Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-29

tors point Of view. and that the rule had
put end effectuaily for all time to the
deadly dull and more less dangerous
mass plays for gains of from one to three
yards at time. Between the old and the
new there Is no comparison. and the new
stands out In way that can leave no
doubt to the wisdom of the committee
that had in hand the delicate work OF
vising the rules The game can still be i'm
proved. however. by some modification of
the ten-yard rule. which. while preventing
q relapse into the old methods. will still
make possession OF the ball. at least within
the twenty fve-yard line, the keynote to
successful scoring.
Game Vastly Improved.
To those who saw the various games on
Saturday between teams so evenly matched
that fair exposition of the new code was
possible for the first time this year. the
feeling general that the game had been
vastly improved under the revised rules.
There We're no dull moments, and there was
action enough and open play enough to sat-
isfy the most exactng. Luck and chance
played part that those welded to the old
methods decried, but the science OF foot
bal was not subservient to fumbles and
hukes, and with one or two exceptions the
best team won. The revised rules put a
premium on strategy, resourcefulness and
vigilance and relegate mere brute strength
to the background. and the mimic warfare
is In consequence the more interesting and
exciting. In place of the pound pound,
pound and buck. buck. buck of the old
game have come sharp da shes In the OPEN
quick doubling and lodging daring passes
brilliant runs through broken field sensa-
tional recoveries and spectacular situations
which keep players and onookers in a con-
slant whfrl OF excitement. The Juggling Of
the ball on forward passes and onsde kicks
may SAVIOR more of basket ball than foot
ball: the wild scramble for the p!gskin on
tumble may make the lovers OF the old
game shudder; some games may be won by
lucky chance that will send the best team
on the field respondent. but. all in all. the
new game Is so UNNECESSARILY better than
the old that the time is at hand for its gem
eral and popular acceptance, even II such
Is not already the case.
Strenuous Sport.
There have been many injuries OF minor
nature and some OF a serious kind this fall,
but altogether there have been fewer inju-
ries than usual for which the changes in
the rules are considered largely responsible
Foot ball is "a strenuous game at best and
those who expected that the new code would
prevent any injuries were doomed to disap-
. pointment before change was made. Much
unnecessary roughness has been removed
however. and the games no longer drag
while coaches are trying to patch up their
men to play beyond their strength and court
injury.
Both Local Teams Improve
The work of the George Washington team
in the game Saturday afternoon against the
Western Maryland College team showed
wonderful improvement over the former
contests Ia this city. The team work was
very good. while they showed up strong in
the new rules. especially in the forward
pass. Coach CroweL who himself Ia one
OF the best drop kickers in the country, has
improved the work of Sutton and Steener-
son In this line. The work of the tackles Is
also Improving. Two new men were in the
lineup. They were Lacarona at fullback.
who has added considerable to the back
field. and Gibson at tackle. the latter being
one OF the mainstays of the team last
son. West Virginia viii be at Van Ness
Park next Saturday. and the locals hope to
capture the contest.
At Georgetown the team is fast rounding
into form Coach DR.. Riley has worked the
team every day in a fast practice ard the
team work has now been gotten down to a
fine point This was shown In the game
Saturday against the Washington and Lee
University. when they won by score of 6
to 5. Next Saturday the team Will go TO
Norfolk and play the University of North
Carolina. and the Blue and Gray boys ex-
Tar Heels"
Tigers Very Strong.
Princeton's victory over Cornell on Satur-
day well and Clearly earned, but much
must be done to strengthen the defense If
Yale Is to be conquered on November II.
The Cornell backs played havoc with the
line in the first half. and ploughed through
for many substantial gains There was
marked improvement In the second half, but
this may have been due to the fact that
Cornell had less opportunity to use aggres-
sive. forcing tactics. as the eleven was busy
for the greater part of the time in defending
its own goal line. The Cornell team is
good one this year, one of the best. in fact.
ever developed at Ithaca. which makes
Princetons victory the more deserved. The
men wee well coached in the intricacies of
the new game, and showed themselves to be
IA M forward
used 10 the same nicely that Princeton
showed. but II can be said that Eddie Dill
Ion has mastered the play as has no other
quarterback in the college world up TO this
time. The Tigers have mastered the plays
made possible under the code, and
need only time to make them even more
effective than was the against Cornell.
Individually and collectively the team Is
strong one and we'll worthy to represent
Old Nassau. Daub. Mccormick. Rulon-
Miller. Harlan. Tibbot and Cass all good
men in the back field, and Eddie Dillon. the
clever quarterback. can be depended on to
use them to the best advantage, It's he is
born foot ball general. Wister and Hoag
land good pair Of ends. il not quite UP
to the HenryDavis standard. while Stanard.
Cooney and Capt, Dillon are tower OF
strength in the line. Herring. at center,
and Martin. at guard. are tho weak points.
as judged by Saturdays game. but Herring
has the making OF good man, he fol-
lows the ball closely and passes well. With
a little more polish II is an wager that
the Yellow and Black will wave over the
Blue this year.
Soldiers Good Showing.
Either West Point has n remarkably
strong team this year. that will play havoc
with Annapolis In their annual game, or
else Harvard Is not up to the required
standard. The Crimson eleven earned
victory over the soldiers on Saturday, but
the honors Of the game were with West
Point 1t was largely punting game as
neither eleven could make any consistent
gains by rushing, even with free use of
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