Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-23
Good Kickers in the West

GooQ hlcKerS In the w est
The west Is just about as rich in good
kiclers as the east is poor in them Ecker
sail the Chicago captain is of course. the
star of them all. In fact he is the greatest
kicker this country ever saw. During the
time he has played on the Chicago team
he has been the backbone of the team. and
fully half of ChtCagO'S scores in 1893 were
due TO his punting and drop kicking Ac-
cordng to DIR. Carl Williams of the Uni
Nersity of Pennsylvania, the majority of
the scores that are made this wear will he
the result of kicking, and not running or
line plunSing. If this proves to be the case
the Chicago team should once more be a
winner. At Michigan Garrells stands in
much the same relation to his team as
Eckersall does to Chicago. GarreIls is
really better punter than Eckersan but
lacks the latter's ability TO kick goals from
the held; another sensational goal kicker.
who will be missed this year is Crowell
the eX-Swarthmore captain, whom George
Brooke developed. Last year CroweIl
scored II goals from the field. one of which
he Kicked exactly from midfeld the long
est goal ever Kicked on the American grid
iron. This year Crowell is coaching George
Washington University of Washington,
ID. c.
Feeling in the East
The end of the second weeks practice
has left few changes in the comparative
strength OF the members of the big five.
AZ bONLl ALlHCtlOH ana cornell the coaches
make no secret of the fact that they are
quite well satisfied with the situation. Cor
nell. of course has back more veterans
from 1905 than any other university in the
east, with the Tigers a close second in this
regard Neither Yale nor Harvard would
admit 1t II they had enough material for
Two e!eVenS. but both are in quite as good
condition as they could reasonably expect
There is more reason for the hard-luck
taies winch are emanating from the Uni
NtrSltE OF pennsylvania. The troubles of
the Quakers have their origin in the fact
that only four regulars. instead of seven
nave returned from the 1898 team But
even at PENNSYLVANIA there is bright side
10 the situation. for nearly the entire sub
sutute squad is back, while two men who
would nave made the 1909 team in a walk
ZIegIer and Draper, are available this fall
and VIII strengthen the team where it is
weakest.
Phil King at Princeton.
Princeton men are congratulating them
selves, and with good reason. because of
the arrival OF Phil King one of their most
famous players in other days and for MANY
years the coach OF WIsconsin's champion
ship teams King will remain with the
Orange and Black the greater part of the
present season. He will probably have
more to do with the molding of the Orange
and Black eleven than Head Coach Reper
IlluStI4. ne acquisition OF King means
that Princeton will spring as many novel
plays this year as any of their rivals in
the big five, for King is nothing if not
strategic. In the last few years Princeton
has not contributed much to strategic foot
ball. the Tigers preferring to stand pat on
the old style OF game, leaving other uni
Versities to the field of invention.
The intercollegiate world is much inter-
eSted in the efforts now being made by CO.
lumbia and the University of California TO
popularize the English rugby game in this
country. The faculties of Columbia and
California last fall abolished the American
style OF foot ball and substituted the En-
gNsh game. great hubbub was imme-
diately raised by the student bodies of
these two universities, but nothing was ac
complshed, for the powers in control re-
fused to bulge an inch.
English Game in California.
The California team has already started
TO train for the English game. but has
found many obstacles in its path In the
hrst place the athletes have not taken
kindly to the new game, and the candi-
yS'es Tor the team have been small. There
mas also been great deal of complaint be-