Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-10-30

University Of Richmond and David
son staged Il corking grid battle yes
to-day afternoon on Stadium Field,
which resulted In n l4-to-Ii tie after
the locals hed practically Bewed the
game un IN The last quarter. Three
minutes remained after Richmond
res isterei her second touchdown, and
OCosoh. thirkinis the result sure AZ
lowed substitutes To replace yar.lty
men IN Atratts!c POSITIONS David
t"h % hcli general launching an
hcfi'l attach Which started on David
hoi.a thitty- thrcc-yard line and con
ciud.d In touchduwu.
Davidson lecano desperate when
th' G@nie was takon away from them
oy IN" Spidera' second score, and sew
tral OK tie local auJs were sent in To
Dre.H up sneuliinS end attempts.
twice Richmond went ahead and
Twice the Wildcats. true to the jun
gle instinct, tore at tho Spider web"
una paved unt!i on two occasions
th.y came back and eyencd up the
count.
Tho teams wcrs about evenly
matched. and wh!lo Davidson's for
ward passing gainr In The final quar-.
Yer "dH superb II was nn indication
OK their respect Tor Dobsons line anil
ends First downs were about even
on both slGcs. ard TO pick on, stars
would 10 an imposatbiiitY, yet meu
l!hn zones. Fray. Mahancy. ZiegIcr.
Hodges. Isctms and 1tatcliro wcr.
been IN exceptional plays. while
s.henck. Sheppard. Moore and NJ
f;iacn Formed u quarter that was
iargeiy iespoma,h!e FOR the two Tar
heel touchdowns.
Contest Starts with Rush.
Tho contest started of with
rush davidson receiving and !mmc-
dia.cly made u forward p.gs over
E!chmnnd's line. IL ~ Virginia Tech.
thnt gave them IL N:at down on the
Spiders thirty-n!ne-ynrd limo, from
where :: moment later they pun,ed To
Jones' ON his twenty. Richmond al
rnnccl The BAH To tAc twcnty-tcu,-
yard line. whc<e they wore forced
u punt the ball going over TO David
con on their twenty.
Davidson made one FIRST down, in
GLIDING another forward pnHs Nc
faicn 10 shepherd. and again punt
ed !rDm the thirty-s!2- hu!a line tn
the middle ~ the nsld. where Towlll,
The Spider midget. took :he bail ana
hhIrtsi risht 'iank for twcnty-on.
yards From hero Richmond scored
hrst IN I'll. following manner: Hieyitr
ono yard through line. Sncad seven
yards nnd 1!ea!er nv. more yards
fo: first Iowm: Jones' nv. yards. 2ieg.
ler four ana Snesl ;wo yards for
another nrst down. With the bali on
Da. :dSon'a Vineyard !ine. from where
E!es!er fought hla way through IL.
line tor u touchdown. Zin3lur k!ckel
goal.
Davidson received tho punt who:.
the ball was put ia play and marched
from H!chn1ai's 3Gya:d line, where
III. ncd and H!uc made L grand de-
fehse. taxing the bail on downs.
Sneads trusty toe puntcd out OF dan
IN the visitors possession on their
hir,y-avc-ya.d line and the third
down
beginning the second period Irwin
punica TO Jones on his twenty and
the ball WAS brought back sixteen
yards. Snead puntcd ind shortly
after Irwin puntei outside David
son gaining four yards on the ex-
change. Richmond went back nine
yards on q penalty and a Courtyard
loss. Here Sncnd puLtcd again from
his twenty-four. and Irwin fumhied
the ball on his own ihirty-hve-y
line. the ball bounding into Bcthcrs
arms on the forty and the Richmond
center being downed on DaviGsons
thirty-seven. Rchmnnd made II
thirty-ninc-yard gain on this play.
Fray Makes :J-THrI Gain.
Two drives ut the line nct;e,i moth
ing ard Fray. subbing for Towil,
celebrated HE advent with a twenty
yard gain through tho line, which
was characterized by pretty reversing.
That put the ball on pav!dson's thir-
tccn-yard line. Eat after Sncad and
Zlcglcr advanced IL To the visitors
ciGhtyard line, Bcthc! threw Rich
mond for n Courtyard loss and tho
hall went over.
Davidson got to the twcnty-three-
yard limo before they were compelled
to punt. lrwin's punt being fumbled
by Jones in the middle OF the field,
Schenck recovering on Rlchmonds
forty-siX-yard line. With a terrific
: drive Davidson backs plowed through
the Red and Blue. and on two first
e downs advanced the bail to Rich
mond's eightecn-yard line. Irwin
then carried the ball for an eight
yard gain. and with two yards to
go for nrst down and two downs to
make II In, Irwin tried forward
pass and the ball fell free of cvcry.-
body behind the lire for = touchdown.
the ball going to Richmond on the
twentyyard line. The half ended
shortly after.
Moore fumbled on his forty shortly
after the half opened and Fray re-
covered but Davidson took the bnll
on the FIRST play when Moore inter-
cepted Jones pass. being down on
hiS tWShtS -lpOIt,
Schenck. McFaden, Shepherd quartet
then cIawed through tho Richmond
line for five consecutive first downs
that placed the ball on K:chmond's
eleven yard mark, but here tho
crumbling spider. web became a veri-
talle mass OF concrete and the Wild
cath lost the bail.
Richmond WAS helpless to advance
and punted. the return from the for
ty-three and two first downs placing
the ball on Richmond's sixteen. when
the period ended. Tho Spiders.
through Hodges and Ratc!iffc's plays.
were able to throw the Tarhceis back
to the twenty four-yard line, but
when they came through for their
first touchdown with Il perfect pass.
McFaden to Schenck. Schenck also
kicked goal.
Sncnd returns Kick 81 Yards.
What happened hereafter brought
the crowd 10 its feet Snead received
McTadcns kickoff on his ffteen-yard
line and returned Twenty-Five Yards.
Jones got four yards, Maha;,cy two
yards. and Fray n first with ism
yards. Mnhaney, made nine ynrtis.
and Fray two yards for another first