Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-06
Better Foot Ball Elevens This Season Than Ever Befoe
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ball, and who represented the university in
the line as well as any man who has
played for the orange and black in recent
years, will 60 to Princeton this year to
assist in coaching the team, and his aid
should do much to turn out a good eleven
to meet Yale in the final test Of the year
between these universities. The game be-
tween them this year will take place in
New Haven.
Excellent Men at "Pennsy."
Pennsylvania is likely to have a smash
ing good eleven this season. The Quakers
lose but two men from their team Of 1905.
They are Levine, a good end-in fact.
Pennsylvania best end for some time
and Lawrence, the quarterback. The red
and blue made slow progress in foot ball
last year. 1t played a freaky sort of game.
One afternoon the supporters Of the eleven
would consider that they had as good as
any team in the United States. and another
afternoon they were ready to condemn
every man playing.
At the close Of the season In the game
against Cornell the Quakers showed more
skill and better work than they had in any
contest during the year, and fairly out
played the Cornell eleven. which had been
fine organization from the beginning Of
autumn. And by the way, the Quakers
were saved toward the close of the season
because they found a man who could play
quarterback. All the fall they had been
embarrassed because they had nobody who
could direct the team properly. When
Lawrence was finally tried on the eleven.
although he was light and was of not much
assistance to the players other than to
pass the ball and direct the plays, he made
such a difference in the team that 1t
jumped from a mediocre organization to
one of the best in the United States.
Which merely goes to show that elevens
must have good quarterbacks under the
new rules IL they expect to be successful.
Draper and CASTOR will be tackles for
this years team, Gallagher and Ziegler
guards, with Dryer center, and Folwell.
Greene and Hollenback behind the line.
The latter, by the way, developed in the
last three games in which he took part into
one Of the best fullbacks in the United
States. 1t is q question whether there
was anybody at the close Of the year who
was superior to him.
Quarterback Of Promise.
There is little doubt that Rogan, the for
mer Exeter quarterback, will make the
team this year, and he will take the place
left vacant by the graduation of Law
renee. He Is one of the best quarterbacks
coming from the preparatory schools, and
there is much reason to believe that the
Quakers will jump to the front at the
very beginning of the season and play
their way quite to the top of the ladder.
1t is a misfortune for Pennsylvania that
the red and blue has no game with Har-
ward this fall. for here is one chance where
it seems likely that the Quakers would
surely beat their adversaries
Rogan is an excellent drop kicker, and he
plays foot ball much Stevenson did,
without the unnecessary rowdyism and
roughness which were Earacteristlc of Ste
venson. 1t is a woYier that yoNg man
lasted so long as h9 did at Pennsylvania,
and a greater wonder that referees were
SO lenient with him. He was splendid
foot ball player. but wholly without self
control
Rogan has drop kicked a goal from the
fifty-fve-yard line, which makes it appear
that Pennsylvania will have a valuable
man in. that respect, and a dangerous
quantity whenever there is a chance to