Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-04
FOOT BALL REVIEW
SATURDAYS GAMES
No Startling Surprises for
First Big Day of the Grid
iron Season.

The first big foot ball day OF the sea
son was passed over without any star
Ting defeats chalked up, but the scores
Of some of the games will keep the coach
es thinking hard the balance Of the week
The leaders of both Georgetown and
George Washington are more than salts
fled that their teams have made a good
start. OF course. there are big holes that
will have to be plugged up by both coach
es but the material there and Will he
nushed to the front before q fortnight
rolls around.
Those twelve points that Stevens regis
tered against Princeton have awakened
the Tigers The JerSeymen have felt mucn
encouraged over their team this year
The eleven proved that it has bright
scoring possibilities by running up forty
seven points Saturday, and it was only
due 10 ragged work at times that stevens
got in it's black eye swings. There was
nothing about the game to worry the
co,a cfles very much. but they must deNel-
on rather steadier work. That should be
easy when there is plenty of good ma
Ierial at hand with Wnlch 10 lui o'' a
strong combination.
PENIS performance aSainse Dickinson
was the best the Red and Blue has given
this wear. Dickinson ioomed up with a
fairly strong team and was deIeated Is
to a. Penn has not yet hit her stride. but
SATURDAYS game showed that she Is COM
ing along gradually and will Doubtless
give a good account of herself before the
end OF the season
While PENNSYLVANIA was not successful
with the forward pass, Harvard used IL
effectually against Bowdoin Inc rim
Ill ne nj
cuted. and the team had no trouble WIN
ming by II to D, AS the Harvard oelehSe
was a'nost invulnerab4e
vale met the strong Syracuse eleven and
won l.. 10 a. The Bulldogs play was
nlea sing to the spectators. Whlle the Blue
did not amaSS a large score, ner team
n ayeo uniformly throughout the game
ann thc New Workers never had look
in THIS form of Yales makes it appear
ps # Princaton- will have as hard a Jon
as ever to win at New Haven next month.
ma il also. means that Harvard must
produce n team every Dit as S'rohs II hol
stronger than last years to Keep from
pnin. under when Yale is played.
E..rlv season form is not Indicative of
results to he achieved later PehnsAl-
wanna has for several years started OF
in The rut, and teen rounded to in SPLEEN
did form The coaches of the large
teams all believe in making haste SLOW
Nv even riSkinS the chances or an early
defeat rather than to push. their charges
too hard in the first weeks Oh the sched-
MES On this basis. Penn is making a
satisfactory showing, and it is likely tnat
this year will see very close race by
all tie big fellows for the claim of cham
pions:ip nonors.
Cornell. with practically a new team.
started the season against Rensselaer,,
and won. rs To j. The Cornell defense
WAS effective and the 0ffenSe showed en-
,utIraginS possibilities. but when any
team runs up against an opponent WHO
can drop field goals from tue 'foi'tN-five-
var,i-line the clean slate is surely In
danger Qus,rte rbac!: lnghS did that
trick AT Ithaca and tie &c al would Likely
have been kicked by Kim. no matter what
team Rensselaer, was facing.
The six points that Buckneil scored
against the Indians were not unavoid-
able but luck plays part i'll every gam a.
Although the Red Men waiioped the eel
legianS. AZ To Is. they could not handle
a reboundng punt which was grabbed
uD ny Mcdonald. who ran for the ilrSt
touchdown Bucknell has made against the
Indians at Carlisle in ten years Buck
nell certainly deserved that tally. But
the score OF the game points out the
Indians are just as dangerous this year
as ever 1t is good thing for Penn
that she has plenty of time between now
and th.. date of The Indian game. to get
her team together.
Capt McCaa's Lafayette team looks
10 be fast this year. Wyoming is repo, t
cd to have put up stubborn defense
too much for it To withstand It
would appear that Penn will have her
troubles when Lafayette visits Franklin
Field November +.