The Washington herald., 1915-10-17
BY EDWARD r.. BUSHNELL.

BY ED" AND N. BUSHNELL.
There has been more roughness in
Eastern university football this fall
than for a good many, years. 1t broke
out in the Yale-Lehigh game last
Saturday and threatened to become
serious, all because some Of the Le-
high players piled up on Legore after
he had made the ELS touchdown. In
the Lafayette-Muhlenbe game two
weeks earlier the teams came to blows
because of rough tactics. Other fields
have seen like incidents. Everybody
knows that football is a rough game
and no place for mollycoddles. but
there is no excuse for the way play
ers are allowed to aggravate their
opponents by tackling the man with
the ball when he is out of bounds. or
jumping on or piling up on a player
touchdown.
These offenses against clean foot
ball are being repeated on many of
the Eastern gridirons. and largely be-
cause officials are too lax in enforc
ing penalties. officials seem to over
look by unanimous consent the rough
ing of a runner after he has been
forced out of bounds. So also do they
overlook the way every player butts
into every opponent he encounters
even when neither is in the play. This
offense does not seem to be covered
in the rules. but IT ought TO be penal
great diflculty is that coaches are
teaching such tactics and the players
cannot be blamed for putting them
into practice. The inevitable result Is
that the players become ruffied over
such treatment and this feeling is
bound to crop out in blows sooner or
later. In several games the writer has
seen this year the opposing players
have constantly appealed to the Off
cials to punish such infractions. yet
nothing is done to stop it.
Penn Joins Yale in Defeat.
The University of Pennsylvania has
Joined Yale in defeat. These two wer.
the first members of the Big Six to
be beaten this year. In this respect
last years record has been duplicated,
though in 1914 Pennsylvania preced-
ed Yale in defeat. The Quakers lost
a week ago to Pennsylvania State Col
lege. a team which has been unusual
ly successful against them of late
years. In the last five games the two
have played Pennsylvania State has
won three times. played one tie game
and lost once. This is the same team
which beat Cornell twice in success
sion and last year outplayed Harvard,
though held to tie score. Not a
bad record for a college which a few
years ago was thankful for the oppor-
tunity to get on the schedules of the
big teams for practice purposes.
But in spite of this defeat it would
he serious mistake to count the
Pennsylvania team down and out. In
these days of indiscriminate forward
passing and fuke football the big
tlcNeHS are 'tI tam " 'o
scored on and lucky to escape defeats
even at the hands of the small in
stitutions. In Pennsylvana's case the
team was without Berry. the regular
quarter back. was piloted by Bell.
an inexperienced younester. who made
enough serious errors of Judgment in
team play and individual work to
beat his own team, even if Penn State
had not played wonderful football in
the second half. Berry is a wonderful
player; some experts think he has
the making of the greatest quarter
back of the year. and with him out
of the game the team. green at best.
went to pieces.
This year the Pennsylvania eleven -
being developed with the Michigan.
Dartmouth and Cornell games in view
The coaches are prepared to lose more
games if necessary in order to come
up to the November contests in good
shape and with first-class offense.
This may be bad for the October
Dul II Is lfle oHiS poS-
sible with such green material as the
Quakers have this year.
Cornell VIII Test Harvard.
With every game the team plays
the impression grows that Cornell has
one of the best teams in the Ithacans'
Williams was swamped a.
week ago. 1876. and Cornell has run
up a bigger total than any Of her
rivals to date. Cornelrs test comes
next Saturday when Harvard is play
ed at Cambridge. Some critics who
have seen the Ithacans play express
the opinion that Cornell has more
power than Harvard. and can only be
beaten by Harvard's superior football
knowledge. That remains to be seen;
but it will be foolish for Harvard to
her rival
There are certain elements to Cor
nelrs strength which outsiders have
overlooked. 1t is true that the Ith-
acans have lost a good many veterans
from 1914, but they have retained sew