Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-17
GOSSIP AND NEWS
OF FOOT BALL WORLD
PLAYERS Who Have Made
Points for the Crimson
and Bulldog.

4 compilation of points scored by diff
fercnt players Oh the leading teams shows
that fourteen players have figured IN
scoring for Yale To eleven for Harvard
The difference is more pronounced in the
NAL king of touchdownS. Thirteen Yale
men have carried the ball across the
cnemy's goal line in various ways. while
seven Harvard men have done ii. The
only logical Inference is that the Ellis.
Will they may not be playing as strong
game Harvard. game with as much
power. are playing more versatile game
and have been quicker at accepting oppor-
tunities Yale has made more points
than Harvard. and. therefore. might
naturally have given scoring chances to
more men, yet with the greater number
of points the number of men involV-
ed in making them might easily be limited
TO half as many as are involved.
In TO the present time the figures point
ing to Yale versatility are surely in keep
ing with the facts. The Yale team 10
the foot bali arena and one of the most
wide-awake. Whether il has the speed
and driving power OF Harvard IS, OF
course, another thing. However, so far
the Yale scoring process has been of wider
scope There have been more men to
carry the ball over and more ways or
doing it. Some of these ways were such
as arose in emergencies. but spoke or
alertness for that very reason.
Only backs and ends have made touch
downs for Harvard: for Yale the trick
has been turned by backs. ends, tackles
and the quarterback. The backs VINO
have made touchdowns for Harvard and
the number for each are as follows:
Minot, =: p Smith. 4: Long, B; FrothinS-
ham, >: Corbett, /. Rogers and Hous-
ton. both ends. have each made one
touchdown. Yale backs who have made
touchdownS are Philbin and Coy, u each :;
DAILY. 3: Howe. /: Savage, who also is
an end, =: Murphy, >: Deming, Holt and
Francis. each. Vaughan and Logan.
ends, have made three each, and Hobbs
and LilleY, tackles. one each. With
eight touchdowns made by ends and
tackles. il is evident that there has been
some blocking of kicks and spry work
in following the bail.
Williams and Amherst, near neighbors
i'm Massachusetts. went through their
foot ball season with marked consistency
Williams consistently good. Amherst
consistently poor There were only one
or two dig-essiOns for each from said
consistency, one for Williams being the
IL to o defeat by Dartmouth. This game
was played a week after Williams had
held Harvard to a score OF Ia u, and
there was every reason To believe that
Williams would be as good as Dart
mouth that day. Williams took care of
all It's other opponents. the victims being
Rensselaer, p. l.. Massachusetts Aggies.
Cornell, Wesleyan and Amherst. While
the score against Wesleyan was closer
than form indicated, Vet Williams had
only one bad day, that the one on which
Dartmouth was played.
Amherst didn't have any good days.
Every game but two was defeat. The
only team TO be beaten was Tufts and
then by only to score. There was
a - TO % tie with Norwich and defeats by
Springfield Training School. Brown. Dart
N,lx a m m
five OF the eight games Amherst was
shut out In spite OF chronic weakness
as indicated by the season in its entirety
the Purple and White made good fights
against two strong elevens. Brown and
Dartmouth losing TO the one - to u and
To the other l. 10 a.