Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-28
BIG FOUR TEAMS
WORK ON NEW RULES
vagaries of Forward Pass Illus
trated in Yale
Practice.

ries of the forward pass. the keystone of
the arch of the new foot ball rules, were
shown in yesterdays practice on Yale Field,
when Paul Veeder scored the only touch
down on what would have been regarded a
glaring fiuke under old fashioned foot ball.
but which looks like familiar happening
under the existing gridiron code.
The bali was in the possession Of the Sec
ond eleven in midf1eld. when the scrub
quarterback called for a forward pass and
hurled the oval out to Overall at right end.
Overall missed. but Veeder. varsity back
took the ball with flying leap lodged
Overall and ran fifty yards for touch
down. Veeder's feat establishes the fact
that the forward pass is dangerous for the
side which attempts 1t.
Veeder was in his old position at left half
back for the first time this season. Knox
has been used there Trip, guard and
Flanders center of last years team, had
charge of the coaching, as Rockwell and
Hoyt, the permanent coaching staff. were
called away to attend classmates we'd
ding.
The scrimmage was the longest of the
season The field was heavy and slippery
from the rain. which fell all day until just
before practice began. By neither straight
scrimmaging nor trick plays was either the
scrub the varsity able to threaten the
others goal line. The regulars fell back
upon punting and Roomes Kicks averaged
fifty yards.
Princeton in Fast Drill.
PRINCETON, N. j.. September 2S.-In a
drizzling rain and muddy field the
scrub team turned the tables on the Prince
ton varsity yesterday afternoon and scored
the only points made in a half-hour's scrim-
mage work. The scrubs score was drop
kick from the thirty yard line, made by
Harry Schwob, 'o7, who is being tried at
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best kicker at Princeton but. aside from
that, he has had practically no foot ball
experience When he was discovered the
coaches took him in hand, and his develop
ment is being closely followed.
Mccormick out for signal and forma-
ton practice. but did not play in the scrim-
mage, his position at fulback being credit
ably filled by Hooks, 'O7, veteran substi-
tute Herring, O7, was not on the field,
but Phillips, '0S, played his tackle next to
Jim Cooney, who is now being used at right
guard.
The forward pass was tried in scrimmage
work for the first time. and proved sue
cess after a little practice to overcome
fumblng. Hoagland and Wister, the most
promising candidates for ends, made re-
peated gains Of five yards. using the for
ward pass. Tenney. O7, another veteran
substitute. with plenty of speed and dodg-
| ing ability, is being tried at half. Tenney
is also good kicker, and did some brilliant
punting from formation.
The Tigers rapidly getting into con-
dition to open their season against villa
Nova on Saturday. The varsity training
Dillon '07: w. H. Daub. 'O7: H. S. Tenney.
'O7: ]. L. Cooney, '07; D. G. Herring, 'G;
w. J. Phillips. 'OS: ]. B. Mccormick. 'OS:
F. NJ Tibbott, 90; f. A. Dillon, 90, and
E. Stannard, 90.
Open Scrimmage at Harvard.
CAMBRIDGE. Mass. September 2s.-The
first open practice of the year on Soldiers
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presence of more than 500 Harvard stu
dents. In a scrimmage Of fifteen minutes
the varsity failed to make single ten
yards in three downs. The plays tried were
for the most part straight forward line
bucks outside of tackle These gained well,
but were not good for ten yards.
Two styles of the forward pass and fire.
quent quarterback kicks also failed to make
the necessary distance. One of the forward
passes was on a quarterback run and the
other on fake kick between Capt. Foster
and the fullback
Before the scrimmage, which was as
fierce as any ever seen on Soldiers Field.
teams A. and c had long rehearsal Of
Quarterback kick and forward pass plays.
In this work possibilities of an open and
dashing game were shown. All the varsity
whole afternoon. Appollonio, at fullback.
blocked punt in sensational fashion in the
preliminary practice, while Kennard got
down the field fast. Capt. Foster punted
we'll Inches supplanted Sibley at right
tackle on the first eleven
Penn Player Breaks Ankle.
PHILADELPHIA, September 29.-The
new foot ball rules are directly responsible
for the first serious accident of the year
at the University of Pennsylvania. In the
scrimmage practice yesterday Charles Kei-
nath sustained broken ankle while at
tempting the forward pass. Keinath was
carried to the university hospital and will
! be out of the game for the rest Of the year
He was playing quarterback and had just
made a forward pass to Takaki, the little
Japanese end.
Just as Keinath leaped into the air he
was tackled by one of the scrub men, and
after the pile was disentangled Keinath was
found helpless and had to be carried off the
field.
One of the scrub players caught the for
ward pass in the air and sprinted down
the field for the first touchdown of the year
against the varsity.
This injury has put a damper foot
ball enthusiasm at Penn. for Keinath. who
was the star basket ball forward of the
country was counted on to become a star
on the gridron.
The accident is very discouraging in view
| of the train of injuries which nearly broke
up PENIS team a year ago. Sheble is now
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