Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-06
Foot Ball, Racing
and Other Sports
Continued from Eighteenth rage.>

ton of veteran players to bring a varsity
eleven to the scratch, Every one Of these
men has made good as player himself.
in the foot ball rules which will designate
yards a. gain for q first down when
a team has possession OF the ball De-
tween its own goal line and the middle
of the field.
Columbia is to use the proceeds Of inter-
class foot ball to defray rowing expenses
at the university. The students them
selves will be charged admission to the
games.
The western teams are working the for
ward pass and onside kick plays with
much greater regularity than the eastern
eIevens. Perhaps the defense has not at
tanned the same efficiency in the west.
Dartmouth's quarterback, Pishon:
weighs scarcely 135 pounds. but he Is
The headiest quarterback at Hanover
and this is why he is on the team.
Lafayette. which plays University. Of
in 1895 and 1899 and tied them in 1909
and 1905. Lafayette already has played
Princeton to to tie this year.
After West Points showing against
Princeton Saturday. the officers az the
various posts throughout the country are
showing a greater interest In the team
The latest is a purse Of 81 600 sent from
Alaska to bet against the navy.
A change may be looked for In Har-
wards backheld formation on receiving
kicks in the Indian game II Gil Browne
is in the game he probably VIII pc
down the field with Cutler.
"Rosey" Reiter. Wesleyan's coach.
will get down to- Princeton next week
ut n
who are trying to get the Tigers into
shape to make stand against Yale.
Dartmouth men are getting odds on the
Princeton game. One t,t was recorded
recently in Boston at the ratio OF 10 to .
with Dartmouth at the small end Prince
ton will probably rule favorite in New
York as well.
Scarlett OF Penn and Northcroft OF
the Navy lead the college goal-from-
touchdown kickers this year, 16 to IS.
touchdown kickers this year. 16 and Is.
backs eight White of Harvard and
Valdez of Cornell rank next with seven
each.
Harlan and Mccormick of the grad
yates and Hart of the freshman class
make I'D a pretty solid backfeld for the
Princeton scrubs. The varsity defenses
must be good to stop the combination.
Jake" Stahl. the Boston American first
baseman, is to act as field judge at the
Penn Michigan game. The other officials
are Langford of Trinity. referee; Edwards
OF Princeton. field judge. and Mccarthy
of Brown. umpire.
West Point has organized third eleven
and has arranged series of games with
several of the stronger teams at the va
rious Hudson river preparatory schools.
All of these games will be played at the
Point
Good Basket Ball Expected.
The Petworth A. c. basket ball team
plays the strong five representing the Po-
tornac A. c. of Del Ray, Va. in the for
mers hail, Brightwood avenue and Long
fellow street, tomorrow evening.
The Petworth boys have been practicing
hard for this, the first real contest Of the
season. and as the Del Ray team is COM
posed Of seasoned players a hard game rs
expected. The following is the lineup:
Petworth A. C. Position. Potomac A. c.
n. Dempsey, Graham r. F.. .Tomlln, J. Scrvener
Harden. Jones. Il. F. ......... w. Scrivener
Garrett, lie Due. Center. .Steelman Westlaken
Gable. ............ R. G. ID. Duncan, johnson