The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-10-01

The football games on Saturday
demonstrated that the big college
elevens have as yet mastered little
more than the fundamentals Of the
game, Comparative scores so early
in the season mean little, at time
when not even the rudiments Of team
play have been perfected. Some elev-
ems are eighty more advanced than
others, but this does not mean that
such teams will be on top when the
season closes. Championship aggre-
cations often develop slowly.
Yale. Harvard Princeton. Penn, and
others. all played anu they met stiff
fer opposition than had been expect
ed Holy Cross was not easy for the
Blue; Maine proved tough to the
Crimson at times; Rutgers was a tar
tar fer the Tigers. and Penn, of them
all seemed to have the easiest time,
fairly swapping the Gettysburg eieV-
en-. Coach Brooke. who is new on the
Job at Quaksrtown this year, IS feel
ing rather etate in consequence.
AT New Haven they are trying out
new system OF coaching. Two games
have been played SO far and the team
has done very we'll in both. although
there are still some giarlnR faults that
must be corrected. Guernsey. last
years freshman halfback. seems TO
have strengthened the eleven in the
backfeld greatly. He is hard man
to stop and gets started quickly-~two
big assets in halfback. There is
a wealth of line material and some
good kicking talent Yale's team may
not be brilliant one. but it will con-
tain all the elements that make up
championship observation-disclosures
speed and all round ability.
AT Cambridge some of last years
stars. notably Hardwick. are under the
faculty ban. temporarily at least. and
the big linemen, Pennock and Trum-
bull, are on the invalid list. Despite
this, the Crimson has very fine
eleven Mahan. last years freshman
captain. has filled big gap In the
hackfield that was caused by the grad
uation Of Captain Wendell. Besides,
he Is q kicker OF great ability and is
being trained to fill Felton's shoes,
also lost by graduation. Harvard has
practically veteran line and back
field. and Is in better shape TO start
the football season than any of the
other big teams, most of her men be-
ing used to playing together,
Some comment was caused by n
rumor to the effect that Hardwick, the
star halfback. had failel to pass the
college strength test because OF "A weak
heart. He himself. however, laughs at
this report and says that he will be
back in the lineup again just as soon
as he can adjust little scholarship
difficulty with the faculty. He is study
ing daily now instead of scrimmag!ng,
and this probably led to the report.
Princeton feels the need of kicking
talent this year They miss De Witt
greatly at Tigertown. Doolittle has
done we'll In practice, but he Is medi-
OGRE halfhack in all other respects than
kicking. Merritt shows some promise
but he is erratic. The Trekman
brothers. Brooklynites, are showing
up we'll One of them seems to have
a good chance for the berth as regular
fullback while hts brother is making
a strong try for tackle position.
The line is hefty and aggressive and
will probably be as strong as the one
that did so we'll year ago. Heyniger,
the 210 guard who was on the fresh
man team last year, has proved a veri-
table find. He will. in the opinion OF
many experts who have looked him
over. make a strong bid for all Ameri-
can hbnors Al tackle Philips is a
veteran and will probably hold his
own against all opponents as he did
year ago. Captain Baker at half
back. is as speedy and hard to stop