Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-24
YALE SELECTED AS
FOOT BALL CHAMPS
Expert Bushnell Claims That
the Ellis Are Strongest
Aggregation.
Bv Edward r. Bushnell.

victory of II to U over West Point gave
the college world its first chance to size
ND the possibilities of the Yale eleven
Some allowance must be made. of course
for the pretty we'll founded belief that
West Point this year is not strong as
a year ago This would discount in some
measure the Yale triumph. but at the
same time it must be admitted that Yale
gives the appearance of having Tar pet
ter team than last year
The feeling exists at New Haven that
the Yale team Of 1905 was not properly
handled, and that had it been Harvard
would never have vanqushed the Els
even by the score of 40. Yale men do
not have to be told thing twice. Their
1908 experience was enough In this llne
Ever since the election of Coy as captain
he has been working in the most careful
manner with the team No detail mas been
too small for his attention.
Where Yale is profiting the most is by
the early selection of her team. This was
made possible by the large number Oh
regulars retained from last fall. 1t mas
given Yale a line which from end to end
Is composed of heavy but very fast men.
Fitzpatrick and Vaughan look to be two OF
the very best ends of the year. Inc lat
ter, especially, has been starring In his
manipulation of the forward pass. Hobbs
Goebel, the guards, and Cooney, the CEN
ter, complete a line of forwards who
should equal the record of any team that
Yale or any other university ever turned
out.
The possession of such splendid ma
terial for the line has left Yale free to
develop her back field. And even here
the coaches had a nucleus which would
have delighted another staff less for
tunately situated. The return of Capt.
ba for his 0nnFa fiOn
and hospital confinement, has obviated
the necessity of finding a man for his
place. Philbin. Deming. DAILY and Muir
ply comprise two sets of halfbacks who
are doing unusually fine work. At the
beginning of the season Yale felt that
Johnson would make as good quarter
back as she would want, but since then
Howe has developed into such star
that he is likely to Permanently dis
place the veteran. With such an array
of material. no injuries, and the coaching
the best available, it is no wonder that
Yale men are we'll pleased and are
willing to wager big money that their
team will defeat Princeton and Harvard.
Cornell Sustains a Defeat.
That Cornell's foot ball machine still
lacks the solidity that her big rivals
possess was well illustrated by her de-
feat at the hands of little Fordham a
week ago, not to mention the touchdown
which Oberlin scored on her the week
previous. 1t may be urged in extenuation
of Cornell's defeat that both of Ford
hams scores were of huky nature.
This may be so. but it all depends upon
the way one looks at these things. That
it is a mistake to draw such conclusions
ought to be evident when such cases are
impartially considered. One of Ford
hams touchdowns was due to a fumbled
punt and the other to cleverly executed
1T
Of Cornell would have prevented both
scores, but this does not take into con-
sideration the alertness Of Fordham in
taking full and intelligent advantage of
Cornell's mistakes. 1t ought to be con-
sidered good foot ball. not lucky foot
ball. that makes one team take advantage
Of the other teams mistakes.
1t was urged In some quarters after
the Pennsylvania Brown game that one
of Pennsylvania s touchdowns. as well as
luck, inasmuch as both were directly
due to blocked kicks. This overlooks
the fact that both kicks were blocked
through the unusually aggressive play
spite of Browns protection for her kick
er If an effort were made to analyZe
all the so-cafled ''1uke' victories on the
gridiron it would be found that there was
a corresponding good play for every
..fluke," and that the good play not in
The manner in which Cornell rallies
from this unexpected defeat will deter
mine the worth of the Cornell players.
Naturally this defeat. coupled with the
earlier scores, is calculated to depress a
team and might totally discourage one
with less at stake than Cornell has. The
1thacdnS this year cannot afford to do
anything but fight the harder. They still
have three important championship games
on their schedule and must make good
showing in all of them. Harvard is played
November 8. Chicago the Saturday fol-
lowing and Pennsylvania Thanksgiving
day. Since Cornelfs defeat the Ithacans
have been redoubing their efforts to get
the team together and are prepared to
go to extreme lengths IL necessary. The
college world will watch with great in
terest the manner in which Cornell ex-
trjcates herself.
Pennsylvania Hard Pressed.
The University of Pennsylvania foot
ball team had its hands full to defeat
Brown a week ago. The showing of the
Red and Blue was not what the coaches
looked for, because 1t exhibited an un-
usual weakness in the secondary defense.
This defense has been the mainstay of
the Quakers nearly ever since the refor-
nation of the coaching methods in 1902.
But the exhibition against Brown when
the providence collegians scored a touch
down by carrying the ball 30 yards for a
score disclosed great weakness in this
point
The weakness Of the secondary defense
was due to the use of two very light men
tic back up the line. They we're Som
mer and Capt. Miller. who weigh respect
lively ITO and. 155 pounds. Since that
game the coaches have been trying to
straighten out the muddle by using Mil
Ter on the end and heavier man. either
Heilman or Ramsdell. in the other half
back position The troubles of the Quak-
ers have been further increased by the
Jury to Fullback Hutchinson who Is out
is the first serious accident that PennsyI-
vania has sustained this year
The coaches have about finished their
shift with the line which apparently
leaves Cozens at center; Lamberton and
Dietrich, at guards: FretZ and Terrier at
tackles; Braddock and Miller at ends:
Thayer at quarterback: Sommer and He'll
man or Ramsdell at halfback and
Hutchinson at fullback
Dartmouth to the Front.
There Is one member of the big Six
which is making good with a vengeance
This Is Dartmouth and the work the
Green Mountain boys have been doing to
date is enough to cause the Princeton and
dartmouth had lots OF trouble to get
started and her first two games were O-(
scores. Since then she has gotten her
machine in running order. Her real abili.
ty. thourh. was best demonstrated In
the game with Williams Saturday Har.
ward had lots % d'ffculty TO defeat VIII.
Hams by he OF s a & Dart