Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-23

Work in Scoring Line by
Leading Gridiron Teams.
HARDGAMESSATURDAY
AMERICAN LEAGUE MAGNATES
IN SESSION AT CHICAGO.
Cresceus Sold for $21 ,OOO-Many
Bowling Battles Last Might
Homing Pigeon Race.

Is confident of winning. The SOLDIERS III TIE
last two weeks have made big Improvement
and are showing more of the old army get
there than earlier in the season. The team
has been long time finding itself. the ap-
sence OF men like Graves. Doe and Tlpton'
who were always on hand with the r,gn'
play at the right time. having made mole
that proved difficult to fill; but there nave
been signs of return Of aggressiveness ana
vigilance, and the Navy Is likely 10 get q
harder battle than for while was indi,
Gated The Navy's game next Saturday Will
be with the Virginia Polytechnic Institute,
which team not only beat West Point, out
everything else 1t went against: ana the
showing of the middies against this strong
eleven will be of especial concern, coming
lust before the Army-Navy game In the
matter of scoring the records are still alto
gether in favor OF the Navy, though the
Army last Saturday put its points total on
the right side of the ledger Tho Navy team
has developed the touchdown habit to a
very large extent, probably its best achieve
ment and indication Of strength being tne
8 to score against Swarthmore, when 10
Both branches OF the service have been sea-
soned thoroughly against weight.
Harvard May Push Yale.
Considered solely from the viewpoint Of
scores, Harvard's offensive game does not
best scoring done by Harvard this season.
reckoning on the strength OF the oppo-
nent. was against the Indians. when
the tackle machine yielded four touch
downs. In the two subsequent games the
Crimson was able to cross the enemy's goai
line but once. 1t Is generally believed tnat
IL the Crimson once realizes to the run on
Its power 1t IL O strong enough scoring team
to push Yale hard. However, twelve points
In the last two games did not indicate any
gradual development OF attacking power,
and the situation comes down TO one or TWO
things: Either Reid has hidden Harvard
real strength with Machiavellian skill or
else most Of the development will have to
be this week. Yale's last game disclosed
stronger attack than the game OF the week
before, and more points were scored against
Princeton than against Brown. West Point,
Pennsylvania State or Syracuse Harvard
and Yale as well as other total scores to
date. follow:
Scores to Date.
Harvard, 147; opponents. 80 40 games).
Yale, 22l; opponents. @ games).
Princeton, 900; oppopents. As 90 games).
Pennsylvania, go; opponents, % 90
games).
Cornell les: opponents. SO 90 games).
Columbia, II; opponents, SO g games).
Indians. 253; opponents, 80 90 games)
Dartmouth 1l6; opponents, % 20 games).
Brown. 275; opponents, "a 90 games).
Williams, IFS; opponents, IS Oil games).
Wesleyan. Is; opponents, 90 % games:
Lehigh, 1874 opponents. 10 Q1 games).
Anna polls. 257; opponents. IL III games).
West Point. 81; opponents, "a G games).
Syracuse. 1S6; opponents, 62 90 games).
Bwarthmore LBS; opponents, 16 (Ssgames).
Pennsylvania State. 13l; opponents. "a q
games)
Amherst, 6s: opponents. % 70 games).
Chicago. 26S: opponents. Q9 games).
Wisconsin. 228; opponents. % 90 games).
Minnesota. 3s1; opponents. 10 % games).
Scrubs Score on Yale.
Yale wound UP the practice season yester-
day with an old-fashioned bonfire OF dis
carded foot bail toys. around which the
seniors on the squad danced and sang poor
Old Harvard" There was a short secret
signal practice, and then the gates were
opened and procession Of cheering under
graduates with their band admitted. The
varsity then took the defensive against a
powerful scrub team made up OF the heav-
lest substitutes. and were Immediately
scored on twice by Harvard tandem plays
Quill turned Gates left wing on the first
play by long run and a touchdown. The
ball was then brought back to the 'varsity's
forty-yard line, and Mackay. Smith and
Quill, the strongest and heaviest OF the
scrubs, sent at the varsity defense in tre-
mendous tandem plays, which netted from
pushed the varsity over for touchdown.
The regulars tried every device to stop the
tandem Shevlin playing out of position at
guard but the three big scrubs rushed the
first eleven easily.
The varsity leaves for Auburndale, Mass
early this afternoon. and the scrubs Will
follow tomorrow. The lineup against Har-
ward will consist of Gates, left end; Forbes,
left tackle: Erwin. left guard: Flanders,
center: Trip. right guard: Bgelow, right
tackle: Shevlin. right end; Hutchinson,
quarter: Roome and Morse, half backs;
Fainn. full back. Jones Will play, but will
be used sparingly, as he is still unable to
run on his sprained ankle. Roome has
finally displaced yeeder at left half back
Harvard's Work Satisfactory.
Harvard's foot ball preparations for the
Yale game were virtually brought to a
close yesterday. the last scrimmage OF the
season being held on Soldiers Field. The
work was highly satisfactory to the
coaches. Two touehdowns were scored In
q short ffteen-minute half, and on de-
fensve work the varsity held like stone
wall Three times the scrubs received the
ball on the fifteen-yard line, but each time
the varsity threw them for q loss. All the
Crimson line men charged low and quickly
and got Into thines ~ wsy that has not
There was also split Of fght that bas