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MAKE-OR-BREAK FOOTBALL GAMES
SLATED FOR EASTERN COLLEGES
Cornell Could Almost Wreck Harvard, W. and J. Could
Deliver Last Blow to Yale, and Dartmouth Could
Break Princeton Spirit Penn-Pittsburgh Battle
TOMORROW is the turning point of the season for the big Eastern foot
ball elevens. The Rchedulo makers of tho larger colleges always arrange
their games In such a manner that at this tlmo they meet teams generally
considered their equal.
After tomorrow there Is a let-down for a week, at least, during which
easier opponents aro scheduled In order to enable tho "big" teams to rest.
The first of November they start preparing for tho big games of tho season.
Sometimes the smaller colleges upset tho dope, occasionally turning In vic
tories over the larger universities; but as a rulo the big teams reach this
period without defeat.
Four BIr Battles to Bo Waged Tomorrow
As It happens, there Is an unusually fine list of games on the schedule
for this week-end, and as a result It will bo elimination day In collegiate
circles. Harvard, Tale, Trlnceton and Pennsylvania, generally considered
the "Big Four," are meeting opponents who have been placed on an equal
footing with them In recent years.
Harvard, tho champion, meets tho powerful Cornell eleven, which is
considered by many the best balanced team ever sent from Ithaca; Prince
ton will play Its ancient rival, Dartmouth, which always has a strong elevon;
Tale Is meeting th "dark horse" of tho season, In Washington and Jefferson,
and Is In poor shape for the battle, whllo Pcnn faces tho University of Pitts
burgh, which has tho best team In Its history.
" On Paper Cornell Has Advantage Over Harvard
A defeat for Harvard would bo the first In four seasons. There Is no
team more likely to turn the trick than Cornell, which is trained now for
this one game. After tomorrow Cornell will be content to take It easy until
the Penn game on Thanksgiving Day. These two aro the only games on
tho Ithacans' schedule that amount to anything In the eyes of Coach Al
Sharpe and tho student body.
Tho Cornell-Harvard contest Is the hardest of the day to dope out, as
neither team has played the same opponents. Both have well-balanced
machines with one star upon whom tho play Is built. It will be a battlo
between Mahan, of tho Crimson, and Barrett, of the Ithacans. On paper
Cornell looks better. But Harvard has a reputation of winning, come who may.
A defeat for Cornell would not havo a disastrous effect on that team,
as It is naturally not predicting victory; but If Harvard Is beaten It may
completely wreck the confidence which has been tho greatest asset of Crim
son teams for three years.
Princeton Faces Makc-or-Break Contest
Princeton has been brought along slowly by a new coach, Rush, who has
shown nothing in the way of trick plays or new formations. The Tigers
played defensive football until last Saturday, when they cut loose a dazzling
attack against Lafayette. Even then only straight football was used.
It is surely tho make-or-break game of tho year for the Tigers. A victory
would give the men tho confidence In themselves and Rush which Is needed
for the Tale and Harvard games, while a defeat would put the team back
In its work to such an extent that its chance will be slim against Harvard
in two weeks.
Penn-Pittsburch Game Holds Pennsylvania's Eye
Third in importance nationally, but foremost in the eyes of Phlladelphians,
is the Penn-Pittsburgh battlo. This is another make-or-break game. Penn
is at the stage where it must bring forth all of the slumbering "Pennsyl
vania spirit" and retrieve a miserable season or have 1915 marked as another
dead year in the football history of the Red and Blue.
Penn Is not expected to win from Warner's wonderful team; but it must
make a strong showing and hold the western Pennsylvanlans to a low score,
showing a much stronger defense and offense than have been evidenced to
date. A good showing tomorrow will revive the hopes of the players and
coaches, and the team is likely to come fast for tho rest of the season.
Yale, Shot to Pieces, Must Oppose W. and J.
With its team shot to pieces through the disqualification of its greatest
piayer, Harry Legore, Tale has little hopo. The Elis have had anything butj
a gooa season, ana a dereat at the hands of Washington and Jefferson will
have a disastrous effect on the wearers of the Blue.
Even without Legore Tale Is a team of great possibilities, however. The
material is always at hand in New Haven, and if the right combination can
be found, with the proper coaching. Tale should always have a powerful eleven.
The impression is growing in New Haven that Coach Hinkey has failed to
do as much with the material as he should, and that impression will be
strengthened If W. and J. downs the Ells.
Folwell's Team May Have Been Overrated
Tale has a defeat at tho hands of Folwell's team In 1914 to avenge, and
will put up a hard fight before succumbing to W. and J. tomorrow. Fol
well's eleven has been winning all of its games by large scores, but
to date has not played a first-class team, hence its strength may have been
overrated.
Even if W. and J. is as strong as touted it would be no great surprise
if Tale completely outclassed them, as the Blue has a habit of coming into
Its own when It is apparently facing disaster. Tale will either be an entirely
new team in spirit or go into the game demoralized and be beaten. There is
no half-way with tho Ells now. They have reached the crossroads which
mean triumph or disaster.
