Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-08

that this years crop OF pigskin chasers Will
bring forth star drop kicker just to vary
the monotony of the rushing game
The usual number Of petty injuries THAT
lay a man OFF for day are beginning to
crop out at Harvard.
lids on Harvard and Pennsylvania at
this time shou- be in favor OF Harvard
Most of the college elevens are shy on
hrst-class line men this year
Princeton will have light line this year
and the coaches are ALREADY trying TO de-
velop speed.
Beefy, muscular gritty and quick are the
chief characteristics of Old PENIS foot ball
candidates. and according to Mike Murphy
IL is combination bound to win.
A unique feature adopted by Brown in the
development of her team Is the requirement
of the members of the squad to study the
rules and be ready 10 be examined on them
from time to time.
Thompson. the Andover star, has passed
his entrance examinations at Cornell and
was given his first try-out at guard Thurs
| day. Schildmiller, another Andover star,
was also tried at end and showed up in
every play.
Tom Shevlin is taking the ball on the
kickoff at Yale with a special protective
interference to aid him on the run in.
Tommy is bound to have the spot light
| directed to him much as possible, and
this year what the captain says goes.
University of Chicago's team, which was
touted in the west an "all-star' aggre-
cation. was able to score only fifteen points
in its first game against a team not as
strong as Andover or Exeter at this stage
of the playing season,
Hurry Up Yost is a good foot ball coach,
and has worked wonders in the west with
the University of Michigan. but some kind
friend of his should tell him that story of
the parrot.
and one which will make a good showing
in the Penn, Harvard and Yale games,
besides giving Dartmouth run at Spring
field, are exceedingly brignS. Robinson
nod no frin or nd
should do better this year:
Frank Castleman, the disqualified athlete
of the Irish-American Club of New York.
is star foot ball player. He was in at
halfback for Colgate against Cornell last
Saturday and made q sensational I0-yard
run for a touchdown. Colgate has white
washed Castleman on the charge of profess
sional1sm, that of playing summer base
ball for money, and exonerated Castleman
of all blame. He will be allowed to COM
pete for Colgate in the Intercollegiate.
An old Brown University classmate of
Dave Fultz, who was injured IN the recent
base ball game between New York and
Cleveland, called on Dave at the hospital
yesterday morning, and the old Brown foot
ball and base ball player said he never re-
ceived such knock in the time he was
chasing the pigskin.
Warner of Cornell played the Ithacans'
2O0-pound captain. Co.'S quarterback
Cornell will follow he western idea of
more fully utilizing the quarterback run
ming rule than have other eastern colleges.
Cornell now has four heavy men behind the
line without drawing any player from it.
Bill Hanna of the New York Sun has
been looking the Quakers over and he finds
eight candidates for the ne. none of whom
weighs less than POO pounds. They are:
Draper, tackle. 203; Ziligen, tackle, 221;
Horn, guard, 242; Ziegier, guard, go; Rob-
fnson, guard, 203; junk, guard, 20; Hob
son, guard, 201; Ochs, tackle, 20j. Torrey,
who is likely to play center again. weighs
for center, only 1SS. Pennsylvania has had
light centers before who were corkers-
namely. Bull and Overfield.
A material shake-up has been made In
the Holy Cross foot ball squad, due to the
arrival of new material, which it is ex-
pected will greatly strengthen the team.
In the addition OF Lynch, the new left
tackle, Coach Cavanaugh believes he has
secured one of the best college tackles in
the country. Although member of the
squad but few days. he has shown re-
markable ability in the scrimmages with
the scrub eleven both on the defensive and
aggressive. Lynch tips the scales at 1875
pounds and will add much to the weight of
the Holy Cross line.
The Columbia foot ball players are COM
planning bitterly over the stiffest set of
questions ever put to them the new reg
lstratfon blanks which have been given
out by the university committee on ath-
letlcs. The questions, twelve In number
cover every possible bit of Wrongdoing that
an athlete might perpetrate. TT isn't that
we mind being questioned" said one of the
men on the squad. But they put us
through regular inqusition test We are
treated as If we were a lot of crooks Be-
sides, it appears that no matter what con-
nection man has Wien athletics he can
not very well escape the faint of profession
alism, If he answers all the questions
truthfuliy." Here Is one question that
might be asked Capt. Iom Thorpe: Did
you ever play In Thanksgiving day game
under an assumed name?"