Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-13
By n. C. BYRD.

DIX d. u. y EkO.
The big foot ball teams showed much
improvement in the games played Satur-
day over their work in tho previous
contests. There was hardl- q big eleven.
with one exception. which did not EVIL
dence superiority over the strength
previously shown. There WAS some
thing about the play of all which evil
denced a greater precision and power
| than before. an exactness which augurs
well for the style Of foot ball that. will
be seen when the championship contests
take place.
Perhaps no team evidenced better form
| than did Yale, especially when compared
with the previous week. The Ellis deci-
sively beat Lafayette, a team which had
held Pennsylvania to ten points the Sat
urday before, showing an exactness In
the play and power and ability in the
forwards not previously evidenced There
was not only vast Improvement in the
work OF the line. but the backheld also
did much better While Lafayette may
not have been keyed up to play as bril-.
liantly against Yale as In the contest
with the Quakers. there ts not much
doubt that the score shows Yale TO De
much more efficient than when Maine
held 1t to a 01O score.
Pennsylvania. though IL has been doing
consistently good work all the year. gave
evidence OF great strength against
Swarthmore. George Brooke was not go
ing to take any chances OF having the
eleven he coached last fall give his team
a beating, and he had the Red and Blue
on edge. Swarthmore secured 9 to
victory over the Quakers last fall. but
the Quakers got the best Of the struggle
Saturday by q margin OF three toucn-
downs. Penn has an eleven which Is I'M
proving with every days work. an eleven
which Is certain to give much better
account Of itself in the latter part OF the
season.
That Cornell held the Indians to lone
touchdown, though II did not score. ID
enough In itself to show that the TINA
cans can look with pride on their eleven;
It is undoubtedly the strongest Cornell
has had in long while. Year after year
has been mighty lean as far as foot ball
victories were convened. and It 10 more
than possible that times OF plenty are at
hand. Certain is 1t that the big Red team
deserves all the good fortune that can
come to 1t because OF the lack OF favor
with which 1t has been looked upon by
the dame in recent years.
The Indians have splendid onenslve
machine. and that such q scoring power
was unable to cross the Ithacans goal
line but once would seem to indicate
there are good things In store. Also. the
Indians defense crumpled time after time
the ball being placed inside their Vineyard
line twice.
Princeton is being touted as having a
much stronger team than last year, and.
judging by the results of Its games, that
Is not far from right All In all, what
Princeton Is doing can best be shown by
citing the statement made yesterday by
a former Pennsylvania coach. Here is his
opinion Of the Tigers:
"All In all. there seems bright year
Andrews and Bluethenthal, certainly have
good material to work with. and from the
way they are going about matters they
look to be worthy OF their choice. liked
the way they have built up a game to
get HOBBY Baker started In the open
field. and especially the ginger and speed
they have already instilled into the whole
eleven. Princeton was rushing plays of
at a great rate, and II this speed can be
improved upon later they will make head
way against any line. There Is need for
open play or more variety in the attack
and from one forward pass attempted 1t
would seem they are giving attention to
this part Of the game and working 1t out
upon the right basis. The Princeton team
needs watching. as It is decidedly stronger
than last years eleven at this time Of the
season"
Harvard was the one eleven which
did not show up to it's usual standard.
While the Crimson may have been held
back somewhat by overconfidence, II
hardly did as well as 1t should have
against Williams. OF course williams
may be much stronger than one would
naturally suppose. but 1T was hardly
as strong In comparison as it showed
against Harvard for the frst three
quarters. At the end Of the third
period the score stood 3 to 3, with
Williams having almost as good of the
struggle as Harvard. Harvard is much
too powerful to allow a small eleven
to hold IT that close for such length Of
time.
It would appear by the Improvement
shown recently by the big eievens and
the more open style each is employing
that the big games this year will be
more sensational and more productive
of interesting and brilliant bits of
work than any in recent years. The