Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-07
FOOT BALL NOTES

Williams must be growing better and bet
ter. The decisive victory over the strong
Colgate eleven spells many difficulties for
Amherst
Coach Lillard agrees with Foster Rockwell
that the new game will not be shown at its
best until the present day prep school men
are trying for their varsity letters.
A very favorite attack this year is a tan
dem on the tackles, heading the tandem
with an end. Both Yale and West Point
use it frequently. 1t has strong possibili-
ties with Forbes at the head of 1t.
Knox. the Yale half-back. is fine type
for the modern faster play. He is wiry
alert, determined. instructive. More than
once Saturday afternoon, at West Point, he
was Yale's safeguard against disaster.
Michigan's narrow squeak In her game
with the champions of the south, Wander
bilt University. is suavely explained by the
fact that Vanderbilt was coached by a
Michigan alumnus. At least that is Yost's
explanation.
Eddie Dillon the wonderful Princeton
quarterback. is not a very speedy runner,
but is elusive. John Glaze says that when
you think you have him timed to GER
tainty. away goes Dillon and your hands
clutch the empty air.
Dartmouth will no longer try to make an
end out of Freshman Hobbs The Prince
ton game showed the coaches that Hobbs is
too heavy for the excessive activities which
the new foot ball demands of an end rush.
So Hobbs will return to tackle
Somebody rises to remark that 1t Is pity
that freshmen are barred from varsity
competition this year, because at either
Yale or Pennsylvania the freshman eleven
is really superior to its elders. The truth
of the remark Is perhaps unquestionably
true of Pennsy.
West Points schedule is harder than that
of any other eastern eleven Next Satur-
day the cadets will try to hold Princeton
fhn %olIn Cokr,
day they meet the husky Bucknell eleven.
the succeeding Saturday the heavy SYRIA
cusans. and on December l they play their
great rivals. the "Middies."
Brown goes to Yale next Saturday and
the Ellis may as well look for another
thorough try-out A repetition of the slump
at West Point would send the Brunonians
back to Providence in a delirium OF happi-
ness. In preparation for the contest the
New Haven coaches may be depended upon
to spare nobody's feelings.
Coach Robinson had his squad out on
Soldiers Field after the game Saturday
afternoon illustrating Browns new wriri.,
kles for the benefit of Coach Reid. This
courteous act, together with Coach Rock
wells pleasant invitation to Reid to view
Yale's secret practice. indicates a general
friendlness toward the Harvard foot ball
instructor.
The worries OF the captaincy seem to have
injured Capt. Morse's playing abilities He
is plainly not up to his old standard, either
on the offense or defense. Morse Is too light
for fullback. Physically he Is unable to
stand the heavy work of that position. II
anybody were available for the left end
Forbes would make smashing fullback.
The Colgate eleven plays excellent foot
ball. but somebody in charge Of the uni
versity should proceed without delay to
make effective examples OF the five MEM
bers of the Colgate eleven who were sum-
marily ruled Off the field at Williams Satur-
day. One siugged: the others used offensive
language. or the two crimes the slugxlng
was perhaps more excusabie. IL muckerism
of any sort Of college athletes be excusable
at all.
The heavy Syracuse eleven appears to be
showing a little high-grade foot ball at last
Their advances through Carlisle for tremend-
Gus gains has given them that which they
lacked since the awful event at Yale several
weeks ago-confidence. Under the old rules
there is no question but that Syracuse would
be one of the elevens of the year. The line
averages six feet In height and 30 pounds
In weight. and the backs are all clever vet
Grams. Quarter Back Powell. two years ago.
on Yale field. played a marvel Of a game for
a minor college freshmen.
1t Is hard to believe that In an appar-
emily civilized part Of the country as Iowa
was commonly supposed to be prior to Sat
been done to Eddie Littig. the former
Harvard sub end rush. The accounts Of
the tragedy. IL they did not agree in their
essential facts, might be fairly discredited
remembered at Cambridge as q young
fellow of very decent disposition and man
ner. Foot ball cannot be blamed for this
shocking incident. Drunken passion plus
the mob instinct was undoubtedly the
On the side lines at West Point last Satur-
day In proximity to one another were four
magnificent foot ball physiquea. The owners
of them were Dick Sheldon. Edgar Glass
Ralph Kinney and Andy Marshall Every