The Washington times., 1907-11-25
III PPENZNGS OF The DAYtLN WORLD OF 81 ORTS
Football Interest
CentefS in Penn'S
Game With Cornell
Winner VIII Be i Almost
on Par With Yale.

There are only two big football games
remaining to be played this 5eason-
CorneIl-PenHsylvania on Thanksgiving
Day ana Army-Navy on Saturday. both
on Franklin Field.
The winner OF the Pennsyivania-Cor-
nell game will have almost as good a
claim for the seasons football hOnors
as yale or Dartmouth, the two unbeatea
teams Of the season of 1907. Penn vas
beaten by the Indians and Cornell lost
10 Pennsylvania State, bat It IS general
" believed that the result OF those two
games would be quite different could
they bo Feplayed now. Yale and Dart
mouth each had ten points scored
against them In the entire season,
Princeton having tailed against the
Blue, while Amherst made two scores
against the Hanover tea1p-
Some Comparisons. ;
Dartmouth beat Harvard p to 0. while
Yale's victory over the Crimson vas Il
to O. Holy cross. the only other team
played by both Yale and Dartmouth.
was beaten 81 20 0 by each team. Dart
mouth played at 0 to 0 tie game with
Vermont, while West Point held Yale
even, with neither team scoring. Yale's
Dcrtnouth's, and the New Haven team
should be credited with first honors.
The Carlisle Indians rank well M
having lost but a single contest this
seasOn-tor PrinCeton-and that or q wet
day when the redmen could not use any
OF the plays that have made them Ia
nous. Tnp Carlisle braves played one
of the stiffest schedules ever arranged
for a football team, meeting among
other teams, Pennsylvania, Princeton,
Z Ia. D. he
big teams OF the East and West. The
Indians also met state College and
Bucknell and other minor eleYelfs. That
"a teaIa should play through such a
stiff schedule and win practically al
the ga mes, queers the Yale and Prince
ton reason for not meeting Peunsyl-
vaDia-namely, that too many big games
/ kills" team.
Series of Big Games.
The Indian eleven has played a big
game every Saturday since october &c.
and has won all but the Princeton con
test, which was played In a driving
/ rainstorm. The Indians have been
/ great drawing card. and have made
neat profit on the season
| Princeton plays the shortest schedule
I Of any a the big teams. and the Tigers
/ are really in want Of a Thanksgiving
/ Dav contest An ideal arrangement
! would be a Penns.lvania-PTinC
| Thanksgiving Day game Penn would
/ of course, shift Cornell 20 an earlier
/ date in November
! Tie Victories OF Pennsylvania and the
/ Carlisle Indians in the West this year
/ only emphasize the belief that Eastern
football IS ahead Of che Western game.
/ 1T i5 a matter Of recU-d that the West
/ 0as never triumphed IN q big intersec-
/ tfonal game The nearest a Western
/ team has been 10 victory was IN 1879,
| when Chicago tied Penn, TO 5. Just
! Where the Eastern game "a superior IS
1 hard to say, unless IL g aggressiVeness.
Possibilities Of Pass.
/ The game played by the English Rug
/ by teams on Franklin Field on Saturday
must have opened the eyes of the Red
and Blue football authorities TO tce pos
| sibillties OF the passing game in rushing
! the ball. Could Penis team only handle
/ the ball as cleanlv IS the English play
/ ers there would B. many more possibil-
/ ties for gains IN the open field
/ In the English Rugby game the play
ers often run fifty and sixty yards
/ stretched out in a line. passing tee ball
/ from one 20 another, but always back
Z ward What a great chance for gain
! Penn's baCkfeld would have II the
player with the ball should toss It 20
I another as soon as he was tackled. Pos
I sibly a few more Rugby games IN this
( vicinity VIII show new plays 70 Penu' s
/ coaches for next seasons campaign.
/