Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-07
What Flock of Records Being Smashed The World Series
LEADING ELEVENS
USING HUDDLE
AND AERIAL ATTACK

New York. Oct. 6--(P)--Football
elevens. struggling to break into the
sport limelight dominated today by
the World series contestants, are
polishing up their offensive weapons
for continuance of the campaign
Saturday.
Forward passes, that last week
contributed to almost every victory
in the east, are coming In Tor
measure of concentration. The hud-
die system, gaining new converts
weekly among the leading elevens,
has shown its value in adding speed
and certainty to offensive power. The
group mode of signal barking intro
duced to the Big Three by Bill Ro-
per at Princeton has now become a
part of the new order of things at
Harvard where Arnold Horween is
injecting western tactist into re-
organized Crimson system. Tad
Jones, also won over, is smoothing up
the huddle with his Yale Bulldogs
after watching its success against
Boston University.
The Crimson, struggling upward ar
ter disastrous seasons, saw tornado
of gilden giants from Geneva pass
their way to a 16 to victory when
assaults on the Harvard forward wall
failed at critical moments. Both Ge-
neva touchdowns were direct results
| of air assaults. Coach Horween, full
hack stadwart at Cambridge in post
war days. when the Crimson host
was raging through the east. is
building his eleven slowly, refusing
TO point for early season games. Win
Harvard facing almost certain deteat
| in the Grenadier conflict, Horween
sent the second team into the game
for the third quarter to give his re-
| serves the few minutes drill under
| fire that outweighed in value months
of practice scrimmage.
The Ellis, in piling up 81 points on
| Boston University, exhibited versa
! tile over head attack and slashlng
omen game that came somewhat as
| surprise after the rather close play
of the 1925 season. Backed by IN
telligent use of the huddle, aie
passes contributed to every touch
| down.
| Princeton. drilling this week to
| overcome the fumbling and slipshod
| handling of the ball that marked the
close victory over Amherst last sat
urday. has short passing game ana
| the brilliant broken field running %
/ S1agle, PrenGergaSI ann NliIleiliL9 ~
thank for the conquest of the LORD
.Ieffs, but interrogation of a Tiger
| pass, followed by run OF 81 EafoS'
| gave Amherst its only score.
The green Dartmouth flood that
| swept over Hobart for 30 points was
| aided materially by FIVE successful
| forwards out of eleven tries.
| Cornell threw flock of short last
passes in downing Niagara, while
Penn state could attribute two OF SIX
! touchdowns against Johns Hopkins
| directly to the overhead game, ana
| two more indirectly. Georgetown
passed for the only touchdown IN tle-
| ing Pittsburgh 6 to s,
| Fordham established the most mn
| pressive overhead record OF the oay
! bv completing four out of six tries
against Mt. st. Mary's for total OF
146 wards. a fraction of over 80 EaruS
! gain on each pass.
' Air offensives threw fear into large
camps as small rivals suddenly loon
to the air. Ursinus several tunes
| PASSED its way to the shadow OF the
| Rutgers goal only to break down
against a husky line in the maj rev
| yards. ,,,.,.,,i+
The Army survived several Detroll
sorties that drove the Cadets BACKS
| almost to the last chalk line.