Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-27
GOSSIP AND NEWS
IN FOOT BALL WORLD
Basket Ball Training a Big Ad-
vantage on the
Gridir0n.

move because, if for no other reason, it
puts a man back there who is decidedly
clever at sending away the forward pass
Miller gave a fine exhibition of forward
passing i'm the Cornell game last fall. The
PENNSYLVANIA captain has played basket
ball and consequently has advantages
which one who has played that game Is
likely to have over one who hasn I.
The usefulness in foot ball of an appren-
ticesbip served In basket ball comes in
when players are rushing down on the
man when he Is about to make the throw
Basket ball has trained him to stand ms
ground and not to become Hurried by
men rushing down on him. The tendency
TO duck and cover up or drop to the
ground with the ball has been over
come by his basket ball training, and ne
knows how to use one hand TO ward OF
the enemy and with the other get away
the throw There an instance of this
the other day when Walter Camp, Jr-, OF
the Yale freshman team who has played
basket ball, coolly took his time when
another man Nigh have been hurried
ny the way the opponents were coming
for him. held off the nearest opponent
with one arm and sent the spear throw
10 the desired spot.
TackIing as in foot ball is one bother
the basket ball player doesn't have to
contend with. but he must he deft ar
skillful manner in which Hyatt. the
no ipterfered with The accurate and
ckillful manner in which Hyatt. the
West Point quarter, manipulates the ball
when about to make forward pass
doubtless is due somewhat to his basket
ball experience, and one of the best men
with the forward pass since it has come
into use was basket ball player before
he went to the gridiron, keinath OF
Pennsylvania. Wilson. the injured Navy
quarterback also played basket ball
Wilce of Wisconsin won a game the other
day by intercepting forward pass. lie
has played basket ball. as have CROSBY
the Cornell end. and Lang Dingle of the
Dartmouth eleven.
The hitherto unpublished commentaries
Of one who knows the game on the
Princeton-Lafayette contest show that at
least one disinterested onlooker does not
consider the Tiger d dead one by any
means. Quite the contrary.
In comparison with the Syracuse-Car-
Isle game" writes this expert to the
New York Sun, 1.-The Observation-Disclosures
battle was beautifully played. Both elev-
there was little fumbling either In the
line or down the field. and the tackling.
a delight to the eye, made the blood run
warm. Both teams were as Gibraltar Oh
the defense. The stubbornness and cour-
age of Lafayette were worth going miles
to see On the offense she could show
nothing: that is. nothing against de-
tense of the strength Of Princeton, when
bodies well for the future. From tackle
to tackle the line showed very strong.
The ends had little to do in the line: down
the field they were consistently on the
job. Balm shows promise. He has only
been out week or ten days and the pow
ers that be may not have shown good
Judgment in playing him SO long. He was
pretty nearly exhausted when finally
taken out at the very end of the second
half.
ION the offense Princeton disclosed
nothing new. Her attack up to date Is
based on last years lines, the short for
ward pass. the outside kick as worked by
4Hn vN1 al IN n
line plays with tackle brought over as
rule. There was one play in which the
halfbacks made feint as for an end run,
and the fullback took the ball through the
center. There were several plays down
the short side of the line when the ball
was near the side lines. Lafayette used
the old Pennsylvania system of defense
against end runs, the end immoiating
himself by throwing himself into the in
reference. Pennsylvania seems to be the
only college to use this system success
fully.
:.Of the other backs used by Princeton
Sparks was decidedly the best He re-
minds one considerably of OsgoOd. al
though not SO heavy. He is always dig
ging and keeps his feet we'll He is not
very keen on finding openings and runs
back on plays around the end. In the
Cottage Club after the game an under
graduate stated that Bergen's play had
just about won him the quarterback job
Physically his work was fine: he fed the
plays with some celebrity, caught punts
unerringly and showed speed and ability
10 dodge in running them back. His gen.
eralship. however. was open to criticism
He could drive his team well in the mid
die of the field. but seemed to lose his
head with the goal line in sight. In the
first half when a score was imminent he
conferred with Read. who took the ball
for no gain. and followed this play up
with an abortive pass. all within the 10
yard line. 1t almost looked like a case
of Let me make the touchdown Hart
was not at all impressive i'm the first
half. and it was not until we'll along In
the second that he disclosed his ability.
Then he woke up went into the line hard
and was a bulldog for work and strength
incidentally lie Is d very comicaI man In
foot ball clothes. He has ii habit of
shouting while running. Once he got a
good laugh ny yelling at the top of his
lungs. Get out of my way! Get out of
my way
THE plays Immediately preceding the
touchdown we're sort of irony of fate
from the Princeton point of view Every
thing favored her. everything was COM
ing her way until the thunderbolt shot
out of the clear sky With half the
distance to the goal line awarded to her
and the ball on the I5-yard line she
rushed to the very threshold. only to he
held for downs by the courageous La
fayette defense-a fine stand. Lafayette
then punted and Cunningham made a
good try for the field goal the ball
striking the upright Lafayette then
elected to put the ball in play from
scrimmage and kicked. Bergen getting a
fair catch in the middle OF the field
Here again fortune seemed to favor
Princeton, for the ball was brought back
and given to her on the 25-yard line or
thereabouts; why | could not understand.
II looked like "A cinch for Cunningham
with the play almost directly in front OF
the goal posts. Bergen knew time was
nearly UP and gave his signal before his
line was set Then the deluge, Incl
dentaliy Bammans passing was pretty
poor throughout the game.
1.-The game emphasized the lesson that
an eleven with good kicker and "a
strong defense has a pretty fair chance
to get tie against Il stronger team and
with little luck even to win. If
were a Princeton man l should be more
delighted than chagrined, for this eleven
Is certainly coming along well. 1t looks
70 per cent better than last years team
lid at this time of the year
Change in Quakers' Lineup.
PHILADELPHIA. October 27-N&
that Penn coaches have decided that
Capt. Miller is the man to fill the quar-
terback position. they are looking about
for a man To play right end. Marks, who
has played at cSnter and in the back field
was the man given the greatest amount
Of attention for the extreme job yester-
day, and il looks as III he would be at
right end against the Indians Satur-
day.