Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-09-29
BIG SCORES MADE
in GR|D|RON GAMES
Opening Contests Of Season
Easily Won by Stronger
Elevens.
BY H. c. BYRD

By H. C. BYRD
Foot ball games of last Saturday.
the opening date for many elevens,
resulted just as all such September
contests may be expected to end, in
one-sided victories for the bigger
teams. With one of two exceptions,
all the contests played were won by
big scores.
Harvard, the only member of the
big three engaged, whipped Bates by
SO to 0. A truly characteristic Grim
son score for an early season contest.
across the goal line eight times. the
opposing players not being able at
any time to withstand the driving of
The Crimson backs and the charges
Of the 190-pound line.
Bushnell put up crediable fight
against Pennsylvania. holding the
Quaker eleven to two touchdowns
and a goal from field. The Army won
by only two touchdowns from the Mid
dlebury College eleven. but this is
with one or two Of its great pre-
war teams. seldom ran up big counts.
Iehigh and Dartmouth came out with
strong combinations, If their A and
Springfield count for anything.
In southern games Georgetown and
Georgia Tech ran up big scores against
weak opponents. Not much is known
Of the kind Of team which represents the
latter, but the former has splendid ma
ferial. The Blue and Gray probably
- fortunate in having about the most
capable aggregation of foot ball players
that 1t has ever placed on field. And.
what is more, there are plenty Of them;
Sman army when it trotted out on the
eridiron last week. Rangy and power
1ul lne.naE are numerous, and. while
There are not many heavy backs of the
flashing type. backs Of the fast dodg-
Ing type are plentiful. 1t should be
great year for Georgetown.
Z Down at Charlottesville. Virginia is
laid to have played poor foot ball
against Randolph Macon. The Ashland
sollegians held the Orange and Blue to
points on a safety. Virginia, though.
had in its lineup some Of the stars OF
1revious teams and probably win come
strong later in the season. Virginia
Military Institute struck something OF
Z snag when it went up against the
Hampden-Sidney eleven at Lexington,
barely winning by 3 %. West vir-
kinia University opened in about the
bay everybody expected. funning up
q points against Marietta.
sWhile the games of last week, SO far
q they were scheduled. seemed to
which strength was expected. it may
De that some of the teams which did
not do so well viii come fast as the
season progresses. A week of extra
Practice and condition of players have
everything to do with a teams show
ng at this stage of the season.
One tendency which seemed to be
prevalent in last weeks games was
3pughness. Philadelphia papers COM
hented freely on the rough tactics
used in the Penn-Bucknell game and
ct breaches OF rules In other contests.
Up at Georgetown there were some
actions that did not do credit to. the
&port. s0nfcfals wilt do well to curb
ehat tendency right at the beginning
4f the season. The Philadelphia pa
Hers stated that in the Penn-Bucknell
game there was too much clemency
d this and at Georgetown such GER
family was the case.
2 Many returned Army men are play
ing on the college teams this fall, and
those Army men did not get very
stringent officiating last year. It may
qe)that in this lies part Of the trouble.
r is certain. though. that any tend
ency to mar the game by loose and
&pugh play win not be tolerated very
ens.
Virginia Polytechnic institute claims
6hat 1t has the heaviest backneld in
The south. The four men behind its
1ne will average 1873 pounds. accord
ing to a report from Blaclesburg.
That probably is not only the heaviest
average for any backheld In the
9puth. but no weights 80 far heard
&sanywhere in the country compare
nth It. The four backs in question
ere Graham. Crisp. Redd and Godsey.
All are said to be fast.
Range1ey, who was member Of
he Students Army Training Corps
91ven at Virginia Polytechnic Insti-
cite last season. Is said to be starring
q practice at Penn State. Rangeley
. 10 playing tackle at the Pennsylvania
f4stitution.
Strohecker, halfback. and Bennett,
end and halfback, members Of Cen
tfal Highs great 1916 eleven. are
lack with the Blue and White squad
alter two years in the Army.
Held Of Business and Cummings Of
0entral are two players who have
sustained broken bones in practice.
me Williams brothers. former Cen
tSaj High athletes. have entered Glenn
son College. Clemson. 8. c.
7GcNally and Walker. two promising
sIxAGA men ~ SeutIdi l6SC year, nave
chAnged high schools and entered
Western. Both should make good in
T4nning for Bryan Morse's outfit.
louis Battersby. who has been at
Eastern in charge OF athletics. will
AXE up the same line Of work at
business. succeeding DR.. Dorman. re-
signed.
Burton Shipley, coach at Delaware
Cbuege, watched Georgetown smother
the Norfolk navy yard eleven Satur-
day. After the game Ship" shook his
head and said: I'VE haven't anything
lnce that up at Delaware" Delaware
0Dnege plays Georgetown Novem-
bsr 1.
Maryland State VIII settle down to
work today in preparation for its
opening game Saturday with Swarth-
more. Reports that have come to Col
l&go Park from Swarthmore indicate
t6at the Little Quakers should be in
botter condition than State, and that
they are developing their team with
efery idea Of defeating the University
a pennsylvania. The play is built
afennd q tackle named Larkin, who
- into the backfield for practically
al the passing and end running.
/. sCoveleskie Has Hard Luck.