Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-18
TAKING THE ANNUAL SLUMP
Yale and Harvard Expect Trouble
With Soldiers and Sailors.
sLAsHING BATTLES TOMORROW
Horses Run to Form at Belmont
Park-Yale Golfer Leads in
Medal Round.


ports have it that Pennsylvania and Har-
ward are showing symptoms of that
maIady. Yale and Princeton are not COM
planning. but the fumbling that has been
cropping out at those two places recently
indicates that the slump bulletins may be
expected soon. Teams generally have a
period of fumbling. and ofttimes such
fumbling is one OF the outward signs OF
the periodical slump. There comes time
in all foot ball campaigns. it seems. when
players begin to get irritable under the
hsmmering a lit peevisb and trifie raw
on the nerves Then they pass into their
second wind stage, steady down and pro
coed to develop the real strength and
finish. This particular week is a bad time
for Harvard or Yale or Pennsylvania to
slump. for each has hard game on for
tomorrow, games which will call out the
best there is in them, unless perchance.
10 Is opponents slumping time also.
general in the al condition has exist
ed this week. There have been injuries,
testiness and unduly rough work, shifting
OF players and much scolding by coaches.
In Philadelphia the air has been quite
blue. Yet the material there is just as
good as 1t was when the season began,
and II was excellent at that time.
The Quakers perhaps have worse
team. but they seldom fail to rally
splendidy from their megrims. and with
the men they have they are not likely to
be in the dumps permanently. Their
schedule from now on is very trying and
they will need their best recuperative
powers to cope with 1t successfully.
Brown. Carlisle, Lafayette, Michigan and
Cornell come in the order named-a stiff
dose, sure enough. but relieved by ten
days 10 two weeks time between the last
three games
Coach Cranes notion of having the
Harvard men get fun as we'll as work out
of the season has not been entirely real
ICED. Cults of the Harvard coaching staff
was sent back of the ropes and his team
penalized last Saturday because he coach
cd from the side lines. And on Wednes-
day last Pierce, the varsity guard, was
fired for smuggling freshman. Ethical
sins at Harvard-Can It be? Uncertain
handling of the ball and several men
bunged up as result of the hard driv-
ing in preparation for the West Point
game are annoying conditions at Yale.
Princetons game with Villa Nova was
peculiar in a way The scoring power in
evidence ever since the schedule began
was there as usual but the manner of
scoring was not entirely satisfactory. The
play was spasmodic. and the points ac-
Crued from whirlwind attacks that came
in gusts but not consistently maintained.
What the coaches would have liked to see
was the more durable sustained strength.
such as creates the most substantial
basis of hope for a championship game.
Still the old ferocity that scoring by the
other side provokes was on hand 1t was
that that won the Cornell game a year
ago.
Fast Work for Tigers.
PRINCETON, \. j., October 1s-The
Tigers went through fast and heavy
afternoons work here yesterday. but Were
prevented by the annual fall games, which
were held on University Field, from work
ing In secret, as had been announced
There were no new features introduced
the squad going through much the same
schedule of work as that followed last
week.
If the coaches got any new lunches
from Wednesdays game they are not
Showing them in open practice. 1t is ex-
pected that the Tigers will work again
behind closed gates today on the new
plays supposedly introduced early this
week. Secrecy Is the keynote of Coach
Roper's policy, and all the coaches. though
profuse in adverse criticism of the team.
calm instantly when approached upon the
subject OF any way of getting of the
forward pass or inside kick. The ends had
a severe tryOut at the beginning of the
afternoon, Mccormick and Orr doing the
punting. Wister and Brown made good
speed In the sprints down the field while
Dowd and Vaughn pushed them closely.
bO"u - li4Ci!icd u ONtii MS
but Is otherwise one of the most prom
Using OF the candidates for the end.
MacFayden was sent to the back field
again to pick up d few ideas relative TO
speed. and the big fellow raced at full
speed for fifteen minutes in a frantic,
though useless endeavor to keep the pace
set by the Princeton backs. This scheme
of putting the big fellows into the back
field to develop speed rs good one, and
the big tackles. and guards are showing
the effects of 1t already.
The varsity got away with two touch
downs in two twenty-minute halves OF
scTimmage with the scrubs. The scrubs
learned a few things about the forward
pass Wednesday, when Villa Nova made
ffty-fve yards with II In three success
sive attempts, and more information was
impaired by the irate coaches after the
game.
McCrohan formerly of Holy Cross, was
out In uniform again and played a tackle
position on the scrub side at the close Of
the tussle. Harlan tried a few goals from
formation at the 33-yard line, sending the
leather through every time.
Subs and Scrubs Clash.
PHILADELPHIA October 1s-The reg
ulars OF the Pennsylvania team were
given a rest yesterday. The coaches feel
that the poor showing OF the team in the
game with Gettysburg Wednesday was
with SwarthmOre and the stiff practice 10
which the team was subjected on the in
tervening DAYS The scrmmage yester-
day was mainly between the substitutes
and scrub. The latter played hard, but
were unable 10 do much with the varsity
men.
Sommer and Macklin were again at hall
for the varsity. and both played we'll
Sommer broke through the scrub tackle
for good gains. while Macklin plunged
through the scrub center on several occa-
sions.
The scrub were given the ball several
times on the varsity 5-yard line and sue
ceeded in rushing II across the line or
an average OF five downs to a score.
Green and Hollenback were not used at
all in the scrimmage, while Ziegler, Fol
well. Draper and Reagan came in for a
very light amount of work.
Varsity. Positions Scrub.
Rraddock .......... Left end. ....... .DeHamme
Rookie -.......... Left tackle. .Hon
Dietrich. .......... Left guard. rel
Stein, Dwyer 1900. Center ..............O che,
Ziesler Krcimcs. Right guard. ......:. Hen lri
Scarlet. Crook. ght end. C mpb
Miller, Reagan. Quarterback ......... keinati
Eommer. ........ Left halfback .ke n
Mackliu. .-...... Right halfback ........... Dye
Townsend.
Folwell. Reagan... Fullback ....... Fulweile
Yale and Harvard May Confer.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. October 1s-Ar
invitation has been sent by the Yale foo
ball officials TO the Harvard management
to stop of In this city on the return OF