Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-08-20
STOCK UP
AS STARS DESERT
LAFAYETTE'S LINE
Four Forwards on Unde.
feated Easton Eleven
End College Careers.
DOBSON GETS SQUAD
OUT IN TWO WEEKS
Local University Making Ear
ly Start for First Inva-
sion of North.

When the University of Richmond
the North the latter part of next
month. II will find Lafayette in poorer
shape than had been expected. This
liz because the famous Lafayette line
the line that for the past two seasons
battered and rammed It's way through
opposing forwards with remarkable
success. Is no more. according to
reports reaching here. On the other
hand. the Spiders will go to Easton
with veteran squad, the prospects
for the local university being the
brightest in years.
Williams. Schwab. Deibie. Budd and
Brown formed the Lafayette quintet
that performed with the prncision
and effectiveness OF machine un-
der the guiding hands of Coaches DR..
Jock" Sutherland. Fred "Pud" Seidel
and DR.. Skip" GouEler. The Pitt
Panthers. Heisman's Penn club,
Pete" Reynolds and his doughty
Bucknell crew. Stanfords Rutgers
protegcs. and J.afayettc's best rival.
the assault OF these five men--and
failed.
Line WINS Main Cog,
+ 1t waS no secret that the LAFAYETTE
line was the main cog In the teams
reaching the ton OF the football lad
der last fall. going through the sea-
son indicated and receiving the
Eastern championship trophy OF the
Veteran Athletes Association OF
Philadelphia.
But this year Coach Sutherland
must rebuild a new line, when last
fan at the close of the season he
departed from Easton believing tina I
this would be the least Of his wor-
ries. Doug Brown. the scrappy CEN
ter. has been graduated: CAPTAIN
Elect Joe williams. a tackle. fonnd II
necessary to leave college; Johnny
Budd, the former United States ma
rine guard. has decided to change
his studies TO business course and
expects to enter the University NJ
pennsylvania, while Art Deible. the
other giant tackle. 1t is said. Will
not return.
Few Experienced den.
THIS leaves only the new captain-
elect. Frank Dutch" Schwab. unani
nous choice OF aliAmerican guard
last season. and. with the exception
of Charley Berry and Milt OConnell.
the ends. there Will be very few e.-
perienced men ready to step in and
MI the gaps left by the departure OF
the all-star quartet
While no official announcement ha q
been made az To the time and place Of
the usual preliminary training. IL *
unlikely that the men will report at
Camp Delaware. where the men con-
ditioned last year. This camp was
not very attractive. The men may
have their early season workouts in
t'aston on March Field, where the
Spiders Will he played.
Practice Stnrts EARLY.
Dobson Will have his men on the
held on September 4, the earliest date
IN the history of the Richmond in
stitution. He has sixteen letter men
back. but even with such a nucleus
Dobson counts heavily on the scrubs
OF last year and the new men. With
heavy schedule and the necessity
TOT developing second back field
the Spider coach will have use for
new material. In fact. II is his pur-
pose TO develop this year back-fieId
10 replace the present quartet. which
Is now entering on its fourth year.
the University OF Richmond will
play It's first home game OF the aea
sor on October 7. with the Univer
sity OF Maryland as the attraction.
The following week the Spiders take
on the University OF Virginia at
Charlottesville. Spider followers will
not be surprised IL they take tina
measure Of the Virginia eleven this
year. the prospects for a victory beinp
inc best In the memory of the writer