Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-31
CRACK FOOT BALL
TEAMS SETTLE Down
Yale. Harvard, Princeton and
Pennsy Decide on Lineup
for Final Battles.
By Edward r. Bushnell.

princeton's defeat at the hands of La
f.,.tte eliminated the second member Of
to, Big Six from the ranks of the I'M
defeated Like Cornell, the Princeton
team owes its humiliation to a kick that
went wrong There was this difference.
though: At Cornell ii was the onsde
kick which defeated the Ithacans. while
at Princeton il was a blocked kick oper-
ated by the Tigers which gave the La
savettt substitute his chance for 90
yard run and touchdown.
IL i worthy of remark that both
Princeton and Cornell are rallying from
their sethaCks in a manner which proves
conclusfvely that their teams are made
8" the right stuff. While fun credit
should be given IT, Lafayette for her
clever work in taking advantage OF
i'rinceton's Mistakes. il must he admitted
;'at the Tigers played III unusually hard
luck That a team which could not make
fnJt one first down in an entire game
should defeat an eleven which made frSt
downs repeatedly indicates hard luck. At
tie same lime PrnCetOnS failure 10
carry the ball over when within Striking
distance. and being held for downs so
frequently. is evidence Of radical defects
in the offeIse.
Big Games This Week.
IL might be said that the Big Six
enters the preliminary rounds of the in
tcrcolcgiatc championship during the
coming week. Every member of the
.Eic Six" either plays one of its own
class or is engaged with a team which
his aspirations for the premier honOrs
OF the cridiron. Harvard lines up against
cornell Yale against Brown. Princeton
against Dartmouth and Pennsylvania
against Lafayette.
of the four. probably the Harvard
Cornell game will prove the most inter
ssting This game marks the beginning
81 foot ball relations between Cornell and
Harvard. II will also be Il test Of each
teams strength when in its proper
stride For Harvard the Cornell game
vii hc followed Ivy Dartmouth and Ia.e
on preceding Saturdays. and the Grim
SON must make good IN order To be IN a
position for the final Grapple with the
Ellis Cornell next takes on Chicago.
whose team looks to ne the strongest in
the west and then ends the season with
Pennsylvania ON Thanksgiving day.
on the seasons record Harvard looks
to have a decided advantage over Cornell.
Not only has Harvard a team made up for
the most part OF experienced men. but
Che also has the advantage of better coach
ing and home field. To defeat Harvard
Cornell would have To be at least one
touchdown stronger than the Crimson.
and IL is doubtful IL she is even as strong.
Cornell is extremely anxious To at least
hold Harvard To a close score. for the
IthacauS want this alliance to be per-
maneut thing and to be- regarded as Har-
wards next strongest opponent TO Yale.
Harvard seems To have the advantage
over Cornell in every position. To date
the Ithacans have not developed any star
PLAYERS In fact. the strength of the
eleven appears TO he quite evenly distrib-
uted. but not up Ia the standard of last
year. Harvard, on the other hand. has
fully as good Il line in 1908 and a back
Cell got 1asaTf
each game
Yale Should Beat Brown.
After Browns decisive defeat by Har-
ward there appears to be very little hope
that the Providence men will win from
Yale or even keep the score down. When
Brown scored on Pennsylvania she exhib-
tied AN attack which made her look like
a formidable rival To all the big teams.
But il crumbled badly when il met Har-
wards defense. Yale has developed an at
tack this year which has SO far proven
Irresistible. IL should be remembered,
though. that last year Brown. after losing
10 both Pennsylvania and Harvard. played
Yale tie game which, according to
Brown. should have been Brown VIC
tory one of the latter'S touchdowns being
Gisallowed on doubtful decision.
The game between Pennsylvania and
Lafayette will he the first and only OppOr-
ztunty for comparing the strength or
being the only common opponent. This
years Pennsylvania team has been some
what of IA disappointment. and is now
much behind the 1888 eleven in its de-
.Velopment at this time of the season.
There has been 50 much shifting Of men,
especially i'm the back field. that the
coaches have not started two consecutive
sgames with the same back field. The same
is true Of right end, half dozen men
already having been tried here. The
shifts have been many and so radical
that the students seem to think the season
: will be over before the coaches have de-
cidcd what they intend to do.
Yale's Schedule Too Easy.
81 4 study of the Yale schedule this fall
and the ease with which the Els have
been cleaning up all their opponents indi-
scates that the opponents selected for 1903
I We're below the standard OF teams Yale
Z has usually met. In fact, the Brown team
Is the first really powerful opponent Yale
will have played In this respect Yale
las had an easier schedule than Harvard.
IL il question whether or not she Will
suffer I'm consequence when these TWO
leans meet for their final battle.
This much il true, the Harvard team
will have been much more thoroughly
tested before this final game than will
Yale. By playing Brown two weeks
earlier than Yale scheduled the Provi-
-dencc men and following this game up
lauGlItou will know to a certainty Just
What his Harvard team is capable OF do
lHE bv Tho time OF the Dartmouth game
November ~. ON this date Yale will play
Princeton. and unless Brown gives her an
run"xpe"tedly even tight next week the
Princeton match Will be Yale's first real
test az course II Is folly TO schedule too
many hard games early in the season and
Crhus run the risk of early defeats. but ii
Is just SenSeless to schedule easy
games. which fail To- put an eleven in
eshape for real championship battles.
How Big Teams Will Lineup.
( The foot ball season has now proceeded
far enough for the big elevens To- have
ceased their experiments and to have de-
cided upon line-ups OF more or less per-
manence. Barring injuries or other I'M
'forcSceH developments, all Of the big
SIN have now settled upon the teams
which they viii send into their cham
p.ouS!!ip games. These various line-upS
viii be about as follows:
Yale. Positions. Princeton.
V.ucllhu ....... LIN end .............. BALM
-lo',l.. Left tackle ......... .Biegltng
Nu,!iIt> o.. LET; guard ........... WOslI-
'-r,u.y. ........ Center .............. BsInman
e. bel -..-.-- Right guard Waller
s!.l..i H.cst tackle MccrOhan
~ fitzpatrick .--. Right cnI .............. WEIGH
'i'Nc-.-... Gus "tcTbsck Bergen