The Washington herald., 1915-10-03
Illinois and Old Eli
Selected as Champs
How the big Six" Gridiron
Warriors Size Up in Action

five forwards against seven as she
did last year in the Princeton and
Yale games
I Yale won it's first game from Maine
with lots to spare. Maine seems to be
getting easier every year. Two years
ago Maine held Yale to 90 score
last year was beaten 900. but this
year the Maine men were smothered,
| big total was due to the weakness
of their visitors, but they saw enough
to convince them that their own team
has great possibilities. In particular
they were delighted with the work of
Thompson at quarter back. Not since
the days of Arthur Howe has Yale
had a first-class quarter back. Last
fyear and the year before the coaches
| experimental with half a dozen men
! and were never satisfied. Captain Will
i son played the position last fall. but
| he never liked it, and Coach Hnkey
has been looking for new man.
| Thompson seems to fill all the require
ments because he runs the team with
spirit, picks plays well and is y good
individual player himself. Yale has
worried concerning Legore. last years
great full back Legore was relegated
I to the scrub eleven early this fall and
was not allowed to start in the Maine
game. Although Legore was Yale's
, best punter. drop kicker and forward
passer last year there seems to be
feeling in New Haven that he does not
| measure up to all a frst-class back
should be in some other respects But
! it is pretty safe wager that Le
gore will be in his old place by the
| time the really big games arrive.
Prospects of u. of p.
The University of Pennsylvania
came through it's game with West vir-
| touchdown with a march half the
length of the field in the first five min
utes could not score again. Pennsyl
vania has wonderfully bright pros
poets this year in some respects. but
in others the outlook is gloomy
enough. The Quakers' difficulty lis
that Capt Harris is the only 1914
regular who is sure of his place. There
are four other men who played part
of the time last year, but this fall
two of them are in the line instead
of the back field, where they played
last year. All the others are absolute
ly new men. In the back field both
the first and second sets Of backs
are wearing the Red and Blue for
the first time. The coaches believe
one, but they are somewhat fearful
of the result because they know it is
next to impossible to build a cham
pionship team in a year even with the
best of material. The star of the
Quaker eleven promises to be Berry.
a former Philadelphia school boy, now
playing fullback. He is the American
intercollegiate pentathlon champion
and looks like a second Roy Mercer.
Not only is he good at line plunging
and end running. but he is a splen-
did punter, as he proved iQ the West
Virginia game. when he punted twelve
times for an average of forty-three
yards without having a single kick
blocked.
G. U. Surprises Princeton.
Princeton found Georgetown stiff
er opponent than had been expected
for the opening game. The Tigers got
one touchdown through Georgetown
tumble and profited by loose play
throughout. At the same time the Tigers
put up the sort of game that convinced
those who have been watching Rush the
closest that he knew his business as
coach. The Orange and Black looks to
have a wealth of backfield material. and
it will be several weeks before the
coaches will know who compose the best
quartet. Capt. Gltek is sure to play quar-
ter back unless Ames improves so much
that Click may be used elsewhere. briggs
has proved to be the best punter on the
squad while Moore, the hero Of the Yale
game last year. and Shea are leading for
the half back positions.
Columbia Rowing Threatened Again
Once more the men whose lives are
made miserable with the duty of financ-
ing rowing at Columbia have threatened
to drop the sport unless the undergrad
yates do their part in turning out for the
crew. Coach James Rice is trying to
popularize fall rowing practice. but he
can hardly get out a corporal's guard.
It was much the same last year for the
varsity squad was seldom large enough
for two eights, and it was rare that more
than one crew could be boated with fresh
men. Rice is convinced that he can
never turn out a winning crew unless
he has a big squad Of candidates who
will report regularly. Columbia will be
given just one more chance to redeem
ITSELF
The deposing Of Jim Wray. Of Harvard.
as crew coach has startled the college
rowing world. Mos: persons considered
that wray was principally responsible
for the Crimson's recent rise on the wa
ter, and they find it hard to comprehend
why he should not be replaced by an