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v^^^ J VOL. V VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE, SATURDAY. DECEMBER 9. 1911 NO. 12 A REVIEW OF THE SEASON Every Cadet and V. M. I. support-er is very well pleased with the rec-ord of the lootball team of 1911. And they can well be f o r not only did it come through with a big per-cent of games won but every man on i t did his beat at all times and prov-ed himself worthy of the respect and a d m i r a t i o n of all. Every man wai a l w a y s doing his best for his t e am and alma mater. From the very b e g i n n i n g each man seemed d e t e r - mined to make 1911 the banner year in football and the r e s u l t s of the e i g h t games played ehows he did much toward making it a v e r y good one. Not the' laige&t and eldest m a t e r i a l was on hamls Sept. 1st, but a very w i l l i n g and d e t e r m i n e d bunch ol men who e x p r e s s e d themselves as out for the season to do t h e i r beHt f o r the team. Nearly every man who s t a r t e d the season oh the squad s t a y e d until the end. The second t e am composed mostly of fourth classmen was a loyal and f a i t h f ul squad, with each man on it trying h a r d to k e e p the V a r s i t y men light-i n g a t all times. I n t h e f i r s t two games the men s t u c k to s t r a i g h t f o o t b a l l . The A. M. A. game was won on plays which c o n s t i t u t e a p a r t of the rudi- , m e n t a r y game. The offense in the f i r s t hard game with Davidson at Roanoke a g a i n showed only s t r a i g ht f o o t b a l l . At all t i m e s d u r i n g the season the s t r o n g e t t c h a r a c t e r i s t i c of t h e t e a m ' s | p l a y i n g wae the^oldjsystem of r u s h i n g the b a l l . The t e am show-ed a b i l i t y to p l a y this r u s h i n g game and in every game w o n , t h i s s t y l e of p l a y was used at t h e best t i m e . E v e ry t e am met t h i s season was swept off i t s f e e t in t h e b e g i n n i n g by t h i s t e r - r i b l e rush. As t h e season progress-ed a v a r i e d s t y l e of play was learned and used to good a d v a n t a g e . The success of the t e am cannot be laid to any system or style of play or to any break of luck, but can be con-t r i b u t e d Jonly to each and every m a n ' s desire and d e t e r m i n a t i o n to do h i s best. Not only did he intend to do his best but every i n t e n t i o n was backed up by hard and conscientious work, i n j u r i e s k e p t not only a few of t h e best men out, but was most dis h e a r t e n i n g at times. Four of the best men were kept out of t h e game f o r f r om two to t e n weeks. In s p i te of these m i s f o r t u n e s the fighting s p i r i t of tfte men never wavered. All the poHsible confidence was plac-ed in those who were chosen to re-place those of the crippled list, and t h e practice and preparation was continued j u s t as e n t h u s i a s t i c a l l y. Only one d e f e a t breaks into the s t r i n g of victories. No excuse made or offered for t h i s other than t h a t which comes to every t e am in i t s season. That d r e a d f u l condition which is termed a " s l u m p " struck t h e team at the time ol its most i m p o r t a n t game. Not always does t h i s condition come at the c r i t i c al t i m e , but it did this year and it re-s u l t e d very badly. Fortunately, however, it did not s t a y with us and f o r the balance of the season the t e am was at its best. As the football curtain is rung down on 1911 we must say the sea son was a v ery good one. Seven games won and one lost. Two hun- SECOND CLASS AT LAST WIN OUT Continual on pave ^ At la»t s o m e t h i n g has happened to d i s t u r b the old story in t h e second and t h i r d class game, and the play-r s on both sides seem m i g h t i l y re-lieved to find that they no longer need to play against each other very week. The e n t h u s i a sm had died down considerably, although every man fought his hardest, t h e r e were very few in the other c l a s i e s who r e a l l y seemed to g i v e much thought t o which team finally won juBt so pomebody did and got t h e suspense over with. Of course t h e r e was much i n t e r e st t a k e n on one account and there will be a n o t i c e a b l e f e a t u r e at each mess in the messhall for the next two or t h r e e months, and a s t r a n g e r looking in might