VMI Cadet. November 4, 1911

              THE
VOL. V VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE, SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 4. 1911 NO. 7
BOMB CONTRACT YET IN EMBRYO
Notwithatandinf? the fact that an
unusually large number of bidders
have appeared with a large and at-t
r a c t i v e number of propositions for
the 1912 Bomb no decision has as yet
been reached by the editors. Prenent
indications, however point to a
speedy decision in this regard. Work
has been progressing rapidly, never-theless
in the preparation of subject
m a t t e r for the book, su that no time
will be lost a f t e r the m a t t e r of the
contract has been settled s a t i s f a c t o -
r i l y . Though the 1911 Bomb was
s t r i c t l y up to standard in every re-spect,
it is the intention of the pres
ent ftaff to get out an even better
book..and to this end nothing will be
alloooed to stand in the way. As
usual, finances are by no means the
least important factor in g e t t i n g out
t h e book, not only in figuring the
final coat, but in meeting the average
running expenses, and everyone
(houlci take this into consideration
in p a j i n g up on the book.
The editor does not contemplate
any extensive innovations in tne gen-eral
makeup of the annual; but,
with the excellent material availa-ble
in barrack, special stress will be
laid upon the illustrationf-. Among
t h o f e who have signified t h e i r inten-tion
of c o n t r i b u t i n g f e a t u r e s of his
kind are Wiltshire, Brooks, Merry,
Allen, Williams, Wyaor and others.
This does not, however, r e p r e s e n t the
e n t i r e number of men wh" are will-ing
and able to contribute work that
is worthy of p u t t i n g in the Bomb,
and it is hoped that more will con-sider
the matter and at least talk
with the editor on the subject.
DRAMATIC CLUB
Tuesday night a call waf made for
candidates for the Dramatic club and
about eighty nien responded. A
musical comedy is to be put on and a
t i i p arranged for, so with this and
the mandolin club we will be able
to show the alumni what •he corps
can do in thai. line. The following
officers were elected: Manager,
Captain Crowson; assistant manager
and staff manager, Howard, R. ;
property man, Hastie; press agent,
Moore C. ; musical director, Drum-a
n ; wardrobes, Ewing, L. ; electric-ian,
Speer. West Point and all of
the colleges in the South have plays,
HO why can't we have one? Right
now the prospect is b r i g h t e r than
ever, so lets get together and turn
out a gond show.
Miss Gibbs, librarian, has at the
l i b r a ry a number of old invitations
to the Farewell Ball during iS85.-'90,
which corresponds to our Final Ball
of todav. They are in marked con-t
r a s t to those gotten out at the pres-ent
time, but their antiquity and de-sign
are moat interesting. The first
issue of " T h e Bomb" gotten out in
1^85, Eihows j u s t how great a change
has taknn place between the annuals
of that time and those of today. It
gives the lists of fraternities
ht're then with the complete
chapter members, the f r a t e r n i t i es
being Alpha Tau Omega, Kappa
Alpha, Sigma Nu, Kappa Sigma
Kappa, Phi Delta Theta, Sigma Chi.
V. M. 1. SUFFERS FIRST DEFEAT OF
SEASON AT THE HANDS OF VIRGINIA
I CLASS ATHLETICS IN EARNEST
University Team at Its Best While 'Varsity Fails to
Show the Same Form Seen in Earlier Games—
Blocked Punts an Important Factor
in Result
Virginia by displaying f a r better
rootball than in any other game this
year easily defeated V. M. I. Sat-urday
by the score of 22 to 6. Vir-g
i n i a ' s offensive and defensive play
was srtong throuhgout the game and
this with the spectacular work of
Todd, made victory apparenly an
easy one. V. M. I. on the other
hand lacked the team work that they
showed against Davidson and A. and
M., and put up the worst exhibition
of the season. Their interferenci
was not up to the standard and un-til
the fourth q u a r t e r the line did not
show the s t r e n g t h seen heretofore.
Individually the team played well
each man getting into plays that
brought him credit. The concentra-ted
a t t a c k and the ability to stop
their opponents plays were missing.
very dangerous on, two occasions
losing the ball on downs. Each
t e am failed a t a drop and placement
kick. V. M. I. trving both in the
second quarter, while Virginia made
her t r i a l s in the fourth Kingman
was the mo^t consistent gainer for
V. M. I., while Todd and Yeager
were the chief ground gainers for
Virginia. Forward passes were used
with equal success by each team.
THE GAME IN DETAIL
F i r s t Q u a r t e r : V. M. I. kicks
back of goal line. Play started,
V a . ' a ball on their own twenty five
yard ilne. Wood mak«s bad pass
over back's head, but Va. recovtes.
Va. kicks, Witt advancing ball three
yards. V. M. 1. first down no gain.
Moore punts. Todd advancing
A. H. OWEN, Left Tackle
Whose end runs and f a s t work in g e t t i n g down the punts have been a
f e a t u r e of the games this season.
