Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-12
VIR GINA HAS FAIRLY HEAVY,
FAST AND EXPERIENCED TEAM
Charlottesville Eleven Has Been Underesti-
mated This Season Thorpe Is of
All-America Caliber
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vir-r'a res strpne, capable ol~Ver.
mas las been underestimate ~
os, who are wishing TIE Blue and Gray
ts.a IL it. annual game with that team
lSt saturday ana which is heavier aud
4sar, experienced than las been thought.
H. other y ords. the Virginia coaches have
.ac, .aed IN giving ont and producing the
.1rjun thar the Orange and Blue aSSre-
ION Is compdsed OF Youngsters who
r so.n little Of foot ball and who
*,ara very light. Anybody who has such
IDA was never more mistaken
10 FIRST place, Virginia has an eleven
li i At least twenty per cent better
~ Tie one which represented tho uni
s>,tv l4st season. The team which 1t
,r.d IN Tie field last fall does not com
i il any way with the one which Is
srip4 the orange and Blue now. The
saint eleven Is heavier. t.. composed OF
,r ana more experienced men and Is
#-t~r In every department Of the game
ta~ shown is superiority over the ag
:ion which represented the Char
.@Sttlis school last fall.
There is one man on the Virginia
#r.3p who appears to be rather young
Eiaying on A university eleven,
Il that Is the quarterback, Gooch-
.ae others have every appearance OF
raging as much in age as any team
the country. In weight the Nir-
ma team looks to be a whole lot
HaNe what was expected. Especially
this true of the linemen. and il IS
oily probable that the backiield
stEhs less than did the ono which
ked ~ The Virginia forwards last
tsn
Virginia had 10 player IN its line
fall who is up TO the standard OF
rter who ia holding down the right
satd's position this year. The former
wrencevilie captain weighs zoo
le.Huds and ts fast. Against Johns
5.upktns yesterday h wont out around
tackle and dropped the runner
reraf times when tho play was di
ted toward that place. There is not
school in this section which has
better center trio than has Virginia.
HI il is questions bio If there are
rec men on any Of the teams hold
down the three center places who
!. N come up 10 the standard of Car
Wood and Jett
Nirginfa's line IS whole lot better
han last years. taken whole.
7ere are one or two positions which
re probably filed by better mon
i season. but on the whole the SGT
forwards this year ia above those
ths 1910 eleven.
The Virginia hackfieif Is far above that
INCH did the carrying OF the hall lasc
AT quarter tIoCCh Is undoubtedly
. superior OF Honaker as a field gen
al although hardly up to hts ability as
Il broken-feld runner. and II IS In the
sruer that the WORT Of the quarter Is
.t.te rrnIned 6ioodnuc and Ieager arc
ter men than were Driver and Jones,
i Is certain. Judging from his work
stsrday. that Todd ~ a more valuable
.thack this Year than last.
sooGhue, who did the pTIntinr vest erdav
#tsss ID IN better in that department than
Bowen. who booted the ball for Tic
Lessen last season. Cioodhues punting
sis one IF the features Of the Hopkins
Yesterday.
Ean Virginia ends are IN nowise in
r,0r - those who held down the flank
.#- POSITIONS a year ago III the way they
s.ttI"d tho Hopkins men back Of their
e@ Ire Yesterday and got down under
ATS during the latter part Of the game
q ANYTHING by which their merits may b.
,sE8ftged
Eafsiug everything into consideration.
II certainly looks as though Virginia
!. "sc T. play whole lot better game
- GEORGETOWN next Saturday than any
lot one particle OF doubt that the team
which The Orange and Blue coaches will
send against the Blue and Gray eleven
lis week VIII be at least 90 per cent
more advanced, both In the art and
fence OF foot ball. than was the one
which went up on the Hilltop last year
Iu do battle
/, Is not likely that anybody who
Sgts that game yesterday between Johns
hopkins and Virginia will want to give
Nery long odds on the Blue and Gray.
sven by working the second team in
AGAINST the Victlants yesterday. the
lwentv-three points made against that
team by Georgetown does not look any
100 we'll compared with what the Viz
) MIA eleven did 70 Johns Hopkins. II
would certainly seem that the second
strins men should have been able 70
score more than the number Of POINTS
which were Tailed OF course, Coach
Ntelser's absence from the team had
something TO % with the srnallncss
the score made. but at that IL looks
small beside the record made BY the
1tyal eleven.
The fact that Cornell braced sufficiently
after ,ts l5-to-1i victory over Williams TO
win from Michigan was distinct sur
prise 70 those who are familiar with the
E-reat scoring machines which Yost has
developed in times past II a small col
iege team could score fourteen poin's on
Cornell, as did Williams, II was thought
that Michigan would have compaF alive
Il easy time winning from the lthacans.
hut y-ich did not prove to be the case
cornell showed just such reversal OF
form as II did last year. when, after hay
f,2 received 2S-to-5 beating at the
hands of the Harvard eleven, II turned
around and handed Chicago defeat by
tie score Of Is 10 O. Whether or not
Michigan underesttmated Cornell is no.
the question, although probably It did Il
certain extent.
The field goal which gave 10 Princeton
the three points which enabled it &c
register victory over Dartmouth was
undoubtedly a legal one, although II 4
probable that one has never before beer
made III that manner. The peculiartS
- having a ball which has been drop
Kicked and hit ten yards in front of II,
eps post bound up and the lars
stems rather unaccountable when II is
frst cor- idered. hut often the ball strikes
IL the middle OF the field and bounds hig.
enough 70 clear the bars. and there 4
~ reason why II should not bound Over
from drop kick. /; IS likely, though
1t.tt there are few men connected will
foot ball today who ever saw IL happen
TEorpc. the Indian halfback. has beef
tuuted all the Year AS being one of tn
best men playing behind any line in tn
LII Ill he,