VMI at Virginia

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  The times dispatch, Richmond, Va., October 21, 1912, page 6

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  STUNNED BY BITTER DEFEAT Undergraduates Not Yet Recovered From Severe Drubbing Given Their Team by Virginia Military Institute Eleven. terdAy’O contest On the cooeeey. soey were outpiayed by the Cage team aexsr had a look-in in the hrst hall NO sooner had Virginia kicked on tnan Captain Moore was soAn % TOthrough tackle for thirty-nve ya11s From that time on virginia was On ‘r ar nossession of the ball the a*tsupts a. end runs and Mne plunges proved utter failures. the backs having no .nseT terence TO speak Of. being @rown 70 earth so v!ciously by me v; a. ,n befors the game was ev6-. Coleman and Gooch appeared tho worst injured. Failing in nearly avery attempt 70 carry the ball. the forward pass was resorted to. bu in many , s,w ;r,n t ,h hands Of either Moore. Carr or Aeech; The nrst touchdown. z steady marcn from nnidfeld ACROSS vlrEtnias goe1 Inc, proved a shock to the Dis Grove; but when the escond So qua Wns rISso inS plays, virginia undscs Nduates cheered Hike mad in support ~ tneI rtfreating team, but TO no avail nispl down the field the Cadet team marcnea. Not even penalty or No. &C., several line plunges. Moore. after twice CARVING the bali through tackle. ~ ssed the pigslSfn over thirty yards TO Ycuell. standing on Virs1Hias TOUT yard mark Two plays neC.o1 Inc TOW cbdown which sent dismay to the Sundredn OF Virginia support rs IN the stands. II was q bligfHing blow to IN” Orange and Blue. The announcement yesterday that “Red1 Moore. captain Of the victorious v. N: l. eleven. “a TO enter tho university neat fall. is the only consolation that u drawn for the defeat. To “Reds’ Moore. the visitorS captain. >ha +rv yARtAYdavsA A4yAAS. Ein.a was crippled, eeveral regulars being on the hospital list and unable to do them selves Justice but the faster ends Of v. n. l. were able to sift through the Virginia inter ference almost at will. breaking up attempt es end runs. and getting the men before they had gotten to the line Of scrimrnase.

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Virginia leads 53–⁠23–⁠2 in 78 meetings, counting the 72 since this game.