VMI Cadet. October 22, 1923

              THE CADET ISSUED BY
THE CORPS OF VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE
VOL. XVII. LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1923 No.
FLYING CADETS TROUNCE VIRGINIA
ON LAMBETH FIELD AGAIN BY 35-0
V. M. I. Smothers University of Virginia
For Second Consecutive Year By
Huge Score
Orange and Blue is Completely Outclassed at Every
Stage of the Game and Fails to Score on Squadron
For Second Successive Time
TRIP TO CHARLOTTESVILLE
WAS ENJOYABLE ONE TO CORPS
FROM EVERY POINT OF VIEW
Before a large crowd, emanated at between 10,000 and 12.000 people, the Flying Squadron
trampled the University of Virginia under foot on Lambeth Field Saturday for the second con-secutive
time by the score cf 35 to 0. Incidentally, it was the second straight year that the
Orange and Blue has failed to register a point against a V. M. I. eleven. Virginia made a brave
stand in the first quarter, but once the Flying Cadets got their end runs, line plunges, and for-ward
passes under way, there was no denying the Lexington machine, and V. M. I. counted in
every period thereafter.
The defeat was a crushing one to Virginia, as they were outplayed and outgeneraled at every
stage of the game. "Benny" Arnold, the Oraimg ; end Blue star drop-kicker, had but one chance
t o try his toe, and he failed miserably on that one attempt.
The University worked several pretty passes for long gains, but when they got within striking
distance of the Cadets' goal posts, the final punch was lacking, and the Cadet line held like a
stone wall.
The real feature of the spectacular battle was the lightning finish of the Flying Squadron
who counted three touchdowns in the fourth quarter, the last one coming with only ten seconds
of time left in which to play.
" W i n d y " White kicked every goal after touchdown, and thus gave V. M. I. f i v e points.
Outplayed in every stage of
t h e game, the Orange and Blue
of Virginia suffered one of the
worst defeats in its history at
the hands of the Cadets last
Saturday by the score of 35 to
0. Virginia's defense was pow-erless,
the V. M. I. backs break-ing
through the line at will and
counting long gains on nearly
every attempt. The line ripped
great holes in the Virginia first
line of defense, and the back-f
i e l d of the victorious Cadets
ploughed through for five
touchdowns.
For the first period, Virginia
•was able to hold the Cadets
scoreless, but f r om then on, Vir-ginia
was helpless. The first
half ended with the count 7 to
0 in V. M. I.'s favor, after Ed
Ryder had snagged a pass from
White o p i o f the air for our
f i r s t touchdown.
In the second part of the
game, V. M. I. opened up a be-wildering
assortment of plays
and the University eleven was
literally smothered beneath the
superior attack of the Flying
Squadron.
" W i n d y " White had a slight
edge on Maphis, of Virginia, in
the exchange of punts, keeping
the ball well in Virginia's terri-t
o r y after the first quarter.
" W i n d y ' s " line plunges were
always good for substantial
gains, and his forward passing
was one of the outstanding making the last one with only
bright spots of the encounter, ten seconds to play. His general-
" W e r t " Faulkner, at quarter, ship was superb, and he was al-was
responsible for two of the ways there with a cool head and
t o u c h d o w n s c r e d i t e d t o V . M . I., - "continued on r « B e fi™o
THE L I N E - UP
V. M. I. Virginia.
Watkins Brown
L e f t End.
Barbour ... Blackford (Capt.)
L e f t Tackle.
Hammond Hall
L e f t Guard.
Ferguson Walker
Center.
McCracken Weaver, J.
Right Guard.
Denton Winston
Right Tackle.
Carlton (Capt.) Diffey
Right End.
Faulkner Arnold
Quarterback.
Ryder Maphis
L e f t Halfback.
Caldwell ...„ Loth
Right Halfback.
White Wilson
Fullback.
Score by quarters:
V. M I.
University of Virginia
SUMMARY
0 7 7 21—35
0 0 0 0—0
Substitutions—(V. M. I,)—Clements for Hammond; Hope for Mc-
Cracken; Pillow for Watkins; Baughan for Pillow; Wilson for Fer-guson;
Attwell for Caldwell.
