Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-28
Colleges
"Tol" Pendleton Says
Princeton Is Committed to
Open Game This Year and
Maybe Longer.

been more properly balanced and the
chances for victory correspondingly
greater.
Harvard overwhelmed Bates by the
score of A to 0. and II the Crimson
veterans had been kept in the game they
could probably have scored nearly 100
points. At is was, nearly three elevens
got into the play. The most conspicu-
Gus feature of the work done by the
new men was the feat OF McKlinlock,
a substitute quarterback, in scoring a
field goal from the 40-yard line. Now
Harvard, in addition to the Incompatible
drop-kickers, Brckley and Mahan. has
found a third such kicker.
Yale made good the prediction of Frank
Hinkey, the new coach, and displayed
a lot OF open-feld work. which fairly
dazzled the Maine eleven. Maine held
Yale to a 90 score last year, so this
easy victory may be taken to indicate
that football will enjoy a new era at
New Haven this fall. Princeton found
Rutgers tough antagonist, and had just
about enough superior strength to win by
the score of u to o. Like Yale, Princeton
showed considerable proficiency in the
operation of the forward pass.
Followers of football are to be treated this
ed upon by scepticai coaches II the games
played Saturday are to be any criterion or the
It is a game not unlike the, attack last year
that blistered the Army when Sotre RamS pam,
when the Army developed the Notre Dame
plays and sprang them on their annual EsSaIs q;
football for y years s;' for t team to get posses
sion Of the bali and to ksep the ball no mat, I,
chances was a law drilled into the field gem
sral: Il i was necessary to make h dis1NnSs nee
advice was TO punt. kick the ball so far into
th- opponents territory that II would leave
close reading OF the reports Of Saturdays con-
tests Will show many Of the teams aisconn,ins ,rs
up the offense and giving more thought TO the
possibilities Of the forward pass, TRIBE pass pass
50 successfully by the winning team of the
Yaie's eleven astonished its supporters by
using wide open offensive attack. which
brought out many sensational forward passes
Snsneered ] sN "" out OF ~ eight attempts at the Tor
ward pass, every one Of them for appreciable
tions and passes showed scoring possibility
that never before had been thought OF in a
Rue hsd no az tronbS defaatng Maine the team
that last year held the Ellis 10 a Seoreless tie
sighted change of tactics that brought about
this result
ton nRIHSGETofS ESo Is famous n FSceon sSRs ases
Sg Fl t1sT Of and sHnH on the the
ball team for three years, gave out an inter
esting interview last night on the Princeton
he says that he believes Princeton is commit
ted TO Il for this year and maybe iongsr' WIN IN
scored on. but she hopes TO score more.
HANOVER. n. H.. Sept. 2s.-Desplte the
threatening rain YESTERDAY afternoon DT, John
V. Bowler, trainer. took the Dartmouth foot
HHnoytr' After Saturdays game, he feels
that his charges are too advanced for this
Eearly @ every err man man is = under weight curtis II
Dartmouth, had few equals as a punter last
fan, and Captain Whitney are. getting off
Dartmouth viii not lack for capable punters,
CARLISLE. Pa. Sept 2s;-Ar of Dickinson,s 5
ssamie, am, in good shape McWinney received The
worst injury OF the entire team. lie broke the
the second quarter in favor Of Palm. Coach
s5 an1 he 2n gs MSWnPs %h
ington and Jefferson at Washington
conway Hall. viii give his squad the hrst
scrimmage practice OF the year this afternoon
back S IN are school including I Handy & eaptan lSa Of
tho eleven this year. Both Coach Welch and
he s5uad and the nnmher Of Big men gives
promise OF Of the best teams In the his
terry Of tho local institution
LANcAsTER, Pa. SEPT; 2s;.Ths Franklin
unscnthcd and with hopes little blishted at the
defeat by Iehigh. The reverse Is attributed TO
The fast open field play OF the Bethlehem col
leRians. and the inability OF the local team to
intercept forward passes, with a sad lack Of
proficiency at tackling. But the score compared
with other years is good one, and the followers
OF the Blue and White are consoing them
Saturday Is what the coaches now have to
look forward to, and II will bA with an eye to
the weak points discovered Saturday that the
drilling will be done this week Captain pehl.
who sat on the bench throughout Saturdays
game with an injured shoulder. will be In the
Penn game.
Yale men the opinion f. held that Head Coach
FRANK HInkey has devised tho most attractive
and NOV original brand OF football ever seen
Mt Yale The showing Of the Yale team
against Maine disclosed novelties IN all va
rictins of passing. and exhibited the fruit Of
tho mysterious seCret practice that has been
held daily the last week.
DDLETOwS. Conn. Sent 2s.-That Wes-
lryan has lost rather heavily IN football ma
tcrlal through graduation and the men who did
not come back this fan evident In the
game with Rhode Island state College Satir-
hav. Tho line has been weakened by the grad
uatian II Ste@b Allison and Wilcox, while
HjnReley at centre and Elmer Eustls at end,
who had been depended upon 10 help out this
year, will both be kept out o. the games By
Illness
Pennant for Milwaukee
The close Of the American Associations
race yesterday marked the end Of another
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