VMI Cadet. November 15, 1913

              THE CADET
VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE, SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 15. 1913 NO. 9
V. M. L, ]L; N. C. A. &M., 7
Remarkable Victor
Aggies Heavi
Punting
, on by Team Fighting Against Great Odds-
Team Played in Years—Captain Youell's
jnd the Undying Spirit of Team
Brings Victory
ENJOYABLE TIME HAD BY 1 SANGUINARY CONFLICT
ALL IN RICHMOND
'15 and '16 Clash in First Annual
Free for All
Nov. 8, 1913 will go duwn in In-s
t i t u t e h i s t o r y as one of t h e g r e a t e st
of days. On t h i s d a t e the f o o t b a ll
t e am met t h e s t u r d y sons of North
C a r o l i n a A. and M. in one of the
most e x c i t i n g g a m e s ever w i t n e s s ed
in Richmond. The t d v a n c e i n f o r m a -
t i o n and dope all tended t o show
t h a t we w e r e to be beaten and the
only q u e s t i o n a r g u e d was the size of
t h e score they would make. But
" t h e best laid plans of mice and
men gang a f t a g l a y , " as Colonel
Bobby Burns once r e m a r k e d , and so
i t was on t h i s occasion, for a f t e r a
t e r r i f i c s t r u g g l e t h e speedy r e p r e s e n -
t a t i v e s of V. M. I. emerged victor-ious
by a score of 14 t o 7. Two
touchdowns and a s a f e t y spelled de-t
e a t for the boys f r o m the " O ld
N o r t h S t a t e ."
S u p e r b g r i t and u n p a r a l l e d game-n
e s s w e r e t h e deciding f a c t o r s . We
w e r e outweighed almost twenty
pounds t o t h e man, and i t was f r e e ly
p r e d i c t e d that our line would soon
c r u m b l e under the connonball as-s
a u l t s of the Tar Heels, b u t to t he
s u r p r i s e of all t h e i r h e a v y b a c k s were
t h r o w n t i m e a f t e r t i m e for l i t t l e or
no g a i n and o f t e n f o r losses. Only at
one period d u r i r c : t h e game did t h e ir
much heralded a t t a c k avail a g a i n st
our stubborn defense. During the
l a s t p a r t of t h e t h i r d q u a r t e r and the
first of the f o u r t h t h e y carried the
b a l l for over fifty yards on s t r a i g ht
l i n e p l u n g i n g and w e r e not stopped | s t r o n g game
u n t i l they had scored. Our light | d e f e n s i v e l y .
and Youell got no chance to t r y for
goal. The final p o i n t s w e r e made on
a n o t h e r bad pass by Plj^er. With
Van B r o c k l i n r e a d y to k i c k f r om be-h
i n d t h e l i n e , t h e A g g i e s ' c e n t e r once
more passed the ball far out of
r e a c h . The l i t t l e red h a i r e d q u a r t er
t r i e d to redeem the s i t u a t i o n by
k i c k i n g a f t e r he recovered t h e b a l l,
b u t Lowry, S., blocked the t r y and
f e l l on it f o r a touchdown. Strange
t o say Youell missed the goal al-t
h o u g h the a n g l e was not difficult.
As has been said before, t h e Tar
H e e l ' s score was the r e s u l t of a
s e r i e s of s m a s h i n g p l a y s which brook-ed
no r e s i s t a n c e.
The e n t i r e t e am played as never
b e f o r e . Lowry, S., and R i c h a r d s at
ends were on t h e ball like a flash
and covered Y o u e l l ' s long p u n t s to
p e r f e c t i o n , n a i l i n g t h e r u n n e r almost
b e f o r e he c a u g h t the b a l l . Clark-son
and Youell at tackles, were al-ways
in e v e r y p l a y and stopped many
a promising r u n b e f o r e i t was s t a r t -
ed. Cammer, M a r s h a ll and B e a s l e y,
t h e center t r i o , did yoeman s e r v i ce
on every occasion and their fierce
c h a r g i n g more t h a n offset t h e super-
1 i o r w e i g h t of t h e i r opponents. Of
batiks were not able to do much
t h r o u g h the line, but t o r e off many
long runs around t h e ends. Hutch-inson
and Bain shone b r i l l i a n t l y in
t h i s way.