think it s t r a n g e t h a t sn many " K e y d e t s " seemed to have lost t h e i r a p p e t i t e for pie so sudden-ly, while o t h e r s have e x t r e m e cases of the " r u b b e r s ' " — b u t j u s t let him ask the " f a s t i n g o n e s " and h e ' lj find out all right. But such is " K e y d e t " l i f e! A l t h o u g h the score was so close, i t does not r e a l l y show the compara-t i v e p l a y i n g of the two teams. The second class had a decided a d v a n t a ge throughout the whole game, being close enough to t h e i r opponents goal t o try for goals from the field on t h r e e d i f f e r e n t occasions, and advanc-i n g the ball tu the one yard line once. Here the t h i r d class showed t h e i r fighting s p i r i t though, an the ball was held r i g h t in t h e same spot for the t h r e e downs, from where it was kicked out of danger by Rice. The losers pulled off several g9od f o r w a r d p a s s e s , s h o w i n g g r e a t a b i l i ty a t executing them, but outsidfl of t h e s e they played an almost steady k i c k i n g game, never being within s t r i k i n g distance of t h e i r opponents g o a l . J The second classi lost a splendid chance for a touchdown in the first q u a r t e r . [McKinney went right t h r o u g h the line on a delayed buck and was almost over the goal line when the ball slipped f r om his hands and t h e third class f e l l on it. The p l a y i n g of Clark for the sec-ond class was e s p e c i a l l y b r i l l i a n t, h i s running back of punts being as good as has been seen in any class games for many days, on one occa-sion carry i n g t h e ball for f o r t y yards t h r o u g h a broken field, every man on t h e other team t a k i n g a t a c k l e at h im b e f o r e he was finally overhauled and downed. At no time did he f a i l to gain considerable ground in t h i s work. K n i g h t , for the third class a l so did some nice receiving, getting away for several long g a i n s on ac-count of his speed. He almost got e n t i r e l y away once, but was finally r u n out of bounds. T h e r e was a great deal of time t a k e n out by bo.h teams, but not n e a r l y as much as might have been expected considering the condition of t h e men. For the second claB» C l a r k e was eadily the star, makingr the only score of the game, and running his t e am in p e r f e c t style. McKinney a l s o did splendid work, never f a i l - i n g to advance the ball when it was given to him. Other men d e s e r v i ng c r e d i t were Robertson, Mitchell and C h r i s t i a n , C. Riser, Rice and Knight played t h e best game for t h e t h i r d c l a f s. The final game of t h e season to be played today between thn second and first class for the championship promises to be one] of the hard-e s t fought seen in a good while, as both teams a r e working hard to get i n t o condition At p r e s e n t the first c l a s s seems to be the f a v o r i t e , on account of its s u p e r i o r i t y in weight, bnt you never can t e l l! Oh, yes, I had almost f o r g o t t e n! The score of the g a m e ? It was 3 to 0. The line up of the two t e a m s was as f o l l o w s: Position R. E. R. T. R. G. C. L. G. L. T. L. E. 1913 McMillin Creswell Gait Robertson Mitchell C h r i s t i an Gerow 1914 Clement Munce Saddle R i s e r R u t h e r f o rd Rohrbough B u r r e ss Clarke, S a t t e r f i e l d Q. Knihgt Richards R. H. Sutton, Royall McKinney L. H. Rice Murrill F. Coburn PROSPECTS FOR NEXT TfEAR Thanksgiving Hop The hops held last Friday and S a t u r d a y n i g h t s proved most e n j o y a - b l e to all those a t t e n d i n g . The num^ ber of girls was not as l a r g e as it h a s been the custom to see up at T h a i i k s g i v i n ? , but quality and not q u a n t i t y was the c h a r a c t e r i s t i c fea-t u r e of t h e evenings. The V. M. I. o r c h e s t r a furnished the music and t h e i r w a l t z e s seemed to have imbued many with the desire for fancy steps , for " T h e B o s t o n " and " D r op S t e p ' * were v e r y much in evidence. Among thope d a n c i n g were: Miss L a n t z w i t h Cadet Banning. Miss Baker with Cadet Bryan. Miss P i e r c e with Cadet K r a f t. Miss Bradford with Cadet Dalton. Miss T a l i a f e r r o w i t h Cadet Witt. Miss Lloyd w i t h Cadet Templeton. Miss J a m e s w i t h Cadet James. R. Miss G a i t w i t h Cadet Gali. Miss J o n e s w i