Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-25
RUSH MAKES GOOD
WITH TIGER TEAM
Princeton Seems to Be Cham
pionship Probability This
Season.
ARMY HAS GREAT ELEVEN,
SAY THE G. u. PLAYERS
Officials Censured for Allowing
Roughness in Game of
Saturday.
BY n. C. BYRD.

This seems to be Princeton's year.
Speedy Rush, brought from a small
prep school to take charge of the Tigers
more or less demoralized foot ball sys-
tenn, has made good. and this year Har-
ward and Yale must look toward Tiger
town with g.ravest apprehensions as to the
probable outcome of the championship
battles. Princeton has played real foot
ball and all appearances indicate that
it is real championship probability
not possibility.
The crushing defeat of Dartmouth, a
proves beyond the shadow Of doubt that
Rush has nodded splendid machine at
Princeton. There was hardly person
who ventured a prediction as to the pos
sible outcome Of the battle with the big
green aggregation, and if anybody had
suggested that Princeton would win by
such margin as it did he would have
been ridiculed. It was not believed that
Princeton had an offense sufficient to
score thirty points against an eleven of
the caliber of Dartmouth, and that 1t
did 80 was mighty agreeable surprise to
those loyal alumni and students who have
been waiting and hoping for better things
on the gridiron at Tigertown.
None doubts that Princeton will enter
the games with Harvard and Yale at
least on even terms. In fact, If the
Tigers show a corresponding improve
ment in the next two weeks to what
they have done in the last two or three
they ought to have the advantage. 1t
is some time since Princeton went
against Yale and Harvard with the
odds in its favor in each contest, and
yet 1t looks very much as If that will
be the turn of affairs this fall. Unless
Yale and Harvard show much greater
scoring power than they have yet pro-
duced against their early season OPP
ponents that is certainly going to be
the case.
Rush has made good at Princeton for
three reasons. He seems to embody the
necessary requisites for a successful
coach, has been given full charge of
its actions, and Is in possession of
splendid material. The wood for great
elevens has not been burned properly a
Princeton recently because there were
too many tongs trying to place it on
the fire in different ways. The Tigers
seem to have found the right man and
the right conditions at last, and it is
up to them to see that some NEEDLE
some Johnny" does not disrupt the fab
rio Of the system which has produced
results.
Georgetown is offering no excuses for
the defeat sustained by it at West Point
Saturday. The players, coaches and all
agree that the stronger eleven won. How
ever, the Blue and Gray contingent is
strong in condemnation of the officials for
allowing a lot of rough work One OF
those connected with the Blue and Gray
squad said this morning that the George
town team was used up terribly in the
early part of the contest, and that the
players complained to the officials time
after time. The officials failed to take
cogniZance of the undue conditions, and
the game ran away from them somewhat
get out to practice before Wednesday
because Of the bruises and general Door
condition Of the team.
The Army has better eleven than it
has been given credit for, according to
the Georgetown players The Soldiers
are much stronger than the Navy, If their
view of the two teams is correct, and
should win easily in the annual contest
in November
Georgetown's defeat at the hands of
the Army was unexpected. The Blue
and Gray players, coaches and all con-
nected with the squad thought they
would win, but the strength shown by
Inc So!dlers was mucU gTeaL,d tUaa
combination Georgetown faced, and
admission OF the latter that If was
against a stronger team is evidence of
just how good the Army is.
The Catholic University team did 1t
self proud" in its game with Villanova
The Brooklanders fought through
hard contest and won nom d am
which had previously defeated prac-
tically all the big secondary schools in
its section, and they deserve great
credit for their performance. The
team as a whole is good enough to
make splendid showing against
eleyens of any class.
The Catholic University eleven is an
other which Fred Nielsen has Goa ched
successfully. 1t is a remarkable thing
but he has never been In charge of a
losing eleven. At NJ. A. c., George
Washin gton and Georgetown he resur-
rected foot ball from a pretty deep
grave. and now he is turning the same
trick at Catholic University Nelson
has gotten splendid results wherever
he has coached, and 1t is doubtful If
his team will lose another game this
season. Certainly it will show well in ,
all Its contests. even If 1t drops one or !
two of those remaining.