( V i r g i n i a ) — M c C o y for Loth; Holland for Brown; R. Weaver for
Winston; Foster for Arnold; Little for Hubbard; Baldwin for R.
Weaver; Hubbard for McCoy; Loth for Maphis.
Time of periods—IB minutes.
Officials—Referee: M a g o f f i n (Michigan). Umpire: Streit (Au-burn).
Head Linesman: Harrison ( W . & L.).
All Arrangements Are Made Well, and the Men
Conducted Themselves in Excellent Manner
—Big "Snake Dance" After Game
The Corps gave an excel. S
account of itself at the game, to
say the least. The backing of
Taken from every angle, the
trip of the entire Cadet Corps
to Charlottesville on last Satur-day
was one of the best outings | the team was splendid, and the
ever taken by the "Keydets." j appearance of the little Red,
Everything moved smoothly, White and Yellow megaphones
and there was no long delay at j added greately to the local col-any
stage. The trains were onjor, as well as being a source o$
time both going over to Char-, unlimited increase in the vol-]
lottesville and returning to j ume of the vocal e f f o r t s of thq
Lexington and this was a source j Corps when the "Big Team"1
of great pleasure to every man,
as there is nothing that tears
clown the morale of a body of
men as will a long period of
waiting or inactivity.
came through so nobly time aft-*
er time.
The battalion, under the com«
srnand of Colonel Harding Polk,
Commandant of Cadets, en-t
The seating capacity at L a m - | t r a i n e d a t L e x i n g t o n < f o r C h a r -
beth FieM f o r the game was ex- lottesville, at 8:20 a. m., and ar.
cellent, the Cadets being put in
sections I) and E of the stad-ium,
these seats having been re-served
for V. M. I. in advance.
1925 B U L L E T STAFF
IS A N N O U N C E D BY THE
EDITORS OF HANDBOOK
Experienced Men Are On Staff,
and Bullet Is Expected To Be
Up To the Usual Standard
This Year.
The myriad of details that
were encountered in the begin-ning
of the 1925 Bullet have
been worked out, and at the
present time everything is run-ning
along as well as could be
expected.
The Bullet is to be organized
and developed in a very syste-matic
manner this year. At
the meeting of the editorial
staff last Sunday, a complete
plan of the Bullet was agreed
upon and every man is working
diligently on the first section.
Each section will be worked out
in turn and it is the hope of the
staff that all work will be ready
f o r the printer before the
Christmas holidays.
The literary and business
staff of the Bullet is composed
of competent men who have had
more or less experience in their
respective departments. They
are as follows:
Editor-in-Chief—R. W. Wells.
Assistant Editor — F. K.
Clements.
(Continued on Page Four)
rived upon the "scene of action'11
shortly after noon. The mertl
were dismissed then until 1:30(
p. m., at which time a check for-<
mation was held for the Corps;
to anarch to the game.
The companies passed in re«
view in a company front ort
Lambeth Field before the great?
crowd just before the game got!
under way, and then filed di-t
rectly to their seats in the sec-n
tions set aside for them. The
review was excellent, and tho
megaphones over the righfc
shoulder added just enough col*
or to the Cadet Gray. ,
A t the conclusion of the(
gatoie, a "Snake Dance" was<
held on the field in which caw
dets, officers of the Institute*
and alumni, alike, joined in.
was one of the biggest affairs?
ever seen on Virginia's home
field, and the cadets were filled,
with the proper amount of en*
thusiasm necessary to make thai
parade " g e t across" as it should.
A f t e r the dance, the men were
again free until 6:30 p. m. when
assembly was sounded for th<t
Corps to entrain again for th^
return trip to Lexington. Bar*
racks were reached shortly aft-er
11 p. m., and every man was
of the opinion that the day hacl
been a perfect one in every re-<
spect. |
The Corps is to be complU
mented upon its general appear*
ance and actions while in Char-*
lottesville. I