Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-01
NEW FOOT BALL
PUT TO TEST
Forward Pass Proved a Good
Ground Gamer in Up
to-Date Play.

pleasing to the spectators The passing,
OF which there was plenty. was easy to
| follow, and from the viewpoint Of the
| spectator there was not too much kicking.
| Everybody in the game had to think all
| the time and think fast. and no individual
| had any excuse for hiding his light under
| a bushel.
| and Williams did not arise to the posi-
! bflities of the new game but they have
| no one but themselves to blame for 1t.
| Harvard and Pennsylvania may or may not
| have been concealing their knowledge of
| the possibilities of the new rule. but in
| any event they did not play up-to-date foot
| bail.
There was more excuse for Pennsylvania
! than there was for the Crimson. The
| Quakers found SO easy an opponent that
! they did not have to work very hard. Har-
ward. on the other hand. found In VIII
| liams a worthy foeman. The Crimson
novelties than it did. There can be no
! question that Harvard knew more foot ball
| than her men showed
Harvard's Shortcomings.
However. Reid was net on hand at the
| time, and it may he that in Ii. absence
his assistant coaches were reluctant to
show Earvard's hand. Harvard won from
Williams about the Crimson might have
| done it under the old rules aad gained
small credit thereby: Mr. Reid he ped
make the rules AMI his team should take
| full strategic advantage Of them Certain
uses Of the forward pass known to
every coach on the field. and i'll concea'ing
them Harvard concealed nothing.
| Mr. Reid at the foot bail meeting at the
Murray Hill Hotel last Friday night spoke
earnestly to the effect tia, foot bali was
| on trial tkis year more than in it's
history. And in one respect the games
played wiped several large tlotches from
it's escutchcon. The smaller teams were
not battered to shrcds, in all cases finish
| ing fresh, and there We're injuries or
roughress. of moment. OF s.ugsing ana
"kneeing'' there was practically none.
| sufficient triumph for the opening of the
season.
| Greatest credit for accepting the new
PLAYING conditions chcerfuily and prOiting
| to the fullest extent by them belongs to
| Warner of Cornell and Roper of Princeton
coaches who acted while others were PHI
! fling ever the Interpretation of the rules
| of playing the old game in. the hope that it
| would be good enough to defeat their minor
| college opponents
| Although the Ithacans failed to score
against the strong old-fashioned Colgate
| eleven they proved that 1t was possible
under the new rules to play stirring foot
ball and make yards and yards of ground
Cornell. on sentimental grounds. il on no
other. deserved a victory. =. -...;7. -.
r. go Warner Begins Well.
novel playing regulations at all times
seemed a certainty. but that he would
dare so much as the auadruple pass was
unforeseen. On the other hand. Cornel's
strategist will have to remember that his
foundati ton in the straightaway game must
| be good. If he will see that his line Is
| soundly coached in the fundamentals his
| ingenious faculty for devising new plays
! may put the Ithacans back where uni
! versity of its size should be in the foot
| ball world.
Princeton Is playing up-to-date football.
The Tigers were not afraid to loosen up
| their game against Villanova and deserve
| credit for it. With a good set of backs.
| one very fine end and strong line, Mas
| sau looks distinctly dangerous for early
| a stage of the season. The line was fire.
quently sluggish. it is true. But 1t is
| heavy lot of forwards and will need work
| Of the hardest kind to get 1t up to the
proper place Cooney at guard showed up
we'll and Whaley at center. scrub who
has had to earn his way from the start.
looked like a conner" Captain Dillon. in
the other guard position. was not up to
his old standard. and Stannard and Her
ring at tackle were frequently cumber-
some. There is good timber in the Prince
ton line. though. and 1t should get more
spring to 1t as the season ripens.
Har!ans puntfng was close TO perfection.
and there are others of the Tigers who
can do some tall kicking. too
Tigers Show Good Sense.
Princeton showed good, hard foot ball
sense in accepting the forward pass as a
routine play rather than as a mere piece Of
pyrotechnics, and the reward was obvious
1t is difficult to understand why the
Quakers forebore to play the new foot ball.
except that perhaps they found the going
too easy. Even So 1t was royal chance to
ties nowadays. The forward pass. with its
variations. will strike some other coach and
team pretty soon who will find way to
work II. and work 1t successfully. There are
none 80 blind as those who will not see
Neither Harvard nor Pennsylvania need
have feared to lose the ball to their oppo-
nents anywhere between the 23-yard lines.
The ten-yard rule works both ways and
the smaller college would naturally be at a
disadvantage against the superior material
and. presumably. superior coaching OF Its
larger rival
Although the Yale team did not play on
Saturday, the Blue worked hard on the for
ward pass. Dispatches from New Haven
seemed to indicate that 1t was seldom sue
cessful. 1t Is safe to say that the Ell
coaches will leave no stone unturned to
work it up to a successful pitch for use
against Wesleyan next Wednesday.
Forward Pass Bewilders.
Az played by Princeton and Villanova
Saturday the forward pass had a somewhat
weird effect on the spectator. It was diff
cult for the onlooker to realize the actual
gain in yards Melted by the pass alone. and
there was much disposition to count the
gain from the point where the end received
the ball to the conclusion of his run. AS far
as could be judged there was little danger
of the opposing team making much ground
on an intercepted forward pass. In such a
case the recipient seems too well covered
to be very dangerous
So much for the most spectacular of the
plays under the new rules The neutral
zone and the outside kick also worked we'll.
1t Is true that the neutral zone effectively
dsposes Of quick openings In the line, but
1t also disposes Of smuggling and backing.
| and that Is we'll.
Unless the rules are materially changed,
which is hardly likely. some OF the big col
lege coaches will have to bestlr themselves
| and cut loose a little before another week
rolls by.
Sentences for Russian Mutineers.
! The sentences of the court-martal on the
| sailors and others charged with participa-
| ton in the mutiny at Cronstadt last August
| have been delivered in that city. subject to
| confirmation. M. Onipko, one Of the leaders
| OF the peasant party in the outlawed parlia-
| ment. Is condemned to deDOrtatiOu and the