Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-27
ALL THE BIG EASTERN TEAMS TAKE EASY PRACTICE.
SIGNAL DRILLS FOR YALE HARVARD AND PRINCETON.

1t takes the smartest kind of team play
to work the forward pass and the onside
kick successfully-not the machine-like
team play needed in a successful line
plunging game, one complaint against
which in the old game was that indi-
vidualty ceased to exist but alert and
agile cooperation between men. in which
their individual skill stands forth but not
at the expense of mutual understanding
and cooperation. The haphaZard forward
pass and onside kick is much more likely
to result advantageously to the other side.
There aren't any plays on the field that
require clever timing of the participating
players movements more than these two
They require more of the sort of team
work required for base ball. the wide open
kind in plain view of the onlookers, a
combination of subservience of action but
with individuality in the matter of quick
thinking and skill in concentrating the
play.
AS matter of fact less progress has
been made in breaking up a well executed
forward pass than in making one. There
doubtless will be more done in the de-
tense against the pass as the schools
where the game is first learned and which
feed the universities practice and study
it more. Especially do the pass and the
onside kick call for vigilance by the de-
tense. and that vigilance has not yet made
strides eqeft*l to combating the plays. Last
year in the Princeton-Indian game Prince
ton gave an exceptional exhibition of
spelling the forward passes, but had I'M
dergone special preparation therefor 1t
is when the play comes Unexpectedly and
with some new wrinkle that 1t is still SUI
perior to its defense. There are fewer un-
1Ata L.
last or the year before, evidence of better
execution.
Criticism was made of Cornell in a re-
cent game for trying forward pass on
the opponents 4-yard line and on the sec
ond down. There was the chance of the
ball going over the goal line on the fly
e: ling nothing but touchback to Cor
nell. and the play on the whole looked
like bad judgment. However. it had the
merit of being the Unexpected, and had it
been successful would have been regard
ed not as poor generaship but as a
shrewd and bold play. Nothing succeeds
like success.
Warm Time for Georgetown.
NEW YORK. October 27-Georgetown
played a tie game at 6 to 6 with the
strong University of North Carolina foot
ball team at Washington yesterday. and
the result is interesting to followers of
the sport in this city. as Georgetown will
line up against Fordham at American
League Park on election day in one Of
the two big games scheduled here this
season. This game did not attract much
attention early in the season and lovers
of foot ball looked forward to the meet
ing between Princeton and Dartmouth at
the Polo Grounds on November as the
only chance to see a good game without
travelling miles. 1t is different now. how
ever. as the Forlham eleven by the defeat
of Amherst and the strong game against
Princeton. has established itself as
worthy opponent of almost any team in
training. and for that reason the game
with Georgetown is likely to attract big
crowd and result in pretty struggle
Capt. Fitzpatrick has developed a strong
team at Fordham, the work of Gargan.
Geary, White and Coffey in the backfield
being we'll up to the standard. The ends.
too. are fast and the line reasonably
strong from tackle to tackle
There is a feeling at Dartmouth that
Princeton will be beaten on November Z.
and the team is being carefully trained
up to that game. There Is some ground
for the feeling, too. as the Hanover
eleven is made up largely of veteran
have not been beaten In two years.
Further than that. Princeton is backward
and still far from the finished team it
should be at this time of the season.
The infield at the Polo Grounds has
been carefully sodded for the game, and
the field should be in good condition. In
terest in the contest is such that inquiries
for seats are already pouring in.
Middies Take It Easy for Day.
ANNAPOLIS. Nd. October 81 The
short practice in kicking. passing and re-
ceiving the ball. and a little running
through the signals. which was the ex-
tent of the work at the Naval Academy
yesterday afternoon. was marked by the
ohc nf hal no y1-hi ici-
pated in the strenuous fray with Harvard
on Saturday. The absentees. who were
resting after the battle, were Wright,
Mayer. Reifsnider. Robertson, and even
the redoubtable Capt. Northcroft who sell
dom loses a minute from either match or
practice Reifsnider. who scored the
touchdown for the Navy and played a
strong game throughout, was severely
bruised. and did not put on his foot ball
clothes. However. it Is likely that the
whole squad will be in their places today
and there will be some real work in an
ticipation of Saturdays game with the
Carlisle Indians.
The midshipmen will play their last mid
week game tomorrow. their opponents
being the eleven of George Washington
University of Washington. With this
eleven the Navy is not expecting much
trouble. and the work will be directed to-
ward preparation for the encounter with
The willy red men and the bag full of
tricks that they will bring to Annapolis
Win tnem-
Dalton, who easily held his own with
Burr in the punting duel of Saturday. was
on the field in good shape yesterday.
The Navy contingent is delighted at hav-
ing found some good man to relieve the
other backs He is a fourth cassman
and learned the game at the Christian
Brothers College in St Louis. He will
be of even more use when the Navy loses
many of its best men by graduation
after this season.
Harvard Out in Rain.
CAMBRIDGE. Mass. October 27.-The
Harvard foot ball squad practiced behind
closed gates in heavy rainstorm yester-
day afternoon. All the players returned in
good shape from the Annapolis game, but
the men who played in that contest were
allowed to rest. Only Cutler and Gray of
these players were on the field. The for
mer engaged in punt catching in which
he is especially weak. A number of men
who have been laid off for week or
more on account of injuries were out in the
afternoon in foot ball clothes. Among
them were Smith, the fullback, whose
lame hip is improving. and r. G. Brown.
one of the most promising candidates for
end at the time when he was injured in
the Williams game Haughton was the
only coach on the field. there no
lineup.
The work was very light for the whole
squad. consisting in the main of handling