Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-01

] ht udll was sud Vrtu paIn To 'tIenc
Ferguson. who, by the Way. is a
gently in Farlcy's waiting hands He
/ quickly richted himself. go, the
proper position. and White. quicker
/ than ash, had booted the bali
with his talented toe The ball
scared up. went straiGh; as an ar
| row. and swooped over tho crossDar
II Was hcautifui Kick from place
ment. That gave tho Cadets three
points. and that. incidentally. ended
1922.
How many persons In that vas,
| concoursc viii ever forget that
/ hGhting fourth period. How many
let time erase from their memory
mat wonderful, battling rally-,he
! rally that saw the Cadets sweep
down the held To within five yards
of victory? WIFI they ever forget
that hewilderinE formation that the
I cadets introduced within twenty
Yards from goal? And will they ever
be able 10 forget how Tech braced
erected barrier at ;hc eleventh
/ hour YOU might say. and how /; APP
, pcarod I" cruuble?
The Cadets rad tried gu. three
mysterious passes ON their fan
/ formation. each Successful for short
gains. and then Watkins slipped
through. after receiving the bali
from Ferguson. the center. and was
F. almost near enough - dive across
! the goal line when Sutton. Techs
/ d'minutive back. cam" in from some
| where and stoppod him
| Desperate. Quarter Back FARLEY
siGnalicd for his men to lunch up.
and that mysterious Information
was abandoned. Five yards-per-
! maps II was fewer than by nov
/ had to ne made for Cadet touch
| down. The crowd hardly brcathcd
! y few were able TO remain seated
because they were so excited they
could not stand up. Suddenly Far
Icy whipped pass TO Ryder Two
big Tech men stopped him-hcli
him-and after :he tumuIt WAS over
and few thousand person. had
! launched back into their seats. II,
T'-s seen that the Cadets had failed
20 reach their objective. and the ball
went over 10 Tech. Now The Tech
backs were standing on-yes- beh!nl
their goal line.
They'll Kick out of danger" en-
claimed dozen or So.
En' they didn't try it jus, then,
instead Haif Back 'Wop' sutton
smashed into the line for three
yards. Thou the bail was in posi-
ton for rutherford 10 punt out. Re-
f"re he WAS bothered by the goal
posts
Rutherford puntcd II was mag
nilc"nt Kick and tho bali traveller
forty Yards T." Farley. who ran IL,
back four yards.
Then the dangerous Farley. who.
on more than on. occasion during
thai period caused the Tech coaches
| Nd
up on fiptoc$. snapped a wicked pass
To "TucN Carlton for i've Yards It
Was Flory VIII" stopped the onslaught,
that beautiful Cade; aerial barra-n.
by intcrceptinS ball and running
twenty yards
Tech tried an overhead charge and
worked tho bah up To the twenty
yard mark. Now IL WAS the Cadets
that manifested uncastnes1 one
more play and the ball rested mr.
tee yards from goal. But something
happened. Rutherford attempted 30
circle end. somebody pulled his head
gear OF, after it looked as though
ne was goncr. lac cut back from
th9 riga, sd" line aud fumblcd the
ball y hg cadet. his back numeraI
s" dusty that those far from him
could not read il. pounced on the
ball
'''' III" 'u"iS again rsSOrlcu To
the execution "f passes or they
went. sweeping along in a zigIa.
.c"irs". and-amd Fiory ever watch
ful, Intercepted another long pa -
that might have uvhat tuuchduu n
for TN" Cadets. II 1t had h-en-hut
there's an III"
Tech had she ball. had made two
attacks ON the cadet lin. when the
referees whistl" blew TAPS" crowds
swarm"d upon the field. There was
a mx-up. S"mchody thought n fight
was on--hu' II wasn't the game was
merely ended. Their. was another
big thrill. This came in the third
period. sutton. OF Tech. got a bad
pass from the center. The ball
o bounced away from him. "Chcrri.''
watkins rushed in, grabbed 1t. down
ed IL, hoped up. and ran forty yards.
lie carried tn" ball over but no
touchdown was allowed. Two Tech
players chased him. sutton being one
Of them. Neither got look a, any
thing but his heels. Sutton cut down
his Interference.
Everybody played stellar ball to-
daily. Fiury. sutton. Rutherford
Wailacc-they We're the particular
stars FOR the Tech backs. Graham.
sheriff, Hardwick. Eaker. Tilson.
Reviewers OF strength. For V. NJ.
L. THi''S' i'Hhri' w hllc. an the back
field. and Watkins. Harbour. Gray.
Ferguson. Harri son. Hunt. carlton,
in the line. played sp!endidly
Lineup and summary:
Virginia Tech Virginia Mil
liardwich tc) left end Watkins
rilson left tackle . Barbour
Rea ........ left Guard .......C;rns
Baker ........ center =. Ferguson
Sherer'z -. right guard Har.i>ontc,
! Ia.
Wilson ...... right end 49,. Carlton
Wallace quarter back -. Farley
rutherford left half hack -. RYDER
buchanan right half back McGreeoi
l;cck .... fun back . White
Scoring touchdown. Wallace V. u.
Ia. goal and try FOR point. Ru,hcr-
FORD. Y. T.. l.; goal from placement
Y. NJ. l.
Subsiitut!ons: V. 4. l.. Flory far
Beck. Sutton for Buchanan. Buch-
anan for Beck. Moore for Rea. Beck
for Ruchanan: Rea for Shereriz
Rhodes for Tifson. V NJ. L.: Ham
mond for gray. Faulkner for wife:
tos'ol" for Faulkner: Faulkner for
McGregor.
officials: Gooch. Virginia. Referee.
Gass. Lehigh; umpire. Donnelly, Trim
ity. Headlinesman.