Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-11-24
SPIDERS PLAY final GRID
CAME HERE TURKEY DAY
Stage Exhibition Tilt With William
* o. and Mary Eleven on Boulevard
Field.
FooTBALL SEASON ENDIN
Contest May Be Played With Hamp-
den-Sidney TO Determine Winner
OF Eastern Virginia Champions
ships-Schedulcs Will Be Revised.

OF Eastern Virginia Champions
ships-Schctlulcs Will Be Revised.
& Richmond College, and Hampden-
/ Sidney football elevens played true 10
81 form Saturday and are found still tying
for Championship honors OF the East
b ern Virgins Intercollegiate Athletic
Association. The defeat administered
81 by the Richmond College Spiders to
the visiting Yellow Jackets from Ash
4 land was easily done, while the lamp
1, den Sidney Tigers had their hands full
n IN making bare point more than the
Il Williamsburg aggregation.
Whether the tie between the two
= elevents will be played of to determine
tho winner is matter OF speculation
: as such step would set precedent
: IN Eastern Virginia collegiate foot
ball However. enough sentiment is
!. being shown to justify staging q final
contest and suggestions have been
\ made that the two teams battle here
next THURSDAY on Thanksgiving Day
IN In pace OF the Richmond College VIII
u nam anu Mary exhibition game already
"a scheduled. 1t is not known whether
S sncn an arrangement can be made, as
& .s loach n, driver nI Of William and Mary.
lego, are reported as being anxious TO
s. stage the exhibition contest.
$50 !. a, ilnal grid game Is played. it will
81 ampd en- sidney and Richmond Col
lego would have but n few days to re-
V cover from the strain of saturdays
q gnaeiling battles IL the post-season
| DAY. and In all probability the two
machines would not be in the best Of
s& rim. Va
Enter Upon Inst Imp.
TSn fno A1>,11
81 is last lap and soon the pigskin will
ne lnid 10 rest until the fall of 1890.
Ine maj game on the Spiders card Is
81 sscneauIed for Thanksgiving Day UNI
less u post-Season game is played with
IS iianipden- Sidney. The Spiders turned
5sSout q winning combination and Coach
ah can be Justly proud of the
SI OF whom were Inexperienced when tba
&sSeaSon opened. ''
IS Throughout the East football this
larger colleges have learned one les
son from 1t. And tina, is there will
have to be revision Of their plans in
Arranging schedules another year.
|d There have been many upsets this
ind Many OF the college football an
thorities are in the habit of Arranging
games with the idea of slowly bringing
1.-The eleven to top form by the time the
most important ones arrive. With THE
In view. they, schedule games with
i
nary contests make great splash b,
the size OF the scores they are en-.
ahted to make, and are inclined &c
TSAT iiEht OF a close game or de-
feat by some OF their rivals who have
either unwittmsly or designedly ar
ranged contests with some strong
One trouble Is that most of our uni
yersities set great store on going
through the football season without n
defeat. though bump of this kind in
does more good than harm. so far as
Inc morale OF the players is concerned
~ even goes further. inasmuch as an
occasional victory of a smaller colleges
bringing the minor institution more
s prominently before the public. But
take the majority of the coaches today,
& slowly around to form 10 play their
best y., in THIS the SCALED ,SsI big games.
The really sensible thing to do, the
\ enect IS not always what is ant!ci-
rated. Weak preliminary games, with
9 th Inc IN ne e, large scores. breed
+ when the really impos.snt games come
these teams crack. wide open in the
race OF sun opposition and are either
: t'eaten o. hold 10 suca close scores as
20 snake the spirit OF the players
n Ihsfe mas been more than one example
8 OF this on Eastern sridiroas this year
q f.no the Chances are that the lessor
d II conveys Will not be forgotten an
other year.
Strong Teams Bring Out Fanits.
a. Scheduling weak teams "a the pre-
4 1tminary games by the big colleges is
& al right If the number Of points had
& any bearing on s-!Ciron t!:le But
v these teams are Incapable o: bring
ing TO the surface cae yvtaErrss.s
s. that would be developed had .5e.-
& sitter opposition. They hardly exttua
9sfEe biz fellows. and they come 20 be-
hsiieve that they are uuconquerable
~ is OFTEN with this spirit tSat they
q enter the really important gam-s and
4 the. sudden shaking o: their confidence
3sspfttimes results in disaster. Nov had
g&thesc big eleTens he-n p:ttcd aga!us,
stronger opponents during tie pre-
&lininary period, they would not hay.
their strength and the con-
Is tests would have been the best Kind
ss#pfNtest 10 put tnem into shape FOR the
q games they most desired 20 win. PITS
81 hurgh and Princeton aad the riyn-
sgidea- Warner faced about the hardest
schedulr o. any OF tn.
yet his seasons record VIII
comparison with many Of hiS
#SriYais.
8 Roper did no; appear to nav. an
squad TO start with. ye;
3 REinceton had pretty stin schedule
2@sanda results have shown that the
&sTiEers hard grilling in the prelinirt-
~ edg e for the big games with Harvard
Wand Yale. 1t was the hard battles in
early games that gave 20 Prince.
esskpn the experience needed TO hold Har-
eesgsVard to a tic. and week later ;r.-
s5 nnanh oyer Yale. Instead of bccofnin
81 Rtale,tas might reasonably bc supposed
Nj from such games with Lafayette nnf
EsNTest Virginia, tho Tigers reached
f their best form in the last two games
arafnre N