VMI Cadet. December 3, 1928

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V O L . X X I I. L E X I N G T O N , V I R G I N I A , M O N D A Y , DEC. 3, 1928 N o . 11
V. M. I. Triumphs Over V. P. I.
DANCES IN NEW
GYM CLIMAX
THANKSGIVING
Football Statistics
Show Interesting Facts
1 Hawkins
Second Class R i n g F i g u r e Fea-t
u r e F r i d a y N i g h t Hop.
M A N Y ; . : B E A U T I F U L C A L IC
P R E S E N T ,
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Following close upon trie heels of
tilt! sensational win over V. P. I., the
Thanksgiving hops, always enjoy-able,
proved all the more so as tho
result of the memorable victory and
the festive attitude induced by it. All
in all, it had been a week overflow-ing
with joy for the keydets, and the
hops furnished the climax.
The feature of the Friday night
dance was the annual Ring Figure at
which the members of the Second
Class put on their treasured class
rings for the first time. The spac-ious
floor of Ninety-Four Hall was
attractively decorated for the occas-ion
and presented a delightful set-ting
for the colorful ceremony. The
figure was led by Cadets Hawkins
and Chadwick with Miss Clara
Baldwin and Miss Madolyn Air-heart,
respectively. First a "V. M.
I." was formed and then a "3Q,'jthe
numerals of the present SeTOTrri
(Continued on Page Three)
V. M. I. FIRST CLASSMEN
ARE HOSTS TO V. P. I. '29
T w o Classes Meet A t Elks Club
A f t e r Game.
Gained Most
P e r P l a y.
Y a r d s
At the end of this article there are
some interesting data on the work
done by our backs during the season
just completed. In compiling these
data the following was taken into
consideration: The data are based
on gains from the line of scrimmage
and gains from passes were not taken
into account. Neither were losses
due to the passers being rushed add-ed
to the losses of the backs.
It is interesting to note that Haw-kins
carried off the honors of gain-ing
the most ground per play by
averaging 3.9 yards. By losing sev-enty
yards he also lost the most
ground. Captain Barnes is next to
Hawkins on the gain per play basis,
having averaged 3.7 yards per try.
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STATISTICS FAVOR STUDENTS
OF PRIVATE SCHOOLS
After the great game between the
two rival schools, the First Classmen
of V. P. I. and V. M. I. gathered to-gether
at the Elks Home in Roanoke
for the annual Senior banquet at
which the V. M. I, First Class was
the host this year.
The menu was excellent and all
seemed to enjoy being present. The
football game was quickly relegated
to the background and old friend-ships
were renewed and many new
one3 formed among the members of
the ruling classes of the two corps.
The football teams of both schools
were also present and enjoyed the
festivities along with the others.
Jake Summerlin capably filled the
position of toastmaster. He first in-troduced
the President and Vice-
President of the V. P. I. Senior Class
Coi-'inuod on Pane Sir I
Corps Makes
Trip to Roanoke
D a y Is Complete Success.
Leaving the East Lexington Term-inal
aat about 8:30 a. m. after an
early reveille and breakfast, V. M.
I.'s grey clad corps settled comfort-ably
down amid the deep cushions of
the Virginia Creeper and prepared to
await developments. Soon a discon-certing
noise was heard, somewhat
resembling the bellowing of an of-fended
bovine and, after several rath-er
severe jolts, it was surmised that
the trip was actually getting under
w a y ^ s the long train of coaches
gathered momentum, the bellowing
Week before last some of the re-sults
were given of the psychology
test administered to the Fourth
by thasfoc'id « f $WRPsych<fl%y
and Philosophy departments. The
following data presents a different
aspect from that previously publish-ed;
comparing the scores of former
public and private school men, and
state and out of state men.
PUBLIC SCHOOL GROUP (188):
average score, 128.2.
Va. Public School Group (68): av-erage
score, 117.3.
Out-of-State Public Group (120)
average score, 134.5.
PRIVATE SCHOOL GROUP (51)
average score, 136.3.
Va. Private School Group (17)
average score, 133.5.
(Continued on page 5)
Capt "Ab" Barnes, the
raced through t|
sairf" I'oiHr^tfiuchdc
Florida and Citadel
N e w V . M . I. Rivals
G e o r g i a Tech, Hampden-Sidney,
and Roanoke D r o p p e d ; Only
N i n e Games Scheduled.
C O R P S M A Y M A K E RICH-M
O N D OR N O R F O LK
T R I P
FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
1929
Sept. 28—University of Rich-mond
at Lexington, Va.
Oct. 5—Florida, at Jacksonville
or Tampa.
Oct. 12—The Citadel, at Lexing-ton,
Va.
Oct. 19—Virginia, at Charlottes-ville,
Va.
Oct. 26—Maryland, at Rich-mond,
Va.
Nov. 2—Davidson, at Davidson.
Nov. 9—Clemson, at Norfolk,
Va.
