Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-07
FOOT BALL Coaches
TASKS DOUBLED
Small Teams Gain Strength
Under New Rules and Must
Be Reck0ned With.

| New foot bal, as played this year I'M
der better understanding Of its require
ments and opportunities. already has al
most doubled the task that confronts the
coaches and other advisers Of the large
college teams to turn out winning
eleven. It was demonstrated on Satur-
day In Yaies small score, Harvard's rag
ged play and both Pennsylvania and
Cornelrs goal lines being crossed.
Numbers Of raluates who have worn
the Blue, the Crimson and the Orange
and Black gathered in the clubhouses OF
those universities in this city yesterday
afternoon and discussed the results of the
so-called preliminary games to date. The
play Of each team was gone over In de.
tail and q general conclusion formed that
ating series Of contests leading up to
crucial test. The referees whistle and a
boot of the pfgskin now mean almost as
much in October as they do later on when
base ball fades into gloom and the adj
yanced season Of moleskin and leather
supplants all else in the realm OF sports
| This was not only the opinion at the
Yale and Harvard clubs, but among the
Princeton men as well. despite the fact
that the Tigers had an easy time rolling
up forty-seven points in their first game
| of the season. The Stevens eeven. It
| was argued would not have given the
| Princeton subs a scare. and the ri
ences Of Yale and Harvard were taken
as a criterion Of what may be forthcom-
ing for Old Nassau.
Yale Made Best Showing.
| Yale had the closest shave. and in spite
| of the fact that the New Haven team
played better foot ball than any Of the
others, she met strong team in SYRIA
| cuse, which. with the giant Horr at
! tackle, Is a hard combination to face.
/ Paige was thrown aside time and again
by the powerful up-stater and the SYRIA
| cuse backs. rushing through behind Horn.
dow0ed the Yale runners In their tracks.
i The Blues one earned touchdown at
| tested to the problem they faced. Last
year they made nine in the corresponding
game.
Harvard crossed the University Of
Names goal line five times. yet put up
the worst exhibition of any Of the large
elevens When 1t is considered that the
/ Maine players were unable to score
| against the Hebron Academy eleven
their weakness is apparent and the Grim
sons showing stands out as miserable
An excuse was offered yesterday In the
4 fact that Capt. Parker was shifted from
center to left guard and Burr to tackle
I It was done to get Burr in position
the ball without weakening the center of
Il the line, and seemingly 1t was failure.
When Burr was shifted In practice Coach
Crane came in for unfavorable criticism,
many Harvard men declaring that Burr
i usefulness as the greatest punter IN the
i country would be impaired II he was used
more to rush the ball. Besides. in sepa-
rating Burr, Parker and Pierce, the best
center trio in the country and the only
one that held the Indians last year, was
broken up.
Maine Made Big Gains.
Behind the line the work Of Lockwood
and Gilbert was the only bright feature
Of the Crimson play. In the early part
of the game the Maine eleven crashed
through the Harvard line and circled the
ends almost at WILL It was easier than
i playing a school team. Then Harvard
! braced, but 1t was nothing to what she
must do, and do this week. II the sturdy
youngsters from Williamstown are to be
X downed Saturday.
0 Pennsylvania was forced back to the
o danger zone by Bucknell, and Stein, who
is being tried at center. tossed the ball
. far over Hollenback's head when the
latter dropped back to punt. Hollenback
a picked the leather up and tried to beat
Of the Bucknen players pounded upon
: him and two points were marked or
Penn's hoped-Sor clean slate.
Cornell scored against Oberlin after
9 four minutes of play, and was seeming.
" having matters all her own way wher
Oberitn secured tbs ball on the Ithacans
j forty-yard line and In five rushes car.
+ ried Il over the goal line. In the second
half Cornell was able to count but once
On the other g-idirons there were equal
81 " as many unlooked-for results, but OF
0 less importance. Dartmouth expected 9
I hard game with TUFTS, while West Point
y and Annapolis were conceded to be able
O to vanquish their opponents. At Car.
o Isle and Swarthmore. however, surprises
o were sprung.
o Redskins Were Checked.
Tho Indians were held to 1S points b,
= Penn State and were unable to keep tn.
l weakened keystone team from scoring
3 In tho Philadelphia suburb Georg,
!. Brookes charges. who conquered Penn
!; last year. were forced back Of their goa
!. line by Rutgers.
); That only two no-soore games wer,
J played attested to the fact that forwar,
: passing and other features of tho new
; rules arc being worked without the mess
. ing about Of the bah there was last year
!. when no-soore games were frequent. Bot
: of those on Saturday were between small
l. college teams. One was at Union, wher
foot ball was suspended last year.
Al Of the big teams will play on Wed
nes0ay. The heavy training school clever
: Of Springfield Ia scheduled to meet Val
. In New Haven, Bates goes to Cambridg
: 70 face Harvard, Wesleyan goes to Prince
. ton, Franklin and Marshall to Philadel
J. phia to tackle Pennsylyania, and Niagay
. wiz Journey to ITHACA Tor her annual aen