Evening Star Newspaper, October 29, 1923, Page 22

SPORTS. — College Grid Records at Stake This Week : UNDEFEATED TEAMS DUE Saturday Card Includes Yale-Army, Syracuse-Penn State and Dartmouth-Cornell Engagements. Big Contests in Conference. BY H. C. BYRD. S EVERAL of the biggest games of the foot ball season are to be piayed this week in the east and middle west. Yale vs. Army at New Haven, Dartmouth vs. Cornell at Han- over, Pa.; Pennsylvania vs. Pittsburgh at Philadelphia and Syracuse vs. Penn State at Syracuse offer probavilities of struggles as great as any of the year. | . TO FACE STURDY FOEMENI In tne western conference Illinois vs. Chicago at Urbana and Michi- gan against lowa at lowa City shou.d provide about the most brilliant battles of tl.e conference schedule. When Yale and Army wade into each other in the Yale bowl probably it will mark the meeting of the two most powerful teams physically in the east. Hoth elevens have mem- bers who have had experience in col- lege foot ball elsewhere, especially Army. Both specialize in the dr.ving offense that combines power and cleverness and both undoubted e well versed in all the things whic’ pertain to gridiron efficien The way the outlook appears from this distance not much difference will be noted between the teams Penn Near Tos Form. Penneyivania So w0 oe coming rapidiy, wna bs s With Pit.sodsa at Philadelphia ougnt to und it en- teriug the iray at least an even by While the Quakers lusc une of th early games, it suould not be tuought from that that they are not going to win some of tneir big November struggles have material for a great te possess a coaching #aff large enough and etficient enough to whip it into a great team. Penn possibly is depending a little too much on gaining most of its ground between the tackles, but even 80 it has a_good e. Results of gam far in which Penn State and Syracuse have taken part Is sufficient to indicate the kinl of game It is likely to put up. Of course, any team after two or three hard games may ‘“break,” but such a break is not near so likely to becur with a blg team which pos- sesses second-string men pract cally 88 good as the first as it Is with an eleven where good reserve strength 1s lacking. No game offers a_better opportunity to show just what effect big games have on big teams than the contest this week at Fanover hetween Cor- mell and Dartmouth. The latter doubredly worked up to its hi pitch to heat Harvard. 18 to 0 : urday, and whether it wi'l he able to Btay at its best is a very debatable question Tlini Ready for Fray. Ilinols, planning to dedicate its new stadium, is awaiting the appear- ence at Urbana of Chicago's power- ful eleven with about the same fever- ish interest that Princeton awaits the visits of Harvard's legions. A Wash- ington man recently a visitor at Ur- bana brings the news that Illinois is confident of winning the conference championship and that it expects to beat Chicago, John Thomas or no John Thomas. As one Illinols coach put it, “We want John Thomas out there on November 3 and we'll whip Chicago with him just as we would without him." Towa has gnother great team, if Dress reports'and results of games are to be accepted at face value as criterions, and. inasmuch as Michi- £an seems to be represented by about s sterling an aggregation as has worn its uniform in many vears, the game at lowa City should be just as #ood an exhibition of modern foot ball as that at Urbana. o Probably a greater exhibition of a foot ball team rising to an occasion lias mever been given than that at the Yankee Stadium _at Iast week, when Penn State drove the ball almost the entire length of the field in the closing minutes of play for the touchdown which gave it a tle score with West Virginia. And it came near resulting in an even greater triumph, as it was only by the narrow margin of the point :nissed on the try for goal after that touchdown that Penn State missed victory. Especially brilllant was Penn State's effort when it is remem. bered that it was only a week afte it fought through a terrific game with the Navy. Georgetown's eleven seems to have difficulty getting started. The team a8 a whole appears to have sufficien power, as It has shown at variou times, but so far has not been able | to develop sufficiently consistent co- ordination to display it in a sustained way. The Blue and Gray appeara to have been able to galn ground in all ts contests, and In none of its games 1as an opposing team been able to accomplish so much against it. If, a little later, the eleven goes in its zames a8 it has given evidence that it can go, then some opponent of the Hilltoppers probably {s due for a rather rude surprise. George Washingtom was beaten by the Marines, and nothing else could have been expected. The Hatchetite eleven could hardly hope to hold up for a full game against what one Ma- rine player described to the writer as “the