Evening journal., 1909-11-11
DELAWARE
In POOR FORM
Admirers Of Blue And Gold
Yet Hopeful That Eleven Will
Win Remaining Games

Special TO rHE EVENING JOURNAL.
NEWARK. Del. Nov. 1i--No matter
what may be the result Of thu three
remaining games on the Delaware
football schedule the final sanding
of this years Blue and Gold team has
been considerably lowered by the two
overwhelming defeats of the past two
Saturdays. If the team finds Itself
again and downs Western Maryland,
Franklin and Marshall and Lebanon
Valley, Il will go down i'm Delaware'a
/ history as a successful team, but II
has lost all chances Of being ranked
as "a championship team of it's class
Few people who are closely associ-
/ ated with football doubt that Della
ware has as strong "a team as Wash
! ington. and yet the fact remains that
/ the mon OF Chestertown literally wiped
/ the field up with the Blue and Gold,
even though they did come back so
strong In the second half Delaware
seems to have lost the dashing spirit Of
the earlier part of the season. The
4 men seemed ovorconhdent, and while
IL cannot be said that they loafed. they
did not 90 into the play with the
reckless abandon that made possible
so many of their gains against Gettys-
burg. The line men I'm particular were
way off form. Rothrock did not use
the same snap and dash of his other
games and the decisions of the Off
cials were also somewhat I'm favor Of
the Marylanders The team. however.
is not discouraged. and although they
have not won a game so far this sea-
son. Western Maryland will have TO
play real football if they want to carry
off the Delaware scalp.
The great showing of the eleven in
the second half especially the last five
minutes, was particularly pleasing TO
the coach, and II the cadets had fought
throughout the entire forty-hve min
utes as they did In those last five, the
score would have been another tale.
StaEo-friFht or some other unknown
factor was very much in evidence in
the first half. but after the fellows
got together. the ball was carried
hfty-hve yards in eight downs.
Carswell played the same kind of a
good game as he did the week previous
az swarthmorc Larrimore is again
back into the football togs and will
no doubt be a great help to the team
IN Saturdays contest. What could
really be done against Washington by
team playing the game for all there
was in ID. was shown by the way the
backneld ripped things up in the last
half They helped each other and
bowled over the Washington players
instead Of standing around like a lot
OF wooder Indians.
The result Of next Saturdays play is
considerable shift in the Delaware line
up No matter how perfect a player
may be I'm the details OF the game. he
is of little value to his team n he
does not put all his strength into every
play The men did this I'm the second
half last week and after severe lee
turc by "Bilr MacAvay the clover
Is very likely to start the game witt
y that spirit on Saturday against West
orn Maryland.
= Saturdays game was by no meant
- an exhibition Of clean football. Everl
= now and then there was a penalty FOL
somebody It was not football as IL
should be played. i'm this respect al
% least. and was far less pleasing to tho
spectators than the clean game will
Williamson.
Pop Lawson, cN-'Ob has consented
to become n member of the coaching
stan. and win add materially in tho
instructive end of the practice. Della.
ware now has only three games-West
ern Maryland next Saturday, FRANKLIN
and Marshall on the twentieth and
Lebanon Valley on Thanksgiving Day
Mercerburg Academy held the frs
% team TO five points, but F. and NJ. LOS
4 It's FIRST game TO Carnegie Tech. OF
~ Saturday