Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-14
FOOT BALL PROSPECTS
OF THE BIG FIVE TEAMS
By Edward r. Bushnell.

,, oh;,itv Tn the back field Prince
toD promises to rival Yale. E. Dii-on eau
hardly be improved on at a ,nnine snIen.
Sidiv at half backs. Harlan is proving NM
self an invaluable man in drop klck,ns .h ant
promises to no d on to his position Mi.o ~.
Further trouble Mccormick. CONCEDED o 70
he the best full back of the year IN 1870
is fixture in his position
After MANY vicssitudes the pennsylvania
eleven has finally found itself. The two
men who will hold down the ends are Lee
vene and Scarlet, both veterans Draper
a. ~one tackle. is also a veteran, though
Roberts on the other side of the line Is a
new man Both Ziegler and stem, a.
guards, are veterans from 1919. thoIsh
Stein was only substitute last year. To- .
game in this position. Quarter BAN .as
Sbehle Is a new man in this position. oul
Half Backs Greene and Folweii. toge.ne.
with Full Back Dennis. are not Only |es
Grams but stars in their positions.
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The Cornell team took shape quicker tnan
any of the others. Van Orman at one Gnu
is a veteran and Babcock, at the other CA
tremitv. a substitute from 1908. COOK at
one tackle has played his position TOT TWO
wears. while Damn. on the other SIDE OIL the
line has always been a capable suostltute.
Both Thompson and y ho u, ' h.s AZ.
Welcomed while Newman. the center, Is
veteran. The back field Is mace up ehsaSs
of veteran material. Gibson ana EarIe
both D aged at half back year ago. .housn
Earle was but substitute. Waiders, nov 1
nIaying full back. was a half back N I0oo
and one of the best In the east
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,r,, a,.ors,,or of tbe new rules Is now at
its height There are some critical coaches
who declare that they are farce ana
have not opened up the game or iesseneo
Injuries. . But the reformess. on the oeneF
hand are loud In their praises OF the re-
vised code AS a matter OF fact II - sun
TOO early to Judge the worth or wor.niesS
ness o. the new rules. How they Will woix
Zach other is totally different from the
way they have been working IN tne pre-
lminary games In which strong teans n@'e
opposed the weak. $4,000.
aeainst a minor eleven which has not Deen
yersed In It's workings. But It "aa ~
found. before the season Is mMch ol1eI.
that this play cannot work so easily aga1nst
a team of equal skill and speed 1t Is most
Interesting to note, In this connection, now
the different members OF the hag Five
regard the new rules and their possiotHues'
AS was predicted. Yale has taken the inItia
tive IN emp Oy1IiS ehO e0A
possible by the new code and the work OF
the Els has been both a revelation ana an
object lesson to other teams.
Yale has emphas sized nfss OF ~ sp0e Ea ach
accuracy In handling the bali Coacn
Rockwell and his assistants have apphe1
the Hurry Up theory OF Coach iost OF
MICHIGAN. In every game inc Gsts nav
been on the jump every minuse. f. .nu Ill ~
clearly have been regarded as serious oe-
fects which had to be overcome before
man could secure q position.
And on this point s otneL , as Vale The
EMS have evidently made q close %udy
Of the manner In which Canadians nave
operated the quick and long passes Iot
their style is radically dinefent iron ZIG.
taught and pursued by the other members
of the big Five For instance the 1aie
quarterback, or other man who passes tne
ball does it with one hand and not win
two as in basket ball. The pan Is s,a SUI
is used at all, 1t is merely 70 euloe inc
pass In this way Yale Is able TO MAKE
p much quicker and far more accurate
throw than when the oai1 IS pa priuc.ton.
Cornell and Harvard. The Yale way 10
the Canadian way and the right way. ana
before the season Is over the otner DiS
college teams of the country will have 70
Come to this. II they don't they Will have
trouble to operate the forward ana the
long pass.
Of the big eastern teams there IL JUST
one which seems to ignore the plays pos
s,ble under the new code of rules. This u
the University of Pennsylvania Ine
ouakers experimental with the forward
nass for weeks but If their style OF play
In the Franklin and Marshall game may
he taken as guide they now have very
little use for 1t. Their experience naS
been that the ball Is usually lost with TINS
play and that the few times II does sue
coed In gaining ground are not worm the
risk that is run ..,
The Quakers have caused not Httio
excitement by their evident determination
to play the old style Of foot ball AT the
beginning of the season most coaches
seemed to think that the ten-yafd rule
made ii incumbent on them to develop
totally different style OF o1ense But the
Ouakers have noted that all the other big
teams are weakening their defense 10 pro-
vide for the forward pass and other new
plays. Consequently, taking advantage OF
this weakening Of the defense. the Quakers
have decided that the ten-yard rule VIII
not be such handicap after all. In the
Franklin and Marshall game On WedneS-
day the Quakers used Draper at tackle
and Ziegler at guard in their attacks al
most constantly. Those men. Of course.
could not be brought back OF the Hne. but
IN this game they seemed to advance the
ball from their position quite as easily as
they could have done under the old rules.
The month OF November will prove the
worth or uselessness of the new rules.