The Washington times., 1921-10-29

Opment Of the team merely TO WIN
TO be harder than was anticipated
There is no way In which a team
can be brought to practically per
feet form and kept there Tor three
or four weeks and the coach who
tries Il will hurt his team In the emo
almost invariably. Season after sea
'son. the records prove TINS .ru'h DC
yond any possibility OF dispute.
A practice game. any game. that is'
which does not involve playing the
team which is the perennial and fixeo
rival, and to beat whom the team 10
being developed. must always be
subordinate to the purpose OF the
teams development, ana its winning
or loss regarded phiosopnicany as al
incident working toward that purpose:
Princeton and Harvard have played
throueh an unusually hard prelimi-
nary season. But l believe the prac-
tice has done both teams world
OF good But there is only one way
lin which these two teams couid nave
N treated games with the Navy
y Swarthmore, Holy Cross ano rem,
State and that is in the nature OF
y practice contests.
! The Harvard coaches now Know tne
\strength and weakness Of their teams
And / think we also do at Princeton
Would Like Rest.
I am really sorry nv team has as
strong a game as 1t has ro- today.
I've really need a breathing spell and
Virginia has a very good team. Inc
defeat of ". NJ. l. is pretty good
indication of Nirginia's strength. For
! years the University OF Virginia mas
regarded the football games with ".
Nj. 1. as only practice games OF the
easiest sort. Last fall the CADETS
/ went over to Charlottesville and ad-
I ministered a sound trouncing TO their
| older brothers at the University:
! This was big shock ana virginia
| promptly scheduled return game
J at Lexington. Lexington is smali
town in the mountains Of Virginia,
where they eat, talk and think loot
ball all fall. Any team that pays
the cadets has to go some 10 WIN.
A couple of Saturdays ago, virginia
journeyed over to Lexington anu
came back with the bacon. Ana 1ney
must be no mean outfit to be able
to do this. .,
The Virginia backfield Is particular
ly good. Oppelman and Burge are
very fast. Virginia works snort
forward pass over center very eiiec-
tiyely and their play off tackle Is
hard to stop. Princeton VIII nave 10
show the best she has to WIN.
year Centre had more publicity than
anv team in the country. Ihey
couldn't stand prosperity and they
hiew in the second half against Har-
x,ard Thew wouldn't have been hu.
NAN II they hadn't. Any team 1s at
n tremendous disadvantage that mas
tthe ridiculous publicity given IL ina.
III
fact. II is hardly fair to the players
and they can't help but get as
sarted idea of their own Importance
This wear Centre has been Keeping
,uiet and probably saving wood. Ihey
have a good open game. Ihey snow.
.d that last year. But the team is
very weak in effective substitutes ana
the Harvard line will outplay ', lne
centre forwards. The Crimson VIII
81 some good practice against Tor
,,ard masses, but ! don't think centre
has the punch to win.
Brown can always be counted upon
20. rive Yale a stiff game season
ofter season they come down TO New
Haven with a light fast team. III you
examine the records you Will tlnu tnat
thew have frequently gone back with
the long end of the score. broWn
hasn't a strong enough team TO win
this year put ~ "'''
ing for the Ellis.
How Big Three Rank.
A pretty good line can be gotten on
the relative merits Of Harvard, Yale
and Princeton. During the preliminary
90 son. as / stated before, Princeton
ana Harvard have probably played
,hroueh the stiffest schedule. doubt
~ there were two better teams In the
country than Chicago and the Navy
w the dates they played Princeton.
Though. Of course, Penn state. Holy
cross and the University of Georgia
Were almost formidable.
Vale has gone through the easiest
scheduIc.. The Army game was real
tost From comparative showing, It
syould seem to me that the three teams
should be ranked with Yale first, 1iar-
yard second and Princeton third.
Two of the best games In the East
.,.,iif he between Penn State and
Coorpia Tech, and Pennsylvania and
p,tts sburrh. doubt II the Penn backs
are mite rugged enough to make
.s,,,ob of an impression upon the Pitt
. AZ aud IL comes down to Il question
- whether Wray or Miller can get
away on any long runs. III they can
tbe score will be close. otherwise Pitt
should win Dy CoupIe VI 'OuI"uo" o ,'o'
pitt has potentially very strong
,.a,, IL didn't get very good start
Mt the team found itself in the
syracuse game and look for a big
;,,nroyement in it's play against Penn
s,,yania. Tom Davies, the Pitt cap.
tain. is one of the fastest backs In the
country.
Georgia Tech has the mechanical end
of the shift down better than any
,a.r, In the country. The line and
Racks work together In perfect
unison. Penn state learned lot at
cambridge and ought TO be better
team for the experience.
Eyer at that Georgia Tech will give
them a very stiff game and l rather
pick them to win.
Cornell Is Unknown.
dartmouth plays at Ithaca. Cornell
4. an unknown quantity, but l am be.