t h Cadet Dixon. Miss West w i t h Ca j e t C a r t e r. MiEs Perkinson with Cadet Mar-s h a l l , S. Miss C a r r i n t g o n with Cadet Pren-t i s s . Miss Robinson with Cadet Coul bourn. Miss Temple with Cadet Miller. Miss McElheney with Cadet Bowles. Miss Cross with Cadet Merian. MiBi> Rountree with Cadet Roun-t r e e . Miss Edwards w i t h C a d e t H o w a r d , R. Miss Gordon with Cadet H a r r i f. Miss McClure with Cadet Blom q u i s t . Miss G a r r e t t with Cadet Eastham. Miss Dalton with Cadet McCor-mick. Miss Vaughan with Cadet K n i g h t. Miss Bowman with Cadet Stroud. Miss Conway with Cadet H a t h a - way. The chaperones were: Mrs. Gleaves, Miss Carroll, Mrs. Scott, Mrs. Cross, M r s . C h r i s t i a n , Mrs.Con-way, Mrs. Bradford. J . P. Wilson, e x - ' l l , has success-f u l l y passed the recent e x a m i n a t i o ns i n t o the U. S. army. The p r o s p e c t s for f o o t b a l l f o r next year seem very bright at this time. Every schopl at the end of t ^ e foot ball season always has bright prps-p e c t s but the m a t e r i a l on hand at V. M. I. t h i s year seems to be d i f f e r e nt f r om t h a t which ends t h e s e a s o n ordi-n a r i l y . Only four of the emblem men g r a d u a t e . Only t h r e e men are second classmen. Quarterback W i t t, r i g h t guard Dalton, l e f t t a c k l e Owen and center P u r d i e go out in t h e class of 1912. These men will be very h a r d to r e p l a c e . In f a c t it will be impossible t o put men in t h e i r places who will play as did these men. The best we can hope to do is to fill ihe places as best we can and hope to t e a c h and d r i l l t h em u n t i l they can l e a r n t h e game a t the positions va-cated. Patterson, who has worked so well behind the line, is looked to a s m a t e r i a l for t h e p o s i t i o n at cen-t e r . With his d e f e n s i v e a b i l i t y and knowledge of t h e backfield positions he ought to be a g r e a t man for t h at place. Hathaway is looked to t a k e O w e n ' s place at t a c k l e . Hath-away is the only man on the squad who can come anywhere near filling t h e place. He is a good b i g f a s t ag-g r e s s i v e man, and ought to mak« a g r e a t man at t a c k l e . Dalton's p l a ce a t g u a r ] cannot be h l l e d by any man now in school. Sommers, who has played s u b s t i t u t e guard this y e a r is t h e best in school for t h e p l a c e . He p l a y s j u s t as a g g r e s s i v e l y as Dalton. but dnes not have the weight f o r the place. Sommers is a very young man and it is hoped he will fill out some by n e x t y e a r . If he had the weight of Dalton we could hope to have the position filled very well for Sommers works hard. At t h e q u a r t - e r b a c k position we will have to look a long t i m e to get t h e man for the place t h a t Witt was. Witt was one of t h e g r e a t e s t l i t t l e men who ever r a n a team f r om t h a t position. Not t h e best and the most sensational man on the field, b u t one of t h e most r e l i a b l e . Witt a t t h e s a f e t y position could always be expected to catch t h e ball and r e t u r n i t f o r a certain d i s t a n c e . Never was t h e r e any f e ar t h a t he would f u m b l e it, which made t h e f o r w a r d men more confident al-ways. As an offensive man at run-n i n g the t e am he was h a r d to b e a t. His headwork in calling the plays was good and he always r a n in the i n t e r f e r e n c t well. V. M. I truly lost a s t a r when Witt finished the game a g a i n s t St. Johns a t Roanoke. For his place a r e H a w k i n s and Ben-d e r , two very good f o u r t h classmen. Also Miller, a lad f r om Richmond, is expected to make a t r y for the p l a c e next year. Hawkins and Bender played every day on the scrubs this fall and both men look l i k e good material for the place. Hawkins is very l i g h t , but handles t h e ball in the s a f e t y position a« well ae W i t t . On the offense in call-i n g the plays he is inexperienced. He shows the g r e a t e s t willingness and will b e f o r e he finishes V. M. I. make her a great quarterback. Bender is a l a r g e r man and has h id some e x p e r i e n c e at the position. For the other positions, the men who filled them this year all e x p r e ss t h e i r intentions of r e t u r n i n g next y e a r . Kingman and Leech at halves Continued on pago 4
