The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-10-03


Lafayette plays on their home 81
pared for the result.
The Lafayette team is UNUSUAL.
has a wealth Of big, heavy materis
system thoroughly, having played Vi
was minus the services Of Davies,
backs in the country, until the fourt
to try to stem the tide. The Lafay
to score.
Lafayette failed to convert the goal
after touchdown. Schwab, who was
holding the ball for Drummer, put it
on the ground too soon and the Pitt
team ran out and smothered him.
This seldom happens In . big game.
Several years ago, l had the same
thing happen to me. Princeton
played Columbia in New York. With
one touchdown and a goal, against
us. picked up a tumble and ran
half the length of the field for a
touchdown. I was holding the ball
for the goal.
Before Mills, who as getting ready
to. kick the hall was ready, the
Columbia team charged out and fell
on the ball. The referee held had
touched 1t down. At the time
thought he was mistaken. but Ne
was In better position to see than
i was and I presume he was right.
Buell. Wins Game.
Buell.. the versatile Harvard quar-
ter-back. again defeated Holy Cross
by neat goal from the 35-yard
line. Harvard is coming along
slowly and surely. building each row
with care before they go to the
next. Holy Cross is no mean antag-
onist this time of the season. They
have a particularly fast backfield
which gave the Harvard ends all
sorts Of trouble most Of the after
noon. Under all the circumstances.
Harvard IL fortunate to get by with
the game.
was particularly disappointed with
the play of the Princeton team against
played with plenty of pluck and dash.
but they were outweighed at least
twelve pounds to a man and there was
no excuse for them holding Princeton
the way they did.
Our entire team tackled atrociously.
On the kickoff, the Swarthmore back
returned the ball well past mid-field.
In the fourth quarter, Geiges, the
Swarthmore quarterback, caught Mac
Phee's punt on his own 30-yard line
and ran through the entire Princeton
team for a touchdown. Such a per.
Torrance wasn't very encouraging. on
the Princeton side at any rate, with
the Navy and Chicago games only
couple Of weeks off.
The Princeton line had little charge
on the defense, and none at all on
the offense. Repeatedly, l saw a
Tiger lineman charged back on the
backs. The whole team lost their
wind very quickly and were in no con-
n MIN ha ri 10
were missed, mistakes were made in
plays.
! am not eXaggerating when j say
that the Princeton outfit looked very
mediocre indeed and showed a real
lack q practice. l am beginning to
doubt whether a late start Is the
besr thing after all for the team.
s though. Of course, ING weatesrlis very
associates have a great deal Of work
to do, and very short time to do 1t
in.
Were a Trifle Slow.
Yale put up a good aggressive
game against Vermont. The Ellis
were q trifle slow in getting started,
but came back strong in the second
half. The Yale attack was directed
for the most part in and outside of
tackle. The Yale linemen, assisted by
the backs, boxed the Vermont tackles
in and out with a great deal Of reg
ularity. AS a result. AldriCh and
Jordon made several good gains.
Oed played his first game at
quarterback. He was rather slow
and deliberate in his choice of plays,
but showed good generalship in find
ing the weakness in Vermonts line,
and when he did he kept hammering
it. In the third quarter, he took
the ball seventy yards for a touch.
down inside and outside the Vermont
left tackle.
Yale didn't open the game up to
any extent, but played rather con-
sentative football. l am convinced
there is a great deal Of latent power
in this years Yale team.
Aldrich played a beautiful running
and kicking game. He placed his
kicks splendidly. In the first period.
he got off a beauty from the middle
OF the field, the ball rolling out of
bounds at the vineyard line. I am
convinced he is going to be very
dangerous man.
Interested in Chicago.
A great many persons in my part
Of the country are watching the re-
suits OF the Western games with real
interest this fall. Chicago comes to
Princeton on the 22nd Of the month
for the first big intersectional game
in Princeton's football history. SO
naturally. everyone in this neck Of
the woods is interested.
While Princeton was laundering