Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-27
WORK TO CORRECT
FOOT BALL FAULTS
Gridiron Coaches Aim to ELM
mate Weaknesses Made
Apparent Saturday,,
BLUE AND GRAY MENTORS
SATISFIED WITH SHOWING
Performance of Squad Against
Princeton About as Good as
Was Expected.
BY II. C. BYRD.

/ The coaches of the foot ball teams will
teams, as far as possible, the faults which
| became apparent in Saturdays games.
! There was hardly a contest in which poor
| play in some department was not evident
and which was not brought out before
the elevens engaged in regular contests.
Those teams that met representatives of
| the big universities had their weak spots
! shown up to a greater extent than the
others, though there is no doubt that
| even the victors by one-sided scores will
profit considerably because of the real
action in which they engaged.
The game Georgetown played with
Princeton brought out. as was said yes
terda.- the same defects as We're evident
in several big contests year ago-fum-
bling and weak play in some of the other
rudiments. The team as a whole looked
strong and with the elimination of the
mentioned faults will be much more
powerful and capable than the aggrega-
ton which wore the blue and gray In
1914
Virginia was not able to beat Ran
dolph- Macon by IL big score and really
did not make the showing expected. so
many reports of the brilliant prospects
of the team have been sent out that II
was thought a bigger score would be
run up Virginia. though. was not in
its best shape and probably the faults
shown up will be sufficient to give the
coaches a good line along which to
work this week for the development of
the eleven for its contest with Yale
Saturday.
plays of the Georgetown and Virginia
elevens, and the others, too, for that
matter. seem to be in the poor work of
the men in rudimentary departments
Iar .ah1 10 fin 1l f1j
ure on the part of the forwards to
charge and general slowness in the
backfeld These are just such draw
backs as may be looked for early in
the year and are not difficult to elimi-
nate.
Northern critics seem to think that Yale
and Dartmouth will have the best teams
this year, basing their opinions on the
general showing of the squads in practice
and the work of the men left from last
year. Just how Harvard can be figured
out, though, is hard to say. The Crimson
will prove stronger than either Princeton
or Yale expects, Notwithstanding that
Brickley has been lost. AS a matter of
fact it is very questionable if the absence
of the two or three players who finished
last season will be especially noted. Right
now Haughton has two of the best backs
in the country. around whom to build |
his offense. They are Mahan and Enright. !
The former is well known, Of course, as
season, but the latter is not well |
known because he was hidden Il mem |
Der of the freshman team in 1914. En- !
right. though, in the fall Of 1913 was
hailed as the best scholastic back of the
year, playing with exceptional brilliance
for Exeter. If either Yale or Princeton
thinks its games with Harvard will
be something like mere formalities it
probably will be treated to a rude sur
prise.
The Maryland Aggies will begin to-
day preparation for their schedules
meeting with another college will take
place this week with Haverford at
Haverford. The Farmers, though they
did well against the Baltimore Poly
whole lot to learn and much to accom-
plish before they can hope to do what
they expect against the stronger
elevens they must face.
incidentally. there is contest book !
ed here in Washington Saturday week |
which will be well worth seeing. one
in which NJ. A. C.. and Catholic Uni |
versity are to meet. The Brooklanders |
are coached by man who turned out |
two championship elevens at College |
Park in 1905 and 1906. and gave the |
Farmers their first taste of what win |
ming foot ball was. The Brooklanders |
have mighty heavy squad, according !
to published reports-one that will out
"eisH tHe aHSieS considerably, and |
one that has more experience. The |
Farmers won the game last year by 6 !
to 0, but this time they will have to |
face much better coac hed eleven and ;
more capable players. The Aggies |
themselves will be stronger, too, and |
the meeting is sure to develop some
mighty good foot ball. There is lik sly |
to be quite a similarity in the style |
of play used by the two teams as |
those familiar with the fact that the
coach of one of the teams played quar-
terDack and end for three years under
the coach of the other probably already |
know.