Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-26
By II. G. BYRD.

ed. While there are many games to be
played Thursday Thanksgiving day. be-
tween schools in different parts Of the
country, as far as the big universities are
concerned the gridiron season Of 1911 Il
dead with one or two exceptions. Yale
Harvard, Dartmouth. Navy, Army and
practically all the other northern teams
have ended their schedules, and the only
games Of any Importance which are tt
come off are in the west and south.
The only big games from a national
standpoint which are yet to be played are
those between Pennsylvania and Cornell
and Michigan and Minnesota.
Practically all the other western games
| are scheduled to take place among the
| smaller schools.
In the south Atlantic section next
thursday will see some of the big games
of the year. When North Carolina meets
Virginia in Richmond 1t will go against
any other on its schedule. To win from
Virginia marks the zenith of North Caro-
hna's foot ball hopes. Another important
contest which is to be played in Norfolk
Is that scheduled between the North
College and the Virginia Polytechnic In
stitute.
There are two more games which re-
main to be played by the local colleges
two OF them having ended their seasons
while the Catholic University will play
Mount St. Mary's The other two local
colleges. Gallaudet and the Maryland
Agricultural College, finished their sched-
ules yesterday. when they met at College
Park.
Notwithstanding the fact that the foot
bah season Is practically ended, one OF
still due the local followers OF the game.
When Lehigh meets Georgetown Thurs
day 1t is apt to find team which will
test 1t to it's greatest effort to win, one
that will put up the same kind Of q
elevens met in the to struggle on the
Hilltop. Although Lehigh lost to Lafay-
cite 1t by no means is an indication that
that team Is weak, and the fact that It
did that well against team Of the cali
an opponent to be held too cheaply when
1t faces the Blue and Gray.
The score by which the Navy won from
the Army yesterday Is exactly the same
as that by which the sailors took the
game last year. and II is also rather a
remarkable coincidence that the same man
kicked both goals. Last year, when his
team needed but a field goal to win, Dali
ton was the man who came to the front
Yesterday when the victory again hung
In the balance on the same thread he
was the man who came to the front and
with an accurate boot. drove the ball be-
tween the posts for the only score of the
contest.
Not only was Dalton's goal from the
field deciding factor in the game, but it
was his kicking throughout the contest
which helped in great measure to give
his team the victory. He got his long
spirals away for distances which gener-
ally averaged much more than those
made by the Army punter.
It is questionable II there is foot ball
player In the country who hits the line
harder than does Foltz Of Gallaudet.
The little halfback hardly looks big
enough to (even play foot ball. and yet
when he drives into the lie it Is with a
power that Is surprising. Yesterday
AGAINST the Maryland Aggies. he gained
ground time and again simply because
of his own ability to hit the line hard.
That tie game yesterday between Yale
and Harvard was not unexpected by any
means. The fact that 1t was predicted
that neither eleven would be able to
score on the other unless by some kind of
open plays that neither had shown iu any
OF Its previous games seemed to indicate
that the two teams yesterday made little
effort to play the open game, and were
content to take no chances and thus get
away with tie game sooner than run
the risk OF losing on just such play as
both had lost on in the Princeton games
Harvard depended in the main on Wen
dell and his great ability to hit the line
for steady gains, and Yale was watching
him. Yales defense was probably built
to stop the Harvard halfback, and it
succeeded In accomplishing what 1t de-
sired, although it did not score itself.
It is a remarkable fact that during the
past year the minor colleges have scored
touchdowns much more frequently against
big teams than have the larger institu-
tons. This is probably due to the fact
that they were always willing to take
chances, while the big schools were not.
1t certainly stands to reason that the de-
Tense of the smaller institutions was Just
as good in comparison to that of the big
elevens. and that more points were as q
rule scored by the secondary teams is
more than likely due to the fact men,
toned. None of the big teams In their
practice games cared to take chances of
being whipped by a smaller team on q
chance play. and consequently worked
little Of the open-style game. choosing to
win by small score rather than run the
chances of being beaten. The same held
true In the championship games. In those
contests 50 much hinged on the results
that practically no chances were taken at
all, ana consequently only one of the
touchdowns scored In the three big cham
pionship games in the east were due to
| real foot ball. the other two being made
by Princeton as the result Of chance
plays.
White OF Princeton must be an excep.
uonally fast man. When 1t Is considered
that twice he picked up fumbled balls and
ran nearly the whole length Of the field
with the opposing team in pursuit II
seems that unless he Is q man with more
than ordinary speed he would have been
caught by some one on either the Har-
Kemp. the Maryland Agricultural Col
lege halfbaek, with another years expe.
rience would be able to make almost any
foot Dali team In the country. He is
fast enough and heavy enough to play
almost any position for which he might
care to try.
Catholic University will have a worthy
opponent when 1t meets Mount st. Marys
on Thanksgiving day. The Mountaineers
have played some good foot ball this
year, and the fact that they have one OF
the few teams which have scored on the
Carlisle Indians stamps them as being
formidable opponent for any Of the
minor college elevens.
at the Maryland Agricultural College,
will referee the game Thanksgiving day
between North Carolina and Virginia.
Donnelly ofiiciated in the Georgetown
Virginia game last year. and this year at
Georgetown was one Of the officials in
the Carlisle Indian game.