Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-17
Freshies Startle Harvard.

CAMBRIDGE. Mass, October 1.-THE
foot ball practice at Cambridge yesterday
afternoon was again discouraging. The
varsity played a fifteen minute game with
the freshmen, defeating them 0 to 0. but
the regulars scored their touchdown in the
first three minutes of play, and after the
freshmen got together the varsity was
unable to carry the ball across the goal
line again. The youngsters held for
downs on their 5-yard line. and It was
only the fact that one of the 1911 team
was offside that saved the varsity from
the humiliation of being unable to score.
Burr then dropped back and sent a pretty
goal from placement over the bars.
The freshman line outplayed the varsity.
This was particularly the case with Dun
lap, who was up against Waldo PIERCE.
and put II all over the varsity guard, who
finally took to smuggling and was sent from
the field MaCkay. the star freshman
taCkle from Andover, outplayed Burr, and
later kennard received a severe injury to
his shoulder and may be out for the rest
of the season. Parker was not out and
Brock was tried again in his place and did
we'll The team will leave today for Bal
timore, where II will spend Friday night,
going to Annapolis on Saturday morning.
Notes From the Gridiron.
The coaches at New Haven this fall are
having hard time concealing their salts
faction over the way things are moving
with the Yale team.
Tackling dummies have fallen into dis
favor this year The old relics are being
discarded
Fish who is being tried at tackle at
Cambridge, has more requisites for an
end rush than any other candidate on the
field.
Capt. Lubo of Carlisle is temporarily
out of the game with a bad sprain. and
Littleby is out with bruised she ulder.
The foot ball games at Chicago this fall
have suffered on account of base ball
There has been poor attendance up to
date, but with the worlds series at an
end bigger crowds are expected.
Foot ball coaches generally are having
all the work to do this season that they
could ask for. The new game has at
least doubled the coaching problem.
The Indians have beaten Yale In the
passing game Yale tried a triple pass,
and in the next game the Indians used a
play involving four passes, exclusive of
putting the bail in play.
large delegation from the Harvard
clubs of New York. Philadelphia and this
city will be the guests of the Annapolis
management al Saturdays game between
the Crimson and the Middies.
Charles Barrett, the former Swarth-
more halfhack. has sent word to Swarth-
more that he did not undergo an opera
ton and lose a limb, but that he was
practically cured of his old trouble, due
TO an accident in one of last years
games.
Coach Glen Warner has instituted a
series of heart-to-heart talks with his
redskin charges. During the field prac-
tice he puts squads of six at work charg-
ing his half-ton sled. The Indians buck
it all over the grounds.
Coach Hutchins of Wisconsin has de-
vised a play in which the whole line takes
part. 1t is called the pinwheel.
Carlisle has two new drop kickers of
merit. They are Houser, fullback, and
Payne, halfback.
New York Will not be without a foot
ball game this season. and a game which
promises to be one of the most interesting
of the year. Princeton and the Carlisle
Indians are scheduled to clash On the
Polo Grounds on November 2. Judged by
the work of the two teams 1t should be
one of the most Interesting of the sea-
son.
The puntinG duel between Coy of Yale
and Burr of Harvard will be one of the
features of the YaleHarvaTd game. Both
are able to boot the leather about sixty
yards at present
Pennsylvania expects a harder game
with Brown on Saturday than she had
with Swarthmore. To meet the expected
strong attack of the Providence players
Coach TOrrey has made several impor-
tdnt shifts on the Quaker team.