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b y t h e Emperor Maxmilian of Mexico.
f a i t h f u l l y for f o r t y years.
^ Military I n s t i t u t e.
i n e e r i n g Corps in Kentucky.
t o t h e l i m i t to defeat Hampden-Sid-ney.
p u n t s a v e r a g e d n e a r l y sixty yards.
and the other new men proved strong.
b u t i n t e r f e r e n c e was sadly lacking.
t h e second game.
prove t h e i r worth.
f r om t h a t e x t r e m e and g i v e V M. 1.
b a l l .
by Burress through line for five.
by Burress in the third for e i g h t.
Gallagher, who makes a good return.
gain. First q u a r t e r end. Score, 0 to 0.
McCabe replaces Bain. V. M.
I ' s . ball on forty five yard line.
make first down. Ball goes over.
V. M. I. t r y f o r w a r d pass, but f a i l.
Hampden Sidney kicks. V, M. 1.
end, score, 0 to 0.
difficulty in securing such coaches.
t h e work of coaching the team.
where counsel ia s o thoroughly united.
us t h i s season.
a good t e am are exceedingly bright.
Full Text Search (f h I // VOL VII THE CADET VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE, SATCRDAY, OCTOBER 4. 1913 / NO. 3 Maury-Brooke Monument TEAM HARD PRESSED TO BEAT HAMPDEN-SIDNEY I t is a s t r a n g e f a c t t h a t two of the g r e a t e s t moral c e l e b r i t i e s of America should have served t o g e t h e r h e r e in our f a c u l t y and given their joint name to one of our scientifir; labora-t o r i e s . It is such men t h a t have con-t r i b u t e d to the greatness of the school. Matthew F o n t a i n e Maury, born in SpottsyWania county, Va., in 1806, a f t e r a t t e n d i n g school in Tennessee, was appointed a midshipman in the navy in 1825, and t h e f o l l o w i n g year engaged as an officer on t h e Vincennes . during her f a m o u s voyage around the world. In 1839 he s u s t a i n e d a f r a c - t u r e of the leg which crippled him f o r life and led to his appointment to the Naval observatory and hydro-g t ^ h i c office i n Washington, where he m ^ e a study of n a v i g a t i o n and p r e p a r e d a s e r i e s of wind and c u r r e nt c h a r t s . . H e r e he also prepared his " P h y s i c a l Geography of the Sea and I t s M e t e o r o l o g y , " in 1855, from which wo^(k he received the t i t l e of P a t h f i n d e r i^f the Seas. Promoted commander' in 1853 he resigned and t e n d e r e d his services to t h e Confed-eracy in 1861. The following year he went on a government mission to Europe, where he remained until ap-pointed commissioner of emigration b y t h e Emperor Maxmilian of Mexico. Upon the o v e r t h r ow of t h e imperial r e g i r a e Commodore Maury accepted t h e chair of physics at t h i s school and while here prepared his physical geograpy of Virginia, 2 0 , 0 0 0 copies of which were p r i n t e d and d i s t r i b u t - ed by and at the expense of the Vir-g i n i a M i l i t a r y I n s t i t u t e . He died here and by t provision in his will, caused his body to be c a r r i e d through Goshen Pass near Lexington. John Mercer Brooke, born in Tam- ^ pa, P i a . , in 1826, was educated in Kenyon College, O., and was then g r a d u a t e d from the XI. S, Naval academy in 1847. Prom 1851 to 1853 he was w i t h Maury a t the Naval o b s e r v a t o r y and then accompanied him (»n t h e voyage of the Vincennes for t h e e x p l o r a t i o n of t h e North Pacific ocean, both being with Perry when he first v i s i t e d J a p a n and opened its p o r t s to the world. Like Maury he joined the Confederacy and was ap-pointed chief of the bureau of Naval ordnance and hydrography. He was t h e i n v e n t o r of the first jacketted rifle, a type still known as the Brooke gun, a n d used on our war ves-s e l s, and planned the construction of t h e Merrimac, the first successful armor clad b a t t l e s h i p . From 1866 . to 1899 he was professor of physics and astronomy in t h i s school and dur-ing his s e r v i c e h e r e c o n t r i b u t e d much to science and scientific l i t e r a t u r e, winning t h e gold medal of the Acad-emy ot Berlin. From 1899 to the t i m e ot his d e a t h here Dec. 1, 1906, he was professor emeritus, having served the I n s t i t u t e continuously and f a i t h f u l l y for f o r t y years. On the grounds of the I n s t i t u te t h e r e should be e r e c t e d a monument to t h e s e two