The Washington herald., 1907-10-24
PUNTS AND PASSES.


The Indians now have games with three
Of the four big colleges-Penn, Princeton,
and Harvard.
Levine. Penn's former star end, is
coaching the University Of Tennessee,
and is meeting with great success.
A lack Of substitute material is bother
ing the navy coaches. and their efforts
Will be directed in this direction from
now on.
The Indians are about due with their
midseason slump. The hard schedule is
bound 10 tell on them at some stage Of
the game.
In Stenen and Detray Chicago has a
wonderful pair Of ground-gaineTs. Both
men are fast and fine handlers Of the
forward pass
The center men at Harvard practice
daily in hurting the ball at aTarget. Ac-
curacy in passing for kicks is supposed
TO be developed by this.
Red Irwin. who was so powerful for
West Point against Yale learned how
10 use his strength in one afternoons
practice against Bob Forbes.
Carlisle has a new lot Of trick plays in
reserve for Penn. Glen Warner would
rather win from the Quakers than from
any other eleven on the schedule.
Dague and Demott, the Navy ends, are
very fast. and their tackling is fierce and
sure. Both will bear watching in the
late games Of the seasOn.-Boston Herald.
The Yale coaches are giving Coy a lot
of work, and do not let IN on him, even
when he is apparently knocked out The
big back is capable Of taking all sorts Of
punishment
The Dartmouth team after it's showing
against Maine. is confident that it can
defeat Amherst. This is Dartmouths only
big game besides that with Harvard No
vember Is.
"Shep" Homans, the former star ath-
lete at Princeton, Is back working with
the football men. He is giving particu-
lar attention 10 the kicking Of Harlan
and Orr.
The two games which will be Of the
most interest this week are those in
which Cornell meets Princeton at Ithaca,
and Pennsylvania meets the Indians al
Philadelphia.
Princeton coaches are not letting UP in
the work Of the eleven in the slightest
degree. and even with the exceedingly
bright prospects the team is having a lot
Of secret practice.
Either Eastern or Western Will be
eliminated from the real race in the
High School series when the two teams
meet at National Park tomorrow. A good
game should result.
Lafayette and Lehigh are now direct
gvr Of "a Tsvalfrnir1arv
work for their annual game All previous
games were more for the purpose Of out
lining the available material
Princeton has an abundance of heavy
line material. but the coaches are puzzled
to get good defensive work out Of IT, The
scrub has little trouble in ripping through
the regular guards and tackles.
In former years the West Point game
has always been a great lesson for the
Yale eleven. and this year proved no ex-
ception. Coming earlier in the season,
it should be more valuable than ever.
There is a lot Of complaining at Penn
sylvania that certain members Of the
varsity team are not playing up to their
ability, and that there Is a lot Of lOaing
going on among the aspirants for varsity
honors.
Georgetown is making every effort 10
bolster up her defense in order 10 stop
the clever attack Of the fast FOrdham
backs Saturday Fordham has been rolf
ing up big scores in all Of her games
this fall
West Points strength on defense was
a tribute TO Bob Forbes knowledge of
Yale football. He had his opponents
sized up very well, indeed. and gave his
old teammates a severe try-out with his
cadet charges.
1t is doubtful if the game of football
ever saw a cleaner and more sportsman
like game than that of Saturday between
Harvard and the Navy There was not
even a suspicion Of roughness through
the entire contest
Manager ". V. Briceland. ir.. has added
to Exeters schedule a game with the
Princeton freshmen. to be played at
Exeter. Wednesday, October 80 1t will
follow Immediately after the game with
the Yale freshmen.
The Pennsylvania defense showed power
in checking Brown, but the Quakers will
feel happier when the Indians take up
the tran after Saturdays game. The
coaches at Franklin Field aim at keeping
the Redmen from scoring.
Although the Fort Myer soldiers were
unable to keep their engagement with
George Washington yesterday fer a prac-
tice game, Coach Nelson did not lose
the opportunity TO give his charges some
hard work. After the usual rudimentary
work. the men had a long scrimmage.
The living tackling dummy is the
name given Hurry Up Yost's new appa-
ratus for tackling practice at Michigan.
Vladimir Beladoroff, a Russian student
Of gigantic proportions, runs with the
ball daily and gets hurled eff his feet
while racing around the field. For this
heroic work the Russian expects to be-
come a football hero in the eyes of the
folks at hOme.-New York World
c. G. Osborne. the crack tackle of the
Harvard varsity eleven last year. and
now helping in developing this years
team, figured in an incident last year
that showed that rarity in a hard game.
a player with a sense of humOT. In one
scrimmage Osborne rammed through too
soon, and found himself off-side. He ran
smack into the umpire Pleased 10 meet
yOu." he said to that official, and then
ne hurried back to his place in the line
New York Sun.