Zimmerman Leads V. M. I. Against Techmen

Eight Players Keydet Gridders Who Will Play Their Last Game For V. M. I. This Thursday V. P. I. Works End Gridiron For Offense Careers Here On Thursday V. P. I. Favored in Annual Thanksgiving Day Contest; Gobblers Have Shown Greatly Last Cadet Triumph in 1929 Improved Play During The Latter Part of the Season As the Flying Squadron takes the field against the V. P. I. Gob- November 26.—Long and arduous blers this Thursday, it will mark drills are the order in Techland. the last appearance of eight mem- Determined Coaches Redd and bers of the team. Captain Jack Younger are remaking their offense Zimmerman will lead 'his eleven over to thwart the tricky defense against a favored-to-win Tech team V. M. I. checked Al Casey and but he is determined to take this mates so effectively with last Tur- game although his team has been key Day. outscored on numerous occasions this fall. Want 50-50 Break 1-fA/UCOCK ~ £\JD Final Game For Eight Led by George Smith, rated the dQCK "ZlMMEIZMftN - 6UARP- best backer in the conference last In addition to Zimmerman, there year, Tech has played a hard sched- are other First Classmen who have ule with a fair medium of success. played for three years and will con- They opened the season by beating clude their football activities for TOC/CER watkimsd Roanoke College. The next week- V. M. I. in this contest. Carl Lowe end, however, they were not so suc- and John Burgess are two of /the cessful, having the misfortune to linemen who will be greatly missed meet "Pop" Warner's Temple ag- next season, for both of them have gregation. Incidentally Temple is been regulars for three years and still undefeated. Then the Florida have given fine accounts of them- Alligators invaded Blacksburg and selves. At the pivot position John were able to carry off the decision Childress ably fulfills the job when with a last minute score. William Zimmerman isn't in the lineup. M. Urick, Halfback and Mary fell victim to the prowess Hancock, the rangy end who does of the Gobblers in Richmond on the kicking off for the Keydets will October 13. The terrible Terrapins also be making his last appearance of Maryland proved too much for in an Institute football uniform. the Gobblers seven days later, beat- The backs who are concluding their ing them 14 to 9. The next Satur- gridiron careers here are Tuck Wat- day was that fateful Saturday kins, Meredith Uruck, and John which saw two military schools out- Penn. Big things are expected of play rivals in Lexington, but lose. these men, especially Urick when The Blue and White of W. & L. he bucks the line to gain the yard Penn, Fullback emerged victorious by virtue of two or so necessary for a first down. last period touchdowns. Virginia Poly was thrust farther into the -J—tackle. In ad- get in the game before it is over. dition to being considered pop- Smith Runs, Blocks The big boys, Carl Lowe and Russ Powerful Duke Team Trails ular by members of the rat team Coleman, will fill the tackle posi- OOf/A/ CH/LOftESS - CENTER After Defeat by Carolina he is considered as good material Captain Smith has stepped into tions. John Burgess and Jim Far- for the tackle berth which will the breach left vacant by Al Casey ley are to be the guards, both be- On Thanksgiving day the spot- be open next season. by becoming a fine running back as ing towers of strength at their Series Results light of the Southern Conference well as continuing his excellent posts. Captain Jack Zimmerman will be turned to Columbia, S. C., blocking. Holsclaw continues to be will be the pivot man. Bo McMillin where the Generals of Washington a dangerous broken field runner is the field general of the team and V.M.I. V.P.I. and Lee vie with the Gamecocks of and splendid punt returner. The The Sportlight long high punts of Dickerson which is likely to have Dodson and Wat- 1894 10 6 South Carolina in a game whicch will probably detremine the final allow the ends plenty of time to kins as the two half backs with the 1895 4 6 outcome in the race for the much- get down the field will prove a big hard-driving Urick as full back. 1896 0 24 There's no telling what may hap- coveted championship. If Wash- asset to the Blacksburg efeven. 1900 5 0 pen in the game this Thursday and Tech Piles Up Lead ington and Lee wins it will give Rounding out this well-balanced 1901 0 21 if we stop fumbling and having them the undisputed championship backfield is Sodaro, a sophomore 1902 5 50 kicks blocked Tech is certain to get Of the thirty-one encounters but if it loses it will more than who has developed into an efficient 1904, 5 17 a trimming. That would be mighty with Tech, V. M. I. has won eight likely go to North Carolina, who is quarterback under the capable tu- 1905 0 34 nice to complete the season. In of the engagements while V. P. I. highly favored to defeat the Uni- telage of Monk Younger. has taken twenty of them and three 1907 0 22 the past four games with the Gob- versity of Virginia on that same lers we have scored a total of six have resulted in tie games. The 1908 0 10 Heavy Line afternoon. points. However, this year the Big series started 'way back in 1894 1913 6 6 The line goes in for big men and Red Team has registered more when the Cadet team beat the 1914 0 3 Generals Lead plenty of them. Probably the two points for the season than any V. P. I. outfit, 10-6. Two Tech 1915 0 27 Washington and Lee who is lead- best players in the forward wall V. M. I. eleven since 1931. victories followed on successive 1916 14 23 ing the conference at present has are the two veteran guards, Ochs years and the series was discontin- 1917 0 6 LAW - HALFBACK won 3 games and lost 0, whereas Plucky Bo and Copenhaver, who weigh 195 6 ued