best material in the United States for a foot ball team.” In fact, it 1s remarkable and to thelr credit that the George Washington players were able to go through a scoreless | sirst period and through a first half | with “only one touchdown against them. Oatholic University made a good showing against Providence College in its journey to the Rhode Island capital. The Brooklanders had a touchdown scored against them in the frst period by a heavier team, but after that kept their goal line clear. Gallandet made a gallant come- back to win by one point against St. Joseph's, at Philadelphia. was on the ‘short end of a 6 to 0 score during the first three quarters, but came through in the last period with the touchdown and point which gave it a well deserves victory. b University of Maryland played bet- ter mechanical foot ball “against North Carolina than it has in any previous game. ~The greater pro- ticlency In carrying out thelr parts was shown by every player who par- ticipated. Also the team did not make any glaring blunders. One or two mistakes in the selection of plays may have cost another touch- down or two, but after all this is 2 second guess and there always is the question as to whether the second guess would have been better than | the first. Anyhow, it was a good ame, With two teams strong in the ssentials of foot ball battling to the last mipute of play. U. S. TO USE COLLEGIANS IN OLYMPIC SWIMMING NEW YORK, October 29.—To strengthen America's weakness in the 1,600-meter swimming competition in next year's Olympic games in Parls, the Intercollegiate Swimming Ass clation, at its annual fall meeting. took action to develop college swim mers for that event. It was pointed out that while the United States had ample talent for the 100-meter and 400-meter classes, the country must take prompt action to qualify for the 1,600-meter event. CUEISTS PLAY TONIGHT. Charls Bartelmes will oppose Lewis Walters in a District pocket billiard tournament match tonight at Grand Central at 7:30 o'clock un- | New York | TYRON STILL HEADS GRIDIRON SCORERS NEW YORK, October 20.—Tyron of | Colgate continued to lead the individual | point scorers in the east after the games last Saturday. He added one more touch- down to his list, bringing his total to twelve, and with seventy-two points to his credit heads Wilson of Penn State by seventeen points. Smythe of the Army. although he played but a short time against Le- banon Valley on Saturday, added five touchdowns to his string and jumped up to third place on the list, one point be- hind Wilson. Bowman of Syracuse, Hagel of Rut- gers, Darling f Boston College and | Glennon of Holy Cross are closely grouped for the next positions. Sundstrom of Cornell is still ahead of his competitors in adding the point after touchdown, having twenty to his credit. Garbisch of Army is next in this department with eighteen. ‘The leaders, with the number of touch- downs, points after touchdowns, field goals and total points, follow: { w Name—Team, T.D. P.T. F. | Tyron, Colgat 130 ilson. Poun Stats.. Smythe, Bowman, Byracus | Hazel, Rutgers... . Darling, Boston Col. Glennos, Holy Cros i Btevens, Yale. | Hamer,' Ponn....." i Riopel. Holy Cross. | Cornwell, Culgete Pfaan, Cornell.. Cornell. . L5 Syracuse. | Folcy, Syracuse. | Gillmore, Army Palm, Penn Stat Amos, W. and J Zimmerman, Syracuse Redinger, Colgate... Haws, Dartmouth i Payor, Brown.. G. T.P. 78 Storer, Garbisch, Army Koppisch, Columbia Shapley. ' Nay: Gustafson. 18 Chicknoski, bt Gebhart, La Grocr, Lohigh. - Ramsey. Cornell Patteraon, Corneil Johnston,” Penn Stats. Cloment, Williams. |37 220,000 PAY TO SEE SIX GRID CONTESTS NEW YORK, October 29.—Two out- | standing surprises marked the open- | Ing of the last half of the foot ball season Saturday—Dartmouth’s decl- stve defent of Harvard and Carnegle Tech's victory over Pittsburgh. Two | hundred and twenty thousand specta- | tors witnessed six eastern games, and he pigskin season was welcomed i wWith no lack of enthusiasm in other | parts of the country. Coach Jesse Hawley of Dartmouth was the hero of the Green's triumph over an eleven supposed to be far uperior. It was the Green's third victory over the Crimson in twelve games since 1903. FootBallFacts FIRST TIME NEAR OPPONENTS GOAL KICK— 1 18 15 15 011063000 (0100 €300 CIE 0 4 0 O O3 © BB I b LB B RO A VR O O B O B O T I D D 5 CHHO0000000000000000HE0000000Ke0NE0000ReoNOO00 wunooosscecssccoknBucnccononcuconconSauoronar | ON REMAINING OPPORTUNITIES PASS OR RUN._. It | What is the correct time to use the drop or placement kick? s (Copyright, 1923.) MAJOR C. D. DALY Head foot years. Also atant comch, Harvard four yeas. Five of his teams during this period unbeaten. Three timwcn All-American Quarterback. Founded American Foot Ball Association. An opportunity to score on a kick arises whenever the ball is held in- side the opponent’s 40-yard line, ‘The score may be effected by either a rush, pass, or scoring kick. The scoring kick—that is the drop or placement used when the opponents are ahead and more than three points are necessary to win. It is most effec- tive in the first part of the game, not so much for the points it yie ds as for its effect on paving the way for a scoring pass or run on some later occasion. This situation is reduced to rule of thumb as fol- lows: a.On the first or second time down to the opponent’s goal and stopped, kick or pass as may be decided before the game. b. On the remaining opportunities the at- tack being stopped, threaten the tick and run or pass. The adroit handling of scoring opportunities marks the expert field captain. (Copyright, 1928.) 