Evening star., 1914-10-08
BY n. c. BYRD.

| There are few. if any, of the big
university coaches who appear to be
| satisfied with the work of their play
| ers. There is not team in which
shifts are not continually being made
in the hope of effecting more capable
combination, and in the practice
scrimmage, against scrub organizations
and freshman squads reports of poor
showings are coming from nearly all
| training quarters
Two of the formerly so-called Big
| Five" have defeats at the hands of
secondary institutions to look back
| upon, and the prospects of more such
setbacks unless Improvement is shown.
Cornell already has lost to the Uni
versity of Pittsburgh and Colgate, and
Pennsylvania went down before Frank
lin and Marshall last Saturday. AL
Sharpe and George Brooke. in charge
at Cornell and Penn, respectively, have
been tearing. down and building up in
many ways in order to get together
more effective organizations, and their
efforts must bear good fruit if they
expect to have success in the remain
ing part of their schedules.
Princeton is having a rough time get
ting together suitable combination,
II the reports that come from the camp
OF the Tigers are to be credited in
their entirety. Light and generally
poor material is given as the reason
fer the failure of the Tigers to ac-
complish as much as had been expect
ed. Princeton's team is undergoing
changes in its makeup daily, and
probably will continue until the men
in charge have found the positions for
which they are most fitted; or, anyway.
until the team is more capable as
a machine.
Yala ia loc,-jnp forward tn some of
its games with the secondary schools
with apprehension, though it seems to
be building more consistently and with
greater solidarity than the others, with
the exception of Harvard. But even at
Cambridge some misgivings are being
felt as to the probable result of the
contest Saturday with Washington and
Jefferson. That institution has such
strong eleven that it's presence cannot
help but cause the Crimson coaches
to look upon the game with some lack
of the confidence generally felt regard
ing the preliminary contests. Especi-
several of the Cambridge regulars will
not be able to take part in the con-
flict, and one or two of the best men
are out Changes in the lineup, one
the shifting of a lineman to back
field position. have been necessary
within the last two days, and that ls
not conducive to the best interests OF
a team that must meet within TOUR
days one OF the most powerful CUM
binations it is to face during the en-
tire season.
Carlisle also is below it's usual stand
ard. Unless Warner hurries the de-
,yelopment of his men, the Indians are
likely to receive more defeats this sea-
son than have been their portion in
many years. The Redskins have not
had a really weak combination since
1903, and that aggregation was about
as capable as the general run OF teams.
Unless the University Of Pennsyl-
vania can show decided Improvement
over the form displayed in Its game
with Franklin and Marshall. it is very
likely to succumb to another second
ary eleven this week. Lafayette 1s
said to be exceptionally strong, though
it failed to accomplish more than a
tie against Ursinus a few days ago.
Lafayette, II 1t strikes Penn in as poor
condition as Franklin and Marshall
caught 1t, probably will administer
another drubbing to the Quakers.
But Pennsylvania is not apt to be
caught mapping twice in succession.
George Brooks is a splendid foot ball
strateg gist, as was shown by his re-
markable success with the Swarth-
more eleven, and he Is building this
week to avert a triumph for Lafay-
cite.
That Lafayette will make a great
endeavor to win from Penn is certain.
The Easton eleven has only one other
team on its schedule from which 1t had
rather take a victory than the Quakers
-Lehigh. When Lafayette can play