Evening star., 1919-10-13
By FL. c. BYRD.

Two foot ball games scheduled
this week will be played between
four elevens usually among the
strongest in the east-Dartmouth.
Penn State, Colgate and Cornell.
Penn State and Dartmouth meet at
Hanover and Colgate and Cornell a.
Ithaca. With the exception of Cor
nell, eIevens representing these
schools have shown just about as
much strength as at any time in the
last several years.
Penn State and Dartmouth both are
made up of veteran players; both
have won their games by comfortable
margins, and their affair at Hanover
should develop much nat savors of
the best in foot ball Colgate has ac-
complished enough in it's two games
to make Cornell sit up and do some
thinking. No one man. even II ne Is
Shiverick, is going to defeat Colgate.
doubt that Colgate is among the
strongest elevens.
Hardly a foot bail critic who had
anything to say of the Pittsburgh
West Virginia game prior to the con-
test thought there should be more
than a touchdown or two at the out
01Qe O1lISTSuCS In IQ0 SCOTSS Oh the
two teams. Nobody even dreamed
that Pitt would win by four touch
downs. And more than one writer is
emphatic in stating that Pitt is not
that much stronger than the West
Virginfans. In beating West Vir-
Ginia Warner employed = shift play,
something not often used by him. The
game was played In mud and rain,
conditions most unfavorable to true
comparison of foot ball capabilities.
Georgetown encountered strenuous
opposition in facing West Virginia
Wesleyan and 1t was not until the lat
ter eleven began to crumble from the
effects of the excessive heat that the
former ran up its count OF two touch
downs and a field goal. The Blue and
Gray team, once it got going, was a
consistent ground gamer. So far this
season Georgetown's linemen have
but the team has had no difficulty
gaining ground around the ends. In
all phases Of its foot ball work,
though, Georgetown Is developing
gradually and sound1y under the ex-
perienced eye Of Coach Exendine.
Georgetown has. leaving out Of con-
alteration its game with the Navy. an
even chance to go through its season
without defeat And there ia not
the least doubt that the contest be-
tween the Blue and Gray and Navy
Ahould develop some Of the hardest
and best foot ball Of th9 year.
Maryland States victory over vlr-
Ginia, while undoubtedly exceedingly
creditable to the former served to es-
tablish some glaring weaknesses in
its. offensive play. From = defensive
standpoint there was little fault to be
found with the Narylanders, but the
general offensive performance was not
up to the standard True. In the de-
yelopment of the Maryland team so
Tar this season, not . great deal of
time has been put on offensive prac-
tice, almost the opposite of the usual
procedure at that school But even at
that. the team failed to make the best
use Of Its offensive strength and did
not attempt the right plays at the
right time. No team with any kind OF
an offensive at an. should be held for
downs twice on the one-yard line, yet
that is what happened in the case of
the Marylanders.
Virginia 10 not playing good foot
ball. nor Is 1t making the best Of its
material. The Orange and Blue has
some mighty good and experienced
players in its lineup, but II It expects
TO accomplish much in its big games
It will have to change much for the
better in several ways. Virginia has
little onense. poor Judgment Is used in
directing the team on the field and
mere il lack OF cohesiveness In the
dafense. Just how badly the Virginia
team was run against Maryland State
may be shown by the fact that in the
last quarter. despite the fact that the
Marylanders were ten points ahead
and despite the other fact that Knode
was outkicking the Virginia punters
by ten or fifteen yards to the kick, the
Virginia quarterback elected to en-
gage in a punting duel. From what
was evident last Saturday and state
ments Of Virginia men Of what hap
pens on the field during practice. the
sooner Virginia changes its present
coaching system the sooner will it
eliminate the main drawback to its
success on the gridiron. Under pres
ent conditions. it seems that Virginia
must have almost supernatural in
order to hold up among institutions
In its class. This is not meant in any
wise to be derogatory to Harris Cole
probably would get along we'll If left
70 himself, but rather Of the system,
the details and drawbacks Of which
may be fully explained in this COL
umn at some date not SO far distant.
frlnceton's work against Lafayette
last week did not show anything
much to encourage hopeful Tiger sup
porters. as far as Yale and Harvard
are concerned. One account Of the
contest states that Lafayette had a
little the better Of everything ex-
cept the score. and that Princeton
was more or less fortunate that the
score also did not favor the Easto-
mans. Considering the way Harvard
and Yale are travelling. Princeton will
have to do a lot of hustling between
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