Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-29
GOSSIP AND NEWS
IN FOOT BALL WORLD
Two Gridiron Plays Which Are
Very Popular This
Year.

lnasmuch as Harvard, Yale. Princeton,
Pennsylvania and others are holding back
on any new wrinkles they may have and
won't let them be seen until their DIE
games. nothing new in foot ball strategy
has been seen this season. But there have
been one or two developments or elabora-
tons on old plays that arc of this sea-
sons bringing out. Running with the ball
from the kick formation is being worked
more strongly this fall than in all the
other years put together. With this
formation, whether a punt, onside KICK
close to the line. forward pass or rush
is to come is what is bothering the team
on the defense. The latter must weaken
IT'S line defense accordingly, sending an
additional man back in case there is
kick
In sending a man down ahead to receive
the forward pass ends are having the call
over tackles to much greater extent
than last year. Last season tackles were
making the play as much as if not more
than the ends. AS a rule they were taller
men, and with tackle on the end of the
line and end back the other team was
less prepared to size up the play. Still it
was noticed in the big games some of
ing the forward pass did not try 1t at all
Fish of Harvard against Yale for in
stance.
The percentage OF successful forward
passes is more this year than before and
the ends are doing most of the receiving.
Tackles have been pretty effectua1Ly
smeared when they tried it, and uness
the big games show that they have been
doing il under cover the season will be
one of ends taking the passes.
Pennsylvania this year has made rather
clever use of an onside kick variation.
The quarterback took the ball as if for a
quarterback run and headed out to- say,
the right end. His interferers went along
with him to carry out the impression, and
the opposing defense was drawn over in
that direction Before he went far the
quarterback stopped. shouted Left and
gave quick low kick over the line in
that direction. One end had strayed out
10 the left to lay for the kick and before
the opponents knew what was UP the end
had the ball. 1t was pretty nifty play
Those who are close to the Yale team
aren't In such joyous. smiling hl1mor over
the prospects as rose-colored reports
would indicate. The team is long way
vet from the desired form. The Colgate
score wasn't so tremendously significant
or soothing. because Colgate was not the
strong team expected and weakened be-
fore the game had proceeded far. Nor is
the West Point score causing any undue
Point, with the slowness of development
and green material was not much for a
team of the Yale caliber to beat.
Perhaps the most pleasing thing of late
would appear that his skill in that regard
has been almost completely overlooked
In previous seasons. However since he
has shown that he can drop kick. the
more worry for the enemy, for there viii
be no telling what the deuce he is going
to do with the ball when he gets It. The
satisfaction over the playing of the
tackles isn't universal. by any means, and
there has been more or less fault found
all season with the work at center and
quarter.
II anything, the schedule thus far has
been too easy and it will be time enough
to talk about the grand outlook for the
team when it has had stiff trying out
such as Harvard. Princeton and Pennsyl-
vania already has been through. Yale has
not met a fast and varied attack this
year and they are hoping that Brown will
provide the needed practice in coping with
such an attack.
On the Harvard foot ball team are men
from all over the little old U. S. A., and
farther than that The two Withingtons
come from Honolulu. Corbett, the half
Browne, the end. from Los Angeles. and
Stow, sophomore, from San Francisco.
Stoves father rowed on varsity crews
at Harvard in 1878 and 1870. There are
two pairs of brothers on the squad, the
Withingtons and F. d. and l.. D. Smith,
who come from Chicago. The latters'
father was a Harvard man Hooper,
tackle, also lives in Chicago. Capt. Fish
comes from Garrison, n. Y; Mckays
home is in Paris. Dunlap and F'rothing-
ham are Phi'adelphians and Wiggles-
worth and Galatti live in New York city.
Long comes from Illinois and was a stu
dent at the University of Illinois. Rogers
is from Maine, while O'F1aherty. Minot.