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plays, Smith skirted end for the first touchdown of the gnroe. The ball to11chcd the ground by nceident ntHl Ibe lry at goal was consequently lost. The quarter ended n few minutes later with the l)all in Wooclberry's possession. In the second period the pigskin seesawed in midfield until finally a forward pass, Dillard to :MucBlain, coupled with line plunges by lli11ks and end nms hy W. F. Johuson and Smith placed the hall on Woodberry's two-;var kic·k-off, untlnm the ball back forty yards, end runs netted twenty more, but Woodberry inlerceptt>d another pass. \Vooclberry was thPu forced to punt, but Smith rccehred the ball and ran thirty yards for the third touchdown of the game. Charles kickeli goal. The quarter e>nded with the sc·ore 20 to 0. 1fost of the l:lst quarter was COllSHmed in exchanging punts, until in the last few minuteR of play we made a dE-sperate attempt to score again, aml1·11n the l1all hack from our own thirty to our op· poncnts' forty-yard line, but there the ganw endf'd. Score: V. E. S., 20; W. F. S. (secoml leum), 0. Smith on offense and 'Whitaker on defem;e were lhc particular stars for V. E. S., while M<·Gavoel, und Wright played well for Woodberry.
C'onsider1ng that the tc>am was slightly outweip;hetl, tbttt it was their first contest, and the small amount of prllcti<'E' h<>lcl, the gume mcnsmed up to all the e"p<>ctntions of Conch Crockett, aud prosprcts of a snccrs!>ful season were held h,v all. I