San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-08
UPSETS RATHER
SEVERE AMONG
LEADING TEAMS
Pennsylvania 30 Shut
out by Maryland
Worst Of All.
JOHNS HOPKINS FAST
New Contenders in Foot
ball Realm Already
Popping Up.
BY LAWRENCE PERRY.

New York, Oct. S.-Upsets, wherein
some relatively humble eleven topples
over big fellow and surprises in
. which important teams are compelled
TO fight tooth and nail for their pres
tige constitute the thrilling and spec
tacular elements of early season foot
ball.
Saturdays contests were replete
with shocks Of the sort. So were
those of the preceding Saturday ; au O.
which goes to show how widespread
has become the art Of football. how
broad the distribution of accomplished
gridiron performers.
PENNSYLVANIA met strong defensive
outfit in Maryland. Unable to score
herself, she found herself unable upon
one occasion to keep the College Park
Collegians out Of drop-kicking dis
lance from her goal. Result, an in
eradicable blot upon the escutcheon OF
team whose material promised
prOdigious exploits. Maybe that
promise later will be redeemed, but the
blot will remain.
Had Johns-HoYk ins, another Mary
land institution, had an attack COM
mensurate with her fiery defense,
Princeton might have shared with the
Quakers the bitterness of Il beating.
As it was, the Baltimoreans content
ed themselves with utilizing TURNOUT
gifted toe upon most occasions. their
object heinz TO keep the ball down i'll
Tiger territory as much as possible
and thus hold down the score. In tiis
design. Wolbert, a nifty guard, assist
ed materially by his general play in
the line and OMEN field while Berhdt
and Schacht. the ends, did some rne
blocking of low cunts. Three punts
blocked in single game is some
thing of an achievement against a BIG
eleycil--.or a little one either.
Hopkins Team Promising.
This Johns-Hopkins outfit b prom
i>ing. On defense it is poised and
ragged. and with this asset. coupled
with superfine punting, the team
should hold its own at least with op-
ponents in its own class while Gevel-
oping real offense for the games 1t
is seriously bent upon winning. Care
lessness in downfield tackling must be
corrected and the center territory III
forward passing by opponents should
be watched.
As for Princeton, the writer has not
in years seen n big team that needs
prester attention. Flaws begia with
the center. No eleven will ever get
anywhere without accurate passing
from the pivot men. 1t is the MAN.
spring of every plan. The problem in
developing a center these DAYS is two
fold. There must be mechanical excel
lence in passing and at the same time
the ivot player must, when mis- team
is on defense. be gifted diagnosti-
ci.in and tackler. You cannot have n
man good III one thing and poor in the
ether. Princeton's swapping back OF
the Sail was dreadful to watch on Sat
i-cay, no matter who played the posi-
ton.
There were more than mere indica-
ticns that the guard position will he
eventually well cared for. and one man
who waved tackle. Hills. the weight
thrower, showed undoubted promise.
Rut the line, from end to END. was
moi together on offense and perhaps
an Inferior line, and sweep and over
head attack on the part OF Johhs-Hop..
kins served to hide the Tigers real
shortcomings on defense. Its mig,
strong aggregation, lots of weight aud
Drawn and speed ever, where. but in
experienced. Mr.. Roper's 1875 task
Is mt env;e
Nor Is the Navy going any too
strang ilst now. The Middics were
expected to do better than they did
against little Dickinson.
Size of Score Surprises.
Illini's defeat by Nebraska was sur
prisingly top-heavy ana indicates there
Is n greater distance between gridifon
science among leaders in the Western
Conference and the Missouri valley
Conference than many critics thought.
As for V. NJ. l., she is likely any
season to appear upon the gridiron
loaded for big game and Georgia
Techs victory by small margin was
no doubt signal early season per-
Torrance. 1t should be noted, how
ever. that Georgia defeated Oglethorpe
by a larger score than did Tech a
week ago.
Carson-Newman gave Centre scare
and Wisconsin found 'Coe a hard nut
to crack. And Colorado gave the Chi
cago University team just the sort
of a tussle a big team needs along
about now.
Syracuse swamped William and
Mary, which made such a good show
ing against the Navy. Minnesota was
lucky TO exc out few more points
than the seventeen scored by Ames OF
the Missouri Valley organization. So
long as the Gophers keep ON scoring
more points than their rivals it makes
no difference what the rivals do.
Which. though optimistic, is not al
ways sound football philosophy. lead
ing MS it tends to do. TO false hopes.
"Boozer" Pitts seems to be getting
the machine rolling az Auburn. and
Alabama in her game against Mlssis-
sippi gave Syracuse some cause for
concern. Georgetown fell before the
Ouantico Marines real upses even
Il.