The Washington herald., 1915-11-16
Crimson Sure to Be in Form
Saturday Will Be
Up Against 1t.
OTHER SPORTING GOSSIP
South Carolina Said to Be Powerful
Acknowledgment Is
Worrying nsIComment.
By WILLIAM PEET.

WorryinsIComment.
BY WILLIAM PEET.
Yale always can beat Princeton" is
an old and trite saying when football Is
mentioned.
So far as can be learned that's about
the onIy reason why the Ellis trimmed
the Tigers in Yale bowl last Saturday.
Two weeks ago the betting was to
that Princeton would this year turn the
tables, for the Tigers were rated as one
OF the best teams in the East. incidental
ly. Il was admitted by experts that the
Orange and Black outplayed Harvard.
but lost on poor generalship and because
the breaks went to the Crimson.
Saturdays victory over Princeton will
send the Ellis into the game against Har-
ward next Saturday confident OF victory
while the Crimson players Will no doubt
do more or less worrying than Is good for
them this week.
1t is a weIl-known fact that psychology.
which has always played a most impor-
tant part in Yale's football victories over
Princeton. has never had much OF an ef-
feet upon Harvard. and II is almost GER
tain that Haughton's team will play up
to form, which means that Yale will go
into this game with odds against IT,
Tom Shevlin. the old Yale end rusher.
who has been at New Haven the past
two weeks in an effort to bring order out
OF chaos. has evidently instilled fighting
spirit that was Just what Yale needed
but Il Is hard to see how Shevlin can
whip a team into shape in such short
period able to down the Harvard ma
chine.
Physical Director John O'Reihy. of
Georgetown, who witnessed the South
Carolina Virginia football game played in
Columbia, s. c., last Saturday. brings
back word that the Hilltoppers have their
work cut out for them next Saturday II
victory Is expected.
Il can truthfully say that In South
Carolina our team will meet the most
powerful aggregation II has faced this
season. and / am not excepting West
Point I look for a mighty close game.
stated O'Reilly.
Virginia only won from the Palmetto
State lads by two touchdowns. while
South Carolina has already trounced
Jack Hegarty's bunch from Raleigh.
In order not to be caught mapping and
for fear that overconfidence will crop out.
Head Coach Exendine plans for a strenu-
Gus week of practice on the Hill. There
will be scrimmsge tomorrow and on
Dumb" Dan Morgan. who manages
stable of fighters. including several light |
weights who have been beaten by Fred |
die Welsh. comes across with the FOL |
owing wall:
Sporting Editor, Washington Herald: Freddie |
Welsh nrht-weight champion. Is the biggest Joke |
-ver handed the suffering public. Willie Ritenie
beat Welsh In Madison SQUARE Garden and by
doing so showed the people that there WAS some
hing urnng when Richie lost his champicrship |
In Enslapd Matt Wells received the same dose
when he bpIed Welsh the securd time Wells
whipped Welsh all the way. S he did when ne
received the nrs decision. hut the open and smut
same was working and Matt Wells was robbed
u q tust decision.
Welsh cannot get . guarantee any Place. As the /
Enbhc has had enough q his surethins methods. |
ind the only way he can zrt any money is to oo1 |
Matt Wells OF Jack Britton twenty rounds In New
Orleans Il
m. nanarrrs Of Hzht-veights would not need |
ny Pep to handle champion Ike Welsh; Bunh
axes the place Of pep with sure-foot Freddie !
sincerely DAN MORGAN.
New York. November i. 1875.
According to a Philadelphia football |
Expert, "'it is said that two more Yale
neIigibles, who have been working out |
With the varsity for several days, will
,e declared eligible before the game with
Harvard. II they are, Yale has an even
,hance for victory. The men are Brad
n. an end, who was the star OF Fol-
wells Washington and Jefferson eleven !
wo years ago. and Reggie Hutchinson.
Philadelphian. who Is brother OF
Danny Hutchinson, the former Penn
star.
When the Pitt team was here to play
Penn, Glenn Warner asked what had be-
,ome of Braden, and, when told he was
said: That's hard luck. He
s the best end I have seen in fifteen
Tears. Under the new game he is team
n himself for his offensive ability. They
rave another fellow up there named
Murphy. He was at Pitt for while.
md he is a wonderful back. ! guess he
make the team. They have team OF
neligibIes UP at Yale which can beat
Llmost any eleven in the country"
In reading the accounts OF the Cornell
and Lee game. one would
,et the impression that Charley Barrett
vas the only man on the field. The Cor
lell captain certainly played great foot
all, but there was another Barrett. the
and Lee back, who played
ust as well, according to the detailed
description.
The Washington and Lee star perform
d the remarkable feat of running s5
ards through the entire Cornell team
Lfter catching a kickoff. 1t was the
Irst time this season that the feat had
cen performed in an important game.
ssss
Eliminates Bull in Squash Tourney"
eads a headline. What a lovely world
/ would be II We could eliminate the bull
n a number of other things. the match
ng OF prize fighters and the progress Of
he baseball war. for instance.
Stringing along with the Tigers. the
rh.te Sox and a few other big league
lubs. the Cincinnati team will cut the
ime for spring training In half.
Hughey Jennings. who is really re-
ponsible for this idea. believes that the
layers will be benefited more by two
weeks work than four. and that II will
void many injuries that have crippled
cams at the start Of the season. After
'etting in shape to play. Jennings be-
leves, the players get most Of their Sc (
ious injuries in the exhibition games.
IF they are physically able to play ex-
ibition games" he adds, they should
e able to play regular games. As the
are better in the big leagues.
hey will not run so much chance of be-
ng hurt
President ComIskey Of the White Sox
pent $1,000 on a training trip last spring
nd is of the opinion that most Of II
Fas wasted. In other words. he thinks
he club would have done Just as well
y training three weeks instead OF six.
Another Golf Tourney.
New York. Nov. 15.-Following the I