The Washington herald., 1906-11-09
GRIDIRON GOSSIP.

/ II is gratifying. OF course. 10 see such
activity this year on the part Of officials.
ban the same vigoT If il had ben shown
/ IN other years would have eliminated
much criticism Of football
! The University of Maine is casting az
sUled eyes on the championship Of Maine.
/ but The energetic little Bates eleven. 10
/ say nothing Of Bowdoin, is preparing %
contest the honors 10 the end of the sea
] son.
Tad Jones is receiving instruction from
Billy Bull. Al Sharpe. and Ledge Mitchell
In the art Of drop kicking Also Tad
Jones is trying all over again TO learn how
to catch punts- And they say that in both
classes of effort he IS now doing very well.
Parker is back on Soldiers Field, getting
into shape again. Fraser. however. has
been filling the vacancy admirably enough
for man Of his physical qualifications
Against Sultan at West Point Fraser
played better game than the huge Heck
enberger.
Tad Jones is not the wonder that has
been claimed. His handling Of punts in
the West Point game was so ragged that
he had TO be pulled out. II Yale lives up
to its past record of having no use for a
man who fumbles, the former Exeter boz
win be seen with the second team for
time at least. if not for good.
Mike Thompson. Of Waterbury and
Georgetown, is 20 referee the Harvard
Indian game. This is about the most i'm
portant game that Thompson has been
called on 10 handle. and the only won
der is that his work has not brought
him a big game before. THOMPSON iudg-
Ing by his work In the past. Is d better
referee than several WhO are better known
than he There are not many players who
follow the ball better than he. He has
the knack OF being where the ball is. and
IN position TO see.-New York sun.
Allie Dickinson speaks lengthiIy in favor
of replacing the present oblate spheroia
with a round ball From any points OF
view the uncertainties Of the present
shapes are causes of much excitement il.
reformed football But why Anglicize foot
ball any more? The round ball belongs
TO different game Of football. to soccer.
Tor example Foster Rockwell voices the
opinions Of many students Of football
when he says, Let US now stick tc the
present game and have no more tinkerlng.
Let all tinkering with the rules end. The
only thing I like about English sports Is
that their rules are left alone"
Two Undefeated teams will come togeth-
er tomorrow in Princeton when the
Yale and Princeton freshmen play their
annual game. Better freshman football
than ever viii be seen, for the agreement
compelling the varsity squads TO keep
hands of freshmen turns over to the
freshmen elevens every bit of the incom-
Ing material Yale. Princeton. and Penn
sylyania freshmen are making better
records on the gridir0n than they ever
did before, and at Yale and Pennsylvania
there is material which would displace
several varsity players were Il eligible.
Jack Wendell. Harvard's star back,
WIZ not be debarred from playing on the
Crimson eleven because Of his having
been removed from the Brown game for
'slugging' al opponent This statement
was made by Coach Reid. in answer to
the report that he was investigating
Saturdays incident. with an idea of pro-
hibiting Wendell from playing on the
Harvard team during the rest Of the year:
il ne found that the Cambridge back
had slugged- Reid says that according
10 the best information he can get on the
matter. Wendell did not slug the Brown
man intentionally, but hit him accident
ally in a scrimmage.
There is much OF interest in the analy-
sis of the Yale game at West Point.
Yale's kicking saved the day. She kick
ed off twice for So yards. kicked out once
for 20 yards. and punted twelve times for
1873 yards, a total of SIS yards and an
average Of Il yards West Point kicked
of three times for 145 yards. kicked out
twice for 60 yards. and punted fifteen
times for 4l2 yards, a total Of 647 yards
and an average OF 3 yards. Yale used
two drop kicks and a place kick. and
West Point had three kicks blocked.
In rushing. Yale rushed twenty~one
times for total OF 81 yards and a loss
! West Point rushed twenty-seven times
Tor total OF g yards and loss cf 5.
Besides this. West Point gained 20 yards
IN two forward passes and once lost the
)all by a foul pass. Yale tried the for
ward pass twice and once lost yards
Ind once lost the ball by interceptfon.
Yale tried the short kick four times and
made 60 yards. but only once recovered
[. West Point used Il once for Is yards
md lost Il. Yale was held twice for
Towns. She fumbled seven kicks ard re-
covered three Of them. West Point fun
lied two kicks and recovered both.