Randolph Macon Academy - Sabre Yearbook (Bedford, VA)

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punch seemed to lack it this. time. Tii the l)egimiiug’ of the third quarter Capt. Sears received au iujurv which forced him fi ' om the game, placing our team to a disadvantage. l y a pass the “Hi” School hoys made a touchdown. In the hist ipiarter one of their lialh-hacks interi-epted a pass and hy a neat run made another marker, ddiey held ns throughont the remainder of the game. llnrt and angry from tludr last defeat tlie eleven went on the held deter- mined to make amends hy heating F. U. M. A., whom w ' had not scored on since lhl(». The game was the best ever seen on that hidd. Jloth teams showed wonderful defense strength. In the si ' cond ipnirtei ' hy a series of ott ' -tackle ])lays and two ]iasses we scored. Ileveron kicked goal. F. IT. kl. A. took the kick-oh and hy rushes carried the hall to our 1-yard line on which the Lemon and Lllack held them for fonr downs. On the hrst play we lost the ball on a fnnd.)le. After holding the visitors for three more downs they finally scored on the last down hy a jiass. After some disjmte the referee called the goal good. This ended the scoring for both teams. II. M. A. invaded our camp Avith a heavy and mnch older team. Keeping the standard set in the last game the team started off hy taking the hall away from the visitors. The first ijnarter hronght no score. In the second quarter hy 6‘xcellent line ])lays the Methodists scored. 1 he o])posing team Avas outplaAcd [ 84 ]

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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 ]

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ill evei ' v (lejiartiiieiit of the game. In the last (|iiartei ' Ih-M. A. added two move points to their score hv means of a safety. 1). ] r. I. who has never heatmi us in footliall came with a determination to break the jinx. Tluw hronght the best team they have had in years. The first of the game looked like disaster for the home team, hnt taking a lirace they hehl the invaders and took the hall away from them. I). M. L, not to he ih ' iiied, threatened again, this time making a counter. Coming hack strong, the K.-M. A. cadets pnt the hall over tlu‘ last white line. This emh ' d the well-])layed game. The biggest upset of the year was the defeat handed us by E. 8. I)o])e gave us the advantage over them. On the first play V. E. S. made a -td- yard gain. This disheartened the hoys and soon after the Lynchhurgers put the hall over our line.