Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-21
FOOT BALL NOTES.

This seems to be the year of surprises
IN foot bail. From the beginning of the
season when Pennsylvania went down
before Ursinus almost every week has
seen some upset of form, and the sup
posedy impossible happen. Yale and
Michigan hold the center OF the stage In
this respect. Everybody thought that the
New Haven team had little or no chance
against Princeton and the general opinion
In regard to the Harvard game was that
1t was only question OF how many
points the Crimson would roll up. but II
upset the dope OF the best dopesters In
the country by winning from the hrst
and playing the aforementioned to a to
tie. Out west, Michigan played a tie
game with Case and barely beat another
MINOR school, wniIe Minnesota was pinng
up the points against every team on It's
schedule. anu yet when the time came
Tor the showdown between the two
elevens, the Wolverines were there with
the long end of a u to q score. Now IL
Cornell beats Penn next Thursday and
the Navy trims the Army the following
Saturday, d great number OF people WILL
lose faith in dope such as Is generally
handed out by those supposed to be con-
versant with the conditions.
An almost complete reversal Of form
town eleven last Saturday. That over
confidence was the main cause OF 1t,
there seems little doubt. The men SEEM
ed to think that IT was not necessary for
them TO put forth any effort to win, and
as a result they played as they thought,
and came mighty near having the game
end in tie, which would have virtually
been defeat. Not only was the play on
the offensive ragged, but the strong de-
fensive work was missing, and several
times for
good gains without a bit OF interference.
Capt. Daley certainly gave his men a
good lecture between the halves. 1t was
not until the last few minutes OF play.
though. that any decided improvement In
the work Of the team was evident.
Wonder if the fact that Coach Nielsen
was not present had anything to do with
the ragged work. The psychological eff
feet that his presence would have had on
the players might possibly have changed
the result very materially,
Suppose that Cornell beats Pennsylva-
nit Thanksgiving day. then how are the
team. especially If they do it by, compar-
ing the scores made by the big elevens.
Harvard beats Cornell. Cornell beats
Penn. Penn beats Brown, Brown beats
Yale. Yale ties Harvard and beats
Princeton. On the dope it wuold seem
that Yale was the worst of the bunch.
but the Dark Blue plays to a standstill
the admittedly best team in the country
heretofore II Cornell does COME out Of
the game with Penn with the long end Of
the score 1t looks like hopeless tumble,
with the chances good for Harvard claim
ing the championship. II Penn trims
Cornell decisively. then the honors will be
disputed between it and the Crimson.
with the odds In favor of the Quakers, as
they showed Brown under. 20 to Q, eight
more points than Harvard could score
against the same team.
There is no more surprised bunch of
foot ball players or students In the coun-
try than the Maryland Aggies. They were
absolutely. confident that their team would
trim st. Johns in the annual game. as
the dope and every indication pointed
that way. The score was & to O. The
Farmers suffered considerably from pen
alties inflicted at critical stages of the
contest
When it is taken into consideration that
Lafayette was not scored on by Prince
ton except by one field goal. the IA to 0
score made by that team against Lehigh.
the eleven that will be Georgetown's OPP
ponent Thursday. does not look SO bad
If the Hilltoppers do not take an awful
brace before the whistle blows they are
likely to have another defeat chalked
up against them that day. Last year
the Bethlehem aggregation trimmed the
best team Virginia ever had, and it was
not as strong then as 1t is now.
The showing Of Johns Hopkins against
the Indians Saturday. far exceeded the
fondest expectations of it's adherents
1t was thought that II the Aboriginees
could be held to 90 points the Black and
Blue would be doing we'll The fact that
only II were scored, shows that the Bal
timore school is rapidly coming to the
front on the grfdiron. sport In which 1t
has heretofore been rated among the sec
ondary colleges in this section.
One of the greatest foot ball battles
that has ever taken place on Il southern
eridiron is booked for Thursday. when
the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and
the North Carolina a. and NJ. meet in
Norfolk. V. p. I. is not up to the
standard of last year, while A. and NJ. is
much better. The teams are bitter
rivals and are always keyed TN to the
highest pitch for the game. The Nir-
einians won last year 1S to ).