Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-25
BY II. C. BYRD.

Yale and Cornell showed to better ad-
vantage In their games Of yesterday than
in their opening contests last season.
Against Ursinus, team generally rated
In about the same class as Washington
and Jefferson, Cornell rolled up IL points
as against scored in the opening con-
test In 1912. Yale beat Wesleyan by
q to O, while it won from that eleven
last year. by only 10 to 8. These scores
indicate that the opponents of Yale and
Cornell will find a great deal more diff
cult games on their hands when they
meet them this fall than was the case a
year ago.
REPORTS Of the Yale-Wesleyan game
seem to indicate that Yale did not show
as great a superiority as expected and
that the Dark Blues play was really rag
ged. It is said that Wesleyan had Yale
on the run at times, particularly in the
second period. Notwithstanding these
things. 1t is probable that Yale looked
better than 1t did in its opening in 1912.
The fact that Wesleyan was kept from
scoring is evidence enough that there
was. quite a little defensive strength some
where in the Yale eleven. Wesleyan may
have had the Ellis on the go ON one or
more occasions, but the advantage could
not have been long-lived, else few points
would have been registered. Yale's Of
ferrse may not have been all that could
be desired, but it was strong enough to
win by a good margin, which presages a
splendid development as the season grows
older.
Cornells Al to score against Ursinus
must be very gratifying to the adherents
of that university. In direct contrast to
the opening in 1912 was that of yester-
day. Last fall the Ithacans barely won
from Washington and Jefferson by a
score of 3 to 0, doing nothing which re-
sembled high-class foot ball. Ursinus Is
Ia team which generally primes for a
few early games with big elevens, anG
the fact that Cornell was able to decid.
eddy Outclass 1t causes it to look as
though the latter is in a position where
lit will be able to go through great dea
Harder schedule than last years, with
much more success.
The two other games in which the
stronger teams figured resulted in vic.
tories that were predicted. Holy Cross
had absolutely no trouble in getting away
with Norwich, winning by 2S to o, while
the Indians defeated Lebanon Valley by
| 20 TO &, The victory of the Indians was
hardly what was looked for. 1t was gen.
orally expected that they would win by
La larger score than was recorded. That
only 26 points should be tailed by War
Lebanon Valley is rather surprising.
1t is rather interesting to note thai
the Indians have not run up bigger scores
in their first two games this season thar
they did last and this notwithstanding
the fact that the same teams were
played. Last season Albright was beaten
lin the opening contest by 90 I. In
the first game of this season last Satur-
day Albright failed to score, but Carlisle
made only 25 points, as against double
that In the previous contest. Lebanon
Valley was defeated by A. to 0 last fall
but Yesterday it held the Indians to It
points and made one touchdown itself
whether or not the lack of big scores
| in the first two games indicates that the
Indians have not the great scoring ma
chine of years past will not be known
until after they have been against the
stronger eleveas. After the Indians have
met one or two Of the teams which VII
| test their real merit. 1t will not be diff
| ficult matter to see II the loss of Thorpe
has caused weakening. The probabilit
| Is that the Indians are not going to try
| to run up as big scores as in their early
| contests in previous years. BY that they