The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-06


hundred or more. However, Lehigf
scored on the Philadelphians, and no mat
ter how big scores the Quakers roll VI
against their weak opponents, their record
will not be without blot. OF course, Lee
high got her six points by very clams.
those accidents that determine the fats
of football games. as well as men anG
nations, though no amount of excuse viii
set aside the result.
The playing of the team so far has
been very promising. Indeed the work o.
the varsity and the scrub is far ahead o.
what 1t was last year, and there is 8
plethora of predictions in the Sleepy City
that the red and the blue will fly higt
this fall. The competition for places or
the varsity is greater than 1t has beer
in years, and the work of the men fighting
foT recognition has been of a high order
The sharpest struggle is for the centre
and quarterback places, and with eithe,
Horner or McClusky at centre. or Graves
or Woodley at quarter, a strong eombina-
tion is presented.
Gilman, the exYale player, is Civ
ing good account of himself and his
work has made ]. Gardener and Potter
feel anxious. He is one of the best line
buckers among the candidates turned out
on the gridiron this fall Saturdays
game with Lehigh gave Woodruff line
! on the faults of the men that needed his
particular attention, and the results OF
| his hard coaching were apparent in We'd
nesday's game with Franklin and Mar
shall. In that game marked improve
ment in Pennsylvania defensive work
was shown, though her opponents sue
ceeded in getting around her end once
for fye-yard gain. The Quakers' Of
fensive work was noteworthy Gains
were made at will. and generally for lone
distances. The most noticeable fault
however. was the ragged formation of the
interference
In signal practice, the men become &C
customed to run through the signal play
with but imaginary opponents. so that
in the game with Lehigh the efforts were
not united, and the men carrying the ball
had no interference to SPEAK of: conse-
quently. the results that ware obtained
were produced by individual instead OF
team work. Woodruff was not slow to
note the woeful lack Of organization. and
between the Saturday and Wednesday
games he coached the men to finish
with the most promising results.
In practice the men have done well on
the defensive and few gains are made
through the varsity line by the scrubs
The men are playing fast game, but the
tackling must be vastly improved before
the big games are played. Pennsylvania
work thus far has been offensive and the
opportunities for taekling and to show the
strength Of the defence In match play have
been few. The Brown game will be the
first that viii call for the Quakers' best
efforts.
The Tigers played their first game Of the
season with Stevens Institute The BOYS
from Hoboken were very much lighter than
their opponents, but the match furnished
the best opportunity for sizing up the ma
terial that has been offered thus far Two
or three points were brought out distinctly
In the first place, the contest proved be-
yond doubt that Princeton has a crack
pair of ends. They were down the field
under Maths long punts like the wind
always keeping on the outside of their
man and never failing to close in in time
to nail him in his tracks.
AS regards speed they are equal to Palmer
and Poe, last years noted players, and
besides hey are harder and fercer tack
lers, willie their weight gives to them
decided advantage in breaking the in
reference. With Gresham Poe and r.
McClave for substitutes, the coaches no
longer have any fear but that the ends of
the line will be well cared for. The lack
of competent goal kicker on the eleven
is weakness which was set forth rather
forcibly in the game.
Hodgn4an's attempts along this line were
miserable. for he missed three OF the
easiest kind of goals. Mills is fairly
sure man and Underhill is also good, but
neither of these men Is playing regularly
on the team. This is a defect that will
have TO be remedied during the next few
days, II the Tigers expect to play the
game for every point that Is in IL. Hodg-
man also tried his hand at. drop kicking
twice, but both times without success.
The trial, however, served its purpose,
for 1t gave the coachers chance to test
the practicability of the new formation
that they have invented. The tackles
dropped back slightly. while the ends and
halfbacks fell IN directly behind them,
forming hollow square that was pro-
tected on three sides. In this the kicker
tried to do the trick.
The protection afforded Hodgman seem
ed to be good, and IL is thought that the
formation can be used to advantage when
1T Is perfected. The centre trio. which
was composed of Dana, right guard; Lo-
sey, centre, and Wright, left guard, was a
heavy one, but 1t is by no means perma
nent, for Dewitt, the Lawreneeyille fresh
man. has to be reckoned with, when his
hand hsais. and Butkiewiez., the Andoyer
man, liz improving every day. The line on
Wednesday, however, was as solid as a
wall, and the Stevens players were unable
to gain the necessary five yards once. The
coachers do not hesitate to say that they
were pleased with the work of the line
men. even though the players that they
faced were light 1t is admitted at the
training quarters now that the Tigers
have material for strong line, but it is
very green. The principal fault at pres
ent is the slowness of the men in charg-
ing, but this bad feature ought TO be over
come with practice.
The work OF Duncan at quarterback
during the past week has been far from
satisfactory and in the first game Meier.
shortstop on the nine, had q thorough
trying out Despite the fact that he had
| never played in contest before, he took
to the position naturally and his clever
dcdging run for eighty-iive yards was the
| feature of the afternoon. He is a biz.
strong fellow. and remarkably quick. so
that the coachers believe that something
| can be made of him before the season
| closes. Hutchinson who passed the ball
| last fall, has returned but II is doubtful
whether he will be able TO play on ac-
count of faculty complications.
The playing of the back field was much
better than many had been led to expect
after the discouraging slump at the first OIL
| the week The backs were fairly quick in
getting off, and generally hit the line ruH-
| ming low. Henry. e new man, showed uI
well, and Underhill, at full back. also
clipped off the yards in fine style. Severa
| of Maths punts covered half the length Of
| the gridiron Some say that the interior
ence that was afforded the runner was more
| advanced than that displayed in the hrs
| game last year while II is certain that thl