The Washington herald., 1906-10-10
FOOTBALL NOTES.

oils next Saturday to witness the game
between the Navy and Princeton.
Harvard is rejoicing over the fact that
none Of it's players has been seriously In
jured. The season is young. and the
grUelling contests are yet TO come.
Tackle Draper. OF Pennsy. is back with
the squad again. after passing off his
conditions. All play and no study at
Pennsy don't go, as the ambitious foot
ballers are learning.
Pennsy critics are gTumbling because
Sheble, the quarter back successor to
Stevenson, cannot catch punts. They are
trying 60 measure the new man by the
old one, who was a star.
Yale Will give Guard Paige, Of last
years freshmen team, a trial at center
and guard. Former Capt. Hogan. and
last years coach, Jack Owsley, are drill
ing the Els in defense work.
Bartholomew. who was a promising can
didate for half back on the Pennsy team.
received a compound fracture of the left
leg in practice. and his football career
has been nipped right in the bud.
The institution OF the old-fashloned and
rigorous trsining methods by the Grim
son eleven is taken as q sign that from
now on real business and little play viii
be characteristic Of HaTvard's practice.
Edward r. Sweetland, a star tackle at
Cornell eight years ago, has returned TO
Ithaca and will enter the graduate de-
partment Of the university. He will as
sist Coach Warner in developing the foot
ball squad.
Cats and Grill are the most recent ad-
ditions to the George Washington foot
ball squad. Several recruits have joined
the Georgetown squad, among them being
Dutcker. Devine. Kerr, Stuart, Fitzgerald,
Buckley. RaucheT. GlennOn, and O'Gor-
man. The couegians viii play a practice
game to-day with 81. Stevens. on George
town neld.
At the Interpretation conference in the
West last week, presided over by Walter
Camp. additional enlightenment was ask
ed for on the same point that caused
most discussion at the Eastern interpre-
tation conference. The Westerners want
ed 20 know about the right Of a team 10
take line man back and then allow him
10 return 10 the line afterward. As in the
East. the question was referred to the
rules committee though the consensus OF
opinion in the West was that a line man
who drops back for other purposes than
kicking should be required TO stay back
or leave the game. Another point raised
al the Western conference was regarding
a fair catch. whether man on side when
the ban was kicked had the right TO in
terfere with the man making the catch.
Camp said the rules was not clear on that
point. which, also. was referred TO the
rules committee. Custom always has been
that man signalling for a fair catch
should be entirely unmolested and the
committee probably viii rule that way.
The coaches for the West Point football
team are getting into shape the men who
viii compose the regular team for the
season Philoon seems 10 be the most
promising candidate for center. He was
captain Of the Bowdoin College team be
fore coming to West Point. Christy and
Jenkins I'll the guard positions and En-
win and Sultan are at tackle. The great
est problem the coaches have TO deal with
is finding two satisfactory ends. Carey
and Weeks have been tried for these pO-
sitions and seem 20 be the most likely
candidates at present. Both men are old
and experienced players. but neither has
ever filed an end position before Carey
has PLAYED quarter for two years at West
Point, as has also Weeks at guard. The
quarter back position is being ably filled
by johnson. The half backs are Hill, cap
tain Of the team. and Smith Both are
experienced players. Beavers IS playing
full back on account of his great sprint
inS ability. He seems 20 have the can on
this position.
Forward passes and quarter back kicks.
Upon these plays the football campaign
Of 1906 will revolve. The season has
sufficiently advanced 10 indicate that
when two teams evenly match in line
strength meet it Will be practically i'm
possible 10 gain ground by the old method
of pounding and hammering upon an
opponents line. This condition has been
demonstrated by the remarkably close
games that minor college teams have
played against the sO-styled big elevens, %
the difficulty the latter experience IN ad-
vanCing the ball through the formers
| line, and the number Of scOreIess con
! tests that have been played. These cir
cUmstances practically make the game
| a combination of association football and
| basketball, leaving the final result of q
/ contest between TWO teams Of evenly bal
anced physical strength to the superior
/ strategy, skill. and f1eetness of the one
/ Strategy and speed will rate at a high
premium in the present game. The team
with the resouTceful coach, heady cap
| tain. and feet ends and backs. will have
| Il tremendous advantage over an Op-
/ pOnCnt not so we'll equipped.