Wake Forest at Washington and Lee

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  The times dispatch, Richmond, Va., October 25, 1914, page 13

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  WASHINGTON AND lee TROUNCEs WAKE FOREST Carolinians Could Not Cope With the Terrific Line Piunges of Generals at Lexington. BEUHRING’s WORK FEATURES Generals Full Back, Aided by Young and Donahue’s Long Runs and Miners Work, Holds Wake Forest Scoreless-Several Players Hurt. LEXINGTON. VA, October 24.- Washington and Leo scored the fifth successive triumph by overwhelming Wake Forest by the score OF ~ to 0. Although tho Carolinians were but slightly over weighed, they could not cope with the sweeping runs and ter rife line plungcs of the Generals. Three touchdowns were registered in the OPEN ing period and tho gait continued In the three other quarters. Bouhring’s’ crashing line plunges, Donahue and Young’s long runs and Miners playing featured the conflict. The battle was characterized by rough tactics followed by subsequent penalties. Both teams made frequent substitutions. injuries forcinlg some of them. Simms, Young and Seeley were forced to retire with injuries at diff ferent stages of the game. The first touchdown came when Gal lagher skirted right end for sixteen yards. following series of plunges BY Bouhring and Donahue. Donahue scored the second with a fve-Sard run, following a blocked punt. while Bouhring added the third OH n plunge. following long end runs by Donahue and Young The big full back scored the fourth in tho second period following a series OF line plunges and the fifth on set OF similar manoeuvres. fDonnhuc regis tered the sixth with n short gain following the recovery OF, n fumbled punt by Wake Forest. ~ d. The last half was even more bitterly contested. Interrupted by frequent squabbles with the referee, Douhrlng scored the fret touchdown. Forward passes that Melted fifty yards gave Donahue touchdown while Miner annexed third touchdown In this pc riod with q short plunge following a series Inconsistent advances. with many OF the regulars out OF n or nd checked for short while In the fourth period, but soon recovered. Miner scored touchdown with n plunge through the line, and closed the game with his fourth touchdown. after speed Ing seventy-twoa yards on q forward pass from Donnhue. The playing of Shultz Scarry and Barrow featured the Generals defense. Lineup: w. & L.. Positions. Wake Forest Simms. ..... left end. 49,. Holding Shuts. ....... lief: tackle. Moore Bryan. ....left guard. ..Olive. Pierotti. ....... centre 49,. .Abernathy Scarry:.. right guard. :. =. Dixon Miles. right tackle. /. Blackman Harrison. right end. Powell Donahue. 80. quarter back. -. Billings Young. left half back. -. Bean Gallagher. right half back. :. Trust Beuhrtng 49,. full back. -. “A. Rfddicle summary: Substttutes-Washin ton and Lee. seeiy for simms, Dingwell for for Gallagher, Miner for Beuhring, Graham for Harrison, Gallagher for Young, Wadsworth for Seeley. Smith for Gallagher, Bryan for Dingwell. lizard for Miles. Kruson for lizard. Bar row for Pieretti, Harrison for Wadsworth: Wake Forest, Watkins for Powell, Lee for Riddick. watkins for Lee. whitening for Trust Pace for Watkins, Carrick for Dixon, Parker for Olive. a. Riddick for Pace. Touch downs-Bouhring. 4; Donahue, 3; MIL ner, 3; Gallagher, 1. Goals after touch downs-Young. i: Gallagher. 8; ponahue. 2. Offlcials-referee, Randolph, Virginia: umpire, Poague. Virginia Military Institutes: head linesman, Ora ham, Hampden-Sidney. Time OF quarters, fifteen minutes.

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Washington and Lee leads 7–⁠1 in eight meetings, counting the three since this game.