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Full Text Search | v^^^ J VOL. V VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE, SATURDAY. DECEMBER 9. 1911 NO. 12 A REVIEW OF THE SEASON Every Cadet and V. M. I. support-er is very well pleased with the rec-ord of the lootball team of 1911. And they can well be f o r not only did it come through with a big per-cent of games won but every man on i t did his beat at all times and prov-ed himself worthy of the respect and a d m i r a t i o n of all. Every man wai a l w a y s doing his best for his t e am and alma mater. From the very b e g i n n i n g each man seemed d e t e r - mined to make 1911 the banner year in football and the r e s u l t s of the e i g h t games played ehows he did much toward making it a v e r y good one. Not the' laige&t and eldest m a t e r i a l was on hamls Sept. 1st, but a very w i l l i n g and d e t e r m i n e d bunch ol men who e x p r e s s e d themselves as out for the season to do t h e i r beHt f o r the team. Nearly every man who s t a r t e d the season oh the squad s t a y e d until the end. The second t e am composed mostly of fourth classmen was a loyal and f a i t h f ul squad, with each man on it trying h a r d to k e e p the V a r s i t y men light-i n g a t all times. I n t h e f i r s t two games the men s t u c k to s t r a i g h t f o o t b a l l . The A. M. A. game was won on plays which c o n s t i t u t e a p a r t of the rudi- , m e n t a r y game. The offense in the f i r s t hard game with Davidson at Roanoke a g a i n showed only s t r a i g ht f o o t b a l l . At all t i m e s d u r i n g the season the s t r o n g e t t c h a r a c t e r i s t i c of t h e t e a m ' s | p l a y i n g wae the^oldjsystem of r u s h i n g the b a l l . The t e am show-ed a b i l i t y to p l a y this r u s h i n g game and in every game w o n , t h i s s t y l e of p l a y was used at t h e best t i m e . E v e ry t e am met t h i s season was swept off i t s f e e t in t h e b e g i n n i n g by t h i s t e r - r i b l e rush. As t h e season progress-ed a v a r i e d s t y l e of play was learned and used to good a d v a n t a g e . The success of the t e am cannot be laid to any system or style of play or to any break of luck, but can be con-t r i b u t e d Jonly to each and every m a n ' s desire and d e t e r m i n a t i o n to do h i s best. Not only did he intend to do his best but every i n t e n t i o n was backed up by hard and conscientious work, i n j u r i e s k e p t not only a few of t h e best men out, but was most dis h e a r t e n i n g at times. Four of the best men were kept out of t h e game f o r f r om two to t e n weeks. In s p i te of these m i s f o r t u n e s the fighting s p i r i t of tfte men never wavered. All the poHsible confidence was plac-ed in those who were chosen to re-place those of the crippled list, and t h e practice and preparation was continued j u s t as e n t h u s i a s t i c a l l y. Only one d e f e a t breaks into the s t r i n g of victories. No excuse made or offered for t h i s other than t h a t which comes to every t e am in i t s season. That d r e a d f u l condition which is termed a " s l u m p " struck t h e team at the time ol its most i m p o r t a n t game. Not always does t h i s condition come at the c r i t i c al t i m e , but it did this year and it re-s u l t e d very badly. Fortunately, however, it did not s t a y with us and f o r the balance of the season the t e am was at its best. As the football curtain is rung down on 1911 we must say the sea son was a v ery good one. Seven games won and one lost. Two hun- SECOND CLASS AT LAST WIN OUT Continual on pave ^ At la»t s o m e t h i n g has happened to d i s t u r b the old story in t h e second and t h i r d class game, and the play-r s on both sides seem m i g h t i l y re-lieved to find that they no longer need to play against each other very week. The e n t h u s i a sm had died down considerably, although every man fought his hardest, t h e r e were very few in the other c l a s i e s who r e a l l y seemed to g i v e much thought t o which team finally won juBt so pomebody did and got t h e suspense over with. Of course t h e r e was much i n t e r e st t a k e n on one account and there will be a n o t i c e a b l e f e a t u r e at each mess in the messhall for the next two or t h r e e months, and a s t r a n g e r looking in