The Washington herald., 1915-10-17
Rough Tactics In Football;
College Teams Reviewed

defense for two easy opponents. Ober-
lin and williams. have scored well de-
served touchdowns by the forward
pass route. But nowadays any teams
defense is likely to be penetrated In
this manner.
Harvard is more or less of an enig-
ma. The Crimson started most aus
picfously, but since then performa noes
have not come up to expectations.
Colby scored a touchdown by straight
football; Massachusetts Aggies hello
the Crimson to single touchdown.
the result of an intercepted forward
pass And last week the Indians
though badly beaten. 29-7. gained
ground easily and once marched 15
yards for touchdown. Harvard has
brilliant offense and a great back
field. but the line defensively is no,
up to standard and right now is not to
be compared to the 1915 forwards. II
looks as though both Harvard and
Cornell would be strong extensively
and weak defensively. Should this
prove to be the case it is not unlikely
that both sides will score and the re-
suit be determined by their relative
knowledge of football. Under these
circumstances Harvard would probably
enter the game favorite
Yale Met Strong Opponent.
1t was no discredit to Yale TO be
held to a 10 score by Lehigh. This
team which is coached by Ready, who
learned his football at Dartmouth Is
one of the hest minor college elevens
in the country. Last year Lehigh lea
Yale. 30. at the end of the first half
and the team is stronger this fall It
is further to be feared because 1t pos
sesses in Cahall probably the most ac-
curate drop kicker in the East since
Brickley, of Harvard. Cahall made
all Of Lehigh's six points with two
field goals and was on his way for
third. which. if successful, would
have won the game. when his line
weakened and the kick was blocked.
The whole college world is taking a
lot of interest in the action of the
Yale coaches in keeping Legore off
the team. Last year this man was
iale's best player. But when the pres
ent season opened he was kept on the
side lines and used on the second
eleven to the surprise of the students
and followers of the game The ex-
PLANTATION current was that the
coaches thought Legore was in need
of discipline. and they wanted it un-
derstood that no man was indispen-
sable to Yale's success. A good many
of the students thought that Legore
would have won the Virginia game
and when they saw things going bad
ly they called Justify for him. This
aroused the coaches to such an extent
that some of the more sensitive ones
threatened to resign if the offenss
was repeated. Whatever the cause it
is to be noted that the minute Yale
got the ball within scoring distance
in the Lehigh game Legore was sen,
on to make the touchdown.
Half back Tibbott. of Princeton. is
likely to go down in the Tigers grid
iron history and be as famous as the
Poes. Not content with winning the
Black he saved Princeton from a 90
score with Syracuse. winning the game
80 with a clever drop kick. Last year
this youngster started the season in a
senSa fiOnal ia Shipn lut h.. waS 10 tar re
placed. He is just the type of player that
Coach Rush likes. and both as a drop
kicker and open field runner is likely
to be even more famous before the
season ends. Princeton is developing
slowly but carefully under Rush and
each week the college world thinks
more highly of this coach who never
played college football himself, and
until this year never coached a col
lege eleven.
Pittsbursh's Great Power.
For newcomer the University of
is startling the college |
world. 1t was expected that Pitts
burgh would beat the Navy last Satur- |,
day. but no one looked for such a |
powerful attack as Pittsburgh un-
corked. Fortyseven points in forty
eight minutes is fast scoring even
against a weak opponent. and the
Navy never goes down without a fight
Glen Warner appears to have develop
ed an offense as fast. powerful ana |
varied as anything he accomplished |
when re taught football to the Car
isle Indians.
Pittsburgh's real test will come on |
October 23 when Warmers team plays
the University of Pennsylvania at
The Quakers have timeo |
their development to be ready for.
as the first of their big
games At this writing Pittsburgh is |
the favo:ite.