1 18| THE EVENING ! SALE OPENS TOMORROW That those desiring to witness the annual foot ball clash between the Quantico Marines and the 3d Army| Corps at Clark Griffith Stadium De- cember 1 may have plenty of time iin which to procure choice seats for | the occasion, tickets for the game will be placed on sale tomorrow | morning at Spalding's store, 1338 | street. i With both teams doing so well I, carly season engagements, much in- {terest is being manifested in the ! forthcoming Marine-3d Corps battie {and an unusually heavy early sale of tickets Is anticipated TIP FOR FISHERMEN. HARPE! ~The Potomac and Shenandoah rivers both were clear this morning. [ | I '| How Foot Ball Is Played | BY SOL METZGER. 'HEY are entirely too complicated for the players of this game. Few know them as a result. Lhe (rules committee, or that part of it !which actually edits the rules, is greatly hampered by the fact there iare so many incidents occurring in Igames as to make it al but impos- | sible to simplify the code. Too ma; Rule 6, section 16 (b), second p: | when a player of the side in possessi which becomes incompleted behind h We have had more queries asking for an interpretation of this rule than any other one. The reason is clear. An incompleted forward pa- is penalized In the rules as a down. The ball comes back Lo where it wa put in play and Is again snapped down_being charged against this am. If such a play occurs on a fourth down the opponents get the ball at this spot. Thuse points are well known by players. Naturally, when the ruie covering an fincom- pleted pass behind the goal line is added and the penalty is put down as a safety, the average player thinks the rules conflict. What is meant by Rule 6, Section 16 (b), Is that the forward pass must fall on the ground or_be fumbled back of the goal-line. Vague wordings like, “it Is not a touchback if,"” should be cleared by explanation. Players do not have the time to dig out the answer to such indefinite statements from some other part of the code. The rules committee falls down when it leaves { mch paragraphs in the code. At best, they simply cloud the issue in place of clearing a somewhat com- plicated game. (Copyright, 1928.) V. M. I. BUILDS LINE OF BACKFIELD MEN LEXINGTON, Va., October 20.— { After having defeated two southern conference teams, Virginia and North Carolina State, on successive Satur- days, the V. M. I flying squadron expects to enjoy comparatively easy going until the North Carolina game in Richmond November 10. The cadets will make their last appearance on Alumni Field this sea- son, when they meet Emory and Henry next Saturday. The game should not be a particuiarly hard one. It 18 a pecullar fact that the V.: M. I team this season Is largely com- posed of ex-backfield men. Capt., {Carlton and@ Watkins, two of the kick—should never be|smoothest working ends in the sec- g tion, are former backs, as is Barbour, the '230-pound tackle. Denton, Bar- bour's runn ng mate, played both end and fullback before entering V. M. | and McCracken was moved from hal back to guard only last year. i Ferguson and Hammond, the latter a 190-pounder and onme of the most aggressive players on the squad, are the only regulars in the line who always have been numbered among the forwards. Of the first string reserves, Clements, Wilson, Pillow and Hope, only the last named has had previous experienck in line pla Conditions in the backfleld are al most reversed, as Quarterback Faulk- ner was formerly a pivot man, Cald- wel is now at half after having play- ed both quarter and end, and White has been shifted from haifback to fullback. Ryder and Attwell are the regular backs still playing in familiar positions. RS FERRY. W. Va., October | worded like the following give as much trouble as an; STAR, WASHINGTON, 2] {MARINE-3D CORPS TICKET | | | CROWLEY JH.B. ' | { | | | THE QUESTION. Are the rules governing the game of foot ball very complicated? ny rules are vague. Probably rules made pass | aragraph reads safety i on of the ball makes a forward is goal line.” {CENTRAL IS PICKED TO DOWN BUSINESS Elevens at Central and Business High are to make thefr 1923 debut In the annual high school foot