Evening star., 1923-10-08

Had Johns Hopkins, another Mary
land institution, had an attack COM
mensurate with her fiery defense,
princeton might have shared with the
Quakers the bitterness of a beating.
AS II was, the Baltimoreans contented
themselves with utilizing Turnbull's
gifted toe upon most occasions, their
object being to keep the ball down in
Tiger territory as much as possible
and thus hold down the score. In
this design Wolbert, nifty guard,
assisted materially by his general
play in the line and open field, while
Perndt and Schacht. the ends did some
fine blocking of low punts. Three
punts blocked in a single game is
something of an achievement against
a big eleven--or a little one, either.
Hopkins Eleven Promising.
This Johns Hopkins outfit is prom
fsing. On defense it is poised and
rugged. and with this asset. coupled
with superfine punting. the team
should hold it's own at least with op-
ponents in its own class while de-
veloping a real offense for the games
it is seriously bent upon winning
Carelessness in down-field tackling
must be corrected and the center ter
ritory in forward passing by oppo-
nents should be watched.
AS for Princeton, the writer has not
in years seen a big team that needs
greater attention. Flaws begin with
the center. No eleven will ever get
anywhere without accurate passing
spring of every play. The problem in
developing a center these days is two
fold. There must be q mechanical eX-
cellence in passing and at the same
time the pivot player must, when his
team is on defense, be a gifted dag
nostician and tackler. You cannot
have a man good in one thing and
poor in another. Princeton's swapping
back of the ball was dreadful to
watch on Saturday, no matter who
played the position.
There were more than mere indica-
tions that the guard positions will
eventually be well cared for. and one
man who played tackle. Hills. the
weight thrower, showed undoubted
promise. But the line from end TO
end was not together on offense. and
perhaps an inferior line and sweep
and overhead attack on the part Of
Johns Hopkins served to hide the
Tigers real shortcomings on defense.
It's big, strong aggregation-lots of
weight and Drawn and speed every
where. But inexperienced Roper's
1928 task is not envied.
Navy Not Going Strong.
Nor. is the Navy going any too
strong just now. The Middies were
expected to do better than they did
against little Dickinson. 1llini's de-
feat of Nebraska was surprisingly
! top heavy and indicates there is a
| greater distance between gridiron
/ science among leaders in the western
| conference and-t the Missouri valley
| conference than many critics thought.
| As for Y. n. l., she is likely any
| season to appear upon the gridiron
! loaded for bis game. and Georgia
/ Techs victory by a small margin was
no doubt a signal early season per-
| formance. 1t should be noted, how
ever, that Georgia defea ted Ogle-
! thorpe by a larger score than did Tech
Center a scare and Wisconsin found
| Coe a hare nut TO crack.
And Colorado gave the Chicago Uni
| a big team needs along about now.
| Syracuse swamped William and Mary.
| which made such a good showing
against the Nay. Minnesota was
| lucky to cke out a 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 foot ball philosophy. lead
| ing, as it tends TO do, to false hopes.
| Boozer Pitts seems to be getting
! the machine rol ling at Auburn, and
| Alabama in her game against Mis-
| sissippi gave Syracuse some cause for
| concern. Georgetown fell before the
| Quantico marfneS-a real upset, even
| thought it happened last year also.
Copyright. 1921