Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-29
FOOT BALL NOTES.

Foot ball coaches welcomed the rain
yesterday. as 1t gave them an opportu-
nifty to accustom their men to muddy
field and slippery ball.
Penn's eleven played in the rain and
mud with scarcely any fumbling. Ketnath
was at quarterback again during the sig
nal work.
The Carlisle Indians had some trouble
with their end runs and trick plays play
ing In the rain. Balenti spraineA his leg.
II 1t keeps the quarterback out Of the
Navy game Saturday 1t will be big loss.
ripped OF some good gains in the prac-
tice yesterday. The Eastonians claim to
fear the result of the game with Bucknell
Saturday.
Frank Mount Pleasant, the Dickinson
quarterback. and former Indian player,
will be out of the game for several weeks,
owing to a sprained ligament, received In
practice on the slippery field yesterday.
Hollenback. Manner and some Of the
other Penn players who are on the injured
list were out for practice yesterday. 1t
is feared Capt Bill will not get into the
Carnegie Tech game.
Walter s. Sugden. who was the ROOM
mate of Sol Metzgar the Pennsylvania
coach. at Andover, and who later was
center at Harvard in 1902, will be one OF
the officials for the Penn-Carnegie game
Saturday at Pittsburg.
The Pennsylvania stands now accom-
modate $4,000. which will be welcome to
the men who distribute the seats for the
Army game. dividing them among about
5000 more people than there are seats
Harvard men at Annapolis Saturday
backed their team against the Middies for
more than $1,000 at even. Before the
game the Navy wanted 5 to 3. but just
as the teams came on the field offered 4
to ON their own team. They were conf
dent OF winning about Is to o.
Howard Jones already Is spoken of as
the Nays coach for next season, but the
Middies will have hard time to get him
away from Syracuse, where he has tied
the Tigers 0 to o, prevented the Indians
from crossing his goal line by rushing,
and held Yale to one touchdown.
Yale is said to be advocating a change
in the foot ball rules which will designate
five yards as gain for first down when
a team has possession of the ball be-
tween its own goal line and the middle
of the field. and for the present ten yards
between the middle Of the field and the
opponents goal.
Harvard was extremely fortunate in
coming out of the Navy game without
an injury. The Middies were pretty much
used up, as one of the good features Of
Harvard's play was that the men were
more aggressive In each play down to the
finish. This was especially true on the
line.
There is one good point about the set
backs Princeton is having. There will be
little chance Of the Tigers being over
trained when 1t comes to meeting Yale.
Haughton. Daily. Campbell and Graves
is a pretty strong combination of veter-
an players to bring a varsity eleven to the
scratch. Every one of these men has
made good as a player himself.
Frank Hinkey tells how the Quakers'
guards back was first stopped. 1t was
done by Anse Beard, who later showed
the Tigers how to stop 1t. Hinkey is
said to be the man who put Harvard wise
after the Crimson had CROPPED about for a
defense between 1894 and 1893, the latter
year being the first year Harvard beat
Penn after 1898.
A unique custom at Annapolis is for the
cheer leader at the beginning of the
games to make announcements regarding
the success or failure to get up bets. For
instance, during the first half of the Har-
yard-N Navy game the fellow leading the
cheering and songs shouted through his
megaphone, Boys, the 1852 put up in
room II has been covered. ! can't tell
yet what has been done about the money
in room a."