Evening star., 1903-10-06
SPORTS OF ALL SORTS
Review of the Foot Ball Teams
Of the Big Colleges.
SEVERAL SURPRISES
OPENING OF THE WoMEN'S GOLF
TOURNEY AT MERTON.
Bowling Games Of Interest - Depart
mental League Statistics-Records
Broken at Morris Park.
SEVERAL SURPRISES

One week of foot ball at this stage of the
season marks strange metamorphoses In
the big college elevens. Last week was re-
markable chiefly because of the failure Of
two promising teams to live anywhere near
up to expectations and for the sudden brace
taken by an eleven that hitherto had done
little more than mediocre work.
Shaping up in the middle of the week as
unusually strong eleven. Princeton fell
down miserably in the Saturday game with
George town. and only by one of those sandy
rallies in the last ditch always so charac-
teristic of the Tigers managed to stave of
a tie. Yet in considering Princeton's work
it must not be forgotten that the George
town eleven was far from being poor one.
The Washingtonians went to Princeton un-
heralded. undersetimated and with some
thing up their sleeves. 1t was gritty,
heavy and very fast team that the advisers
of the blue and gray. Mr Barry Dr. kerns
and DR.. Owens, had turned out, and 1t took
the men of Old Nassau quite by surprise.
A team comprising so many veterans as
Princeton is often subject to early season
slumps and. unfortunately for the Tigers.
the slump was in evidence against a fairly
strong eleven.
All things considered. 1t Is perhaps good
thing that the Tigers had to take their
medicine so early in the season. From now
on they are not likely to be afflicted with
overconfidence to any great extent.
After really brilliant beginning the Har-
ward team also came in for plenty of vigor-
GUS hammering. Early In the week 1t
looked as though the boys from Maine
would be smothered by the crimson. But
the smaller team turned out to be we'll
coached. fast aggregation, with team work
we'll advanced considering the early date.
Surprised by the strength of the Maine line
and the extremely good tacklng of the
backs, the Harvard offense suddenly be-
came matter of individual effort rather
than Of concentration.
Harvard Slows Down.
The interference. hitherto fast and COM
pact. became unaccountably slow and
strngy and the backs were time and again
swept Off their feet before they were we'll
under way. The work Of the entire GRIM
son team was a great disappointment to
the coaches. who had expected a far bet
ter showing.
Cornell was another team that had it's
own troubles. but the failure of Saturday
was not very great surprise. as the
practice of the eleven had been miserable
with little Alfred College cast it's shadow
over the prospects of the carnelian and
white.
Pennsylvania. playing poorly early in the
week came along with a rush toward the
close, and put up a whirlwind game against
the strong Lehigh team. The Improvement
largely due to snappier handling of
the team by Carson, the new quarterback.
who seems to have struck his proper gait.
This player looks like coming star for
the Quakers. -.-
Yale plugged along throughout the week
al steady. though not brilliant gait. The
New Haven eleven has met nothing of any
great caliber yet. and Yale men are still
In the dark as to the teams real strength.
There Is such fine record back Of nearly
all the players. however. that there seems
ba aSin or IN
Columbia Faster Now.
One of the agreeable surprises of the
week was the sudden Improvement Of CO.
lumbia. The New York men had seemed
almost hopelessly slow right from the be-
ginning Of the season. but Morley seems to
have whipped up the gait to a satisfactory
point, and Is now principally concerned
about keeping 1t there.
The Columbia team of Saturday was full
of dash. and put up a game full OF prom
Use. although Union. It's opponent. was
new back on the Columbia team who is
gcing to make trouble for Yale and Penn
sylvania. Metzenthin is born halfback
and Furthermore. Is equally strong on
offense and defense. He will be a handy
man in bolstering up one of the ends. and
as he follows the ball like hound he
ought to be invaluable in covering kicks
Capt Smith has shown that he can play a
rattling good game at tackle, IL necessary
but it would seem to be a rash move 10
take him permanently out Of the back
field.
This week will be a critical one for 4
team that seems so suddenly to have
found ITSELF" and the next two games
will give a better idea Of the eleven's abil-
ity to hold it's gait.
After another week the big elevens VIII
be ready to take up the more complicated
strategy of foot ball. and their real
strength will be more apparent.