New-York tribune., 1920-10-29
Rutgers Eleven
Plays Nebraska
On Local Field
Polo Grounds Season Starts
Next Tuesday; Other Big
Games Scheduled Here
By Ray Mccarthy

BY Ray Mccarthy
The Polo Grounds football season
will be opened next Tuesday, Election
Day, when the strong Nebraska eleven
comes here to meet the Rutgers team
The pity is that more contests are not
played on this field Seems to US it
would be a good idea if such games as
Dartmouth-Penn State, Penn-Dart-
mouth, Syracuse Dartmouth and others
we're played at the summer home Of the
Giants and Yankees. These struggles
would draw we'll here and would give
students and alumni OF both institu-
tions chance to see the scraps.
However, to get back to our theme,
next week will see the opening OF the
| Polo Grounds football season. The
following week Cornell and Dartmouth
will clash on this lot; then comes the
Penn Columbia setto and finally the
Army-Navy tussle.
That grapple between the Cornhusk-
ers, as the Nebraskans are known in
the West, and the New Jersey students
promises to be a fitting melee for
Election Day. The Nebraskans are
sending an eleven said TO be one Of
the strongest it has had in years Al
though Rutgers has been going none too
we'll to date, Foster Sanford promises
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give a good account Of themselves
What is more, the coach has given as
surances Rutgers Will show quite
enough to make everybody feel the
Scarlet has regular team
Both Teams Kept Busy
The next ten days will entail plenty
Of action for these two elevens. While
the Westerners are en- route to this city
Rutgers viii be up at Ithaca battling
with Dobie's Wildcats-not a soft as
slgnment by any means After Ne
braska finishes the Rutgers struggle it
viii HE away to the wilds of western
Pennsylvania, to the camp of the pow
er1ul Penn State crew, and when this
IS over We'll warrant the Cornhuskers
will be glad to get back to the downy
cots at home.
H. W. L. writes in to find out G)
the premier drop kicker in Eastern
to date; CD the best ten drop-kickers
at present in the East; l3) record
holder for drop-kicks in one season.
and ~ our opinion OF Peck, OF Wes-
leyan
There are no records compiled as
yet to answer these questions. but off
hand would say that Thorne Murphy,
u lale, stands out this season as about
the best drop-kicker IN the East. We
are, but Murphy, Peck (Wesleyan),
! Eorween (Harvard), Buell. (Harvard),
Gagnon Holy Crosse, Robertson
(Dartmouth)-out just now - Fitz-
latrick Boston College,, Nurrey
(Princeton) and Canapary, (Columbia)
are among the best As to the third
question records don't show who the
player is, but we venture the opinion
1t might be Charlie Brickley, he hav-
iAg kicked five in one contest. as we'll
as many others that season We
haven't seen Peck perform, but have
been told he swings very nifty right
foot and that he is taking up very
nicely whore Boote left off He might
even be ranked as the best This is
largely q matter of opinion and cir
cumstance.
Coaches getting injured is some
hitting the dummy while teaching his
Fordham charges recently, and lost the
decision to the sprained
shoulder. Foster Sanford got in the
way of an attack by his varsity the
other day, and had to be carried out.
Moral: Dc your coaching like Yost-
fmegaphone from the top of the stand.
The above only goes to prove one
must be in condition to romp around
the football field, and when . player is
in shape he seldom gets hurt 1t would
probably surprise many to learn that
men take on weight playing football,
but such is the case. Nine out of every
ten are heavier at the end Of the season
than at the beginning.
Like the lady Of the chorus, some
pnnters swing high toe in getting off
their kicks, while others get good re-
suits from short snappy boot. a.
though this style is not in good taste
with many coaches. Scheerer, Of
Princeton, leaves the ground with both
feet when he hoofs one, as does
young fellow named Peterson. of Yale
Their right feet finish we'll above the
head
On the other hand, Davies, of Pitts
burgh, and kempton, of Yale, are both
good punters and neither swings the
toe above the waist in smashing the
leather. Jim Robertson, of Dartmouth,
also gets long distance from a short
kick
Kicking is very much like golf swing
Some use the follow through. which is
effective and beautiful to see. while
others with only half a swing can ham
mer out a long ball.