Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-21
SPORTS OF ALL SORTS
Amherst's Foot Ball Team
Attracting Attention.
TIGERS CAMPAIGN
THE INDIVIDUAL COLLEGE GOLF
CHAMPIONSHIP.
American Women Golfers Beat Canada
Bowling Battles-Running and
Trotting Races.

For the last three years Amherst has not
failed to be thorn in the flesh for some
one of the sO-called big teams. The strides
which Amherst has made in foot ball are
worthy of comment. Year before last her
eleven wiped up the ground with Columbia
last year it took fall out of no less
famous foe than fair Harvard, and this
year Columbia's scalp bangles at the Am
herst belt, and the team thus far mas not
been scored on. Could the former Yale
captain took hold of the Amherst coaching
in 1902, and with excellent results, and for
the last two years Johnny Hart, also or
Yale, has kept up the good work Hart
material last year was none too GOOD, SO
far as much-sought-after Drawn is con.
cerred, but the men played hne 1901 pan
for their physiques. The FOOT pan splrlt
and administration of affairs at Amherst
are now exceedingly good, whereas hve
years ago foot ball was in a cond1tlon OF
slump. A foot ball victory OF note prop
ably means more to Amherst than TO soIhe
larger colleges-in mid-season, at any rate.
For instance the celebration. last Monday
night, following the Columbia game, 10
keep the pot boiling.
Mr.. Ben Brine, who follows the doings OF
the foot ball hosts with keen and expert
enced eye, says he believes that on last
Saturday Amherst could have taken the
measure of any eleven in the east that
their form was nearer to finished than any
of the others 1t is to be regretted that
Amherst does not pit her strength against
Harvard, Yale or Princeton; but she Is to
measure prowess with Dartmouth, and this
game promises to be hummer. Inc Am
herst team plays hard foot ball. Clean
handling of the ball and the fact that the
men keep going until the whistle blows are
other qualities that have made the team
winner. Also there is helping or the run
ner which does not cease simply because
the runner may happen to lie down. Inc
backs strike the line hard and work in uni
SON. The team is regarded as the strongest
that has sported the purple and white.
Tigers Erratic Schedule.
If bad games insure Improvement Prince
ton will be greatly improved team for the
wind-up, though buffeted en- route. SO far,
however, the Tigers journey has been any
thing but one steady Improvement. POSI-
bly, the somewhat erratic schedule has had
something to do with this, but more likely
the breaking in of comparatively green ma
terial to fill the places of the stars VINO
have gone was the chief cause. The steady
ing and inspiring presence of DE witt may
be missed, yet the Jersey foot ball leaders
are too resourceful to suffer greatly from
the loss of fine material when there is
promising material to take its place. The
campaign to date has certainly been Cruel
ing unexpectedly SO once or twice, but 1t is
a question whether the schedule is the best
that could have been arranged for steady
development. That is to say, games that
looked easy have been interspersed with
hard games. Following a stiff game with
Dickinson and sitter with George
town came a soft spot with Wesleyan, and
following that one week St1n game with
Lafayette. Between the Navy and Corneil
games comes a contest with Lehigh, which,
on form should not be hard enough to pre-
vent a tendency to ease up-unless defeat
has so stirred the Tigers that there Will be
no more of that.
Princeton's scoring to date has not been as
extensive her early season form 1ndl-
Gated. That is the opinion of one who saw
them beat Wesleyan 80 to o. when they as
suredly looked scoring team. One cannot
form very trustworthy deductions from one
game, and an easy game in the bargain;
but the deductions such as they were We're
that the attack was stronger relatively
than the defense, in which there was lack
of concerted action. Following Lehigh come
games with Cornell and West Point, games
calculat tied to tune the team up to concert
pitch for Yale, provided the men weather
the two preceding storms all right Old
Nassau is in the dumps just now, but she is
most dangerous when she seems most down
in the mouth.
Quarter Back Runs.
1.-The increased privilege of quarter back
runs promises development" says Walter
Camp in the Yale Alumni Weekly. ANY
thing of this kind. however, is slow, as
plays must be perfected to accomplish it
successfully. This season it is attracting
more attention and is being worked up more
than last year. 1t needs, however, clever
quarter, and, furthermore, coaches hesitate
about running their quarter too much, as
he is too valuable a man to take much
chance of injury with him.
THE rule that provides for six men in the
line of scrimmage at all times and that il
there are not more than six men, one of the
men back of the line must be outside the
position occupied by the man on the end of
the line, is the one that promises to be most
fruitful. 1t is an awkward rule, in that 1t
puts one of the most available interferers
on the wrong side of the line. In spite of
this. it's possibilities are being worked out,
and diagonal tandem formations are being
tried on it with fair measure of success.
There has also been very considerable
further development of shifting plays
where the backs interchange positions with
the line men on signal These offer some
thing for the study of coaches. The rule
interferes somewhat with the protection of
a kick. In the old rules of two years ago
kicker could have practically four men
protecting him, and be almost certain to
get his kick off without hurry and without
much danger of the ball being blocked.
Now any aggressive line can make trouble
for back on his punting more than was
possible In the old rules; at any rate, those
of two seasons ago. 1t is question whether
the public may not be pleased at an occa-
sional blocked kick, but the men who play
back of the line naturally do not like it."