g r e a t men, r e p r e s e n t i ng them with hands clasped, symbolic of the joint service they rendered the world, the United States, the Con-federacy, Virginia and t h e V i r g i n ia ^ Military I n s t i t u t e. Kobinson, '13, is on a Civil En-g i n e e r i n g Corps in Kentucky. Presbytrrians Put Up Hard Fight—Score 9 to 0 In t h e opening game of the season t h e t e am was forced to extend itself t o t h e l i m i t to defeat Hampden-Sid-ney. The final score was 9 t o 0, and t h i s just about shows how hard f o u g h t was the game. While we outplayed t h em f r om ° t a r t to finish i t seemed for a t i m e t h a t a t i e score would be the outcome. For the first half of t h e game we were unable to score, but in the third quarter the t e am got t o g e t h e r and showed some f o rm t h a t d e l i g h t e d t h e h e a r t s of the c a d e t s . In t h i s period a touchdown and a goal f r om field gave [_us the only points made. The touchdown was t h e d i r e c t result of a forward pass while Captain Youell drop-kicked a goal from the fifty yard line. The p l a y i n g of Youell was easily t h e f e a t u r e of t h e game. Hib de-f e n s i v e work was superb and his p u n t s a v e r a g e d n e a r l y sixty yards. Bain also played a splendid game un-t i l an i n j u r y to his knee forced him t o r e t i r e , and the whole t e am gave in-d i c a t i o n s of s t r e n g t h that were ex-ceedingly welcome. Gallagher at q u a r t e r proved himoelf to be an ex-c e l l e n t successor t o Matt Kingman and the other new men proved strong. And t h a t " r e d headed" backfield— the sign of danger^—well, look out, t h e y ' r e going to walk away with t h i n g s t h i s year. Why should we worry when the t e am looks so promis-i n g f o r the hard schedule of this y e a r . The game s t a r t e d with a " g i n g er j u m p " and continued so throughout, b u t i n t e r f e r e n c e was sadly lacking. Of course t h e r e is an excuse f o r it in t h e first game b u t w i t h the goods we can surely get the i n t e r f e r e n c e before t h e second game. The first of the game was almost e n t i r e l y devoted to line plunges which proved to b r i n g g r e a t success t o the home team, bringing them big gains. Although Hampden Sidney's l i n e was very heavy they could not s t a n d on t h e i r f e e t a g a i n s t V.M. I . 's l i n e of bulls. They found t h e i r place in the first down when Bain eased t h r o u g h t a c k l e for ten yards. After t h e first q u a r t e r Hampden Sidney re-sorted, to a g r e a t extent, to kicking and the f o r w a r d pass—both proving f a i l u r e s . Their line could not hold and not once did they make over for-t y yards on a kick. Their forward passes were all intercepted, with one exception, which one was not good for more than five yards. Bur-r e s s and Oakes were responsible for t h e repeated f a i l u r e of t h e i r forward passes. D u r i n g t h e g a m e several new faces came into t h e football world of the I n s t i t u t e . Substitutions in t h e line were f r e q u e n t for V. M. I. Pat Murphy cam» f r om the subs to show his s t r e n g t h at tackle and the re-s u l t s of h i s two years fight on the scrubs stood him in good stead and he proved himself to be a tower of s t r e n g t h . Royall, Wagner and Field were o t h e r men who made good w i th a vengeance, when given a chance to prove t h e i r worth. Every inch was hard f o u g h t for, t h e ball j u m p i n g f r om one end of t he field to the other, but lodging most of t h e time in Hampden Sidney ter-r i t o r y . Several times t h e i r goal Mne 'waa ih danger, but they would kick f r om t h a t e x t r e m e and g i v e V M. 1. more p r a c t i c e in running with the b a l l . THE GAME IN DETAIL The game opened with Carrington k i c k i n g to Gallagher, who r e t u r n ed or a good gain. In the first down Bain h i t s tackle for eight, followefl by Burress through line for five. The first down a g a i n found Bain rid-i n g the line f o r six, followed a,gain by Burress in the third for e i g h t. Tne n e x t two downs were around the e n d s , b r i n g i n g six, but the other four f a i l e d us. Ball goes over. Hamp-den Sidney kick twenty five yards to Gallagher, who makes a good return. The first down drew fifteen around l e f t