Randolph Macon Academy - Sabre Yearbook (Bedford, VA)

Page 94 text:

Football E team that ve]»i-esentcd A. this year was far superior to those of several ])ast years. When going- on the field it was often remarked that tlie team looked more like a college eleven than a “pi ' ep” school. The line vas composed of lug, heavy, and fast fellows averaging ISo, while thong ' ll the hacktiehl only a-v ' eragial l.i.i, it was considered one of the fastest in Virginia. Five letter men with several second-string men of last year reported, alomt with the great “rat” material, to (Aiach Marks’ first call. The coach immediately hegan whipjiiug his team into shape for onr first encounter, which was with (difton Forge. The visitors presented a light fast team with a peculiar shift which fooled onr hoys, conseipu ' ntly causing ns many off-side ])emdties. d’he teams battled evenly for th( first (piarter, after which the enemy’s line weakened before the terrific battering of the Methodists hacks. I lu Cladets drew first blood in the second (|narter, after which they kcjit up their attack and succeeded in charging up two more markers before the iinal whistle Idew. The following week the eleven Avas jmt through hard drills in ])re])aration for the Lvnchhnrg gridders, whom we had not defeated in the past four years. VA [ 82 ]

Page 93 text:

Wilson was llie strong man of tlie team. His ])laying at tackle was notliino ' short of s]ieetacnlar. Ihiir ' will lie one of the men the coach will rely on to linild his ne.xt year’s line aronnd. jmarshall ki dwell Utility Lineman Due to his lack of experience Kidwell was not a reoular this .season, thonoh his fighting spirit was a great help to overcome this. W’e are exitecting great things of him next year. “BULL” WILSON Tackle

Page 95 text:

The day of the game was a drizzly, rainy one. This was to onr advantage; for Lynchhnrg had a light Imt fast team. The contest was very evenly matched, neither team scoring in the tirst half. One of the prettiest }»nnting duels ever seen on that field was going on between i leyer of the C ' adets and Titfany of Lynchhnrg. The third (piarter brought forth no scoring. But finally Captain Sears in the last minute of play scampere l around end for 20 yards, and the much needed (J points. Meyer kicked the goal. On the next Saturday the Lemon and Black joiirneyed to Boanoke to play the “Hi” school. They put probably one of the best teams on the field which we played during the season. By smashing off tackle plays they succeeded in scoring twice before the final gun. The Cadets next invaded B. M. A.’s camp. By off-tackle smashes we car- ried the ball far enough into their territory to enable Meyer to j)lace a dr(.)p kick over the crossbars. After taking the hall away from them, we opened an aerial attack which com})letely dazzled them. From a ])unt formation Capt. Sears threw a pretty MO-vard pass to Rosky, who carrical it over the line. B. ] I. A. kicked a field goal, which ended their scoring. Returning from Blackstone a crippled and over-confident team Ave played the High School lads from Salem. The big team usually having the necessary [ 83 ]