The Washington herald., 1906-10-26
GRIDlRON GOSSIP.

Illinois University expects Ia defeat
Coach Yosts Michigan team next Satur-
day. They base their expectations on the
| small score made by the Ann Arbor team
against Purdue.
Cornell an6 Pennsylvania freshmen
viii come together in a game on Frank
lin Field, Saturday. November 5. This
/ will take the place OF the varsity game
/ contemplated for that day
Princeton now has q coach for nearly
every candidate for the eleven. Tues
/ day, Coach Roper STAFF was increased by
the arrival of Booth, Edwards, Gresham,
Poe, Netterlein, Kafer, and Henry
Heinic Bullock. the famous Andover
half back will not be allowed to play for
Dartmouth this year He is ineligible be
cause he IS d special student, and has
not met all his entrance requirements.
Left HaIfback Smith, OF the West Point
team, has received a sprain that viii
keep him out of the game with Harvard
on Saturday Quarterback Johnston has
/ been discharged from the hospital squad
and viii resume his place behind the line.
Cornell is at the top Of the Eastern
i football heap IN total points scored so far
this fall Princeton and Pennsylvania are
second, each with III points but Prince
/ ton makes the better showing. as her
/ goal line has not been crossed. No
touchdown has been made against the
Tigers, while three have been registered
I by opponents OF the QuakeTs. Harvard
/ passed Yale IN total points last week. the
result OF liberal scoring IN the Spring
field game Yates defense still shows an
/ unsullied record. as does that of Swarth-
more. Virginia. West Point Colgate, and
Dartmouth Wesleyan has the distinc-
ton Of not having won game. but sue
/ ceeded in making its first score last week.
Amherst mas played only two games.
Yale is getting more smoothness be
tween her ends, and the quarter back in
the handling Of forward passes and. ae-
cording 10 nonpaytisan experts who have
seen her play lately, is doing better than
anybody else with the onside kick. Alcott
at end has shown noticeable skill lately in
handling both. Howard Jones. the most
likely man for the other end, is a brother
of Quarterback Tad Both were on the
varsity baseball team, Howard as a pitch
/ er and Tad as q catcher. Now the order
is reversed. Tad does the throwing and
Howard the catching. Forward passes
are getting TO be more like pitched balls.
There are not any inshO0ts or spit balls on
the gridiron. but as practice begets dex-
terity in handling the leather. the passes
ara str2ighJeT and more on line are
/ thrown with more speed. Swish, they
so through the air, just clearing the out
/ stretched hands of would-be intercepters,
and when they go straight 10 the mark
the other side must needs be watchful and
quick as a panther to head off a run.
Similarly. the onside kick IS putting more
OF a premium on pedal proficiency. not the
onside kicks that lift the ball high and far
down the field. but the low short kicks
from close to the line the kind that do
not rise much higher than forward pass
and which require accuracy in placing
am the vigilance of 2 hawk TO recover.
Football at West Point is not confined
TO the candidates for the main squad by
a good deal a bigger proportion Of stu
dents at the Point play football than at
any other institution. a series Of class
contests has been arranged. and what
with the candidates for these and for the
academy team there are I'D boys who are
playing the game. nearly a third Of the
whole number With the large number
of players the game is far from restricted
! TO those who excel in physique The 10
players include many sizes and weights.
After the game with Williams and the
varsity players had gone % their dressing
rooms there was a rush Of class players
TO the scrub gTidiT0n. and they frOlicked
H1r
were there for the purpose of learning
the game, but they were having fun
Football is encouraged at West Point.
where the powers that be believe in IT.
\ The encouragement OF athletic sports in
the army is general. and there are foot
ball elevens of enlisted men in d good
many army posts. The men to teach the
privates are the officers who have learned
II at West Point, and in order that the
/ pTivates may get this teaching, il is the
idea at West Point TO send out as many
officers as possible from the academy
VITA sufficient experience and knowledge
of football 10 teach It. The teachers do
not necessarily have to have made the
academy team. What is wanted is that
they have an intelligent knowledge of IT,
Not little fiTst-class material is discov-
I cred among the enlisted men. In a post
game last fan the center on one side was
a private and on the other Lieut. Upton,
who at West Point in 1904 was an all
American center. Upton doubtless was
not on edge for playing as he was when
at the Point. but in any event his Op-
posite put it over him.
The Princeton squad looks 10 be strong
er in material than any Nassau has had
in six or eight years. 1t is powerful
and active lot Of men that make up the
/ varsity team. The line from tackle to
tackle has the merit of being evenly bal
enced. Individually, both Harvard and
Tale have men who excel their immediate
opposites in the Princeton line. but
neither looks to have the even distribu-
ton of strength Of the Tiger quintet.
C0oney. Stannard. II. Dillon. Rheinstein.
and Herring compose an aggressive. solid
| group, wide of shoulder, deep of chest.
and firm in muscle. The world is ours. g"
they seem TO say when they come out on
the field. These qualities alone won't win
against big rivals should the latter pos
sess superior alertness, speed and knowl-
edge OF fine points, but those are points
which Princeton knows the value Of
The Princeton ends 90 not quite meas
urc up TO the rest Of the line but Wister
is improving right along. and If an end
can be made ont of Rulon-Miller the sit
uatiOn at the extremities of the line viii
be improved materially. Rulon-.Miller is
in the Henry Davis Palmer class in speed
Il looks as IL the final backfeid arrange
ment would be +. Dillon at quarter, Har-
Ian and Tibb0tt at halves and Mccormick