!
ser'tsasage " II, ,asfH bse, fsghs froEa
the initial whistle and close observ-
crS OF the two eieNens predict that
the game viii be won oy a single
touchdown or a fcld kick No Two
teams We're ever SO evenly
matched This is truc IN weight,
Spred and . keen ability 10 closely
follow t. ball Besides thus the
two teams ara export MT running
and overhead attack Techs grea.
showing in this department in she
games with Georgetown and Mary
land state has SVEN confidence to
her supporters ard they claim that
they will run the Generals 81
their IN, this phase OF o1snse. On
the other hand, thf cfencrstiS ffve
a heavy and almost lnpenetrabi7
rush line This Is what is givln I
+ the Poly eleven the greatest
amount OF worry Both Coach Rat
ferty and WCoach Bernicr hav@
/ brought their tea ms to state OF
perfection which is wen nigh per
feet. Their plays are rarHd in on
j IRENE and both teams have the
! rack of getting them off with clock
like precision.
Both. institutions will take theu
student bodies on special trains ana
Lynchburs bids fair to be III,
high spot on the football map II
the South Atlantic division poN
today
George Parrish. the basketball
star. viii he seen al right end in thv
". and L. game. Parrish has beer
playin center until few wee X
ago when he received an ipjur'
which has kept him out of th'
substituted for him in the George
town and Maryland state games
made SUE i showing that Csasi
Rernier has decided 10 call him
] regular This shifts the hurly Par
! IRISH to the wing position as ne Is
past master at the overhead game
Lancaster Will be Techs genera
at quarter, the Vetern Crlsk golns
back 10 his old position at riga
tackle. Crisp is "A demon in the I'M
and his friends predict that ne Wal
crumple the W and l. left, once n
gets started. Beyond doubt
Crisp is one OF the fastest. heavies
and most consistent ground -gaininA
tackles that has come out of th'
South il years "Nent to Nicely, o.
Dartmouth. he IL the greatest one
hand football artlst in the countr,
today.
The initial lineup for tomorrow
is as follaws;
Captain jim HardV "a, eft end
Hall left tackle.
Armstrong. left guard.
K H3rdWick, center.
;. Shaner. right -auard
I Chrisp. right tackle.
! Parrish, right end.
! Lancaster. quarterbacK.
/ Graham. left half-back.
i C;odsey. night halfback.
Rcdd fun back
The officials viii be Magoff1n,
( fMichiean) Referee Cas-, lie
klgh) umpire. Sampson tStal-
/ tansl hes6 linesman
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