Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-10-17

Well, II the Army has a kicker ten
yards the superior.of the Navy punt
er. and there is no wind. and the two
attacking forces are a stand-off in the
running game. the team with the bet
ter kicker will eventually put itself
in a position to try field goals. Field
goal kicking with the two sides even
ly matched in the running game is
not rapid method Of scoring. But
tho ten yards to the kick gained by
the team with the better punter
should amount to one or perhaps two
opportunities to. try for. field goals in
each half.
The most serious feature for the
Navy, however. is that the superior
ity Of the Army would put them on
the defensive. so that they would have
to make more running plays. In other
words. they would expend more en-
ergy than the Army and this should
tell: especially in the third and fourth
periods. ......-
In case the game is played with a
moderate wind blowing straight down
better kicker would be able to re-
lieye themselves from difficulties
when playing against the wind. If
the wind were very strong the Army
would not have, much advantage. be-
cause the Navy kicks down the wind
they might be more useful. IL they
were kept up high. than the longer
kicking of the Army. Against a
strong wind, even the ten-yard ad-
vantage would not enable the Army
to get themselves out of difficulty
when driven down to their own goal.
Thus. on the whole. it is by no means
sure that II the two teams were equal
in running attack and the Army
had a slightly superior kicker it
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victory for West Point. The margin
would be so small that a tumble or
any untoward event might turn the
tables in spite of this.
ThinGs are not going startlingly
well. either at California or Stanford.
from foot ball viewpoint. Cali
fornia players are irritating Coach
Andy Smith considerably by what
may be called overconfidence and a
lack of steadiness on defense At
Stanford the size of the contract be-
fore them in tackling the star Cali
fornia aggregation has really taken
some of the heart out of them. This,
combined with the feeling that it is
a waiting job until Glenn Warner
gets there next year, has vitiated
some of the efforts of the assistants
Warner sent out in advance.
Yale began today its three days of
hard .scrlmmfge IN preparation Tor
the williams game. 1t should relieve
Tad Jones now that Neale is back in
the lineup and doing the punting.
From the workout yesterday 1t did
not appear that any of the Blue play
ers were particularly blue over the
Iowa outcomes which Is good sign
for the future.
The fact that Coach Roper started
of the first thing this week on team
play drill shows he learned some
thing from the Colgate game. From
all accounts of those who saw the
game, cohesion of action was the
chief thing lacking by the Tigers.
The return of Van Gerbig. the punt
er, and Mcmillan to uniform should
add considerable strength to the
Princetonians. Roper, it appears, has
also adopted the three-days-a-week
hard scrimmage, thus leaving Mon
day for something of a rest-up after
a game and Friday for a rest-up on
the eve of a game. 1t is good plan,
particularly the Friday rest, for 1T
insures no casualties just prior to a
contest
Harvard will do well to put her
best foot forward against Centre on
Saturday. If reports from Cambridge
are true, that's what the Crimson is
planning. II, Phil Coburn is recover
ed sufficiently he should at least start
the game Saturday. True. Centre has
lost the famous Bo Mcmillan, but the
Centre system and spirit remain.
and it is certain the Kentuckians will