Evening star., 1905-10-08

son is now two weeks under way, and 1t
has already brought its share of mis-
fortunes to the various members of the Big
Six Prior to yesterdays games two of this
sextette Cornell and Pennsylvania, had
been scored on b ythe despised minor col
leges And they were not fuky scores,
either, for in every case they were we'll
earned Cornell was the first to be hum IL
ated for a week ago little Colgate scored
two touchdownS on the Ithacans, and but
for Halliday's goal kicking Cornell would
have been tied, I'LL. On wednesday
Pennsylvania was compelled to see her goal
line crossed for the first time since 1908,
and she had a hard afternoon work to
beat Gettysburg Is to 6. Pennsylvania s
early season slump is hard to understand.
specially after the brilliant start the
Quakers made against Lehigh the Satur-
day before. One is almost tempted to be
lieve that PENIS squad has been sadly
oyerrated. for the red and blue was scored
on by straight foot ball, although there
were many substitutes in the line. To
make the case even worse, both of Penn 8
touchdov ms were the result of blocked
kicks which the red and blue were lucky to
catch.
There has been an unusually heavy ac-
cident list for this early in the season.
Pennsylvania has been the heaviest suf-
ferer. \ week ago Monday Hollenbeck,
one of the best substitute ends and half
backs, received a fracture of his left leg
and IS out of the game for the season.
As though this were not enough hard luck
for the Quakers, their game with Gertys-
burg cost them the services of Weede
one of the best end rushes in the country.
With less than forty seconds yet to play.
Neede was sent around right end with the
BALL He was tackled sharply and his left
leg broken twice between the ankle and
knee. This was his last year in foot ball.
and he is now permanently out of athletics
The Pennsylvania coaches are lamenting
his loss for they are very short on good
ends.
On the same day that Weede was put
out of the game Columbia lost Post her
best end. The Columbian broke his fore
arm in game with Seton Hall. The break
was not discovered until after the game
and il Is possible that Post can be utilized
before the season is over. The Columbia
game was notably rough, and one of the
Seton Hall players left Ii with a broken
rib. Earlier in the season Ellicott, one of
1lafayettes best half backs, was put out
OF the game permanently with a broken
shoulder. The accidents enumera ted above
are only the more serious ones All of the
big colleges have lost one or more men
for a week or less through minor injuries
II these misfortunes continue the season
of 1905 Will be a disastrous one for the
claims made heretofore that all of the
serious and fatal foot ball accidents are
confined TO high school and other poorly
Beginning with this week. all of the big
colleges VIII take on a harder class Of
8 teams, and their playing will have TO be
! OF a higher class than during the last
week, or Penn and Cornell will not be the
cnly ones lamentng that their goal line
: mas been crossed The following is the
schedule for the week:
East; October 1l-Yale VS.. Springfield T.
.. at New Haven; Pennsylvania VS.. F. and
3 M, at Philadelphia; Harvard VS.. Bates, at
Cambridge; Princeton VS. I.ehigh at
princeton: Cornell vs.. Alumni. at Ithaca ::
Annapolis vs. St. Johns, at Annapolis:
j Williams VS.. Massachusetts A. G., at Will
lanstown Brown VS.. Colby. at Providence;
w. and j. VS.. Geneva, at Washington, Pa. !:
Lafayette VS.. Medico Chi. at Easton.
October 1f-Yale VS.. Holy Cross. at New
Haven; Princeton VS.. Bucknel at Prince
ton Pennsylvania VS.. North Carolina at
philadelphia; Columbia vs.. Williams. at
New York; Harvard VS.. Springfield I. s..
at Cambridge; West Point VS. Virginia p.
g., at West Point; Syracuse VS.. Hamilton,
at Clinton, n. V; Amherst VS.. Bowdoin at