The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-23
MACHINE
AGAIN AFTER TITLE
of Being Leading Eastern
Football Eleven.
DARTMOUTH GAINS FAME
Light Hanover Eleven Brings Hops
BY Defeat of Strong West Virginia
Outfit.

The fast Colgate eleven which care
ried off the Eastern gridiron cham
pfonship last season is again pointed
toward that honor. While 1t is early
yet to come to conclusions of sound
value. Hamilton college has shown the
same sort of talent that won II a rlace
at the top year ago. Saturday, the
Colgate team swamped Cornell 20 to
0 and. while Cornell must not be
judged by the high standards of for
mer years, Colgate's victory was new
ertheless impressive.
Last year Coach Bankart had a
oackheld at Colgate which was drilled
almost as perfectly as four men can
De drilled. There were Clio, Spencer.
Hubbeli and Anderson. Colgate, this
year, has this same seasoned back
field, with the exception of Quarter
back Anderson, whose place is being
capably filed by Mcbride. Mcbride
has shown the same excellent quail
ties as Anderson with surprising sue
cess for new player.
Colgate's coach this year Is Harry
McDeayitt. an old Dartmouth player,
who seems to be carrying on. the
plans which were so successfully laid
by Bankart. Wooster Is being groom
ed to take Vests place as a kicker,
and the line includes woodman. who
was substitute for West last season;
CARROLL, last years substitute center,
and Castalanes, who was one of the
best endss In the game last season
These are some of the reasons that
Colgate Is likely to repeat last years
success.
Cornelrs showing thus far has been
a sorry disappointment. and It is
doubtful II Coach Sharpe Will be able
to overcome the handicap of the loss
of so many of last years talent
through enlistmA ants 1t is, however.
to CornelIs credit that those who are
tinue football in spite of the fact that
the available material In below nor
NAL.
Dartmouth i'm the Ifmeiight.
Dartraouth's football future sudden
ly becomes brighter as the result of
the impressive victory over West Vir-
ginia, touted rs one OF the most dan
Serious elevens in the South. Dart
mouth won to through fast, we'll
executed. old fashioned football TAG
ties-Its light hnckfieid had SO much
taineers was ripped up badly. This
light, undeyeloped line OF Dartmouth's
has been the greatest problem that
Coach Spears has had to solve. and
the manner In which 1t came through
against the strong West Virg!nians is
a source OF much qualification to the
followers of the Hanover eleven. 1t
Is no slight task to stop a backfield
which is made up Of such players as
Rodgers and Harris. and Saturdays
triumph was quite a feather in Dart
mouths cap.
The overwhelming football machine
Glenn Warner has built up at Fits
burg continued on its crushing way
by beating Syracuse rs to 0. Warner
has again demonstrated that he Is one
OF the ~@ses. offensive coaches. Sad
there will probably be no eleven this
season which viii Se able to boast of
the scoring ability of Pfttsburg. In
McLaren P;ttsburg has q veteran full
back who ranks with the best. and
Judging from Pittsburg's work up to
the present time. there seems to be
little difference between this years
team and the powerful elevens Warner
has coached during the last two years.
The forward pass has again become
the most frequently used scoring play
this season. AS much as some of the
older coaches object to it's use. this
weapon of attack has become essen
tial to the successful eleven. 1t Ia
still a dangerous play. but a. pretty
one to watch when skilifulIy played.
When 1t fails 1t is much like the
squeeze play in baseball flat dis
appointment. The play, however, has
developed an alertness among players
and an uncanney perception at follow
ing the ball which makes football far
more interesting than ever before.