The Washington herald., 1915-10-10

dodging that permitted Half Back Tib-
for touchdown after catching a punt.
And it was equally good football on
his part that enabled him to run back
a punt thirty-five yards into a posi-
tion from which. at a difficult angle,
he kicked a goal from field. Tibbott
did these things last year habitually.
and it shows ignorance of football to
I call them flukes.
Princeton has now come through
two hard preliminary games victori-
Gus. Georgetown was beaten in the
opener. 1870. That game has taken
on a new importance since George
town last Saturday defeated the Navy.
80. by superior football. Apparently
this year. Rutgers had the benefit
of nearly a months early start over
Princeton. and that the Tigers should
win at all stamps them as a pretty
. the standard of the backs. but it is
now getting some good coaching. AL
together SPEEDY Rush has reason
to be well satisfied with the start
he has made.
Penn Team Looks Dangerous.
This years Pennsylvania eleven
any team the Quakers have had in a
good many years. 1t is true that they
beat Franklin and Marshall only by
los last week, but it was poor tack
ling that gave the opposition it's lone
touchdown, while but for panalties the
Quakers would have had two more
touchdowns. What makes this team
look so promising was the way it
scored its first touchdown and the
individual brillancy of three of the
backs. The Pennsylvanians went more
than half the length of the field for
the first touchdown in an even dozen
plays. Every blow was varied. but
full Of power. The weakness of the
team was that its offense was not
sustained. That, however, is common
to all teams that time their develop
ment to beat their beat in November.
There has been a change in the
Quaker back field by which Howard
Berry. the American intercollegiate
pentathlon champion has been switched
from full back to quarter back. Berry
is one of the fastest men in football
togs and possesses an uncanny knack
of always keeping his feet, and he has
not dropped a punt in a scheduled or
practice game last year nor this year.
ling. but the Quakers think he will
yet become a second Stevenson.
Two Big Games This Week.
At least two members of the Big Six
They are Harvard and Princeton. The
Crimson meets the University of Vir-
sinia. conquerors of Yale. while Prince
ton plays Lafayette. team which al
ways makes the Tigers hustle. The fact
that Virginia beat Yale last Saturday
will spur Harvard on not only to win,
but to win by a respectable score. Hav-
ing been forewarned. Harvard ought to
triumph. Lafayette has one of the best
minor college teams in the country and
one that has more than once beaten
and Princeton in the past |
The Navy plays Pennsylvania at Ann
apolis, but unless the Middies take a great
brace this is not likely to be a very i'm |
portant game. The sailors were rather |
easily beaten by Georgetown last week, !
and the Pennsylvania team ought to be |
getting into its stride by the time the |
two meet. Cornell plays .Bucknep. ap-
parently not very strong this year. while |
Dartmouth meets Vermont in their an
nual struggle. Ordinarily q decisive VIC |
tory for Yale would be the logical thing |
in the game with the Springfield Train |
ing School. but after what happened in |
the Virginia game one should be prepared |
for anything.
The West Point eleven was . disap-
pointment to its friends in its opening |
game in which It was tied by Holy Cross, |
IA to "A. The soldiers certainly do miss
Prichard and Merrillat. their brilliant /
quarter back and end, who last year
made the best forward passing combi-
nation to be found In the East. Both of
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