Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-30
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YALE PLAY SOLDIERS
That Battle Expected to De-
velop Unusual interest.

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home with Dartmouth. the games next Sat-
urday promise to. develop almost as keen in
terest as those just completed. Neither
Pennsylvania nor Cornell has a game sched-
uled. while Annapolis plays Penn State. q
game that should be highly interesting.
There are q number OF minor contests that
should be well worth while
In the Yale game against the military ca
diets will center tho principal interest. The
showing the soldiers made against harvard
was quite exceptional. and It win be inter-
esting to see how they size up against the
New Haven team. Yale has been at low
ebb for nearly two weeks. No one at Yale
has been satisfied with the work Of the
team. The failure to nnd satisfactory ends
and the trouble In the center Of the line
have been the main difficulty. II Yale does
not get on edge by Saturday and the ca
Harvard there will be serious trouble de-
velop at the Military Academy wnen the
game comes or.
Yale has the best back-feld material that
she has had in ysars. but the men appear
to have the faculty Of getting out of shape
Rooue. who u mighty valuable to the team.
was hurt on Saturday In the game with
the Princeton game. Morse has been in no
shape to play and Knox l. likely to be
overworked. These three men are without
superiors In shape. and should they fail to
round to 1t VIII be q great pity.
great problem. With Alcott looking out
for the other side. the ends are well taken
care OF Forbes will bear the brunt Of
Yale's line attack II Hockenberger rounds
to at center 1t 10 probable that the line will
come around all right In the Anal tests.
But it has hard task before 1t on Sat
urday.
At West Point the line from tackle to
tackle is the strongest the cadets have had
In years. The Harvard line is strong and
evenly balanced and the cadets outplayed
at center. but even allowing for this, the
army boys proved that they can do things
to the Yale line II 1t Is below form. There
are two remarkably strong defensive backs
supporting 1t, SO that Yale will need all the
attack she can muster to do justice to her
self.
The other games at Cambridge and
Princeton ought not to prove so hard.
Dartmouth has been unable to rise to the
demands of the new rules thus far this
year and has appeared below her form in
the past three or four years. Prnceton's
line is too well balanced and her back field
too ready to be denied by any team but
one remarkably well coached. So with
Brown, she lacks the initial force to rout
the Crimson. Harvard's potential possible
ties are certainly as great as those OF any
team in the field, and should Brown give
her a serious contest 1t will be her falling
Off rather than any indication Of intrinsic
weakness.
Penn can we'll use the two weeks before
another contest. The possibilities of that
team at Franklin Field are as great as
those of any other team in the field but for
two crucial weaknesses. One IL the lack Of
a capable quarterback and the other lack
Of ability to handle punts in the back field.
Tigers In Good Shape.
PRINCETON. N. J., October 30.-The
Tigers returned to town Sunday after the
hot scrap with Cornell. Everybody Is
pleased with the result. and more so at the
fact that not a man was hurt badly enough
to keep him out Of the game for a day.
marks by way Of cuts and bruises. but no
serious injury OF the slightest degree was
registered.
OF course, football talk here was in
troduced by Saturdays game. Then the
conversation waxed warm about Eddie Dill
Ions forced retirement from the field. 1t
Is said by persons in position to know
that the smuggling was forced. Thompson
tackled Dillon and threw him hard: not
satisfied with this they held him after the
whistle had blown. Thompson. they de-
clare, deliberately twisted Dillon's leg and
was the only medium Of release. The
Princeton man felt that while his expulsion
from the gridiron was not pleasant. he was
perfectly justified in his actions Eddie
and otherwise sportsmarlike conduct.
Princeton men are somewhat dissatisfied at
some Of the decisions and non-decisions OF
the officials In Saturdays contest
Martin who lined up against Thompson,
seems likely to secure a permanent Job
ON the Tiger eleven. He played a steady
game, considering the fact that 1t was
his first time in a big game
Yesterday afternoon was spent behind
closed doors at the university field. but
there was nothing to conceal. evidently.
Only the scrub and varsity subs were out,
and they had short scrimmage.
The coaches will keep the varsity step
ping lively this week in preparation for
the Dartmouth contest. This gives prom
Use of being fully as interesting as the
scrap with Cornell. because the Tigers
are hungry when they think OF last years
defeat.
Val Flood showed his ability Saturday
for the first time, in taking care of
Princeton team. That he succeeded en-
tirely Is evident by the physical condition
of his proteges today. bunch of grad
uate coaches are expected to be on hand
lofa in ho