The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-10-20
FOOTBALL GOSSIP.

this fall. His work IN no way compares
with that shown by him last season.
The narrow escape against the navy
hasn't discouraged Princeton There Is
great reserve speed in the Tiger back
field.
While Penn signs for a Stevenson. Hsr-
ward is finding it difficult TO choose be-
tween Starr. Hall, and Newall, its candi-
dates for quarter.
The faculty has barred Dennis one of
Pennsylvania S best backs, for failures in
his studies. There are real tears in the
Quakers' wailings these days.
President Swain. Of Swarthmore. felt so
elated over the football victory against
Penn that he gave the students a holt
day Monday and assisted them in proper
~ celebrating the event.
In Bullock. brother of the former end.
Dartmouth has a colored half back who
is one of the fastest ground gamers the
New Hampshire college ever turned out
The University Of Colorado coaches are
hacking the new rules to pieces with their
criticisms. Seven players are recovering
from injuries received in the wide OpeR"
game.
lockwood. Of Harvard. who can cover
the hundred IN even time, is one of the
fastest sprinters in football togs the
Crimson ever had He Is to be used regu-
larry as right half back
An Amherst Agricultural College player
says that Burr. of Harvard. can take all
the time he needs before puntinE, because
no sane player is going to take a chance
of having Burr's foot land on him.
The Yale coaches have been working
on defense. Penn State is expected 10
give the Blue its hardest battle to date
IN the meeting tomorrow The Pennsyl-
vanians have beaten the Indians TO 0.
There is joy at Princeton because :.
Rulon Miller has come out TO make the
eleven. Two years ago he was one of
the best full hacks In mOleskins. but had
to give I'D the game temporarily because
Of injuries received in gridirOn conflict.
lie WAS not in a game last season Nc
COTmiCk. who has been playing full hack.
viii cover one of the half back positions.
Head Coach Lindgren. Of Illinois. will
have the assistance Of Jake Stahl and
Jimmy Cook, two Old-time gTidirOn stars
of the Illini. who have promised 20 come
To Illinois field to aid in rounding the
State team into shape for the game with
Michigan on Saturday, October =. The
appearance of the oid-timers viii be ex-
tremcly welcome. and il is believed that
Illinois chances viii be greatly improved.
OF group Of twenty football teams IN
the East. nine have not been scored on.
Those with clean states are Yale Prince
ton. Pennsylvania State, Dartmouth.
Lafayette, Brown, West Point. Swarth-
more. and Virginia. Teams that have
made over 100 points in combined games
against opponents are Yale, Princeton.
Carlisle. Syracuse, Lafayette. and Vir-
ginia. The Pennsylvania team has been
scored on in four out of its FIVE games
and its opponents have made more points
than have been made against any other
big team. The man who propheSied that
there would be numerous nothing to moth
ing games under the new rules called the
turn There have been eleven in the East
50 far. Bat If the game has been i'm
proved il would not matter if there had
been a hundred and eleven. However.
there have been many free scoring games
To Offset the sCoTeless ones
The effect of barring freshmen from
varsity teams. in vogue this year at Har-
ward. Yale, Princeton, Pennsylvania. Cor
nell. and Brown. was seen In the AndOver-
Yale freshman game last Saturday, when
the Yale cubs performed what was for
them the rare feat OF defeating Andover.
At some places freshmen are performing
the double duty OF playing on their class
team and bracing up the scrub eleven for
the ultimate benefit OF the varsity. A
strong scrub is needed for strong varsity.
Yale has n strong scrub team this season,
and two OF its best players are freshmen.
Andrus. who PLAYS tackle on the freshman
eleven. and Coy. who plays fun back. Coy
is a brother OF Sherman Coy who was an
end On Gordon Browns 1900 eleven. Nat
urslly. with freshmen Ineligible for the
varsity, the freshman teams become
stronger and will stay stronger, unless de
mands OF the scrub keep the youngsters
from their class team. There are fresh
men at Yale who would have made the
varsity had they been eligible. Besides
Andrus and Coy, there are Wheaton, "A
half back from St. PauTs School. Garden
city; Cooney. Il giant from Exeter. who is
playing center for the Eli freshmen. and
Moorehcad, promising quarter back.
Coach Stagg, of the University OF Chi
cago department of football learning is
much pleased with the work of some 81
the fast liKht-weights who have come OUT
for the eleven. 4 group of track men
have joined the squad Templeton, Tao
pounds and a sprinter; Merriam. i5S
pounds and conference champion quarter
miller: Quigley. 1Sg pounds and a relay
runner: Rohde. ls3 pounds. and Schom-
mer. l6S pounds The weights Of Stagg' 6
whole squad indicate that speed and ac-
tivity are the desideratum. There is only
one 2p-pounder in the crowd, and only
three who weigh as much as 100 pounds.
Weights Of the backfield men are: Ecker
sail, 14I: Steffen, Isl; lddings. 10: Finger.
I6l Avoirdupois is distributed among
other candidates as fellows: Parry, 2os:
Walker. IL; Russell. ls2; Noll. 1870. Wat
son. u.s. Anderson. l74: Harris. l70, Nc
CarlhE IL. Jones ID. MeffnrIl lla.