Penn Track Prospects Are Rosy
Coach George W. Orton. of the Pennsylvania track and field team, is of
tho opinion that the squad this year will be a great one. Meredith, Kaufman
and Lockwood, of the champion mile relay team, are In harness, and with
other promising men to develop conditions could hardly be better.
In the field the team will be strong. Pole vaulters and high jumpers are
out In large numbers. The athletes are In good condition for the short
period of training. The fall track meet is scheduled next Friday, when the
first real test of the strength of the team will be made. The dual cross
country run with Dartmouth tomorrow is the first event on a well-filled
schedule.
Too Much Golf for Mrs. Vanderbeck
Too much of anything is sure to make one stale. This Is particularly true
of golf, and to stateness alone can Mrs. C. H. Vanderbeck, women national
champion, attribute her defeat by Mrs. Fox In the semifinal round for the
Philadelphia County championship yesterday.
Mrs. Vanderbeck has hod a particularly successful season on the links and
has brought more honors to Philadelphia in one year than this city has known
In ten. Hence It is unfortunate that her time to be beaten should come
In the semifinal round for a club title.
In playing in these events Mrs. Vanderbeck differs from most champions.
When laurels are once won, usually the winner is content to rest, and In many
cases is accused of fearing a reverse when not entered In smaller competitions.
Mrs. Vanderbeck is a sportswoman of the rarest type, and when defeated
her congratulations to her victor are Just as genuine and from the heart as
are her felicitations to a loser.
I-aat year the University of Pennsylvania soccer team won the Intercol
legiate championship, while the Red and Blue football eleven was rated close
to the bottom of the heap. The chances of history repeating itself at this time
look particularly bright or gloomy, depending on whether one's taste leans toward
soccer or football.
Very few people will admit that there Is any one less beloved of his fellow
men than the baseball umpire. If the basketball referee does not hold an equal
place In the hearts of fans, he runs him a close second. At last some one has
Usvn found who appreciates the eleventh man In the cage at a basketball game.
At the recent meeting of the Eastern Basketball League moguls, "Major" Joe
Sally eulogised the league's referees, Mallon and Baetzel, in such flattering terms,
that the wwugnates were .moved to vote them an Increase In salary.
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CONFIDENT IF
LUCK "BREAKS"
Princeton Has Always Had
Good Fortune Against
the "Big Green" Team
MET DOZEN TIMES
By EDWARD R. BUSHNELL
AU Darth mouth men hope for when
their football team meets Princeton to
morrow Is that a fair portion of the luck
of the game be vouchsafed them. Granted
that they think they have an even chance
to beat the Tigers. But If they get the
breaks of the game it will be something
new In the history of their gridiron se
ries. Only once in the last seven years
has Princeton decisively outplayed Dart
mouth. That was In 1912, when the Tigers
won, 22-7. Yet of the last seven games
Princeton has won five and one Was a
tie.
Last year Princeton won by the score
of ie-12, but the consensus of all ex
pert opinion was that Dartmouth not
only had the better team, but, except for
a few lapses, played the better football.
Dartmouth made 11 first downs to Prince
ton's 2, but a fumble, a blocked kick
and poor Judgment In another critical mo
ment Indirectly gave Princeton all her
scores. Dartmouth got hers on good
football.
Then there was a game in 1911, which
Princeton, after being outplayed gener
ally, won by a freak play. With the
score 0-0, Princeton tried a drop kick a
long way from the goal. It was a last
resort. The ball fell short, but as rare
luck would have It that pigskin bounded
gently along the ground and then Just
before reaching the goal most obligingly
bounced Itself hard on the turf and lit
erally hopped over the crossbar for a
goal from field. Nothing like it had ever
been seen or heard of. Dartmouth pro
tested the goal, but it conformed to the
rules and won the game. Such a score
was clearly contrary to the Intent of the
rule makers, and they amended the rules
the next year so that It would be Impos
sible In the future.
All told, Princeton and Dartmouth have
played 12 games, of which Princeton has
won nine, Dartmouth two and one was
a tie. The record of the series follows:
180T Princeton, M; Dartmouth, 0.
litotl Princeton, 17; Dartmouth, o.
3DOS Princeton, 0: Dartmouth, a.
MOO-Prlnceton, 42; Dartmouth, O.
1W Princeton, 0; Dartmouth. 10.
190O Princeton, 8; Dartmouth, a.
1010 Princeton, ft; Dartmouth. 0,
1911 Princeton, 3; Dartmouth. 0.
1011 Princeton, 22: Dartmouth, T,
1018 Princeton. 6; Dartmouth. 0.
10U Princeton, 16, Dartmouth, 12.
Attempting to pass Judgment on the two
elevens now Is risky business. They have
met no common opponents, and their pre
liminary scores are hardly a fair guide.
The game means everything to both
teams. It Is the first severe test for Dart
mouth. All the Green team's games to
date have been fairly easy, and In not
more than one Instance was the opposition
strong enough to furnish Dartmouth a
fair test. In four games Dartmouth has
scored 127 points, and only one team,
Tufts, has been able to cross her goal line.