In t h e final a n a l y s i s t h e g a m e was
won on the phenomenal k i c k i n g of
"VoueP and t h e quickness of our men
t o t a k e a d v a n t a g e of every opening.
Youell outpunted Van Brocklin by
n e a r l y three yards to one, and his
long s p i r a l s kept A. and M. almost
c o n t i n u a l l y on the defensive. He
seemed to be able to kick any dis-t
a n c e he chose and his p l a c i n g was
r e m a r k a b l e . Our first score came
a f t e r he had punted nearly sixty
y a r d s to t h e A g g i e ' s five yard line.
Van Brocklin dropped back to kick
t o s a f e t y , but Plyer, who was badly
off in his passing, t h r o u g h o u t the
game, hurled the ball f a r over his
head, and before he could recover
t h e e n t i r e V. M. I. t e am was upon
h im and he was thrown behiud the
line for a s a f e t y . The second score
came as a r e s u l t of quick work by
H u t c h i n s o n . With t h e ball in A. and
M . ' s possession on their own t h i r ty
y a r d mark they a t t e m p t e d a plunge
t h r o u g h our r i g ht tackle. Osborne
f u m b l e d and the ball rolled a i m l e s s ly
a l o n g the ground behind V. M. I 's
l i n e . Quick ae a flash Hutchinson
crossed over f r om l e f t half and se-c
u r i n g the ball on a high bounce
dashed through a broken field for a
touchdown. The kick out was mis.^ed
t h e backfield men H u t c h i n s o n show-ed
to the OTpatest advantage. His
t a c k l i n g was fierce and hard, and his
b r i l l i a n t dashes around end and off
t a c k l e e l e c t r i f i e d t h e crowd on many
occasions. Bain, at t h e o t h e r h a l f,
did b e a u t i f u l work and played
b o t h offensively and
Oakes, at f u l l , shone
The e n t i r e f o o t b a l l squad and those
who were f o r t u n a t e enough to be
a b l e to accompany the team had a
v e r y enjoyable stay in Richmond.
The alumni of t h a t city w e r e excep-t
i o n a l l y h e a r t y in t h e i r s u p p o r t and.
l a v i s h in their h o s p i t a l i t y . The
t e am waa met at the s t a t i o n by a
l a r g e crowd of s u p p o r t e r s and imme-d
i a t e l y conveyed in a u t o m o b i l e s to
t h e C o u n t r y Club, w h i c h was i t s head-q
u a r t e r s before the game S a t u r d ay
a f t e r n o o n . Everything possible was
done f o r t h e c o m f o r t and p l e a s u r e of
t h e men and t h e management of t he
c l u b ought t o be h e a r t i l y t h a n k e d f or
t h e way t h e y t r e a t e d t h e team. Of
course n o t h i n g much could be done
by the f o o t b a l l men until a f t e r t he
game, but t h e e n t e r t a i n m e n t f u r n i s h -
ed S a t u r d a y night more than made
up for t h e enforced i d l e n e s s of F r i -
day night and S a t u r d a y morning.
