Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-21
YALE'S DEFENSE IS GOOD
Weakness in Harvard's Line Appar.
ent in Annapolis Contest.
PENN LUCKY WITH BROWN
Colin Makes Bright Page in Turf
History-Travis Names the
Gotham Golf Team.

Ysle tied. Cornell beaten and every
other of the big teams scored on already
this season, 1t looks like promising
year for the upset of some traditions
The best showing of any of the teams In
the matter of record Is that of the Prince
ton eleven to date; but 1t should bs re-
membered that the Tigers have had
very different experience from the others
In the caiiber of the teams they have met
and have a team that. would be caicu-
lated to make an exceptionally good show
ing IN tho early games. To run up
score against a weaker team 1t Is neces-
sary for the line to hold to:erably well
and give the backs chance to carry the
ball. Even a green line like Princeton s
could do that readily, while with the ex-
perienced backs that the Tigers have
good scores were inevitable. There has
been nothing to try out the defense very
severely as yet, but the trial VIII come
later.
The result at West Point was undouSt-
cd'y an unpleasant surprise to ELL Yet
there Is no reason why 1t should not nave
been expected that they would have their
first real difficulty there. The army ca
diets have an exceptionally lively lot Of
men who were last year the equal OF most
any team In the field This year pract!-
cally the same team Is at hand. thougn
Pul,en's absence and the talk OF Weeks
injuries had led many to suppose that
the Army would not De ready for Yale.
The aggressiyeness OF the cadet forwards
however, made Yale's uniformed attack
errat,c. and penalties and uncertain
forward passing did the rest. There was
comfort for Yale in the good defense
which the line put up, and there Is yet
tlme~ to mold strong attack. though tine
team will lack the power IN the end that
II had In Forbes last year.
Harvard's showing against the Middies
nd'cated very clearly. that there Is
very pronounced weakness in the team
still. both in offense and defense. The
latter was most d!scouragins. The line
apparently is not aggressive enough as
II was hoped 1t would be, and the backs
are not sufficiently protected. Harvard's
pecultar strength in her kicking will al
ways make her formidable for any team
that lacks clean handling of the bali. 1t
was this that saved her from the same
fate as Yale met at the Point
Cornell's Costly Mistakes.
Cornelrs defeat by State was the result
OF series of mistakes such as teams
sometimes make in slump 1t is quite
likely to follow just such condition as
existed at Ithaca on Saturday. Cornell
has all along been uncertain of her quar-
terback 1t has been the one thing that
has stood in the way of her developing a
very aggressiyely strong team. the quarter
back on Saturday failed. and failed sig
raIly The nervousness such failures en-
gender affected the whole team. The very
ragged oassing-partlcularly on forward
passes-Was very disastrous. and the COM
bination. taken together with the excep.
tonal kicking the team FACED, prousht
defeat in its train. State could not have
scored on Cornell by rushing. and one OF
the two drop kicks made was an eXcep-
tionally brilliant effort as TO distance
There was nothing in the game, however
that indicated that Cornell lacked p2tsn.
tial strength. and if she can get either
quarterback TO handle the bail cieanly ana
with confidence there is still the chance
of her recovering her standing.
Penrs ylvania's game against Brown was
salS bv Bill Edwards to have been the
fastest game that he has seen on the
gridIron this fall. The Providence team
is a mighty fast aggregation. well pro-
tected by a strong line and possessing an
exceptional quartet of backs. Ihe team
working we'll is liable to give Yale ana
Harvard all the trouble they want later
That they failed to score on pennsylvania
was a BIT OF hard luck from Browns
r,oint of view Tho call OF time romeo
them OF a chance from the fve-yard line.
and they were checked once fifteen yards
from the goal through bit of unsteadi-
ness at the critical moment. Pennsylva-
mia, on the other hand. was DIT lucky
to get tie chance to score her nrst touch-
doWr. and rather swept Brown OFF her
fact at the start. She ought to be well
satisfied with the outcome Of the game.
all told. though she still has need Of
bracing up the team IN several places be
fore she can hope to come through the
season beating Carlisle, Michigan and
Cornell
The games of next Saturday will be ex-
ceptionaliy interesting. Princeton and
Cornell will occupy the center of the
stage They play at Ithaca, where Cor
nell will have the benefit of the encour-
agement OF the student body. and where
she has twice humbled Princeton.
There will he another game on Franklin
Field when the Indians tackle Pennsyi-
wanna TO- the first of their big games.
The Indians have done mighty well
against heavy opponents like Syracuse
and State. and always play strong game
against Pennsylvania. There are likely
to be warm doings. Yale plays villa
Nova and Harvard meets Springfield
Training. Neither of these games should