The Washington herald., 1906-10-14
CRIDTRoN NOTES.

There is a cry for more speed in the
Yale team.
Both Yale and Harvard are still weak
in handling the ball.
Princeton now leads the big colleges in
number of points scored thus far this
season
The Springfield Training Schools game
with Harvard viii be watched with lot
OF interest by Yale men and others, for 1t
was supposed that Yale would pile UP at
least thirty points Wednesday.
Coach stagg, Of the University Of Chi
cago, is working on combination shift
and forward pass The whole backfeld
shifts and reshifts and the forward pass
is brought into use at the same time.
Ovitz, the star pitcher. Of the Univer-
sity OF Illinois club. has sprung into
prominence as a football possibility. His
puntinE in practice has been OF such an
excellent quality that much is expected
OF him.
More aud more the new rules arc
showing that the spectator win be able
10 decipher the individual players and
ten what their positions are without be-
ing obliged to resort 70 the. use OF 1eld
glasses.
THE presence OF Zeigler and Draper IN
the game Wednesday greatly strength
eued the Pennsylvania eleven. Capt
Greene IS receiving lots OF praise for the
successful management lOf the team on
the field.
Capt. Eckersan. Parry Noll, William.
son. Walker. and Russell are the only
last years regulars at the University Of
Chicago. 1t Is notable. however. that
Eckersall's right foot has lost none or
its aim and cunning.
Coach Stagg. Of Chicago. has issued an
edict that profanity viii not be tolerated
from the members OF his squad. Stsgg
points out that the rules are against it.
even II the men themselves are prone TO
be provoked 10 It.
The greatest surprise OF the season
was the victory Of Penn State over the
Carlisle Indians last Saturday. Nc
Cleary, the freshman half back, who won
the gan.e With a-fleld goal. is the hero
Of tie hour al State College
Among TIE candidates Tor end on the
University Of Chicago eleven Is Walker,
who was a member Of the Bridgeport
clubs tWiTling staff last season. Walker
jumped into the Orators By pitching a
no-hit game against Waterbury.
Burr, Harvard's big All-Esstern guard
has been a stone wall 10 the opposing
backs None have been able TO bulge
him lie has shown all OF his ability "a
punt TOO. but Coach Reid is giving that
work 10 Captain Foster and Fall.
Few teams will go through the season
without being scored upon by the smaller
eleyens. Already Pennsylvania and
Harvard have been forced 10 yield points
to their opponents. and this tribute 70
the new rules is appreciated by the small
fry.
Purdue University is whipping together
4 most promising lot OF players from a
green list Of candidates. and when they
meet Chicago next week they anticipate
a strong game. Two sets Of backs are
rounding into shape, and the line is i'm
proving wonderfully
Jack" Owsley. OF Chicago last years
head coach at Yale. saw Harvard and
Bowdoin play. and says Harvard sur
prised rue by her slow and heavy play
Bowdoin completely outplayed her on
straight football The Crimson candi-
dates seemed 10 me. with a few excep-
tions. UnpTomising.
O'Brien. one OF Princeton's ends. Is in
hot water over ris studies, and will be
unable to play in any games this season
Princeton has Gresham Poe. Bunny
Booth. Eddie" Holt. and Jack" Mann
assisting Head Coach Roper. Cooney has
been moved back TO tackle after 4 Try 1t
guard Herring. one Of last years
tackles. IS being used at center, and thus
far has shown up finely
That freshman squad a Harvard. with
its l50 aspiring youngsters, is q sizabie
aggregation. How did they count emp
somebody in the Stadium asked. Easy
| enough, replied a student They
| counted 'em as Xerxes counted his
army" Xerxes made his. measure on the
wholesale plan. He built a pen that
would hold over a thousand. drove his
men into it, and counted the number of
measures full
Jake Stahl is one Of tho officials Sc
lected for football games in the Middle
West Stahl was a star player at Illinois
| University before he entered baseball.
and he makes a competent official. Coach
Yost, Of Michigan, Is handicapped this
| season, as only five veterans arc on the
team. Yost recently addressed a mass
meeting and while making no predic-
tions. he expressed his belief that the
squad would round to as good team
as last years
The Cornell Sun prints some figures to
show the grOund-gaining prowess Of the
team. Earle. who played only. a few
minutes against Niagara. gained 140 yards
| In Il tries. an average Of 10 yards a play.
| Gibson gained p yards in lS plays, an
| average gain Of IL yards. McCutcheon's s
total gain Of "a yards REPRESENTED an av-
erage gain of nearly Z. yards. and Walder
advanced the. bail an. average OF yards
per plunge in 10 plays. Babcock made
- yards in plays, and Watson 1 line
| plunge Of 10 yards There was good
running back of kicks by Jameson. Eight
kicks were rushed back for an average
OF Il yards. In plays Mason carried the
bah "A yards The four tOuchdOwns were
ulade by advancing the ball steadily
for the respective distances Of -, 81. 30.
and 80 yards. Nothing IN all this 10 in
dicate that the ball cannot be rushed
consistently under the l0-yard rule.
There are half dozen OF so men on
the Harvard squad vino can punt well
and there is quality rs well as quantity
among the kicllcrs. Burr. the big guard
is pretty nearly the best distance punteT
in the East. and he is dependable. Just
how 80 much kicking ability will help
the team any is not clear, unless, OF
course, some good kicker has to leave
the game Only one man can kick at a
time. and Burr doubtless will continue
TO do the punting. Both Burr and Fos-
fer have been punting over sixty yards
in games. and that's booting EN- sUftie.
Burr. from all accounts, is playing his
guard position in bang-up style He did
| that last year and Is still better this
year. Kersburg Is counted on 10 make
one of the best guards Harvard ever has
had, and with Parker at center the Grim
son IS formidable In the middle of the
line. Osborne. Inches. and Hoar. the lead
| ing candidates for tackles. nave never
played against Yale Coach Reid is try