Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-02
BIG GAMES NOW
ON THE SCHEDULE
important Battles to Be Play
ed This Week by All the
Larger ElevenS.

All the big foot ball teams in the east
have nassed through the easy stages OF
their schedules and will now enter upon
the final stretch OF preparation for the big
events Princeton has been a big disap-
pojntment TO the lovers OF the Tigers so
far. and the narrow victory over the Navy
Saturday did nothing to reassure the FOL
lowers of the Orange and Black that the
1900 team of Old Nassau is going to fur-
njsh n fine climax to its seasons work
Yale is still going along at a rapid clip.
and unless Brown can trip the bulldog
Saturday Old Eli will go into the cham
pionship contests against Princeton and
Harvard with a clean slate. The Grim
son has been advancing nicely and the
mower that was shown against the Army
saturday presages some hard work for
Yale.
one of the interesting things about the
contests that were waged on the gridlron
Saturday was the remarkable nunDer Oh
games in which both opponents were ao'e
TO score. In twenty-SiX different struggles
among college elevens the defeated COM
bination was able TO make some sort OF a
tally against the victors. Only Two matcnes
resulted i'm ties, and in one, the ciash De-
tween Colgate and Trinity, neither was
abIe Tn get a point. Four collegiate tus-
sles were won because of the ablllty OF
the winners to make GOOD use ol .,ie
drop kick The lessened value OF the
latter this year. however had no pee,
ing one way or the other, and the results
would have been the same had the oiO
tally of four been allowed instead OF
three. The fact that so many games were
pIayed i'm which both victor and van
ouished were able to score seems TO point
10 the greater interest which Is furnisned
for the spectators by the latter-day rules.
During the old regime IL was usually the
4, 4 tlnn tnI inc
That considerable attention is being paid
by coaches throughout the country TO
the development of drop and place KICK
ers is shown by the fact that outside
were five contests in which the defeated
team saved shut-out by sending the
ball over the bars.
Secret Practice at Yale.
NEW HAVEN. Conn, November p
Secret practice for an hour and half
yesterday afternoon showed that the Yale
coaches are getting the eleven in trim for
the final games against Brown. Prince
ton and Harvard Yale expects no easy
time with Brown Saturday. The men,
bers of the team have not forgotten the
10 to 10 score and are determined to
wipe il out. 1t was announced that there
would be fifteen minutes of secret prac-
tice yesterday and several hundred stu
dents went out to be on hand as soon
as the gates should be opened. They had
to wait for an hour and half and when
they went inside the practice was nearly
over. There was fifteen minutes more
and then principally punting and kicking.
In the secret practice there was only one
touchdown. made by Savage at right
.halfback. He carried the ball straight
Through the center over the line for the
touchdown. The scrubs line held after
that and though the varsity threatened
the goal several times they were unable
to score.
Light Practice for Tigers.
PRINCETON, n. j.. November 1.-The
Tigers were only given light signal prac-
tice yesterday afternoon and only a few
Of the varsity men were used in the
scrimmage. The team Is in good condi-
ton with the exception of Franz. who
had his jaw broken on Saturday. He is
out of the game for the remainder of the
season. The substitutes were lined up
against the scrub eleven and had the
fight of their lives. for the scrub tore
through the sub-varsity line for big
gains Two touchdowns were made by
line blocking during the second half by
the scrubs.
In the first half. while the first string
men were still in. three touchdowns were
made by the varsity. Cunningham. Van
dyke and Sparks scored for the varsity.
King and Ransome for the scrubs. The
forward pass was used successfully by
the Tigers several times. The work OF
the varsity line. however. was very poor
Christie started at quarterback, but was
soon replaced by Bard. who did creditable
work There is feeling of confidence
I'm the undergraduates that there Is
great power still withheld by the coaches
The work OF the first string men is en-
.oura ging before the two big contests