end. Line plunges followed and f a i l e d . Youell f a i l s at thirty yard drop kick. Hampden Sidney kicks to Burress. Youell drop kicks, no goal. Hampden Sidney kicks to G a l l a g h e r . Youell tries fake kick f o r m a t i o n around left end for no gain. First q u a r t e r end. Score, 0 to 0. McCabe replaces Bain. V. M. I ' s . ball on forty five yard line. Youell drop kicks, no goal. Hamp-den Sidney s t a r t s on j u m p for twen-t y yard run around l e f t end. Hamp-den Sidney try line, but fail to make first down. Ball goes over. V. M. I. t r y f o r w a r d pass, but f a i l. Hampden Sidney kicks. V, M. 1. advances rapidly. Second quarter end, score, 0 to 0. Continued on page 3 Football Schedule Sept. 27-Hampden-Sidney, 0; V. M. I., 9 Oct. 4—William and Mary, in Lexington Oct. 8—University of Mississippi, in Lexington Oct. 18—University of Virginia, in Charltttesville Oct. 25—Baltimore City College, in Lexington Nov. 1—Morris Harvey College, in Lexington Nov. 8-A. & M. of N. C., in Richmond Nov. L5—St. John's, in Lexington Nov. 22—Roanoke College, in Lexington Nov. 27-V. P. L, in Roanoke Alumni Coaches We have heard much of t h e Alumni Coaching system in vogue at other colleges and i n s t i t u t i o n s , and of the difficulty in securing such coaches. We are p a r t i c u l a r l y f o r t u n a t e in this r e s p e c t as all our officers are gradu-a t e s and many of them former play-e r s . This season, without the s l i g h t e s t e f f o r t , a large number of alumni have volunteered to assist Head Coach Poague. Colonels Wise and James, and Captain Purdie of the f a c u l t y are here permanently. Then Tom Poague, Joe Dal ton, Gutierrez, Bob Conrad and Poster Witt, have all happened in to help. Dr. Ran-dolph, the local rector, is also a permanent member of the coaching staff and he alone would be a prize to any t e am in the south that could secure his services. It is univers-a l l y believed t h a t his knowledge of t h e r u l e s and fine points of the game i.s as broad as t h a t of any coach in t h e south. In addition to those who have a l r e a d y r a l l i e d to t h e call Red Moore, Branch Johnston, Hammond Johnson, P e t e r Miller, John Paul and Chief Roller will all he here sooner or l a t e r . Many of these names are enough t o conjure within the foot-ball world. They include two Vir-ginia, seven V. M. 1. and two all Southern captains, a.s well as six men who played on Virginia, and e i g h t who )nade the all Southern t e am d u r i n g t h e i r career We a r e not prepared to say that such a system of coaching is the best, h u t i t is c e r t a i n l y g r a t i f y i n g , since we cannot afford to import expensive a s s i s t a n t s for the physical director and head coach f r om the big colleges t h a t so many alumni are able and w i l l i n g to devote their energies to t h e work of coaching the team. There is always danger that any new system may be prematurely judged. We are satisfied however, t h a t the a g g r e g a t e benefit to be had f r om so many old players will be g r e a t e r than any one of tho.se individ-uals could possibly impart, especialy where counsel ia s o thoroughly united. The old saying, " t w o heads are b e t - t e r than one, even if one is a cab-bage h e a d , " holds true even in coaching and when the extra heads a r e g e n e r a l l y those of men of proven a b i l i t y , it will not be the coaches, but t h e material which must bear t h e r e s p o n s i b i l i t y should success fail us t h i s season. Gillespie to Lead Tennis Team At a meeting of the tennis club held Wednesday V.R. Gillespie, '16, was chosen to fill the position of cap-t a i n for the present season. None of t h e members of last y e a r ' s t e am are back this year, but the prospects for a good t e am are exceedingly bright. With a man of " R o c k ' s " preeminent a b i l i t y to g u i d e the d e s t i n i e s of the t e am we feel the utmost confidence t h a t nothing but victory can be our lot. The fall tournament is now under way and some excellent tennis is be-i n g displayed. While l i t t l e can be judged as yet as to the r e l a t i v e abil-i t i e s of the variuos men the form so f a r shown promises some b e a u t i f ul matches before the championship is decided.

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