To an outsider it would appear that
Virignia completely outclassed V. M.
I. but it must be said that the team
that represented V. M.l . Saturday
did not show the true class it is cap-able
of. Moore's punts were oi as
g r e a t Ipngth as Virginia's but Todd
and Gooch always brought the ball
back twenty five to thiriy yards,
making Virginia gain on an exchange.
Fum.bles on both side were too fre-c,
uent for good football, but those of
the losers proved the more costly.
Both teams played a punting game,
neither risking anything on a third
down. V i r g i n i a ' s f o r w a r d ' s fine work
in blocking Moore's punts had much
to do with the final score. Only at
times did V. M. I. show their dash
and fight of other games. In the
last q u a r t e r Virginia never becamel
twenty yards. Ball passed over
Goodhue's head, Leech f a l l i n g on it
back of goal. Moore kicks goal.
Score 6 to 0. Va. kicks, Moore
bringing ball back fifteen yards.
Mncre five yards from fake kick
formation, second down. V. M. I.
thrown for two yard loss. Moore
punts outside. Va.'s ball. Youell
i n t e r c e p t s forward pass. V. M. I . 's
ball. Moore kicks. Va.makng fair
catch. Va. kicks. Witt advancing
ball ten yards. First down no gain.
Moore punts, Todd advancing fifte«n
yards. Va. kicks, Moore advancing
two yards. First down no gain.
Moore kicks. Va. downed in tracks.
Va. kicks, Witt making fair catch.
Owen two yards around riglit end.
Moore kicks. Va. kicks, Moore ad-
Continued on patfo 4
The Football Schedule and Results
Sept. 29 -At Lexington : V. M. I., 38; A. M. A., 0.
Oct. 7.—At Roanoke: V. M. L, 5; Davidson, 0.
Oct. 14—At Lexington: V. M. I., 6; N. C. A. & M., 5.
Oct. 21—At Lexington: V. M. I , 25; Randolph-Macon, 0
Oct. 28-At Charlottesville: V. M. L, 6; Virginia, 22
Nov. 4—At Lexington: V. M. L, Richmond College
Nov.ll—At Lexington: V. M. L, Roanoke College
Nov.30--At Roanoke: V. M. I., St. Johns
Totals: V. M. I., 80; Opponents, 27
I t is an assured thing now that
each class will have a team repre-senting.
them in each branch of ath-l
e t i c s that V. M. L supports. Not
only will football be played by class
teams, but baseball, basketball, and
also t r a c k work will be taken up as
the respective seasons roll by. Much
has been done and said along these
lines, but never until this year has
the real live interest taken hold of
all, and this s t a t e of affairs can be
a t t r i b u e d , first to our a t h l e t i c direc-tor,
Captain Brummage, and second
to the good feeling and s p i r i t in and
between classes. It is no one but
Captain Brummage who offered a sil-ver
loving cup to the champions of
1911, in inter class football, and
i t ' s no onn but the classes themselves
t h a t are making the race such an in-t
e r t s t i n g one. But as the time for
the games to be payed draws near
the weeding ou begins, and until it
is definitely decided this week, a
good deal of anxiety has been caused
among the prospectives, as to just
who would be allowed to play on the
class teams. Some insist(>d that
anyone who had received varsity
coaching, that is anyone who had
played either on the varsity squad
or on the scrubs, could not come out
lor class teams. Others were equal-ly
anxious lor the head coach to de
cidr those not eligible, 'till finally
the coach, captains of each class
team and two v a r s i t y r e p r e s e n t a t i v es
met to decide this all important is-sue.
This was decided once for all
Tuesday night for all branches of
class a t h l e t i c s ; that any man hav-ing
participated in a scheduled Varsi-ty
game, for any length of time
whatever, would not be eligible for
class teams in that same branch.
The length of q u a r t e r s were also dis-cussed,
and finally two 9 minute and
two 8 minutes were adopted. Then
arose the question of who would play
who, andw hen. This was soon set-tled
by placing four numbers, repre-s
e n t i n g the classes, in a hat and
drawing out two of them. The first
two were to p l a y , t h e n the remaining
two. The next game was to be be-tween
the loosers of firft series, and
the last between the winners of the
first series. In this way each team
plays two games, and at the end of
the " c l a s s s e a s o n , " each team will
have a place.
The slips bearing " 3 " and " 2"
were the first to be drawn, leaving of
course " l " and " 4 " So on Nov.
15th. the second and third classes
clash. On the 18th the first and
fourth. The following Wednesday the
loosers of the second-third game wijl
pUy the loosers of the first-fourth,
leaving the big deciding game to be
played on Saturday, Nov. 25th.
A moving picture show was given
last Saturday night for the enter-tainment
of the corps. Cadets Ken-nedy,
I'arker, Schmitt, furnithed
music on the piano and violin for
the occasion.
!
The regular meeting of the Epip-
I copal church club was held Wednes-day
night. Mr. Randolph, the rec-tor,
making a very appropriate ad-d
r e i s .