1900 VPI football team explained

The 1900 VPI football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1900 college football season. The team was led by their head coach Eugene Davis and finished with a record of three wins, three losses, and one tie (3–3–1).

Hunter Carpenter used the alias "Walter Brown" because his father had forbidden him to play football.^{[1] [2]} It was not until his father saw him play in a game in 1900 against Virginia Military Institute in Norfolk, Virginia did he approve.

Schedule

Original schedule

The 1900 football schedule for VPI listed on October 7 in The Times was as follows:^[3]

• October 6 – St. Albans in Blacksburg, Virginia (played on this date)
• October 13 – Roanoke in Salem, Virginia (game was not played)
• October 20 – St. Albans in Radford, Virginia (played on this date)
• October 24 – North Carolina in Chapel Hill, North Carolina (game was moved to October 27)
• October 26 – North Carolina A&M in Raleigh, North Carolina (game was moved to October 25)
• November 3 – Richmond in Richmond, Virginia (game was not played)^[4]
• November 10 – Guilford in Blacksburg (game was not played)
• November 24 – Washington and Lee in Blacksburg (game was not played)
• November 29 – VMI in either Roanoke, Virginia (listed on the VPI schedule)^[3] or Norfolk, Virginia (listed on the VMI schedule)^[5] (played on this date in Roanoke). On October 30, VPI informed VMI that they refused to play in Norfolk. VMI offered to increase VPI's percentage of ticket sales or pay for travel expenses, but VPI declined and the game was called off temporarily.^[6] VMI eventually acceded to VPI's demands and moved the game to Roanoke.^[7]

According to the article, VPI also planned on scheduling games with Maryland and Tennessee, but neither game occurred.^[3] The Virginia game was initially scheduled to be played in Blacksburg,^[3] but was ultimately played in Charlottesville, Virginia.

On October 9, 1900 the Richmond Dispatch listed a different schedule.^[8] The differences were:

• The schedule listed October 13 as "open", instead of against Roanoke.
• The schedule correctly listed the North Carolina game on October 27, instead of October 24.
• The schedule listed the Virginia game for November 7 (this game was eventually played on November 14).
• The schedule listed a Tennessee game for November 14 that was "being arranged" (this game was not played).

According to the article, VPI also planned on pursuing games with Randolph–Macon, William & Mary, Georgetown, Hampden–Sydney, and Southern Business College. However, none of these games were scheduled.

Game summaries

North Carolina A&M

The starting lineup for VPI was: Jewell (left end), Baird (left tackle), Carper (left guard), Steele (center), Abbott (right guard), Cox (right tackle), Carpenter (right end), DeCamps (quarterback), Huffard (left halfback), Ingles (right halfback), McCormick (fullback). The substitutes were: Beverley, Counselman and Moffett.

The starting lineup for North Carolina A&M was: McCanless (left end), Turner (left tackle), Bowden (left guard), Grimsley (center), Oliver Max Gardner (right guard), Wright (right tackle), John McKinnon (right end), Worth (quarterback), Lewis Lougee (left halfback), Welch (right halfback), Dalton (fullback). The substitutes were: Carpenter, Davis, Jesse Liles, Thompson and Wootten.

North Carolina

See also: 1900 North Carolina Tar Heels football team. The starting lineup for VPI was: Jewell (left end), Baird (left tackle), Carper (left guard), Steele (center), Abbott (right guard), Cox (right tackle), Carpenter (right end), DeCamps (quarterback), Huffard (left halfback), Ingles (right halfback), McCormick (fullback).

The starting lineup for North Carolina was: William Smathers (left end), Frank Foust (left tackle), Frank Rankin (left guard), Walter Council (center), Tod Brem (right guard), Frank Bennett (right tackle), Frank M. Osborne (right end), Metrah Makeley (quarterback), A. Ramsey Berkeley (left halfback), Jim MacRae (right halfback), Ernest Graves Sr. (fullback). The substitutes were: C. J. Ebbs.

