Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-21
LOCAL ELEVENS STRONGER
THAN THIS TIME LAST YEAR
Georgetown, NJ. A. c., Gallaudet and c. u.
Farther Advanced Than in 1911-
Business and Western Start
School Series Tomorrow.

| falling on a blocked kick after a third
team had been sent in against it. and
the University Of Maryland Tailed the
other. by intercepting a forward pass and
| running across the goal without him
drance.
Gallaudet also has about the best elev-
| en- it has had in years. Some idea Of the
! real strength of the team can be secured
when it is remembered that it was able
to score on V. M. l.. something no other
eleven has been able to do, notwithstand-
ing the fact that Virginia has been play
ed. That would tend to indicate that the
son which is much stronger than usual.
Its defense appeared little weak against
| the Baltimore City College last week. but
that can probably be remedied without a
great amount Of trouble.
Here is what the local elevens have
done this year in matter of scoring
points,
Georgetown, 1874: opponents, o.
Maryland Aggies, 14S; opponents. r.
Catholic University. Z: opponents, 81.
Gallaudet, SO; opponents, 40.
A comment by rip" Milliken in a
local morning paper regarding foot ball
matters at Virginia just about hits the
right point. What is wrong at Virginia
is the trend of the article and there is
head in that there must be something
radically at fault with the team itself or
with its coaching policy. The coaches
at the beginning of the season did not
was better material at Virginia for
building successful foot ball team than
had been at the school in many a year.
One went SO far as to say that if Vir
GINA did not put out one Of the greatest
teams in it's history he would like to
know the reason why. That being the
case, then, it is rather puzzling to try
to figure as to just what is the matter
I'll v..-
what was practically a freshman eleven,
the Orange and Blue developed a very
successful combination. This season,
with a much better outlook, a practical
failure has been made to date
Hampden-Sidney. which Virginia could
generally defeat with two good backs
and acenter held it to a 10 to O score,
and last week the Virginia Military In
stitute won by three touchdowns, while
Virginia could not cross the goal line
once.
There have been hints of dissension be-
tween players and coaches. If that be
true then a condition of affairs exists
which undoubtedly had best be eliminate ed
if any hopes for success during the re-
mainder of the season are entertained
No team in which there is strife between
the performers and the men who teach
them the game can hope to accomplish
much.
What is wrong at Virginia truly ap-
pears to be a subject for much specula-
ton in the minds of those who are adj
herents of the historic old institution.
That game between Brown and Penn
sylvania Saturday surprised more than
one foot ball follower. After WESLEYAN
had defeated Brown there was hardly
one VINO had the least idea other than
that Pennsylvania would be victorious.
Had the score been as one-sided in favor
of Penn as it was in favor of Brown,
not Onp-ha1f the hox
been OccasiOned. 1t was never dreamed
that Brown would be able to accomplish
a victory over the Quakers by such a
margin as that which it did.
1t appears that the main weakness of
the Pennsylvania eleven lies in the fact
that it does not have any capable line
men. There are no forwards on the Qua
ker team who are capable Of Withstand
ing the onslaughts Of the backfields with
which they are coming in contact. 1t it
said by experts who have seen the team
in action that unless better line is de-
veloped it will be impossible for 1t to
win from Lafayette and the Indians.
Pennsylvania has one of the strongest
backfie.ds in the country, and probably
the best individual ground-gainer in Mer-
Ger, and yet the talent is going to waste
line positions in a creditable manner.
1t certainly appears that In a school of
the size of Pennsylvania some heavy ex-
perienced Inemen could be found to meet
tn requirements.
The Swarthmore victory over the Navy
was only what was expected. The Sailors
have not shown strength which would
cause one to expect that they could
defeat the Quaker institution. Although
Swarthmore's victory over Pennsylvania
es not look SO important now, since
Penn was defeated by Brown SO easily
last week. The win which it secured over
Lafayette, though, is one Of the things
which give it much prominence.
On the poor showing made against
Johns Hopkins and Lehigh, it was never
figured nor thought for an instant that