Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-15
LOOKING OVER THE
GR|D|RON STRUGGLES
Georgetown Lacked Condition
and Virginia Was Right
on Edge.

over its showing against Virginia Satur-
dsy as they had been led 20 expect great
things on account of the splendid struggle
with Fordham. The big point was lost
sight OF that Georgetown had reached It's
zenith Of strength in New York and from
that time refrigerated. But even with the
retrogression the Georgetown boys had
chance until that sterling player, BYRD
was ordered out OF the lineup. BYRD
had been playing sensational foot ball all
season, and his mates had come to look
for him to do something every time
critical point was reached. Like WellinS-
ton at Waterloo, the Georgetown boys
were looking for some one to come 10
their rescue Saturday, but there was TO
Butcher in the squad, and defeat was
foregone conclusion after five minutes OF
play. There is no question about the
Sameness of the Blue and Gray warriors,
and they fought desperately at all stages,
hut il was a sort of ketcheii-Johnson
fight. Georgetown was up against a mucn
stronger team.
To the trained eve of the athlete the
cause OF the victory and defeat was cas-
ily seen. 1t was simply condition. The
Eirginians were on edge and the George
town lads were stale. Physical director
Foley Of the Central High School stood
peatedly pointed out the defects In the
local team. Whenever delay occurred
down on the ground would go every man
OF the Blue and Gray to catch his breath
and -ecuperate, while the Virginians re-
NAMED on their feet chock full of pep
per and eager for the battle to be re-
newed About the only chance the George
town crowd had 10 win out was the send
ing in of five or six substitutes In the
last half. and with the speed their fresh
ness would have given better showing
might have been made. AS II was, the
substitutes sent in did good work, but
there was not enough of them.
The canceling OF further foot ball play
at Georgetown tbis season Will still FUR
Their strengthen the friendship between
the two universities. and nothing but
praise for the Blue and Gray authorities
for taking this step was heard on all
sides today.
Georgetown has a good nucleus for next
this season before IL! lines should be laid
that will bring forth an eleven that Will
give Virginia a battle worth the while
when next they meet.
4 careful diagnosis of the records of
running plays. punts. forward passes and
all the formations used in the Yale
Princeton game of last Saturday reveals
even more clearly than did actual visual
impressions of the contest how very close
" both elevens stuck to what Is known
odd foot ball. Despite the rumors of
the open style. of play in vogue this year
At the New Haven college, mighty little
except routine and always-to-be-exp
line smashes were signaled by the Blue S
quarterbacks.
Princeton, on the other hand. played a
vastly more open game when she had the
opportunity: but the Orange and Black
team had the ball so seldom that IL II did
have anything up it's sleeve in the way of
fancy plays or surprises II was unable to
spring them. Since the Tiger eleven end
ed it's season with the Yale game, 1t is
hut To be expected that it was going to use
every play in its repertory; whereas Yale
has what is to her a vastly more impor-
tant contest than the one with the Orange
and Black still to decide. This perhaps
accounts for the fact that Princetons for
ward pass was very much cleaner cut
AFFAIR than was Yale's, seemingly less
hapha zard and moving with far greater
precision. speed. and success. II is quite
likely that the Blue could have shown
something as good had il wanted to. but
the Yale coaches were thoroughly aware
of the presence OF many pairs of Harvard
eyes looking for pointers and they or
dered a close adherence TO old-styie plays.
lust as Princeton's forward pass against
Dartmouth was very different affair
than IL was against Yale, so probably the
Blues pass OF Saturday is widely diver
gent from what Harvard will have TO
meet.
During the seventy minutes OF play
there was a total of just eight forward
passes. OF these Yale made two. both OF
them I'm the first half. Princeton used
the play three times in each half. Yale
gained L. yards with the play on its
nrst try, Coy TO Howe. But the second
essay was unsuccessful, and, so Il seems
now. fraught with far greater conse-
quences than the play itself did when
sgnaied. For not only did Vaughan fail
10 recover the pass, but his knee was so
injured as 10 make his participation In
the Harvard game very doubtful. In
which case the second forward pass was
q very expensive affair for the Blue, for
neither Naedele nor Brooks Is by any
means the equal of Vaughan. either on
offense or defense. in old foot ball or in
the new.
Princeton gained - yards I'm the first
and ID yards in the second half with this
play. 1t was in many ways very similar
10 the pass as made by Harvard when
the Crimson played the Army. except that
instead OF using tackle TO recover the
ball. which Is the way Harvard plays IT,.
one OF the Princeton ends was supposed
TO receive IL. With both teams the ball
moves in trajectory that is kept as fiat
possible. and the recoverer caught II
in his hands instead OF his arms, as he
would q base ball not as he would a punt.
There il another side of play in which
Yale greatly exceeded Princeton, but il is
In direction which was not quite so
twice In the game. both OF these infiic-
;ions coming In the second half for a
total of ~ yards. Yale, on the other
hand, was penalized six times in the first
half for a total of 20 yards and three
times in the second half for a total OF As
Yards. Included In these penalties is
the story of the two last touchdowns. For
HOBBIES on one occasion and IIlley on the
other were guilty of holding that set Yale
back IL yards once after the ball was
actually over the line and once when Yale
was but yards from IL on a first down.
Neither side lost a yard by fumbles. and
each team made one, Yaie's coming in
the first period and Princeton's in the
second.
The 1909 Harvard eleven showed itself
last Saturday an almost perfect ma ster
the fundamentals and fairly well equipped
for anything that may happen. Prestige
I'm the annual Yale-Harvard game is nat
uraly the Blues. for her frequent and
repeated victories in the past have made
her the favorlte I'm every gridron contest
she enters, regardless OF how good her op-
ponents may be. But the pitcher price
less and perfect though it may be. can go
too often to the well. Yale had a mighty
good team last year. but Harvard had a
better. The 1909 Harvard eleven is al
most 80 per cent more advanced in foot
ball lore than the big red team of 1908
and based simply on the respective rec
ords Of the two Crimson teams that OF
the present season will make Yale do all
the hustling the Blue can ask for.
Pennsylvania, caught In the end-Cor-
nell is hoping the middle-of the annual
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