The dance a t t h e Country Club was a
most e n j o y a b l e a f f a i r , and those of
t h e Cadets who a t t e n d e d reported a
g l o r i o u s t i m e . Those who went to
see " H a p p y H o o l i g a n " at t h e Bijou
c l a im t h a t t h e y had s o m e t h i n g on all
o t h e r s , but are stoutly opposed by
t h e dancers. After the dance and
t h e a t r e , however, came the crown-i
n g e v e n t the b a n q u e t a t the Com-m
e r c i a l club. A suberb spread as
s e r v e d and t h e e x c e l l e n c e of he meal
was surpassed only by the h i l a r i ty
of t h e g u e s t s . It was well i n t o Sun-day
morning before the meeting
broke up. The t e am had to leave
r a t h e r early SundJ.y morning and
when the t i m e came to l e a v e , d e p a r t -
ed w i t h e r e a t r e l u c t a n c e . The Rich-mond
alumni a r e c e r t a i n l y the best
bunch on e a r t h , and " w h a t it t a k es
t o show a t e a m a good time, t h e ' ve
g o t . "
b r i l l i a n t l y , h i s b a c k i n g up of t h e l i ne
b e i n g p a r t i c u l a r l y noticeable. Bur-r
e s s , who replaced Oakes when the
l a t t e r was i n j u r e d , proved himself
a s t a r , his line p l u n g i n g n e t t i n g sev-eral
s u b s t a n t i a l gains. Last but by
no means l e a s t , was Lowry, W, B.,
a t q u a r t e r b a c k . This youngster,
w e i g h i n g only 120 pounds, ran the
t e am with t h e skill and p r e c i s i o n of
a v e t e r a n , and showed some r u n n i ng
back of p u n t s t h a t was t r u l y remark-a
b l e .
For A. and M., Van Brocklin,
t h o u g h u n f o r t u n a t e in that he was
t w i c e the goat, played g r e a t ball
and r a n his t e am in good s t y l e . Ten-ney
was t h e i r b e s t ground g a i n e r and
McHenry in the line charged hard
a t all times.
The d e t a i l e d account of the game
as sent to L e x i n g t o n over a special
w i r e , f o l l o w s:
Wireless
A. and M.
McHenry
Young
F e t e r b e r
Van Brocklin
Osborne
S u l l i v an
Tenny
O . A n t h o ny
H u r t t
G. Anthony
P l y e r
C i p t a in
P o s i t i on
r i g h t guard
r i g h t t a c k le
r i g h t end
q. back Lowry,
l e f t half
r i g h t half
V. M. I.
Marshall
C l a r k s on
R i c h a r d s
W. B.
Bain
Oakes
f u l l back
l e f t end
H u t c h i n s o n .
Lowry, S.
l e f t t a c k le
l e f t g u a rd
c e n t e r
H u r t t won the
Youell
Cammer
B e a s l ey
t o s s and
Continued on paice 8
One t h i n g j u s t noticed in b a r r a c ks
i s t h e a p p e a r a n c e of several shiny
w i r e s r u n n i n g f r om the tower of the
Academic building across over the
c o u r t y a r d to the tower of barracks.
Much d i s c u s s i o n was at first held, as
t o w h e t h e r t h e y were merely the in-v
e n t i o n of some t h i r d classman by
means of which cowbells m i g h t be
r u n g at unseemly hours, or whether
t h e y were possibly some device to
p r e v e n t t h e Academic b u i l d i n g f r om
f a l l i n g backward into the Nile.
F i n a l l y some sage, name unknown,
came f o r t h w i t h the i n f o r m a t i o n t h at
i t was some sort of t e l e g r a p h.
Indeed it was no less t h a n a wire-l
e s s . the I n s t i t u t e , owing to t h e com-bined
e f f o r t s of t h e p r o f e s s o r and as-s
i s t a n t of E l e c t r i c a l engineering, at
l a s t p o s s e s s i n g one of these modern
f o r m s of communication. Just why
a w i r e l e s s is r e a l l y needed here is not
a t present known. Possibly it will
p r o v i d e another extension of the
e l e c t r i c a l e n g i n e e r i n g course.
As yet no final a d j u s t m e n t s seem
t o have been made and seemingly
not much has been accomplished, be-s
i d e s the actual work of s t r i n g i ng
t h e a n t e m a . It is r e p o r t e d , however,
t h a t a f t e r a long time of arduous
l i s t e n i n g in the receiver, several
c l i c k s could be heard. We venture
no e x p l a n a t i o n as to t h i s source.
The c l a s s s e r i e s opened r a t h e r in-a
u s p i c o u s l y l a s t Wednesday when the
second and t h i r d cass t e a m s played
t o a 6 to 2 score—or was it 6 to 8!