Nov. 16—Kentucky, at Lexing-ton,
Va. (Homecoming Day).
Nov. 26—V. P. I., at Roanoke.
CADETS SNATCH 4WAY STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
IN MIGHTY THANKSGIVING DAY BATTLE
Barnes, W a l k e r , H a r n e r , and Scott Score P o i n t s F o r V . M. 1.
P E A K E , T E C H A C E , I S S T O P P E D F O R T H E F I R S T T I M E IN
S E V E R A L Y E A R S A N D IS U N A B L E TO
M A K E I M P R E S S I ON
M a k i n g a b r i l l i a n t ending t o a successful season of f o o t b a l l , the
V . M. I. F l y i n g Squadron last T h u r s d a y smashed, passed, kicked,
and dodged its w a y t o v i c t o r y o v e r V. P. I. on M a h e r F i e l d in Roa-noke.
The b a t t l e w a s a c o l o r f u l one t h r o u g h o u t and the t w e n ty
thousand spectators w h o had g a t h e r e d to see t h e M i l i t a r y Classic
of the Country did not l e a v e disappointed.
T h e Gobblers, by reason of t h e i r unbroken s t r i n g of v i c t o r i es
o v e r southern teams, w e r e slated t o win, but t h e Cadets a g a i n up-set
t h e dope and not only o b l i t e r a t e d all Gobbler hopes f o r South-e
r n C o n f e r e n c e honors, but secured f o r t h e m s e l v e s the V i r g i n ia
s t a t e championship t i t l e as well. It was the e i g h t h v i c t o r y f or
t h e Cadets out of a t o t a l of t w e n t y - s e v e n g a m e s played and V. M.
I . supporters h a v e reason to be proud of t h e i r team. The v i c t o ry
was a clear cut one indeed, and no one can content t h a t the ele-ment
of luck c a r r i e d any appreciable w e i g h t.
I t w a s t h e last g a m e f o r C a p t a i n Barnes, Harner, W a l k e r , Moss,
and H e w l e t t , and t h e y all ended t h e i r g r i d i r o n careers in a blaze
of g l o r y . Barnes, H a r n e r , and W a l k e r scored f i f t e e n of the Ca-dets'
s i x t e e n points and s t a r r e d in o t h e r d e p a r t m e n t s of t h e game,
fe fche l i n e ^ M a s s and H e w l e t t w e r e t o w e r s of - s t r e n g t h On b o t h the
d e f e n s e and the o f f e n s e.
RICHMOND ALUMNI
PLAN CHRISTMAS DANCE
R e v . Churchill Gibson Elected
H o n o r a r y Member of Club.
At the usual monthly meeting of
the Richmond Alumni Club, it was
decided that the "biggest and best
dance ever given by this Club will
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Substantial changes have been no-ticed
in the new football schedule
which has been recently formulated
and completed for the 1929 Flying
'Coutmued on Pa it« it I
Bill Raftery, head coach of the
team that beat V. P. I. and Virginia
in the same year.
HUSSARS HAVE BANQUET
AT THE DUTCH
A now organization known as the
Hussars Club had its first banquet
at the Dutch Inn last Saturday night.
This Club was organized at the be-ginning
of the year and is composed
entirely of first classmen.
This was one of the most success-ful
and novel dinners that has been Ed Hess, who is unexcelled as
line coach, put a strong line in the
field this year.
Early in the first quarter a Gob-bler
touchdown seemed inevitable
when the ball was advanced to the
one yard line. The Cadets held for
downs, however, and the ball went
over. This great display of strength
gave V. M. I. supporters a feeling of
security and foreshadowed the V. M.
I. attack which was to follow.
In the second period, Peake carried
the ball over the goal line for a
touchdown a minute after Brown and
Bailey had blocked and recovered
Barnes' attempted quick kick on the
one yard line. Hooper's try for ex-tra
point failed. The cadets soon re-taliated
when Barnes heaved a long
pass to Walker who raced forty
yards down the field for a touch-down.
Scott's placement kick went
true and gave the Squadron a one
point lead.
V. M. I. scored twice in the third
period. Harner kicked his third
field goal of the year from the 18
yard line. A few minutes later
Barnes dashed off left tackle and
dodged through the entire V. P. I.
team for forty-seven yards and a
touchdown. Harner's place kick for
extra point failed when it was
smothered by the opposing line. The
3cors was now 16-6 and it virtually
clinched the victory for V. M. I.
In the last period Harner tried an-other
placement kick from the twen-ty
yard line but it failed. The game
ended with the ball in V. M. I.'s pos-session
after Walker had intercept-d
a Gobbler pass and returned the
ball to the fifteen yard line.
It was by no means a one man vic-tory
and Captain Barnes was ably
supported by the entire team and
backfield.
Although Peake starred In the V.
P. I. backfield and several times ran
the ball down field for appreciable
gains, he did not measure up to ex-pectations.
The Cadets did not give