Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-26
BIG TEAMS READY
FOR TOMORROW
Princeton and Cornell Promise
Exceptionally Good
Contest.


big teams yesterday for the games tomor-
row. Tonight the Cornell team will ar
rive In New York. while Princeton will
spend the night at home and go to New
York tomorrow morning. Harvard will
also be In Gotham tonight, going up to
West Point in the morning. These two
games, Princeton and Cornell at the Polo
Grounds and Harvard and the army cadets
at West Point, will hold the center OF the
stage. The other games, especially that be-
tween Pennsylvania and the Carlisle In
dams. viii be full of interest, however.
The game at the Polo Grounds deserves
a place among the most notable games OF
the year. With both teams living up to
! their reputation the contest should be as
pretty as any to be played during the year.
AS an exposition of the possibilities of the
new rules by two evenly matched teams
1t Is of wide Importance. II either team
should fail to do justice to this expectation
AMI the game develop in one-sded or
unequal contest, 1t would be a great pity.
failure to really test the efficacy OF the
new game would be generally regretted.
At West Point Harvard is believed to be
strong enough to win hard game rather
easier than she has against the army be-
fore. The Crimson team. unless signs fail.
!! is stronger than in years and pretty close
to the top of the heap. How she performs
against the cadets will be watched with
interest.
PENIS backwardness. due to the uncer-
tainty that has existed at quarterback,
dams very uncertain Yale's team has
slumped and is recovering and ought to
be able to win fairly handily against AM
herSt.
The Navy-BuckneH game is not likely to
be wildly exciting, but several minor games
| ought to be interesting. notably Lafayette
Colgate and Swarthmore-Gettysbu and
Dartmouth Williams.
Slump at Harvard.
CAMBRIDGE. Mass, October 26.-The
Harvard foot ball squad will leave for West
Point today for the annual game with the
Soldiers. There Is small proba blity, how
ever, that the Crimson team will begin the
game with any feeling Of overconfidence.
because of the unsatisfactory showing it
made against the second team on Soldiers
Field yesterday afternoon.
In this work the varsity was scored on
| twice by the second team. reinforced by the
presence of five coaches, Bowditch and
Leary. ends; Blagden and Knowlton.
tackles, and McFadon, guard The first
| eleven made four touchdowns. but found
the going much harder han at any previous
time this year.
The varsity did not get the plays off with
the snap and smoothness that have been
| SO much in evidence this fall. This may
have been due to the weather, which was
excessively sultry.
SOdCucS 1OCh "
NEW HAVEN, October 26.-The slump of
the Yale eleven has caused rally Of the
coaches Nine were on Yale Field yester-
day-Rockwell, Hoyt, Roraback, Hnkey,
Butterworth, Glass, Fred Murphy, Ely and
Chamberlin
The center problem, which has been caus-
ing the most trouble, was smoothed out by
dropping Erwin. right guard, and Dunbar.
center. Hockenburger. an old guard, re-
turned to college after weeks absence,
played at center, and showed to advantage.
Holloway, who was a guard on the fresh
man eleven last year, was tried at right
guard, but lacked finish. Glass and Rora-
back. who were responsible for the change.
spent the whole afternoon working over
these two men.
Foster was at left tackle. and Forbes
played left end like a whirlwind. Half the
gains made by the varsity were due to his
line bucking. Jones was unable to take his
place at right end. and Congdon seems to
be fixture
minutes Of play. The first score was made
when Tad Jones caught kick on the var
sity thirty-fve-yard line, and when tackled
passed the ball on to Knox, who ran sew
enty yards for touchdown. The varsity
made the second score by taking the ball
from the middle of the field on short but
consistent gains. The scrimmage was the
last before the Amherst game on Saturday.
Tigers HaA at Work.
PRINCETON. N. J.. October 26.-The
Princeton foot bail eleven had its final
scrimmage work before the Cornell game
yesterday afternoon, and q big crowd Of
undergraduates were on hand to watch the
work and practice songs and cheers. The
| varsity was strengthened by Rulon-M Miller
at halfback. His experience and speed
make him q valuable back. In yesterdays
work he was tried at both running and
kicking and showed excellent form and
ability in both. The coaches say he will
surely be used in the Cornell game. but
whether at end or back they will not say.
Daub was Rulon-Miller's running mate.
and they smashed the line and circled the
ends for long gains. Eddie Dillon continued
his good work. He ran back one punt for
fifty yards. and then worked a quarterback
kick for the remaining fifteen yards and
scored the only touchdown in the fifteen
Harlan and Tibbott played in 'the back
field for time, and showed their usual
form. Tibbott did some star work running
back punts. All the regular players were
in the first scrmmage, and every one came
out Of it in good shape for the game on
Saturday.
In the second half Stannard and Tibbott
were the only varsity men in the scrim-
mage. Glass; Tibbott and Moore were
the backs under Dowd at quarter. and In
short half. aided by Tibbott's long run.
scrub fought valiantly, but the varsity
squad was too fast and powerful. Martin
had first call at right guard, the only dis
puted position on the Tiger eleven.
Quakers Bracing Up.
PHILADELPHIA, October 26.-Yester-
days foot ball practice at Pennsylvania
was most gratifying to the eleven's sup
porters. The team seemed to have awak-
ened from its lethargic state of the past
few days. The play was behind closed
gates. and was in line with tho work that
brace, and Mike Murphy was particularly
gratified at the fighting spirit displayed.
Pennsylvania thus far seemed to lack the
go that the teams have had in previous
years. and It was the stamina Of the 1904
team that was evident. The only criticism
of the work of the line was the holding
Of which some Of the men were guilty,
Rogers. who substituted for Scarlet at
right end, was particularly culpable, and
held Cole. the big scrub, repeatedly.
The varsity rushed the ball for telling
distances in the hard scrimmage which
followed the preliminary work. and got
the ball over the scrub goal line by end
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