Nobody seems to know e x a c t l y at
p r e s e n t and there is a p r o b a b i l i ty
t h a t t h e game will be p l a y e d over iir
consequence. The c h a r g e s and speci-fications
are as f o l l o w s:
C h a r g e — T h a t the home p l a t e , OB
d u t y as a goal line, was t r i u m p h a n t -
ly crossed by ' 1 6 in t h e l a s t minute
of play, t h e r e b y e a r n i n g a v i c t o r.
S p e c i f i c a t i o n s — T h e t w o teams w e re
d r a g g e d f r o m t h e i r r e s p e c t i v e " h a y s "
by t h e i r mor e n t h u s i a s t i c c l a s s m a t e s,
and a p p e a r e d on the h i l l arrayed in
a l l t h e f o o t b a l l p a r a p h e r n a l i a c o l l e c t -
ed in b a r r a c k s since H u n t e r ' s raid,
and t h i r s t i n g for each o t h e r s gore.
T h e i r e n t h u s i a sm r e c e i v e d a set back
on being informed t h a t t h e V a r s i ty
needed t h e f o o t b a l l field f o r t h e usuai
" B l o o d y W e d n e s a y " scrmmage. Af-t
e r some d i s c u s s i o n it was decided ta
p l a y the game on t h e baseball dia-mond,
but by an u n f o r t u n a t e ever
s i g h t t h e r e f e r e e and head linesman
w e r e not d e f i n i t e l y i n s t r u c t e d as to
t h e position of t h e goal lines. But
of this more h e r e a f t e r . Gutierez
a c t e d in t h e f o r m e r c a p a c i t y f o r the
first half of the game, and scored a
b r i l l i a n t success—nobody understood
h i s v e r d i c t s , and hence nobody could
d i s p u t e them.
The game s t a r t e d w i t h ' 1 6 k i c k i ng
t o ' 1 5 , the l a t t e r d e f e n d i n g t h e gen-e
r r il d i r e c t i o n ot h e a d q u a r t e r s . On
t h e first a t t e m p t t h e ball disappear-ed
in t h e crowd and was next dis-covered
in t h e hands of a t h i r d class-man
a m b i t i o u s l y headed for Lexing-ton
and glory. Public opinion not
f a v o r i n g this play, the kickoff was
encored. This t i m e Hagan c a p t u r ed
t h e oval and ran it back about ten
y a r d s . Then began a f u r i o u s s t r ug
g l e , n e i t h e r t e am b e i n g able to g a ia
c o n s i s t e n t l y . The t h i r d class depen»
ded mainly on line smashes, while
t h e second class used end r u n s and
f o r w a r d passes. The p u n t i n g of Me-
Cormick gave ' 1 6 a decided advan-t
a g e in the first quarter, but they
were u n a b l e to score, owing to '15'
ine s t i f f e n i n g and end runs by Lewis,
S , , and Hagan, J. The q u a r t e r end-ed
w i t h the ball in 1 6 ' s possession in
m i d f i e l d — n e c e s s a r i l y , for the field
had no ends.
At the beginning of the second
q u a r t e r '15 held for do«ns, and Mc-
Cormick punted almost to the post
a d j u t a n t ' s office. Baughm a t t e m p t -
ed to run it back, but was promptly
s p i l l e d by ' 1 6 ' s ends, and " G u t"
r u l e d a s a f e t y . The q u a r t e r ended
w i t h the ball in midfield, as above,,
and the n o n c o m b a t a n t s of t h e oppos-.
i n g c l a s s e s h u r ' e d defiance and abu-.
s i v e e p i t h e t f r om t h e i n t r i c a t e mazes:
of the s n a k e dance. Also much pie
was r e c k l e s s l y wagered.
I n the third quarter ' 1 5 came
back with a rush. Massie, N.,
k i c k e d off to F e l t e r o l f , who r e t u r n ed
five yards. Sixteen could not gain
on two l i n e smashes and a f o r w a rd
p a s s was s m e a r e d by Lewis, S., the
Call g o i n g over on downs. Baughm
g a i n e d fifteen yards around l e f t end.
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