Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-01
FOOT BALL OUTLOOK
IS NOT VERY ROSY
Yale and Princeton Are in the
Ruck-Penn and Harvard
Just Arriving-Indians
the Best.
By Thomas D. Richter.


appointed, and Penn has not come up to
expectations. These appear to be the
opinions brought to light by the contests
played to date
Foot ball experts and the coaches of
the various teams to whom l have talked
however, do not agree with any of these
statements. The consensus of opinion
among six coaches and the same number
of reputable officials is that Yale has
good team in the making. Harvard is
destined to make strong finish, Prince
ton is a dark horse that will stand an
excellent chance of, going through the
season without a defeat. and Pennsylva-
MIA has discovered its latent power and
will easily win its remaining games.
Tiger Situation Interesting.
The Princeton situation is by far the
most interesting. Early in the year it
was freely predicted that the Tigers
would have team of championship cali
Der. AS games were decided in the pre-
liminary schedule without showing any
signs OF speed or strength in the Tiger
team even the Princeton students decided
thai it was an off, year. When the
Orange and Black BARELY beat the little
Virginia Polytechnic team, and was tied
by Lafayette and Syracuse the Tigers
gave up all hope. AT least they did to
Oil oul"dtd appearance
A visit to the Tigers camp, however.
would dispel any such idea. Strangely.
the Tigers are full of confidence.
talked with one of the coaches and l soon
discovered the reason. Any close student
would notice that Princeton has not made
use of Capt Eddie Dillon. the famous
quarterback. in any of it's three big games
to date. except possibly few minutes at
the end. Dillon is accounted the best
quarterback this year, veteran of four
years experience. cool-headed and re-
sourceful and a wonderful runner in the
open field. Part of this time Dillon has
been injured, but there has been no time
that he could not have been used The
inference is that the Tiger coaches are
holding him off to prevent gripping him
and to keep his speed fresh for Dart
mouth and Yale.
The next point in this argument was
that McCrohan, the giant fullback, has
also been out of the game for a month.
McCrohan is destined to prove the sensa-
ton of the year in the Yale game. HI
is six feet two inches tall and weighs
about 100 pounds. He is a terrific line
plunger and a great defensive player.
With McCrohan and Dillon in the game
Princeton figures it is Is per cent stronger
on attack and fully that much on the de-
Tense. 1t does not take a foot ball ex-
pert to figure Princeton wonderful team
under these conditions. The en- there
fore, is Watch Princeton
Ya1e's Big Line.
Yale has one of its characteristic giant
lines. This is the strongest point in its
team, and it is building everything about
the forwards in the hope of beating
Princeton and Harvard. The back field
is only mediocre. though Brides is a star
Coy is far below last year, and according
to a prominent foot ball official who for
wit hn vr1o
back will be much less in evidence tran
last year without Tad Jones. the wonder
full quarterback, to help him.
fale's problem is it's ends. The injury
to Burch laid out the captain, and it is
doubtful whether he will get back again
this year. He is the best of the lot. but
is not quite up to the Yale standard.
fitzpatrick gave promise of being a star
but he is now laid up with injuries
The Blue has had but four games this
year, and aside from the Syracuse game
there has been but little opportunity to
Judge of the teams strength. While the
Tigers have been playing many games
and hiding their condition Yale has been
playing few and gaining the same result
Harvard and Penn Strong.
Harvard and Penn have concealed moth
Ing, and appear to be possessed of much
Penn found itself in the Brown
game and but for severe injuries and lack
of condition would have gained a narrow
victory over the Indians. The Indians
played better ball, beyond a doubt but
the fact that Penn STAYED off defeat, and
for a long time held the lead, speaks
volumes for the gameness and the high
quality of the Red and Blue defense.
Penn is like Princeton. When its omar
terback, Keinath is in the game and its
captain and fullback, Hollenback. is re-
covered from injuries the team is % Der
cent stronger than at present.
Harvard gained an early start this wear
The result is apparent One of Yale's
coaches admitted the other day that
Harvard knew more foot ball than any
other team in the country at the present
time, and that it was merely a question
or Keeping the team to a steady advance
ment. Harvard met and defeated some
sturdy opponents in the early games and
showed ability by running up big scores
True, the Navy team tied the Crimson
but the Middies always have a strong
eleven and one that deserves to be classed
with the big colleges.
Indians the Best.
Carlisle Indians, to my belief, and I
know / only echo that of several noted
coaches who sat through the Penn-Indian
game last Saturday, are the best set of
foot ball players in lie country today.
They have a better grasp on the new
style of play than any other team, Just
as they did last year, and are as much
faster than any rival team as Splinter is
faster than a mile runner
Against Penn the Redskins showed ex-
ceptional skill in lining up fast and run
ming off plays. while in Thorpe and Ba-
lenti they have the best pair of open
field runners in the game today The
Indians, too, have fine lot of substitutes,
which they will need before they finish
their season New YEAR day in California.
AS between West Point and Annapolis,
the preliminary games seem to indicate
greater strength in the Navy team, but
it is d long month before the team
branches of Uncle Sans service meet
and many changes may come.