The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-10-13
COMPARATIVE STRENGTH
OF BIGGER COLLEGES CAN
NOT YET BE DETERMINED
Rowing Interests al Columbia Enhanced by Splendid
Showing Made Last Spring at Poughkeepsie
Dormitory Crews at Harvard.
GEORGETOWN PREP SQUAD.
BY MANHATTAN.

NEW YORK. Oct. 12-The opening OF
the football season OF 1907 emphasizes
the fact that became apparent last
year, that the new rules made the gar1e
more open and interesting 10 the spec
tator; gives better play for Quickness
and brains, and, despite the fact that
two deaths and two serious injuries re-
suited from last Saturdays games. the
the sport is made less dangerous to
the contestants.
The rules need. and in due time will
receive, some notifications, as inperfec-
TORS develop. but on the whole. they
are great Improvement on the old
game, and have come to stay.
Ambitions Squelched.
In Saturdays play both the Cornell
and Pennsylvania teams saw al posi-
bilities Of ascoreless record wiped out.
as far as they were concerned. for Ober-
lin crossed the Ithacans' goal inc for
touchdown and a disastrous tumble
forced the Quakers 20 make a safety
against BuckneH. AS was freely pre-
dicted. Tale found Syracuse a bard
proposition to defeat at this period Of
the season.
The score Of II to was small under
any circumstances, and when it is con-
sidered that practically half Of the
II points came as 2 result OF a crazy
pass on the part Of the Syracuse center,
the closeness of the game is better sp-
preciated.
Princeton opened Eer season with a
snap and dash which. while very pleas
ing to the undergraduates and alumni
O. the New Jersey university. mean lit
tie when considered from the viewpoint
Of what IS to come.
Stevens Easy for Princeton.
Stevens Institute could offer little or
no resistance 20 the Tigers, and prac-
ticallJ- eTerything that the Orange and
Black started went through without
hitch It vas Attle more than a signal
drill. and the scrubs would have given
the Tigers better practice.
Harvard found Maine in about the
same category as Stevens. and the.
Johnnies seized the opportunity to work
in lot OF double and triple passes in
terspersed with one-side kicks and other
pigskin novelties which Coach Crane
and his assistants have figured out
nicely IN the blackboard.
Army and Navy Winners.
The Army and Navy added victories 10
their records on Saturday. and while the
scores were decisive, there was so much
that no decisive conclusion could be
gained as to the real strength Of either
The Army tried more open
plays than did the Navy. but a field goal
by Lang from a difficult angle in the
second liaif showed that the Niddies
know something about scoring without
falling b,ek on the old push methods in
vogue several seasons ago.
There is, Of course, a lack Of data on
which to size up the relative merits of
the teams on one or two games with
minor teams, but a careful sizing up
Of the play of the big five warrants the
belief that there is going to be a neck
race between Princeton, Yale,
and Harvard for first place. and if I
were compelled TO place the teams at
this time, I would say they will finish
in Just about that order.
OF course, as the season develops, tho