Richmond at Wake Forest

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  The times dispatch, Richmond, Va., October 19, 1913, page 9

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  RICHMOND COLLEGE WINS BY ONE POINT Defeats Wake Forest College Eleven by Score of ii to Is. GAME BITTERLY CONTESTED Last Touchdown and Goal Made by Spiders in Final Two Minutes of Play. Wake Forest. N c., October IS Richmond College by bare margin of one point defeated the Wake Forest football team this afternoon in II game which was bitterly played throughout. The final score was Richmond. IA; Wake Forest, 13. Coach Thompson with a badly Grip pied baclifeld and line not in much better condition sent the scrubs into play the first quarter. Richmond kick cd off and the ball was received by Billings on the eighteenth yard line. Richmond gained the ball on tumble and went through the line for n touch down in i’ve downs, Robbins carrying the ball over. Richmond kicked off again and the ball was in the middle of the field for the remainder OF the quarter. In the second quarter the varsity was sent in with the ball in it’s pos session in the middle OF tho field. Richmond secured the ball on fuble by Wake Forest to complete n forward pass on the fourth down. The Spiders carried the ball down the field for twenty yards and lost it on Il tumble. Wake Forest secured a touchdown on consistent gains by Stringfeld. Trust and Savage. Springfield carrying the ball over Savage kicked goal There was no further scoring until the third quarter when the Spiders Continued On Third Page)

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Tied 7–⁠7–⁠1 in 15 meetings, counting the 13 since this game.