Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-22
Foot Ball Notes.


Hard luck stories continue to come from
Old Nassau
Heffelfinger is to coach Minnesota for It's
iunnortant games near the close of the sea-
son. as
Strength, weight and speed are three nee
essary qualifications for successful foot
ball team.
There is an old saying that star players 90
not always make star teams, and the truth
of this may be in evidence pe1ore the sea-
son is over.
There are rumors that Pennsylvania Is ne
gotiating for Hurry-up Yost, the young
Lochinvar of western coachdom.
Ralph Bloomer says that he Will not re-
turn to Yale next year and that he Is not
a candidate for the captaincy of the 1910
eleven.
While Harvard has not made phenome-
nal showing thus far this season. Captain
Hurley's men will show the Indians Few
wrinkles in up-to-date foot ball.
An important game in the west today Will
be the contest between Chicago University
and Walter McComacks Northwestern
University team.
One of the questions that candidates tor
the Pennsylvania eleven must answer Is
How were you admitted to the UNIVERSITY
of Pennsylvania" 1t would be interesting
to learn Green's reply to this question.
The more the foot ball rules are remodeleo
the more the grinding short gain game Is in
evidence. The open game that people IKE
the teams do not seem to care to play Tor
the spectators.
The seating capacity for the Yale-Prince-
ton game this year will be $1,000, an in
crease of 1000 over last year. The seating
capacity of the Yale field has also been in
creased for the Harvard game.
Stagg is again counting his chickens be-
fore they are Matched, and he has Eckersal
slated for the honor of all American quar-
ter back Eckersali may be a wonder in
the windy city, but he was an exploded
"phenom'' in the Chicago-West Point game
last year.
When Head Coach Wrightington was a
member of the Harvard team the daily
practice was far more severe than 1t Is at
present. 1t was not uncommon thing
then to have three solid hours of the hard
est kind of practice every day and the
scrimmages were so fierce that many OF
the best players were lost through injuries.
1t is rare thing for a team to secure
possession of its opponents signals. but in
cidents o. this kind have occurred. Wal
lace Moyl. tells Of a case where Pennsylva-
MIA once acquired a working knowledge OF
Yale's sig nails and raised all kinds of trou-
BILE for the blue. Not many years ago
George Foster Sanford was accused of CIV
ing away Yales signals to Columbia.
Whether he did or not Columbia certainly
blocked Yales game on that occasion.
There is still no indica ton that at Har-
ward definite school or system of foot ball
has been evolved by anybody. At Yale a
definite system has been worked out by
Walter Camp under the new rules. At
Princeton one equally distinct and imposing
has been constructed by that clever strate-
gist, Prof. ]. B. Fine Who is the strate-
gist at Harvard. and what is the Harvard
system of foot bali. ,anyhow?-(New Haven
Register) Yale certainly has a good sys-
tenn, andishe is fortuna tie in having a per-
manent head coach in Mr. Camp. The Yale
system Is all right when he is in control.
| but when Undergraduates think they can
get along without Mr.. Camp, as Charlie
Gould did, the Yale system does not work
so we'll Harvard has not had one man in
charge of her foot ball from year to year,
but this season she has for head coach a
gentleman who is modestly conducting a
plan of campaign that will keep Yale busy
on November 10. His name is Edgar N.
Wrightington, which should be familiar to
Yale men. There is no need of mentioning
the particular incident that should make
Yale men blush every time 1t is recalled
Boston Herald