Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-28
NEWS AND GOSSIP OF
FOOT BALL WORLD
East Has Had All the Better
of West in Recent
Years.

The first of the east We. west games of
Importance will be played next Saturday
when the Syracuse eleven will go to Ann
Arbor and the coaching methods of Tad
Jones will be pitted against those of Yost
OF the Michiganders The indications are
for a much closer game than last year.
Syracuse won by - to in Syracuse a
year ago, but isn't nearly as strong now
as then How good Michigan is this year
as compared to last is hard to say, but
the Wolverines haven't made much of a
record so far. High tackling, weakness
in the line, fumbling of punts and very
limited repertoire of open playe marked
Michigan's work against Marquette In her
last game. Yost, however may not have
disclosed all he had in that game. saw
ing his strength for the more important
battle with Syracuse The playing aga inst
Marquette was confined largely to defen-
sivc work.
When the Wolverines were reputed
wonders six or seven years ago and were
summing up tremendous totals they did
not meet eastern elevens and there was
no way of substantiating their claims OF
superiority TO everything, east and west
Since the new game came in Michigan
hasn't been anything like as formidable.
d change which has been attributed to
The history of section foot ball for the
last three years since the game was re-
VSed shows the eastern teams as having
all the better of il. For that length Of
time their superiority is pronounced. 1t
has been So for each of the three years
Pennsylvania be@t Michigan, Il to in
1906, and Carlisle beat Minnesota IL to O..
Chicago. which possibly has shown more
aptitude Tor the new game than other
westerhers, did not meet an eastern team
that year.
In 1907 Carlisle beat Minnesota, IL to
10. and beat Chicago, IS to IA. while
PENNSYLVANIA disposed of Michigan, to
u. There wasn't a wide margin of vic
tory in the Pennsy lvania- Michigan game.
it is true, but Pennsylvania wasn't rated
the champion of that year. Chicago, the
strongest team in the west last year.
played a Il to tie with Cornell, and Cor
nell was several places removed from the
front rank of eastern elevens. Carlisle
was beaten by Minnesota. IL to 8, but
Minnesota had been put away handi1y by
Chicago. Carlisle beat three western
teams-St. Louis. Nebraska and Denver.
pennsylvania Smothered Michigan, % to o.
and Syracuse also swamped Michigan.
There is good deal of progress to be
made In the west before the clubs attain
the class of the best in the east.
game next year between Pennsylva-
mia and Dartmouth is said to be among
the probabilities. The idea is that if
Pennsylvania beats Michigan again this
year. 1t would be a good time to leave
Michigan Off the next schedule and ar
range series of battles with Dartmouth
According to w. N. Morice the old Penn
sylvania player. the subject was taken up
last spring, when there was talk of drop
ping the Indians. but it was decided to
go on with the Indians Dartmouth prob
ably would prove sitter opposition for
Penn than Michigan; in fact, the Green
proves stiff opposition all the time Such
game for Pennsylvania would make a
In of cohn d,,IA ,1rn.a 1xy
pretty severe, but the Quakers have
SHE'D at such proposition. Dartmouth
could very we'll afford to stiffen it's sched-
ule. inasmuch as three real stiff games
are not considered too much by a ma jor-
ity of teams.
At a certain institution which is having
its trouble in putting away opponents
foot ball player and the track team
people exists and doesn't conduce to the
general welfare. However, in the main
the situation is in good shape. and there
ruInors to that effect. Since this partic-
uar team struck a snag not long ago
there have been hints that the visiting
eleven was wise to its opponents signals.
Yale Driven at High Speed.
NEW HAVEN, Conn, October 2S-
Enough coaches were at Yale Field yes
terday to make up for the deficiency of
the past fortnight. Twelve turned out,
more than one for each varsity player.
The number included kid" Wallace,
who has not been on Yale Field in five
years: Burr Chamberlin, Morris Ely, Guy
Hutchinson. Dewitt Cochrane. Ray Town
send, Frank Butterworth George Adee,
Ray Biglow. and the regular staff, Walter
Camp. Henry Wheaton and Howard
Jones.
Drastic new rules were put into effect
regarding the quarterba ks whose play
continues loose. AS fast as one fumbIed
ne was deposed and sent off the field
Howe was tried first and he was BAN
ished in five minutes. Johnson worked
gled in his passing efforts. and Pop Corey
finished the session in triumph.
\ forty-mlnute scrimmage was or
dered and fought through in the Uyliest
drill of the season. The regulars were
kept driving at high speed throughout.
Logan figured in the most sensations run
OF the practice. After the scrubs had
made three tries to break through the
varsity defense at their 5-yard line Logan
seized the bali on a tumble and snrinted
ID yards to midfeld before he was
thrown by Brooks. the sprnting end rush
of the scrubs
Pennsy Ready for Indians.
PHILADELPHIA. October 2s.-Pennsyl-
vania's team had the last day of hard
work in preparation for the Carlisle In
dams at Franklin Field yesterday, when
In a rough and closely contested practice
game. The varsity wiz leave for the
country tomorrow afternoon in order to
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