The Washington herald., 1907-10-29
PUNTS AND PASSES.

DR.. Reilly shot a little discipline across
the board at Georgetown yesterday when
he dropped one Of the players from the
squad for breaking the training rules
Carolina \ and NJ. was originally
scheduled 10 play George Washington Sat
urday. but, instead. the Hatchetites will
meet GaIlaudet.
It is rumored that Hodgson. who was
the All-Southern guard while at George
town last fan. viii not play against the
Blue and Gray at Richmond next Satur-
day.
1t has been a long time since the In
dams have been seen in football game
IN New York, an6 there will be a crowd
TO watch them play on the Polo Grounds
against Princeton next Saturday.
The big football games. like the classic
turf fixtures, are now calling out the
good, old, consistent players who are
there" all the tine in a big battle. and
the iashy yOungSter who pulled of one
long run in the early games is on the
side lines
Capt. Parker. Of Harvard. is taking a
little rest because he strained his back
carrying around four or five Navy play
ers in the recent game with Annapolis
If I'd been a little better trained to H."
said the captain, 4 might have made Il
Eve or six
Penn is conceded to have outgeneraled
all her rivals when she took Michigan for
Harvard. Il makes the Red and Blue the
football standard Of the country between
the East and the West. as we'll as giving
her game that will develop in i'm
portance.
If individual effort could make a team
win. Princeton would be the fast mail Of
the football world, so far as Dillon has
anything 10 do with football for the
Tigers. That young man is cultivatiEg a
hustle bush and is never without some Of
il under his hat.
Coach Stage has not held any electric
light practice as yet. The arcs have been
strung across the field, but Stage slys
they will not be used until they are ac-
tually needed Arc light scrimmages have
long been a favOrite hobby of the vege-
tartan coach.
The managers OF the New York Univer-
sity and FoTdham elevens have come to
an understanding unique in the history Of
college football They have agreed to
practice against each other twice a week
hereafter. neither team TO attempt to
score any goals.
The demands for tickets to the Penn
sylvania game to be played at Ann Arbor
November 10 are pouring in. At present
there are seats on Ferry Field for exactly
1855 people. Stands VIII be put UP at
the ends Of the gridiron to accommodate
enough more to raise the total TO =, 000
II is anticipated that within a thousand
Of that number will witness the Penn
game.
There were coaches galore at Cornell
last week, for beside the regular field
committee Of Sam" Halliday. IS: POP"
Louder, 90, and "Heiner Schollkopff. 'O3.
there have arrived to assist In the work
joe Beacham. 81; 'Tommie" FennelI.
80 coach of Penn State. and his class
mate, Clint WyCOff. 06. Every one of
these men were famous gridiron war
riOrs during their undergraduate careers.
Not back has made the forward pass
this year as Beavers. OF West Point
does. He runs back when ne gets the
ball, and after he turns to throw il spots
his man accurately and then gives the
ball spiral flop all the way over both
lines If the receiver knows what is com
ing he is ready for it. As the chaps on
the other side seldom have any idea what
to anticipate, they are likely to tumble
the ball if they are able TO check ii, and
if they tumble ii the Army figures that
il viii be recovered by a soldier
To those who have been predicting the
speedy downfall of the Yale eleven, be-
cause Of its weakness, attention is called
to the criticism which is made on the
team by the captain of West Point. One
would really imagine that the West Point
captain should be in a fair position to
judge Yale'S worth, inasmuch as there
were. several times in last game that the
West Point captain was being courte-
ously rolled along the grass by Yale
men He says the Yale eleven of this
year is stronger than that of 1906,
and there are plenty who agree with
him.
After the Penn-Indian game, when the
victorious Redskins had retired to the
training-room to dress, Supt. Mercer
brought in George Woodruff to meet the
team. Mr.. Woodruff was head coach
both of Pennsylvania and of the Indians
at different times. and has always been
much interested in the welfare of the
Carlisle team. He shook hands with
every member of the Indian team and
congratulated them heartily on their VIC
tory. 1T was great. BY George, il was
great, and I didn't think you could do
it," exclaimed the big ex-coach, as he
patted Capt. Lubo on the back. After
Lube, Woodruff congratulated every In
dian in turn, and seemed much pleased
over the victory Of MS old pupils,