Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-28
Princeton Will Profit From De-
feat by Cornell.
LATTER DESERVED TO WIN
Work of Pennsy and Harvard Pro
nounced Very Poor.
BATTLES NEXT SATURDAY
Honus Wagner Again National
Leagues Best Batter-Proposed
Change in Tennis Rule.
LATTER DESERVED TO WIN

The result Of tho foot balb games
s saturday, or at least s"m- Of them. en-
J.as.z,d once more the folly of jumping
To- conclusions concerning N" prohabl"
strength IF an eleven based on what 1T
may show against weaker teams III pre-
l.niulI. oG practice games. The defeat
ui Princeton by Cornell was rather IN
expected after the som what Indifferent
slow sg # the Trhaoans in their game
against PENNSYLVANIA State the week be
fore and the cas-" with which Princeton
lad been rolling up scores against sec
oad-Tat" teams. the overw hclmiug defeat
Of Pennsylvania by the Carlisle Indians
was stunning surprise. as tn" Pennsyl-
v1nia eleven WAS looked on by many able
Judges as one of the strongest In the
east And this was not aH-lIarvard
til Springfield Training School and won
WIN little credit to the team by goal
from the field. Brown had her work cut
out To beat Williams. while Amherst
proved herself by playing an even game
with n" strong Dartmouth eleven. which
only Won by a narrow margin. thanks to
Il field goal. Lafayette did not furnish the
expected opposition to Annapolis. and
the Navy teIm won easily, while Yale
and West Point had good practice gam
and nothing else.
. ose study of the scores 10 to this
TIME ENDS oHr into MAJ OF doubt an
uncertainty from whCf one comes forth
with no clear and definite ideas to the
pToha be outcome of the big game later
on. but with the firm convection that the
revised rules have made for great good in
equa Iizing the teams to a large extent by
placing strategy, skill and speed above
sheer strength and fore % numbers Il
might not b. well 10 VS.. ones opin-
ions too quickly from Saturdays games.
princeton Is strong~r now tAan before
tns cornell game, just as Cornell was
stronger after the Pennsylvania STATE
me- ting. Pennsylvania learned lesson
from the Carlisle Indians which VII not
be forgotten. and Harvard game valu
able experience from balng forced to rise
TO an emergency when the score stood :
TO u in favor OF S1r:ncfaii Everything
else aside, the foot ball season OF 1891
has now been invested with an interest
which has never. perhaps. been eQualed
IL the history of the sport.
Credit for Cornell.
Too much can hardly be said in praise of
CorneIIs sturdy team for rising above the
discouragins defeat by Pennsylvania
State and In one short week bringing it
self to point which made victory posi-
bic over Princeton. Those who saw both
games could hardly believe It was the
Same eleven. There was more drive. more
speed and greater concentration of attack.
stronger. more effective defense and
greater harmony between the line and the
ba Ckfield. II can be said in all fairness
that Princeton was Outpaycd for the
greater part of the game and that while
the Tigers missed tie by the failure to
kick goal from somewhat lucky touch
down the relative merits of the teams as
they lined up Saturday must be measured
by a score of 6 to o. Cornelrs touchdown
was earned by carrying the ball forty-two
yards on consecutive plays executed with
speed and precision and by the use of
sharp plungcs and dashing runs in which
the forward pass played an important
part The weakness of the ends, which
was again in evidence, was more than off
set by the remarkable speed of o ROurke
and Thompson in breaking through and
tackiirg all over the field O'Rourke at
right tackle is man like Erwin of West
Point He rarely failed to get down the
field under punts and developed the happy
faculty OF being able 10 follow the ball
like hound. The coaches did well to
change him from guard to tackle. Walder
was tower of strength in the backfield.
He outpUnted Mccormick and II arlan
OF Princeton. and could always be
counted on To hit the line hard and low
for gain of some kind. McCallie also
PLAYED well and Earle was in the thick
of the fight at all times Gardner. at
quarterback can improve. He is too SOW
for his backs, and fails TO maintain the
speed his teammates are capable Of. but
IN justice To him il must b. said that h
was judged against Dillon than whom
no better quart rblck is playing this
year Cornell may b beaten before the
season Is over. as she must face West
Point and Pennsylvania but. no matter
what tides the eleven has earned
forward pace in the ranking for tie sea
son by The wel-earued victory over
Princeton.
Experience Valuable
As said before Princeton is stronger
for the game with Cornell setback Of