Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-26
MANY SURPRISES IN SATURDAYS FOOT BALL GAMES.
PENN PRINCETON AND HARVARD WERE OUTPLAYED

Another Saturday of surprises on the
foot ball gridirons of the big college
elevens And again college spirit was
responsible for saving three of the Big
Four from being defeated when they
were outplayed by their opponents.
PENNSYLVANIA was fortunate to come
out of the battle with the Indians with
tie score Princeton seemed to be out
generated and outplayed by Syracuse
and that the giant scholars of Tad
Jones did not score was largely due to
the pluck and grit, coupled with the
Orange and Black spirit, which Prince
ton displayed. Harvard. too. found the
Navy worthy foe and in the first half
was scored on. tumble allowing them
to tie the Mddies in the second half.
II was indeed. Saturday of surprises,
eclpsng the week before. which was
thought to be unique in the rather poor
showing made by all of the Big Four.
1t has been a season of surprises in that
so far the smaller teams seem to be al
most as strong as the larger ones and in
a few instances stronger. College spirit
has alone saved the big college teams
from ignominious defeat
Nobody can say that PENIS eleven did
not display grit on Saturday. Trainer
his team. notably Manner. Hollenback
and Reagan, were unfit to enter con-
test such as the Indians gave the Red
and Blue eleven Yet all three of them
did go In and fought to the bitter end
for the glory of Old Penn.
Capt Hollenbacks hand was said TO
be so badly injured that every move he
made caused him excruciating pain. And
this is some excuse for his fumbies, which
on several occasions helped the Red
skins. Little Miller. the quarterback, was
mass of bruises when he came out OF
the hard-fought contest and only pure
grit carried him through. His work
might not have been quite as sensa-
tional as Keinaths. but he helped his
team keep the score to tie. and 1t is
doubtful if the Kid could have done
more.
Indians outplayed Penn.
Yet eliminating the handicap of in
juries which Penn had. it must be ad-
mitted that Glenn Warmers Indians out
played the Red and Blue. Penn was
prepared for a forward pass. but they
were not prepared for the double passes
which sometimes ended in a forward
pass, sometimes in an onside kick and
sometimes resulted in man going
through an opening in the line which
was there because the entire Penn team
was started for the man whom they
thought would get the ball on forward
pass.
Nothing could stop the Indians Satur-
day. On several occasions a kedskfn
would hit the line and seem to be stop
ped when a secondary attack from be-
hind would send him along for five, six
and even ten yards. 1t could not be
men suffering from injuries. 1t was
. simply because the Indians had some
thing on the Red and Blue.
Again the crafty Indians seemed to be
ever on the alert for openings in the
line. Thorpe would start around the end
behind his interference. But Braddock
or Scarlet would smash into the men
ahead. and he would just as quickly
dart through a hole which seemed to
have been opened for him, and several
around the opposite end. warding off
tacklers cleverly by the use of his open
hand and shifting the ball as he ran
without seeming to lose a step.
Princeton's Sad Showing.
"All but beaten and outplayed in every
department" came the dispatch from
Princeton Saturday night which told
the sad story of the Tigers game with
Syracuse. That Orange and Black
eleven which all year has caused Coach
Roper and his assistants much alarm
displayed just as much grit as Penn, and
that Is the only reason it was able
to prevent the scholars of Tad Jones
from scoring. The Tigers chance to
score was hardly worth considering.
What Princeton met in Syracuse Sat-
urday Is what it must meet in the
Yale eleven. only that the Blue will be
much more perfect and possessed of
twice as much spirit to win. That is
the reason that Tad" Jones was so
pleased a the result. 1t indeed looks
bad for the Tigers when they met the
Bulldog this year. 1t seems that the
Tigers have the secondary defense in
Coke and Cunningham. who dived into
the plays after they had ploughed
through the weakened line and stopped
them. If Coach Roper can strengthen
his line and Capt. Dillon gets into the
fray, it may be a different story when
Yale meets the Tigers.
Navy Eclipses Harvard.
The Navy came out of the game with
all the honors," came over the wire
from Annapolis. and also told distress
ing story of the Harvard team. There.
too. only the grit and spirit displayed
by the Crimson eleven tied the score
and prevented the Middies from win
ming. Yet the Navy this year Is showing
its right to be classed among the really
big college elevens, and Harvard only did
what another of the big four might do