until 1900. In this year the 1918 0 North Carolina has won 1 and lost It is fitting to pause at this point and 190 pounds respectively. These V. M. I. team shut out the Gob- 1919 13 0 0 and tied 1. South Carolina rated to pay tribute to the dimunitive Bo men have been outstanding all sea- bler eleven with a five-point mar- 1920 24 7 'A' Company Leads sixth has won 2 and lost 2 but her McMillin for the way he has taken son and the battle between them gin. Before the Squadron was able 1921 7 26 possibilities of upsetting the favor- punishment from every team the and Burgess and Farley of V. M. I. to gain a tie with the Blacksburg 1922 8 7 In Intramural Race ed Generals should not be judged Squadron has faced and stay in the should be an interesting one to team in '13, the Gobblers had won 1923 6 0 in terms of this unimpressive re- game. This 142-pound plucky Tex- watch with All-State laurels prob- six in a row. These were the onlly 1924 0 0 cord as in past years the Game- an always receives rough treatment ably resting on the outcome. Hand- games played in the intervening 1925 0 7 Big Artillerymen Place Second cocks have shown that they could but comes up smiling to show the ling the tackle assignments are two thirteen seasons. For five more 1926 • 7 14 By Touch Football Wins throw many a monkeywrench into opposition that "he can take it." giants, Banks and Dodge, who tip years the Cadet team came out on 1927 12 9 the sides of teams who were sup- Incidentally, Bo has shown steady the scales at over two hundred. the short end of the score, but in 1928 16 6 Fall intramural competition end- posed to be a great deal stronger. improvement throughout during the Both are husky if inexperienced 1919 V. M. I. won the annual bat- 1929 14 0 ed this week with the completion season apd will be an important sophomores. Dave Jones, also a tle 13-0. Four S. C. Wins 1930 0 24 of the Rifle competition. E Co., cog in the '35 grid machine. member of last year's champion- The Generals have defeated Mary- 1931 6 13 garnered top honors in this, with ship freshman aggregation, is hold- Three Straight Over Tech land, Virginia and V. P. I., while 1932 0 26 B Co. taking second. The other The Real 01' Fight ing down the center post. He is Along came the famous "Flying North Carolina has toppled the 1933 0 0 companies wound up in the follow- Glancing at the record of the 1934 the midget of the first line of de- Squadron of 1920" led by Jimmy powerful Dulje eleven from the ing order: A, F, D, and C. Dun- Keydet team one can see that a fense weighing a "paltry 185 pounds. Leech, which turned back the V.P.I, ranks of the undefeated but a mid- can of E Co., and Veasey of B Co. great winning record hasn't been From tackle to tackle the Tech line team, 24-7; In '21 and '22, games season tie with N. C. State has turned in the top scores. compiled, but that doesn't tell the averages 196 pounds. were lost to Tech but the following Probable Lineup marred its chances for a cliam to story. After a severe setback by season found V. M. I. winning a 6-0 "A" Leads the title. the Duke "Blue Devils," the team Negri Ineligible decision. After a scoreless tie in A Co. took first place in the While the rest of the Southern has kept on playing hard football in Gobbler hopes for victory have 1924, the Tech eleven scored seven Probable starting lineups: playground ball tournament with a Conference teams are training in- every one of the succeeding games. received several severe setbacks re- point victories for the next two V. M. I. V. P. I. last game victory over Co. B. The tensively for their turkey day bat- At Columbia, the Lions ran up a cently due to the loss of both reg- contests. The Squadron of 1927 and Hancock L. E. Fittro big Artillerymen of Co. F carried tles, Maryland will be ending her noticeable score but the Cadets kept ular ends. Red Negri, All-Southern the two following years all set back Coleman L. T. Banks off third place in this. The out- very successful season against the plugging and blocking a Columbia end last year was declared inel- the V. P. I. eleven by good-sized Burgess L. G. Copenhaver standing players for the first two Hoyas of Georgetown University. kick to tally a few minutes before igible just prior to the North Car- scores, the 14-0 victory of 1929 be- Zimmerman (c) C. Jones place clubs were: Parker, Sherard, Maryland is favored on account of the final whistle. The Virginia olina State game while Dave Thom- ing the last victory the Keydets Farley R. G. Ochs Ruffo, and Martens. its record which includes victories game also showed the fighting spir- as suffered a broken jaw which will have secured over their rivals from Lowe R. T. Dodge "F" Takes Touch Football over V. M. I., V. P. I., Virginia, it of the team at Davidson the keep him out of action in Roanoke. Blacksburg. Until the 0-0 deadlock Haas R. E. Reynolds The touch football brought out Florida and St. Johns. Keydets fought to the end. You Both played magnificent games of last Thanksgiving, V. M. I. had McMillin Q. B. Holsclaw more entrants than anything else. With the approach of Thanks- can't keep a bunch like that from last year. This leaves the flanks dropped three straight games to Dodson L. H. B. Carpenter Nearly all the games were decided giving another very important bat- winning and they're mighty likely in the hands of Reynolds, and Rus-. the Techmen. This week we ought Watkins R.ft B. Smith (c) by first downs, and were close from tle promises to hold the limelight in to break into the win column again sell, a converted back. Both of to turn the tables against V. P. I. Urick F. B. Dickerson start to finish. Here F Co. showed (Continued on page eight) at Roanoke. these are juniors. (continued on page eight)