Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-24
FOOT BALL NOTES.

The Amherst Aggies are going to have
a pretty light team this year. The heav-
lest man on the squad weighs but $50
pounds.
II John Fitzpatrick is used in the Yale
backf1eld the first string of Eli~backs will
certainly be a formidable one. Coy Phil
bin or DAILY and Fitzpatrick make a strong
combination.
Christie, who played on the Princeton
for the varsity. is likely to give Yale a
few shivers by his drop-kicking ability
before the season is over.
Over forty men have reported to Coach
McCurdy of the Springfield Training
School. Both Yale and West Point are
on the training school schedule this fall,
and the other dates go to make up a very
we'll balanced program.
Howard Jones Is evidently going to
make strenuous coach for the Ellis. But
just because he gave them a scrimmage
the first day out doesn't signify that he
doesn't know his business. Inquiry as to
what the candidates have been doing for
the past two weeks Is rather In order.
The University of Illinois is getting in
some strenuous training stunts. In order
to get around a conference rule that
barred early practice the candidates have
been going through their PAGES by cleo
trio light, some fifty men making up a
squad which practiced after dark and on
the quiet.
While Yale is worrying about her quar-
terback problem. the suggestion that
Steve Philbin would apparently fit In the
position of field general is not a bad one.
Philbin is a big man. but doesn't weigh
any more than Tad Jones did. Moreover,
he is of type that would certainly put
a lot of drive and spirit into the Yale at
tack.
How much the successful season last
year did for Harvard foot ball generally
can be partially measured, at least, by
the show of spirit every afternoon on
Soldiers Field. There isn't man on
the squad who is at sea or working aim
lessly. AS a result there is more real
power and drive in the squad at present
than there was two years ago, a week
before the game with Yale
Percy Haughton's idea of building up
his varsity eleven Is pretty near the ideal
There is little more strenuous work for
the squad at each successive practice. the
simple formations grow more complicated.
and there is less of the set-up drill and
more of the real game. The progress is
foot ball before they really know it, and
moreover they are fit for it when they
arrive.
Having John Marks for another year
means a whole lot to Dartmouth. There
is not one Dartmouth man in a thousand
who does not believe that Marks is Of
All-America calfber. He has simply been
unfortunate in not having had real OPP
portunity to show his worth. His defen-
sive work is marvellous. and with an Of
tense built to suit him and based upon
his ability. he will come pretty near max
ing Walter Camps team this fall.
Just how many years will roll by be-
fore Harvard and Penn get together in
foot ball again is hard to forecast. There
is apparently a tendency rather to grow
farther and farther apart from each
other. But in spite of this there is
pretty strong faction in Philadelphia
which is working toward a resumption of
foot ball relations. Had it not been for
Dartmouth's appearance as one of the
big foot ball colleges the task of the
peacemakers would probably have been
an easier one than it is at present.