Virginia

See also: 1900 Virginia Orange and Blue football team. The starting lineup for VPI was: Jewell (left end), McCormick (left tackle), Carper (left guard), Steele (center), Cox (right guard), Abbott (right tackle), Moffett (right end), DeCamps (quarterback), Huffard (left halfback), Hardaway (right halfback), Carpenter (fullback).

The starting lineup for Virginia was: Alexis Hobson (left end), John Loyd (left tackle), Frank Harris (left guard), George Montgomery (center), Charles Haskel (right guard), Christie Benet (right tackle), James Bride (right end), Brodie Nalle (quarterback), Virginius Dabney (left halfback), Robert Coleman (right halfback), Bradley Walker (fullback). The substitutes were: William Choice and Mulford.

Clemson

See also: 1900 Clemson Tigers football team. The starting lineup for VPI was: Jewell (left end), McCormick (left tackle), Carper (left guard), Steele (center), Abbott (right guard), Cox (right tackle), Moffett (right end), DeCamps (quarterback), Huffard (left halfback), Hardaway (right halfback), Carpenter (fullback).

The starting lineup for Clemson was: C. A. Bellows (left end), Joe Duckworth (left tackle), A. P. George (left guard), John Kinsler (center), Jack Woodward (right guard), Norman Walker (right tackle), James Lynah (right end), Gus Lewis (quarterback), William Forsythe (left halfback), M. N. Buster Hunter (right halfback), Claude Douthit (fullback).

VMI

See also: 1900 VMI Keydets football team. The starting lineup for VPI was: Jewell (left end), McCormick (left tackle), Carper (left guard), Steele (center), Abbott (right guard), Cox (right tackle), Moffett (right end), DeCamps (quarterback), Huffard (left halfback), Hardaway (right halfback), Carpenter (fullback). The substitutes were: Beverly, Blair, Gill, Miles, Miller, Sayers, Styles and Ware.

The starting lineup for VMI was: Beverley Tucker (left end), George C. Marshall (left tackle), Ira Johnson (left guard), Jesse Wright (center), William Smiley (right guard), Earl Biscoe (right tackle), Jennings Wise (right end), Charles Roller (quarterback), Calvert McCabe (left halfback), Andrew Rawn (right halfback), Todd Kirk (fullback). The substitutes were: Ralph Claggett, Morgan Hudgins, Edward Johnson, Sydney Lee, Saint Julien Marshall, Edwin Martin, Marshall Milton and Victor Perry.

Players

The following players were members of the 1900 football team according to the roster published in the 1901 and 1903 editions of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.^{[9] [10]}

Coaching and training staff

• Head coach: Eugene Davis
• Manager: F. Powell
• Assistant manager: J. M. Sample

Notes and References

1. Web site: . Hunter Carpenter's Virginia Sports HOF Profile . 2009-03-25 . October 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150914220858/http://www.vshfm.com/inductees/inductee_details.php?inducteeID=25 . 2015-09-14 . dead .
2. Web site: . The first 115 seasons of football at Virginia Tech . 2009-03-25.
3. News: Blacksburg Eleven. Library of Congress. The Times. October 7, 1900. 2. February 8, 2022.
4. News: Football Game Off. Library of Congress. The Times. November 3, 1900. 2. February 9, 2022.
5. News: Promising Year for Football. Library of Congress. The Times. October 7, 1900. 2. February 8, 2022.
6. News: Virginia vs. Carolina.... Library of Congress. The Virginian-Pilot. November 18, 1900. 10. February 8, 2022.
7. News: Warren G. Lindsay Dead. Library of Congress. The Richmond Dispatch. November 23, 1900. 3. February 8, 2022.
8. News: Blacksburg Foot-Ball Schedule. Library of Congress. The Richmond Dispatch. October 9, 1900. 7. February 9, 2022.
9. Web site: Virginia Tech Bugle. The Bugle 1901. 146. 1901. 2015-11-10.
10. Web site: Virginia Tech Bugle. The Bugle 1903. 1903. 131. 2015-11-10.