The Washington herald., 1907-10-25
PUNTS AND PASSES.


That should be royal battle at Rich
mond tomorrow, when Virginia and Car
olina clash.
/ Foster Rockwell saws with a little more
speed Goebel, Yale's new guard, viii be
the equal of Erwin.
Football officials everywhere are hav-
| Ing hard time to decide what is
hurdling and what isn't.
As a result Of q recent mass meeting
thirty-fve new candidates were added 10
the Holy Cross squad
Walter Camp. John Han, Olcott.
Th0rne Knox. and Butterwortn are the
graduates who are coaching at Yale.
The Holy Cross -Fordham College game
is scheduled 10 be played on the polo
grounds. New York, Thanksgiving Day.
The return Of Frank Hiukey to New
Haven is regarded as a necessity now.
The Yale ends have been weak all sea
son.
If Princeton's defense is as weak as the
Tiger coaches would make il seem. the
Cornell backfeld may do wonders in Sat
Urday's contest
The new rule governing the forward
PASS is not working out TO please the
Tule-makers, and return may be made
TO last years provisions
G. y Young. CorueHs old quarter
back. whose goal from the field beat the
Tigers in 1859 has joined the graduate
coaching staff at Ithaca.
Cornell lost over $50 yards on incom-
pleted forward passes in the Penn State
game. Speaks pretty well FOR the States
defense against the play.
McCrohan. the former Holy Cross
player. now at Princeton, but ineligible
for the varsity. is the best all-Tound
player on the Tigers scrub.
Capt Bigelow would make a great enc
and If tackle can be developed at New
Haven. he may be shifted 10 one of the
Yale wings before the season closes.
Coach Il. /. Williams. Of Minnesota.
the other day would not allow ECkeTsou
10 watch the Minnesota practice because
ne formerly was captain OF University Of
/ Chicago
Frank Pickarski, the Washington and
jefferson coach. picks Harlan. Read. Nc
COrmick. and Eddie Dillon, of Princeton.
as the strongest backdeld combination OF
I the season.
The Western Penn players all wear
I jerseys with bright numbers woven in
/ the backs which has proved a successful
I method Of helping the spectators 10 keep
run Of the play.
What's in a name? Little Boy" the
/ Indians center rush, weighs lS9 pounds.
, His side partner. the right guard, is six
/ feet tall, and tips the scales at 19l, yet he
/ is 'Afraid-Of-a-BeaT.'
| To-day's game at National Park prom
/ ises to be one Of the hardest fought OF
/ the high school series. Either Eastern or
/ Western will practically earn second
! place in the series by a victory.
! Some coaches are taking it for granted
/ that it is impossible for any straightfor-
ward Offense to gain 10 yards and are not
making a desperate effort 20 conceive
! some sort of an attack that will
Lafayette, which periodically turns out
a great team, is on hand this year with
another fast eleven and one which viii
make good showing in its games with
/ the bigger colleges it is scheduled TO
/ meet.
/ The players on the School Of Mines team
/ in Golden, Colo, have outdone Coach
Stagg. of Chicago, and his diet of carrots
/ and pears. Two of the Western players
each bagged fine buck, and the team
is training on venison steak.
/ Cornell coaches are TO spend a great
deal of time this week in teaching the
! quarter backs on the squad the way TO
run an attack. Several critics Of Cornell
| football lay their defeat by Penn State
/ to poor head work in running the eleven.
There will be no game this year between
/ Philips AudOver and Harvard freshmen,
much to the disappointment Of the Ando-
1 yer students. Early in the season a game
was arranged for tomorrow, but the
! Harvard team wanted a different date.
and. as no agreement could be reached
/ between the managers. il was decided 10
eliminate the contest this year for the
/ first time. AndOver's next game viii be
with Pennsylvania freshmen tomorrow.
! These two teams have never met, and
much interest has been aroused in the
/ coming contest.