Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-20

Princeton as it was hoped by Elfs sup
porters it would. With Bigelow back, the
halves and fullback made gains through
the line from tackle to tackle. piercing all
points equally well, Flynn especially carry
ing the ball nicely. But these gains were
not consistent and Irresistible nor were
Yale's principal gains against Princeton
were made by the brilliant individual eff
forts of Hutchinson.
Perfect in Team Work.
In one respect the Yale team is the great
est that ever represented the Blue. 1t is
doubtful if the university ever had an
eleven that was so effective in team work.
and particularly in helping in the open
field. The interference Of the men ahead
Of the runner in the open field was wonder
fui on Saturday at times, and every man
took a hand in this at one time or another.
Then all these eleven men are opportunists.
ana they rise to the occasion splendidly.
Princeton naturally feels mighty well set
;sfied with the result at New Haven. Aside
from the way the score Will go down IN
history, its team deserves a world of credit
for the plucky and determined night. Inc
players never lost heart for minute, and
If ever eleven men had reason to lose heart
they had in the persistent ill-luck that at
tended them. They almost outplayed Yale
in the first half, certainly gained more
ground, and were only at the little end Of
the horn because the tumble of Dillon gave
Yale chance to score, which Bige1oWs re-
serve force enabled Yale to take advantage
of. They checked Yale's attack well and
would.
Cornell Hopeless.
The other games of Saturday that were
interesting were Haryards failure against
Dartmouth and Columbia's victory over
Cornell The defeat of the Comedians IL
more remarkable than the Columbia VIC
tory. With the exceptional material the
Ithacans have, even though it is very poorly
coached 1t Is amazing that defeat by In
ferior teams has been their portion three
times. They are probably hopeless. Co
lunabia made the most of her possibilities
for the first time this year and has reason
to look hopefully to the game with Penn
sylvania next Saturday.
For number of years there has been
growing demand for drastic changes in the
playing rules of college foot ball. At the
recent conference called by President
Roosevelt In this city 1t was admitted that
certain changes would benefit the glme,
but the sentimental end Of foot ball Will
seriously embarrass the reformers. The
same feeling applied to the annual foot
ball contests between Oxford and Cam
bridge but that sentiment has undergone
q gradual change. and the Rugby game.
formerly so popular at the two fnstftu-
lions, has given way to the assoc alton
rules Ten years ago the Rugby foot bali
game between oxford and Cambridge would
attract as many persons as witnessed yes
terday's game at New Haven. but today
not more than 5000 spectators can be
drawn to the annual contest. On the other
hand, last years association game between
the two great rivals drew nearly 10000
persons What happened in England is
possible here, and should the general pub
lie demand change it would come. despite
the effort of stanch advocates of the Amer
lean college game.
Change In Rules Demanded.
Harvard Is not alone in her demand for
a change In the college rules. and several
colleges this year have eliminated foot ball
from their list of sports. giving as a reason
a desfrt for self-supporting athletics, for
clean sport and noble manhood. A number
of minor institutions have also placed a
ban on the sport until more stringent rules
are enacted. The recent visit of the Eng
lish Pilgrims is already beginning to bear
fruit and the association game Is finding
many supporters in the prominent eastern
colleges.
The first big international intercollegiate
at Franklin Field. Philadelphia, on De-
cember 2, when the University of Pennsyl-
vania will meet team from Toronto Uni
versity, the champions OF Canada. Asso-
citation teams have already been organized
at Yale, Princeton, Harvard, Cornell, Co
lumbia and Pennsylvania, and the indIca-
lions are that the game will make rapid
strides this winter.
Another English team viii visit this
country next year, which will give a big
impetus to the game. and all the big east
ern colleges will be represented In the In
tercoilegfate Association Foot Ball League
fall