Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-18

Murphy, the former Yale halfback ana
base bail captain, assisted by McDevlt1
the former Yale guard, has come On
with his charges at Northwestern. we
braska plays the Michigan Assles at
Lincoln and Kansas meets Kansas Ag-
gies at Lawrence. In the far west
the University of South Dakota Will
enjoy a visit from Notre Dame. Out
on the coast Washington state meets
the Oregon Aggies at Pullman ana
Washington meets Whitman at Seattle
In the south the University of Florida
meets the University of the South at
Sewanee. North Carolina meets Wander
bilt at Nashville, Texas meets Okla
homa at Dallas. Virginia meets Georgia
at Charlottesville. Virginia Military
Institute meets Georgia Tech at At
lanta and Washington and Lee plays
Wake Forest at Lexington.
The foot ball season of 1914 already
has taken on extraordinary lines OF in
trest. Many explanations have been
given of this, and these explanations
are as diverse as the forms of play.
The truth of the matter is that the
open game, SO called, which means not
| only forward passing but double and
triple passing behind the line and
generally much freezer handling OF the
ball, was certain to come because all
the signs of the times indicated that
! the period was ripe for it. 1t is simply
an addition to the present highly de-
| veloped American game Of the distlnc-
| tive features of Rugby foot ball,
| through the development of New Zea-
| land and Canadian forces. The Ameri-
cans have game Which'is far superior
| in it's definiteness to that of Rugby.
, The Canadians are between the two,
| having the splendid passing features
| of the. Rugby game and a portion OF
J the deffniteness of the American game:
| in fact their ball can be put in play
in,
! to know something of the outcome.
| The American game has been weak in
| its passing features. The weakness in
strict Rugby is "the serum" or scrim-
| mage, for their two lines form COM
| pact mass against each other, and
| while pushing they endeavor to wheel
the serum" to heel the ball back with
the feet. Naturally, even when this lat
| ter endeavor is successful the ball
does not come with anything like pre-
| cision to man in the back field. 1t
! is a hit or miss chance and there is
practically no value of possession of
the ball. The American game has two
distinctively strong features of play
that are not in Rugby; namely, the for
!. ward passing and interferences Just
as soon as the American teams realize
that they can handle the ball more freely
and pass it one to another, as Rugby
L players do, they at once do 1t and thus
add the feature of inspiration to their
attack, which promises to become most
popular. not alone with the players,
but with the spectators.
1t will produce a game possessing the
exciting and exhilarating features of
the Rugby passing game and on top OF
these will be added the forward pass
ing, interference and excellent line
work of the American style. AS stated
above, American foot ball is ripe for
this development, and in spite of the
fact that the defense will perhaps for
a time retard 1t, 1t will in the long run
i
| Of the country.
The season already has been one pro-
| ductive of some extraordinary sur
prises. The defeat of Cornell in two
games, the success of Franklin anC
Marshall over Pennsylvania and some
Il other instances of this kind are Illus.
Il tratfve of what may happen even later
in the season. Probably. however. the
greatest surprise to average foot bal
II enthusiasts was the terrific beating
that Lehigh administered to the Carlisle
4 Indians, a team which last year. aftel
j Dartmouth had defeated Princeton
n took the Dartmouth men into camp
II and that. too. by a large score. But the
II Carlisle team is by no means the team
of last season, and it should be re.
II membered that the very development
OF open play and more free passing
| of the ball, in which the Indians have
been more willing to take chances thar
| the Carlisle team down to a nearel
| average with other teams in this re-
| spect. Another thing that shbuld b,
| borne in mind is that Lehigh had
first-class team last season. and. al
though it was beaten by larger scor,
! by Yale than it's rival. Lafayette, it sue
ceeded in defeating Lafayette at tn,
end of the year. In other words. LIE
/ high the latter part of the season O
1913 was decidedly a coming" team
i and that has been made apparent by it,
\ work this year.
I The University of Virginia, always
4 favorite of Yale on it's base ball seized
II ule. was this year added to Yale's foo
H ball list. DR.. Lambeth, who represent
II the athletic interests at Virginia. ma.
II we'll be satisfied with his teams frs
H trip north. for the eleven showed tina
II it is one with much possibilities. TIL
team gave the Yale players and spec
III tators a considerable surprise, not un
II mixed at times with trepidation. by tn
III use of an excellent run from kic
u formation, as well as their clever for