The Washington herald., 1913-10-20
HARVARD LOOMS
UP AS CHAMPS.
With Advance Of Gridron
Season, Crimson Eleven
Look Like Winners.
BAKER IN THE LIMELIGHT
Capt. "HcbeS' of Princeton, Is Most
Consisent Ground Gamer on
Tiger Team.
BAKER IN THE LIMELIGHT
By FRANCIS BAKER.

New York, Oct. l9.-AS the lOOLUdH SSA
son advances the race for the Eastern
championship is narrowing down TO three
teams, as it had for the past seVera'
years. Harvard, Yale, and Princeton.
composing what is known as the DIE
Three" are drawing near TO the TIME
when they will match skill wttn eacn
other on the gridded field,
OF the three, Harvard looks the best as
she did last year, but at tnst Coaen
Haughton is far from sSusneo Win I'M, the
results so far shoyut Inc game OF last
week when WilJams scored field goal
on the Crinsopteam and managed to hold
il 10 a 4 tn Stie until the fourth period,
showed clIarly that Harvard was lacking
I'm the ground gaining ability which
characterized the team last year. This
week Haughton ordered strenuous prac-
tice in line plunging, and decided i'm
Drovement was noticed. Charley Brickley
can stin be depended upon to pull the
team out of a bad hole with his marvel
Gus kicking. Eddie Mahan can also boot
the ball, and has shown an ability to
send the pigskin for good long distance
in practice Even with good punters, a
fast back field is necessary to get down
the field under the punts. With more
speeding up of the back field Harvard
should figure strongly when she meets
Yale and Princeton. Trumben at center
and PennOck at guard give the Crimson
line a great deal of strength. The only
position which looks at all doubtful is
quarter back. IIaughton has tried Brad
lee, Freddy. and Logan at this position.
OF the trio, Bradlee looks as If he were
the logical man for the place. He did
good work in the Williams game, starting
in the first quarter, but was later re-
placed by Logan.
Captain ''Hobey'' Baker and Brad"
STREET. are the most consistent ground
gamers on the Princeton team. Hobey
made a name for himself last year, and
seems 70 be just as good this year. Streit,
at full back, sprang into fame in the
Bucknell game and practically won the
game for the Tigers with his end runs.
He made the first tally after a sixty yard
run on a wet and slippery field. Hs also
ran excellent interference for 'Hobey''
Baker when the latter was carrying the
ball. The Tiger team is fast and should
be able to give Harvard a struggle worthy
of the name when the two meet. Unless
Yale picks up considerably Princeton will
repeat the performance of last year, for
at the present time the TiSers have shown
much more form than have the Eli boys.
Indians in Lime1ight.
However. not all of the football interest
is centered in the Big Three" The Car
Isle Indians, Pennsylvania, West Point,
and Annapolis are also coming in for their
share Each of them, with the possible
exception of the Navy, has as good a team
this year as last, If not better. The
Indians are foes worthy of anyone's
steal The only way to get at a COM
parison of these teams, with the teams
of the Big Three" is through compari-
son Of scores made against common foes.
Carlisle will play Dartmouth at the Polo
Grounds next month, and Dartmouth viii
also stack up against Princeton. Pennsyl-
Vania also meets Dartmouth as well as
the Indians. The Navy will meet Buck
nell on November s. After this game it
will be possible to draw a tentative COM
parison between the Navy and Princeton,
for Bucknell met the Tigers a week ago.
Through Colgate, played by both the
Army and Yale, comparison of the lat
ter two teams can be obtained. But after
all. comparative scores tell but little; past
experience has shown that dope of this
kind cannot be relied upon unless the
scores are overwhelming.
Pass Gains Favor.
That the big elevens have not made
more frequent use of it is probably due
to desire to perfect themselves for the
big games Yale and Princeton both
made use of the pass in last year games
and VIII probably do So again. If there
was any, doubt as to the practicability of
the forward pass as a play in bootball,
when was first introduced. that doubt
mas long siAce been removed. The old
timers, the fellows who pIayedip the days
OF the mass plays and heavy line
piunges, presaged an early death for the
basket oalI' Hay, as the forward pass
was called. But each year the pass has
gained in favor, and we now find il firmly
established in the same
All me risks and danger can never be
eInlnated from football, for it is essen
uaIy game of strenuous efforts, long
chances, and a disregard for personal
danger but by opening up, the game and
giving the chance to score by other
methods than the heavy line pIunpes and
hylng wedges, the risks are considerably
reduced. So far thL year two men have
pald me death toll o. the gridiron. There
win propaDly De NOR but it is practi-
caIly certain that the tst will mot reoch
the total Of former year
Arny-Navy Game.
Probably one Of the mos, Interesting
games of the year will be he 49,
Navy game to be played in New York on
November q. The inter-service game
have become a social event of national
Importance, and at no game is SO much
pomp and splendor seen on the side lines
Usually the President ( :he United Stales
occupies box and both Army and Navy
ohcers are seen in profusion. Cabinet
members and Senators are also present.
MT only is this game thrilling spectacle
peca2se of the brilliance Of the specta-
tors the side lines. but the intense
rNaTy which exists between the two
epaTIheAts of our war forces makes for
conIest thrills and interest So far
lne Navy Is oe game ahead Of the Army
before lne gaze last year each had an
S's.e -. H HI games to their credit
but the Navy tuned the tide by timely
kicking. This year he cadets have sworn
10 wipe out the stineNof defeat and once
more even up the scorSHith tbe niddjes
So far the Army lookA as N n would
have the best Of the argSment but the
speciality of the Navy is A end-of- -tha-
season rally, so the embryo oNiieutenants
are leaving nothing to chancA but are
expending every effort towards devalon-
ing a team that will beat the Navv
charlie DAILY, the former Harvard ana
west Point star is coaching the ca0.ts
and has some good material upon whf.b
70 WORK. His greatest need at present.
ls Z acker. With a man who could punt
Ior distance of forty yards or more the
army would have little to fear when n
meets the Navy. -
Eodle Plank says farewell 10 baseball
IN, mere are many that are sure there
s. wi Ds trunk checked straight through