Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-30

present rules the forwa rd pass is very pro-
ductive OF fumbes From all the training
quarters In the east this has been the one
great complaint. The play has to he gotten
off so quickly and the man who receives the
ball must take Ii on the dead run. that
there must be lots OF fumbling.
Satisfaction at Cornell.
At the end of the second week of practice
Cornell and Princeton seem to express the
greatest satisfaction over the situation.
Cornell. especially had a splendid nucleus
with which TO start the season. losing but
three veterans from the 1903 team. in adj
dition to this Cornell had the advantage
of starting the preliminary practice several
days before her big rivals Coach Warner
has been driving his men harder than in
any previous year, and IL is evident that
tire Ithacans expect to make THIS their
great year. For nearly three years Cor
nell has been struggling along III VAIN
effort to turn out championship eleven
This fall 1t has every incentive to make
good with vengeance. Coach courtney
has developed championship crews year
after year, while Trainer Moakt"y has
turned out two championship track teams
in succession. This is the third year or
Warmers contract in foot ball. and ne
realizes that if his team is not top-notcher
this fall there will he a change before l"!:
There is reason however, why tornett
should not turn out one OF the best teams
in her history. The work of tie torneii
eleven against Pennsylvania A year ago
Is conclusive proof that Warner mas the
making of q championship eleven, and un-
l1ess some accidents interfere both Pennsyl-
vania and Princeton will consider them
selves lucky TO beat the ithacahs tniS
time.
Work at Harvard.
The Harvard eleven has been coming
along gradually but the coaching has been
GrSf inaa
return to the head coachship Reid has Rad
A., free hand. The coterie of men who
have been in the habit Of try ing to rule
foot ball matters at Harvard are this year
handicapped by their acknowledged ighM-
ance of the new rules. 1t Is also under
stood that Reid has served notice that he
must be left entirely alone this fall. Unless
Harvard plays satisfactory game the
snort will be tabooed in the future and all
hands are willing to let Reid strictly aions
:, his efforts to save the game for the
Crimson. The Harvard players seem to
understand the situation very we'll and nave
rallied to Reds support in fine style. MS
hack field with Starr at quarters, Foster
and Wendell at halfback and LOCKWOOD at
fullback is already made up ana Is com
posed entirely of veterans. Al TINS "rltins
| it looks as though Harvard has the pest
| back field i'm the east. The ltne' Wh!ch II
| was thought would be the weak sa"-:
has been strengthened by the arrival OF
| several star players not expected from the
| 100, squad Harvard now has Parker az
| center Rurr and Kersburg at guard. ana
| Pierce at one tackle. Reid has several good
| men for the two ends and one tackle anu
| fter the new plays have been thoroughly
| mastered the Harvard eleven is sure 10 DO
| a good one.
Heavy Line at Princeton.
| one of the anomalies at Princeton is the
| worry heavy line the Tiger coaches are de-
| welcoming. Dillon and Stannard at guards.
| Cooney and Herring at tackles and any one
of the three men who are being tried out AT
center make the five center men average
| fully 200 pounds. 1t looks as though Prince
ton intended to make good use OF the lihe-
| smashing game in spite of the new rules
| Most of the other colleges are endedVorins
| 70 oct rid of the fat men, but at both llar-
| ward and Princeton the lines are certain 10
| be heavy.
The Tigers are certain to have fast and
heavy back field. They have as nucleus
three veterans from 1905 who have held on
to their positions with ease. These are
| Tenney at quarter back, though Dllioh mas
| teen giving him a tussle; Daub at one nait
| back and Mccormick at full back. INC h',
| other alf-back position viii undoubtedly
| he filed by Simons. who last year alter
| mated in the position with Bard Sl"1ons
| is the fastest man on the team, anu Ufaet
|
| of the first magnitude.
| Using Tricks at Yale.
Yale men apparently feel it incumbent on
! them to employ all the trick formations
| they can develop. Walter Camp, the Ellis
| chief adviser, has come out publicly in IA
| vor of a more open game. so that the pub
| lie will judge the new rules very largely
| by the use Yale makes OF them. On this
| account the Yale men have been industri-
ously practicing quarterback kicks, for
| ward passes, double, triple and delayed
passes. The Yale line will not be very
| heavy, so that the back field will have IN
| do most OF the ground gaining. At prss-
| ent the back field Is about tile
| only portion of the Yale eleven that is set
| tied upon. Tad Jones is certain to be the
quarter back. and Capt. Morse and Roome
| the half backs, while Levine leads the can
| didates for full back. The line is in a la
| mentable condition H Jones is the lead-
ing candidate for one end, Forbes and
| Bige!ow for tackle, and Erwin and Hock-
enberger for guards. A new center must
be developed, as well end. When
the Yale team gets going it will be a fass
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