In the first game of the season Dart
mouth met the Massachusetts Agricul
tural College and won by the score of
13-4. What makes some of the critics
think this game worth consideration Is
the fact that this team later held Har
vard to a 7-7 score. Harvard, however,
was using a team made up almost entire
ly of substitutes, so the comparison may
not be worth much, after all.
FOOTBALL'S PRINCIPAL FEATURE
NOW IS LONG FORWARD PASS
"Spiral" Throw Preferred to "End-over-end" Variety,
Declares "Tiny" Maxwell Talk on Punting,
It's Style and Direction
By ROBERT W. MAXWELL
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THE forward pass now is one of the
principal features of football. Each
year the play grows more popular and Is
considered one of the chief ground gainers
when considerable distance Is needed to
make a first down.
The rules place no
restriction on how far
the ball may be
passed In any direc
tion, so It Is best to
practice distance and
accuracy from the
start.
The best way to
throw a forward pass
is to use the "spiral"
Instead of the end
o v e r-end throw,
which Is made by
holding the arm etifl
and swinging from
the shoulder like a
discus thrower. Ac
curacy and distance
are needed and the
spiral Is the only safe
method to cet them.
n. W. MAXWELL, The ball should be
held near the end with the Angers rest
ing on the seam of the thumb below. It
is best to make the throw from above the
shoulder, using the same motion as
throwing a baseball. But remember to
keep the palm of the hand turned up
ward and the end of the ball pointed In
the direction it is to be thrown.
The spiral, or revolving of the ball, is
accomplished by letting it slip off the
fingers. It requires quite a little practice
before accuracy is attained, but the work
Is not difficult and can be mastered. Play
ers with largo hands and long Angers
have an advantage, but It is possible to
make good passes if the hand Is of or
dinary size. Fred Geig, of Swarthmore,
regarded as tho best forward passer the
game has produced, could hurl the 'ball to
and 60 yards, and had such control of
the ball that he could hit the cross bar
on the goal posts at a distance of SO
yards.
Constant practice means ultimate per
fection and two or more players on the
team should take up the work. At the
start It Is best to get a "soft" ball, one
that Is not blown up tightly. This will
give the thrower a chance to sink his
fingers Into tho pigskin, get control and,
best of all, more confidence. After a
week or so discard this ball and use the
regulation spheroid which is blown up
tightly. Practice accurate throwing first.
Place a man 19 or 15 yards away and
throw the ball to him. Just like a base
ball pitcher warming up. After you have
mastered this, practice throwing the ball
to a player running across the Aeld. This
Is the most Important play to be used In
games and too much work cannot be
done to perfect it.
In throwing the ball to the runner, do
not throw to the man. For exampde.if the
signal Is for a pass over centre, hurl the
ball to the spot where It Is intended to
go. A man is supposed to be there to
get It, and If he falls, the blame cannot
be placed upon tho passer. Use the same
system that Is worked In baseball When
a man on Arst tries to steal second, the
catcher does not throw the ball to the
player. He hurls It at the bag and the
second baseman or shortstop always Is
on the Job to get the bill. There Is an
element of luck In all forward passes, so
It Is best to play according to signal
and not try to change It at the last
minute.
The passer should take as much time as
possible before throwing the ball. He
Bhould be able to run five or ten yards
to either side before making the pass
and should practice throwing while on
tho run. This gives the players on his
side more time to get into position and
also tends to make the opponents be
lieve that an end run Is about to be at
tempted. Considerable practice should be held in
catching the forward pass. The catcher
generally gets the ball while on the run
and most of the time his back or side Is
turned In front of the pigskin. Do not
attempt to catch the ball against the
body. Get It with tho hands the same as
in basketball. If the pass Is too wide,
or high for the catcher, try to touch tho
ball or knock It to the ground so as to
prevent the opponents from getting It,
The ends do a great deal of this work
and should be able to catch the ball from
any position.
The spiral punt is the best form of
kicking, as it travels farther and Is more
difficult to catch. Hold the ball as far
away from the body as possible, directly
over the kicking foot. Try to get tho
lace on the uppor side, and hold the ball
between the open palms. Take one short
step, drop the ball and meet it when It
Is about two feet from the ground. The
foot should be expended and the leg
swing from the hip. The ball should
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strike the Instep of the kicking foot, and
which la swung slightly to the Inside,
giving the ball a t.vlst. Follow the punt
as much as possible with the leg, so as to
get full force Into the kick.
This is the system used by George
Brooke at Pennsylvania and Glenn War
ner at the University of Pittsburgh, and
has proved to be effective. Practice this
form as much as possible, but avoid do
ing too much work In early season. The
leg is likely to become sore and lame,
nnd will be a serious handicap during tha
remaining part of the season.
The style of punting to be used depends
upon the weather. On a wet, sloppy Aeld
It Is Impossible to get any distance or
accuracy. Spirals also are out of the
question, so the best thing to do Is to
kick the ball end over end. This is done
by kicking from the front of the Instep
or hitting the ball from the side. On
windy days never try a high spiral when
the wind Is against you. Use the low
end-over-end kick, which will travel
nearly twice as far. If the wind Is be
hind the kicker, the spiral is the best
to use.
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