The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-16

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Appointed In tho tie for all manner
|Ofccnhdence was placed In their abii-
tfy to thrust the striped animals from
the first place tie. The great show
ings made BY Dobs6n's charges since
the opening fray seemed to give them
Tho odEes and to be clearly outplay ed
in most Of the play was unexpected.
However. despite the great offensive
work oS~@ the Presbyterians, they
lacked the something absolutely
necessary TO win. That was, the punds.
when nearest the goal lnea After the
frst half they resorted to drop kick
ing and of FIVE tries only one was
raised above the outstretched arms OF
the Spider forwards who brok q
through like demons and blocked the
kicks in their infancy. Bonney tried
twice by this route and Day three
times.
PASS HARDLY USED.
The aerial express was not much
In evidence. despite predictions Of
the free use OF same. in the Spider
repertoire OF plays. Only twice was
there anysattempt to strike tcrror into
the Red and Gray's hearts and one
OF these went wrong by interception
ana the other barely left Towilfs
hands YounEer's squad opened up
with seven tries. one of which was
successful, gaining eight yards Three
others were Intercepted by Rich
Wonders. So the forward pass played
far from a prominent part in the fes
tiyities.
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score BY the dropkick route. the
home team seemed about to count on
at least two other occasions. but in
tercepted forwards by ZiegIer on r.
Cs ssventeen-yard line In the second
uuGrter and by Lane on his thirteen
yard line In the last two minutes Of
play stopped three
Oncnstvely the Tigers were good.
They msased "A total Of ls2 yards
aainHt 41T OF the Spiders Bonney, the
big back OF the Youngsters. was the
greatest ground gamer OF the match
Thirty-four times he was called upon
to carry the ball. His work was ex-
cellent but was heiped considerably
NV the massed interference Smith
showed UP as well perhaps as Bonney
II not trif'e better for he got sew
eraf long runs from scrimmage and
hts return of punts helped r,uchiy in
rendering Broaddus' work null In
the line J, Hovshead was particularly
noticeable of the center forwa ards The
ends which Youngers played feft little
to be desired of them
Garter and Thomas Play We'll.
Harry Carter and Thompson were
veritshie towers of strength at almost
all points of the game. breaking up
play after play by smashing attacks
defensive work was fine, but his pass
ing at times was very noor and de-
cidedlv costly. Price and Klevesahl,
though not brilliant In their work.
all had very few plays to come over
them on the right side of the line.
In the backiield the work OF Lane on
the defense was excellent most Of tho
time. However, both ne and ziegler
missed several tackles that looked s y
though they might have been made
Jones, entering in the last Of the
battle, made the longest single gain
that the Spiders had. that of nine and
three-fourths yards on the last play
of the game, The offensive work ~
t'oosons team was not up 10 stand
ard. mayhaps because they didn't
have the ball any considerable time.
Even when they did they lacked the
punch which characterized their
games with the Yellow Jackets and
Indians for the pass two Saturda VS.
for Hampden Sidney counted nine
first to their four.
But after all is said and dome the
tie still exists and should each OF
these two contenders win their re.
naming game 1t will mean post
seaeon match to play off the tie On
neu%rai ground 1t should he Some
scrap and II can be assured that Dob
son VIII give his men the hardest
workouts they have ever seen or
imagined to prepare them for the
contingency.
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