might think it s t r a n g e t h a t sn many " K e y d e t s " seemed to have lost t h e i r a p p e t i t e for pie so sudden-ly, while o t h e r s have e x t r e m e cases of the " r u b b e r s ' " — b u t j u s t let him ask the " f a s t i n g o n e s " and h e ' lj find out all right. But such is " K e y d e t " l i f e! A l t h o u g h the score was so close, i t does not r e a l l y show the compara-t i v e p l a y i n g of the two teams. The second class had a decided a d v a n t a ge throughout the whole game, being close enough to t h e i r opponents goal t o try for goals from the field on t h r e e d i f f e r e n t occasions, and advanc-i n g the ball tu the one yard line once. Here the t h i r d class showed t h e i r fighting s p i r i t though, an the ball was held r i g h t in t h e same spot for the t h r e e downs, from where it was kicked out of danger by Rice. The losers pulled off several g9od f o r w a r d p a s s e s , s h o w i n g g r e a t a b i l i ty a t executing them, but outsidfl of t h e s e they played an almost steady k i c k i n g game, never being within s t r i k i n g distance of t h e i r opponents g o a l . J The second classi lost a splendid chance for a touchdown in the first q u a r t e r . [McKinney went right t h r o u g h the line on a delayed buck and was almost over the goal line when the ball slipped f r om his hands and t h e third class f e l l on it. The p l a y i n g of Clark for the sec-ond class was e s p e c i a l l y b r i l l i a n t, h i s running back of punts being as good as has been seen in any class games for many days, on one occa-sion carry i n g t h e ball for f o r t y yards t h r o u g h a broken field, every man on t h e other team t a k i n g a t a c k l e at h im b e f o r e he was finally overhauled and downed. At no time did he f a i l to gain considerable ground in t h i s work. K n i g h t , for the third class a l so did some nice receiving, getting away for several long g a i n s on ac-count of his speed. He almost got e n t i r e l y away once, but was finally r u n out of bounds. T h e r e was a great deal of time t a k e n out by bo.h teams, but not n e a r l y as much as might have been expected considering the condition of t h e men. For the second claB» C l a r k e was eadily the star, makingr the only score of the game, and running his t e am in p e r f e c t style. McKinney a l s o did splendid work, never f a i l - i n g to advance the ball when it was given to him. Other men d e s e r v i ng c r e d i t were Robertson, Mitchell and C h r i s t i a n , C. Riser, Rice and Knight played t h e best game for t h e t h i r d c l a f s. The final game of t h e season to be played today between thn second and first class for the championship promises to be one] of the hard-e s t fought seen in a good while, as both teams a r e working hard to get i n t o condition At p r e s e n t the first c l a s s seems to be the f a v o r i t e , on account of its s u p e r i o r i t y in weight, bnt you never can t e l l! Oh, yes, I had almost f o r g o t t e n! The score of the g a m e ? It was 3 to 0. The line up of the two t e a m s was as f o l l o w s: Position R. E. R. T. R. G. C. L. G. L. T. L. E. 1913 McMillin Creswell Gait Robertson Mitchell C h r i s t i an Gerow 1914 Clement Munce Saddle R i s e r R u t h e r f o rd Rohrbough B u r r e ss Clarke, S a t t e r f i e l d Q. Knihgt Richards R. H. Sutton, Royall McKinney L. H. Rice Murrill F. Coburn PROSPECTS FOR NEXT TfEAR Thanksgiving Hop The hops held last Friday and S a t u r d a y n i g h t s proved most e n j o y a - b l e to all those a t t e n d i n g . The num^ ber of girls was not as l a r g e as it h a s been the custom to see up at T h a i i k s g i v i n ? , but quality and not q u a n t i t y was the c h a r a c t e r i s t i c fea-t u r e of t h e evenings. The V. M. I. o r c h e s t r a furnished the music and t h e i r w a l t z e s seemed to have imbued many with the desire for fancy steps , for " T h e B o s t o n " and " D r op S t e p ' * were v e r y much in evidence. Among thope d a n c i n g were: Miss L a n t z w i t h Cadet Banning. Miss Baker with Cadet Bryan. Miss P i e r c e with Cadet K r a f t. Miss Bradford with Cadet Dalton. Miss T a l i a f e r r o w i t h Cadet Witt. Miss Lloyd w i t h Cadet Templeton. Miss J a m e s w i t h Cadet James. R. Miss G a i t w i t h Cadet Gali. Miss J o