The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-20

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4 powerful eleven able to vanquish
In the Western Conference Mich
shock to football followers, while
out. the Nittany Lions and Tulane
The Marines have defeated the
successive seasons, but their third
the Gyrenes themselves, not that
but two field goals. The determi
augurs much for the future Of Il
sterling ball-carrier as Frank Go
Tense against him must be worth,
defense of the Blue and Gray Sat
The Marines but a week before
had generally outplayed Wander
bit in l3-to13 tie at Nashville
and it was freely. said around the
Capital that the soldiers OF the
sea would run away with the
Hilltoppers. Imagine what sur
prise they must have experienced
when they found GeorgetoWn's de-
Tense too strong for their running
and plunging attack. Field goals
by Groves. last year with Mary
land, and Ryckman. gave the
Gyrenes their six points. They
had to be content with that.
Coach Little, of Georgetown, Is
to be congratulated for what his
team showed Saturday. !. It is al
ways difficult for q coach to show
results in his first year. So great
a coach as Percy Haughton has
failed to do that with columbia.
Yet Little's instruction in defensive
play bore fruit in a stubborn de-
tense against strong, though not
especially diversified attack by the
Marines.
Georgetown's problem in OctO-
Der appears to be one Of Offense.
It is possible that the. material
Is not there. II is also possible
that Coach Little has not yet
had time enough to ground his
players in the style he would
teach. But that he has provided
. sound defense was proved be-
yond argument in Saturdays
game with the Marines.
{. The so-called Big Thras were
victorious, but they earned more
reward for their courage than for
their football abilities. d.
Entering the final period on the
short end of a 14-to-7 score, Yale
tied, Dartmouth only by sheer.
courage and bulldog tenacity. Coach,
Jones had to use his dark horse,
Lindley, to score that second, ty.
ing touchdown. Then the entire
Yale eleven fought off the Han
0verians, holding them for downs
on the 1-yard line. There Is hope
for Yale in its big games to come.
Dartmouth may be well satisfied
with that Yale game. Those two
touchdowns are the first the Green
has ever scored against the Blue.
and the New Hampshire team will
doubtless remember this next
Saturday at Cambridge. ,
Harvard, like Yale, had to come
from behind to stave off defeat.
However, the Crimson succeeded In
winning from Holy Cross, IL to 81
while Old Eli merely tied the score
and stopped Dartmouth! Holy
Cross is greatly downcast today, as
the Purple had confidently expected
victory over Harvard this year.
Now 1t has only the satisfaction of
crossing Harvard's goal line for
the first time since those two
teams began meeting annually.
Bob FoIweII's Middies, beaten .
week before by Marquette, dis
played typical Navy fight in
losing to Princeton, IL Sc IA.
Better defense against the Tigers
forward passing would have given
Navy a victory. As it was the
Middies lost by the margin Of q !.
field goal kicked In" the last few
minutes Of play.
Pennsylvania, touted az one Of
the greatest combinations In
Quaker football history. win have
a hard time laughing off that scare
Columbia gave it,. Quarterback
Pease, from the opening kickoff.
ran eighty yards for q touchdown
for Columbia and It took all the
boosted strength, of the Red and
Blue to tie that coune In the first
period. A field goal in the second
period gave the Quakers, their VIC
tory, for the second half was
acoreless.
The greatest surprise OF the
country, though. was the one-sided
victory Of Illinois over. Michigan.
Yost's elevens have made reputa.
lions for years and years and one
mast go far, back in. the records to
find a 9 foe scoring thirty-nine
points against Michigan team.
Yet that. is what Illinois did, with
"Red" Grange. Illinois. all.American
halfbackS scoring thirty Of them. :
Grange today stands out as the
best individual player Of the season,
though there. are many other fine
performers worthy OF note. In
the very first period Grange
scored four tpuchdowns against
Michigan and Yost's team Is prob.
ably wondering yet how it all hap
pened.
Handling the bail twenty-one
times, Grange scored five touch
downs and gained a total Of 402
yards. Taking the opening kick.
off, he ran ninety yards for tho
first touchdown, later ripping Of
touchdown runs for sixty.fiye
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