Evening star., 1912-11-18

little more than half over it had two
tcuchdowns registered against 1t. yet 1t
came back and with brilliant spurt,
which was the result Of an indomitable
spirit evened up matters and came near
getting away with a tie score.
Had Wood been in the game 1t is possible
that the goal never would have been KICK
ed by Costello. He had essayed several
previous attempts but the ball had been
blocked or hurried so by Wood that II
was impossible for him to make good
Virginia had a system whereby hoie
was opened in the center of the line TOT
Wood to go through and block the KICKS
whenever Costello would attempt a field
goal. Daring the last moments OF the
game Wood was taken out, and the green
man who was substituted was unable to
perform the trick as had the lighter ana
more experienced regular.
Had Fury been given the ball more
times it is likely that Georgetown would
have gained more ground. Fury probably
covered more ground than either OF the
other hacks from rush formation. and had
he been tried oftener he might have got
ten away for more gains. It was run
by him which put the bali in position
from which the first touchdown was
made. although short gains by Dunn and
Murray also contributed.
The Yale-Haryard game is the allah
soraing topic this week in foot ball.
Whether or not the Crimson will be able
to get away with the Dark Blue is a
question which many are asking without
oeing able to get a satisfactory reply.
Here is :ile opinion of u northern critic
VINO watched the game between Yale
and Princeton last week.
THE Yale foot ball eleven has a long
way to go and lot to do in mighty
short time if Harvard is to be beaten
SATURDAY. 1t lacked finish against Prince
ton. and. worse yet, the offense was
loose, haphazard and without cohesion.
With the exception OF Capt. Spalding, the
backs played too mechanically, and failed
utterly to take advantage Of openings to
the right or left of a prearranged play.
Further than that, the attack lacked
drive and the plays lacked variety. The
| forwards were partly responsible for the
| failure of the backs to accomplish much
| in the running game, as the aggressive
Tigers came sitting through to spoil OF
| smother many plays in the making. But
| the backs, too. were at fault for their
! slowness and indecision in reaching al
| opening made by their forwards before il
was closed. The defense was reasonabl.
strong but not so compact as the work
/ in practice indicated. The Tigers made
! one march of close TO forty yards which
opened the way to 'Hobey'' Bakers sec
| ond goal from the field, but this was due
! largely to a twenty-yard run by Dewitt
| who found a big enough opening of
! tackle for coach and four. There is ne
/ question about the latent power and la
| tent ability in the Yale eleven, but i
| needs welding. Four or five days may bt
all too short to polish off the rougl
| edges, but the team needeu just thai
! game and it's lessons. and / do not hest
tate to say that it will be much strong
er and more effective against Harvard
| although at this writing the Crimson
looks like 10-to-7 fayorite.
The Catholic University basket bal
team will start practice this evening
The Brooklanders have excellent pros
poets and hope TO develop a stronse
team than that which represented thu
school last season.
Fred Rice will have charge of the team
and will act III the capacity of coach.