Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-01
GOSSIP AND NEWS OF
FOOT BALL WORLD
Gridiron "Routs" Mark the
End of October
Season.

Some OF Saturdays games were verit-
able routs Yales "a to against Am
herst was expected. But the Penn-Car-
Isle and Michigan Syracuse games lend
n rather unexpected lurid glare to the
closing DAYS of the October season.
Analysis of the play shows the defeats
OF Carlisle and Syracuse due principally
10 the weakness Of the losing team To-
ward the close of the spectacular 43-to-O
contest on Ferry Field. the Ann Arbor
substitutes and even second string sub
stitutes were driving the demorallzeo
team from Syracuse before them.
And up in Philadelphia, where the
final score was - to 6. the Indians seem
to have tackled 50 poorly and nave
been in such bad shape generally that
Ramsdelrs fumbing and the other weak
points of the Pennsylvania teams playing
did not initiate against the Quakers
The game at Philadelphia was almost a
game of tag. Newashe OF the INDIANS
caught a forward pass and ran ~
yards for a touchdown. the only score OF
his team and all of Pennsylvania scores
were the result of long runs capt Bliler
appears to have shone against pach-
ground of rather poor foot ball ms IN
dividual work. running four times half the
length of the field. was spectacular IN
the extreme PENIS defense was on the
alert except in the case or Newasne
run. TO spoil all of the Indians clever for-
ward passes.
But the game is no test whatever oil
the strength of the Pennsylvania team.
II was rather "A case of one OF those re-
versals of form which occur so often IN
foot ball, which, while seemingly mex
plicable. are perhaps due as much TO
physical condition to anything else
The fact that Penn was I'm shape TO
fairly run away with the Indian team is
,.T fl.,v NI-ar-
who did the scampering up and down
the field as il is to the coaching system
which has brought them through a month
of hard foot ball and put them in that
condition.
Michigan Hard to Size UP.
The Michigan team Is too far away
from us in the east to size up accurately
just at present Syracuse's downfall
- to O-after holding Yales great team
to ID to o. may mean much or little.
One recalls in this connection the rather
strange fate of that Columbia team Eos
ter Sanford got together ten years ago
and took Yale by surprise and beat her
in the early October season, 6 to o. The
score painted on the fence at Morning
side remains to this day.
Later on this same Columbia team
played the Indians and lost. A to a.
This A to q score Is not painted on any
renee around New 1Ork, DuJ tnere is no
difficulty In remembering IL because IL is
one of the best examples in the history
of the game of the fact that October
foot ball is not November foot ball, and
that II is no small task to put even the
best material in shape to play foot ball
of the latter variety.
Yost's teams have been as a rule. like
some OF Pennsylvania famous teams i'm
years past. fast winners. This years
team would seem to follow the rule
SYRACUSE he
Michigan contingent on the bleachers
yelling delightedly for more, the team
seems to have struck a fast gait. When
Michigan meets Pennsylvania. il will be
offense will accomplish against eastern
defensive methods in more equal con-
test.
Harvard's Old-Style Game.
Harvard's offense against West Point
was oldfashioned team play. Added TO
this was a very clever variety of short
forward passing. Harvard's points
would have been IL, perhaps. and nearly
equaled Yale's II, had not time been
called by the fatal accident to Byrne.
While Harvard. Yale and Pennsylvania
were having things their own way.
Princeton was facing 80 score. which
Dalton of the Navy had made by
clever goal from placement Ii took two
series OF line plunges for the Tigers To
score and win. = to :. II was a much
Nays defensive strength seems to have
improved.
Hart is still the best line-breaker Prince
ton has. He was the only one who could
penetrate the Nays defense
Apropos of the general tendency TODAY
to shorten the forward pass il might be
said Princeton made three successful for
ward passes. for total of - yards. The