Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-05
.PEhhSrS DEFEAT
BY THE INDIANS
Danger in Going Astray in Judg
ing the Game-Prince-
tons Victory.


By Edward B. Bushnell.
The foot ball surprises are with US once
more and will remain until the end Of the
season. The first real big upset of the
season was the overthrow Of the Uni
versfty Of Pennsylvania a week ago, Sat-
urday, when 1t was beaten by the Carlisle
Indians by the score of "a to g. Tho
Quakers were known to be somewhat
shaky this ssason when they vera beaten
the second Saturday in October by o~arth-
more. But in this game Penn had gained
more ground than did Swarthmore and
won only by a goal from field. But In the
Indian game the Quakers were bewildefed
and lost. The Redmen were perfectly
drilled. and by making the best use OF
Pennsylvania's fumbles piled up big
score.
A good many persons are likely to be
led far astray in estimating the strength
of the Indians. There Is no denying the
fact that the Redmen have good team,
but they are not world heaters, and IL
Pennsylvania's fumbling were eliminated
from the back field the score would have
been to in favor of the Quakers- Three
of the Indians touchdowns and their safety
were all scored on PENIS fumbling OF punts
1t should be remarked, however, that the
great speed of the Indians and their pre-
csion in handling the ball were what con-
verted these fumbles into touchdowns. 9th
erwise the Indians are no stronger than the
team of last year, and are almost certain
to be beaten by Harvard.
But, no matter what may have been the
cause of Pennsylvania downfall, 1t has
worked an irreparable injury to the impor-
lance of the intersectional game which the
Quakers play with the Michigan team on
November II. The Pennsylvanians have
been twice defeated, and nothing short of
miracle can now permit them to be rank
ed very high in the east. Michigan Is so
far undefeated in the west but the Woiver-
ines have not displayed enough form to
make them rank as the champions OF the
west.
1t would not be surprising now II the
game between the Carlisle Indians and Min
nesota were to be considered of more i'm
PENN Michigan game. II Minnesota should
by any chance defeat Chicago the result
of the Minnesota Indian game would have
to be so regarded.
Yale's Success.
Prior to Saturdays games. at least. Yale
and Dartmouth were the only big college
teams in the east which had not been
scored on. Both elevens had some very
close calls, but they managed to get away
with their games. The Ellis this year are
mysterious team. Without giving any evil
derce of great strength they have won all
their games with comfortable margins.
Rockwell and his assistants have paid close
attention to the defense. and the Blue has
given some great examples OF ngntng IN
the last ditch. The injury to Full Back
Roome Is bound to weaken the Yale team,
but there Is chance that this great player
will get into the game with Harvard. If not
with Princeton the week previous the IN
jury to Roome has necessitated the Shift
ing of Capt. Morse from half back to full
back because of his line-bucking abilities
and his punting. Another change which
Yale has made has been in the shifting OF
Forbes from tackle to end. Forbes Is very
fast on his feet, and from his tackle posi-
ton has been beating the ends down the
field. Forbes Is certainly an ideal man
for end under the new rules and he prom
Uses to shine brightly as ever the great
Shevlin did.
Harvard's Slump.
The slump of the Harvard team when 1t
beat the light West Pointers by the bare
score of 6 to 0 Is hard to account for. The
Crimson eleven from the start has been
hailed as one of the greatest Harvard ever
turned out, yet only tumble by West
Point and 75-yard run by Wendell gave
the New Englanders their victory. West
Point was badly crippled with the loss of
two of her star players. and as Harvard
had been running up big scores against the
other teams she had met it was natural
to expect better foot ball from the
Crimsons
Inc truth the matter seems 10 De
that Harvard is trying to play a fast
game with big men. Several of her play
ers are veritable giants and make very
poor showing at speed and nimbleness
under the new rules. II Harvard Is to
beat Yale she must outrun and outkick
Yale. In wicking Burr, the Harvard guard,
is better than any man Yale has.
The Army Navy Game.
The committee which is arranging the
Army-Nayy foot hall game to be played on
Franklin Field of the University of Penn
sylvania has made it's first announcement
concerning the seating capacity and the
distribution of seats. The Army and Navy
supporters will get about eighteen thou
sand of the 25,09O seats. The remainder
will go to Pennsylvania. The Pennsyl-
vania authorities will sell their tickets.
except those allotted to the members of
the Athletic Association. There will be
thirty-two boxes sold, and these will bring
several hundred dollars each. By erecting
a temporary stand in front of the uni
versity gymnasium the seating capacity
will be increased from 10000 to $4,000.
Cornell Lacked Spirit.
Those who have been following closely
the fortunes of the Princeton and Cornell
teams were not greatly surprised that the
Tigers should have won as handily as they
did. Yet when the two teams are COM
pared man for man there was no apparent
reason why Cornell should have lost. The
Ithacans were bit lighter than the Prince
ton men. but this they made up in greater
strength, and during the first half really
outplayed the Tigers. Therefore it is a
have weakened so much in the second
half The answer is that the Tigers pos
sessed far more spirit than Cornell and
realized to better advantage how much de-
their opponets with so much vim and fire
that the IthacanS allowed themselves to