Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-09
FOOT BALL IDOLS RUDELY SHATTERED
UPf1EAVAL ON COLLEGE GRlDlRONS SATURDAY

What a shattering of idols there was
Saturday in the foot ball hall of fame!
First and foremost came the elimination
Of Princeton as q championship POSSIBLE
fly in the east when Dartmouth showed
the inferiority of the Tiger cohort- Then
the result of the game at New Haven,
which was morally a victory for Brown
over Yale, took big slice off the pretige
of the blue for the season. At Cambridge,
too, there was volcanic upheaval that
submerged the Indian tribe and incident
ally proved that the gridiron sport Is fast
becoming as uncertain proposition as
that of the base ball diamond.
But these were not all that made up
day fraught with remarkable reversals OF
all previous form of the season. Lafay-
cite, undefeated all year. victorious over
Brown and confident of its prowess
through a scoreiess tie against Princeton,
went to Philadelphia with hopes of a tri-
umph over Pennsylvania. The most ar
dent supporters of the red and blue could
have hoped for little more than a victory
by narrow margin. but all QuakertoWn
was surprised by the Overwhelming de-
feat that sci Nctzger's pupils administer
ed to the Eastonians. The Army eleven
was another team to meet with some
thing that was not expected. TO nave
Sprinfield Training Scnool cross a goal
reach caused some CONSERVATION in the
West Point barracks, to say the least.
Further woe was caused by the de1eat
that Syracuse sustained at the hands OF
the more or less despised foe from Nol-
gate
Unless there Is big slump between now
and November II II begins to look as
though Harvard would have the best
chance In years to claim the premier place
in the college foot ball world without any
dispute TO the title. The Crimson proved
that II has been advancing at rapid rate
by the superior manner In which 1T dis
posed of Carlisle. The result demon
strated a strange f1uctuation in the for
tune of foot ball There were few of the
close followers of the sport who could get
themselves to believe that the Cambridge
contingent would be able to squeeze out
ahead OF the red men, and it was prac-
tically unthought of that Haughtons men
would be able to develop the necessary
speed and strategy to crumple the abo-
rhymes to the tune of IL TO D. This result
was particularly surprising In the face or
the results OF the contests that these
teams had against the Navy. Look at
Harvards lucky tie at 9 to against the
Middies, then glance at the REDSKINS tally
of rs TO against the same team, and 1t
may be easy to figure out why few
thought the Crimson would win.
Tiger Defeat Not Unexpected.
The defeat of Princeton was not so un-
expected in view of the ragged work of
the earlier games, but the optimistic ones
had hoped for one more drawn match at
the worst. Dartmouth will tackle Har-
ward next, and IL II be possible for the
green TO get another victory there will
have to be a reconstruction of the big
five," big six" or whatever that time
worn term may now be under the modern
rules. The Hanover men. however, will
have no % to victory, such as last year,
for a team that can beat the Indians SO
easily will prove a different proposition
from the Princeton Tiger.
Speaking Of Old Nassau, it looks as
though luck was turning in the direction
of the Jersey town. Yale appears to have
struck q slump after a season that gave
promise Of developing a team that would
have first call on the championship. There
is no glory for the Blue in the 1910 tally
against Brown. The Providence collie
Brunonians should really have had the
victory. The ofrense that cost the Bruno
mans their third touchdown and vic>
tory I'm the opininn OF many unbiased per-
sons who saw the game did not interfere
in any way with the play, and only a
most stringent enforcement OF a rule
which is often overlooked in the excite!
ment of game saved the Blue from de-
feat. The Brown player who was caught
holding was of no assistance to Mckay,
who ran through the whole Yale team for
a tally. but rules are rules. and IL IL
lucky for Yale that the officials had the
courage to enforce them at so critical q
moment.
Syracuse Hopes Crushed.
Syracuse. which had builded its hopes
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