n e s w i t h Cadet Dixon. Miss West w i t h Ca j e t C a r t e r. MiEs Perkinson with Cadet Mar-s h a l l , S. Miss C a r r i n t g o n with Cadet Pren-t i s s . Miss Robinson with Cadet Coul bourn. Miss Temple with Cadet Miller. Miss McElheney with Cadet Bowles. Miss Cross with Cadet Merian. MiBi> Rountree with Cadet Roun-t r e e . Miss Edwards w i t h C a d e t H o w a r d , R. Miss Gordon with Cadet H a r r i f. Miss McClure with Cadet Blom q u i s t . Miss G a r r e t t with Cadet Eastham. Miss Dalton with Cadet McCor-mick. Miss Vaughan with Cadet K n i g h t. Miss Bowman with Cadet Stroud. Miss Conway with Cadet H a t h a - way. The chaperones were: Mrs. Gleaves, Miss Carroll, Mrs. Scott, Mrs. Cross, M r s . C h r i s t i a n , Mrs.Con-way, Mrs. Bradford. J . P. Wilson, e x - ' l l , has success-f u l l y passed the recent e x a m i n a t i o ns i n t o the U. S. army. The p r o s p e c t s for f o o t b a l l f o r next year seem very bright at this time. Every schopl at the end of t ^ e foot ball season always has bright prps-p e c t s but the m a t e r i a l on hand at V. M. I. t h i s year seems to be d i f f e r e nt f r om t h a t which ends t h e s e a s o n ordi-n a r i l y . Only four of the emblem men g r a d u a t e . Only t h r e e men are second classmen. Quarterback W i t t, r i g h t guard Dalton, l e f t t a c k l e Owen and center P u r d i e go out in t h e class of 1912. These men will be very h a r d to r e p l a c e . In f a c t it will be impossible t o put men in t h e i r places who will play as did these men. The best we can hope to do is to fill ihe places as best we can and hope to t e a c h and d r i l l t h em u n t i l they can l e a r n t h e game a t the positions va-cated. Patterson, who has worked so well behind the line, is looked to a s m a t e r i a l for t h e p o s i t i o n at cen-t e r . With his d e f e n s i v e a b i l i t y and knowledge of t h e backfield positions he ought to be a g r e a t man for t h at place. Hathaway is looked to t a k e O w e n ' s place at t a c k l e . Hath-away is the only man on the squad who can come anywhere near filling t h e place. He is a good b i g f a s t ag-g r e s s i v e man, and ought to mak« a g r e a t man at t a c k l e . Dalton's p l a ce a t g u a r ] cannot be h l l e d by any man now in school. Sommers, who has played s u b s t i t u t e guard this y e a r is t h e best in school for t h e p l a c e . He p l a y s j u s t as a g g r e s s i v e l y as Dalton. but dnes not have the weight f o r the place. Sommers is a very young man and it is hoped he will fill out some by n e x t y e a r . If he had the weight of Dalton we could hope to have the position filled very well for Sommers works hard. At t h e q u a r t - e r b a c k position we will have to look a long t i m e to get t h e man for the place t h a t Witt was. Witt was one of t h e g r e a t e s t l i t t l e men who ever r a n a team f r om t h a t position. Not t h e best and the most sensational man on the field, b u t one of t h e most r e l i a b l e . Witt a t t h e s a f e t y position could always be expected to catch t h e ball and r e t u r n i t f o r a certain d i s t a n c e . Never was t h e r e any f e ar t h a t he would f u m b l e it, which made t h e f o r w a r d men more confident al-ways. As an offensive man at run-n i n g the t e am he was h a r d to b e a t. His headwork in calling the plays was good and he always r a n in the i n t e r f e r e n c t well. V. M. I truly lost a s t a r when Witt finished the game a g a i n s t St. Johns a t Roanoke. For his place a r e H a w k i n s and Ben-d e r , two very good f o u r t h classmen. Also Miller, a lad f r om Richmond, is expected to make a t r y for the p l a c e next year. Hawkins and Bender played every day on the scrubs this fall and both men look l i k e good material for the place. Hawkins is very l i g h t , but handles t h e ball in the s a f e t y position a« well ae W i t t . On the offense in call-i n g the plays he is inexperienced. He shows the g r e a t e s t willingness and will b e f o r e he finishes V. M. I. make her a great quarterback. Bender is a l a r g e r man and has h id some e x p e r i e n c e at the position. For the other positions, the men who filled them this year all e x p r e ss t h e i r intentions of r e t u r n i n g next y e a r . Kingman and Leech at halves Continued on pago 4 |