bail champion- ship series tomorrow at 3:15 o'clock in Wilson Stadium. The Blue and White should defeat the 9th Streeters, who will_enter the fray considerably weak- | ened through the loss of Moser, Gillette and Deegan. Central's line is apt to show a greater power than it revealed against Balti- more City College and Alexandria High School. Coach Doc White has been froning out the rough spots in the| Blue and White defense, and the chances are t'»' Business will find it difficult to advance. ! An_overheau ui.ack, developed by the Blue and White mentors may be unleashed in tomorrow's fray. Ul ail | the high schools that Central en-| countered last year, Business was the toughest foe to conquer, the Blue and White winning, 7 to 0. Mike Gordon, !the fleet-footed halfback of Central, ! should bear watching. i Here's how the teams are expected to line up: Central—Bradford, left end; Robeson, left tackle, Warner, left guard; Gon- zales, center; Murphy, right guard; Cranford, right tackle; Loftus, right end; Harper, _quarterback; _Johnson, left halfback: Wire, right halfback, and Gordon, fullback. i Business—Graves, left end; Cum- | mings, left tackle; Nevaiser, left guard ! Calker, center; Nickol, right guard; | Greenwood; right tackle: Munson, right end; Watt, Guarterback: Libbey, left halfback; Koontz, right halfback, and Mudd._fullback i Pimlico Races, Baltimore October 30 to November 12 First Race, 1:45 P.M. issi I Tax, oo eaie”s O ST 11:%0 a.m. ¥ t trains Pa. B. 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Footaball degree come Chreesamas time—Z. R. 0. Footaball fan in craze lika da basa ball fan—pusha-shova-bracka your kead. Maka you theenk you bean is teapot dome. Lasta week hreenga vera strongn footaball teama—Geeorgatown play Army Cauxe, No. 3. Bayleeva me dees iv cause enough for wi y. Before Admiral Simp Admiral Fletch hava da fight to scrapppa da p dey game. Deesa rule xay Navy no can taka om Army for footaball game until Army showa da class. Gen. La Junio apeak uppa da xame way for marina boys of Quanta Ce., Va. Beega da four footahall lawyer maka da new rule—Otto Da Slowbona, Larry Da Hella, Harry Da Hick, Jodge Da Latt. Use nineta-yard red tape on contract pape. Da julce-n da cocamut run likn dees. Army Thirda Cause gotta win footaball game from Georgatown Universe or Taka-mickle School for Bossa Carp—either wan, but mevva two. Deesa cats-a-clause is all to da cats busha whisk. As superintenda Balloona geeva da Taka-nickle boys tick for Ballamore Navy play in | footaball game, Georgatown have to playan da game weeth Thirda Army Cause. Gen. Persh say its “O. K. for we gona geeva you K. 0" Secretary Use say It is besta footaball agreementa since he maka wam ‘weeth Musselinl. “deepa stuffa I talla da king wen I gat back home.” da han weeth Ed Oniom we slip through passa gate— Rave to pay for chesanatta. Da pressa box Is b atair maka you foel lika Da rough-a-ree blowa da whistle—Army mak toucha-me-down-befores at-up. Rubba da chesta on dn grass to breenga gooda luck. meegnal for bit an run from bulla pem. Army try hide da ball trick lika ba 1l boy. Georgntown boys watta da goat of Army—alia time u your sock—how are your sock.” Army have vera nice-n nock weeth atripa lHka barber pole. Mista Two-a-four maka mice-a play-run weeth quicka da feet in lefta me is macaronl da fruit or veget: Fredda Da Hask. 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(He special school Under a totally different name.) zed here in the dentistry Drifting south in the year 1919 He brought fame to dear old McCall. (The place, athletically :peaking, | Had never been heard of at all.) | From here he came north to Magenta | And entered the forestry school. What he learned about trees would cover bees knees, But he bucked through the line like a fool. And now with his hair growing spar.er Where multiplied headguards have been; A paunch growing bigger and bigger And leg. just a litile bit thin,; Still does he carry the pig kin, At the quarterback’s .trident behest, For twenty-five dollars a week on A professional team in the west. ,GRANGE STANDS OUT i IN BIG TEN CIRCLES CHICAGO, October 29.—The western conference foot ball race this week | reached the half way point with five | teams still undefeated and with cne | man attracting more attention and |concern than any other individual in | the big ten. f This player, who probably has done | | more single-handed to affect the con- {ference standing than any other, i Harold Grange, Illinois sophomor who flashed info the foot bail con- | siellation of stars with the Tlini's first game and has been gaining in brilllance ever sir | Grange, part of the time almost un- | aided, has piled up 54 of Illinols’ | total of 83 points for the season, or an average ol more than two uch- | downs a game for h cont led. His nine toucl owns consistent performance in eve game has rot only boosted the Illini{'s hopes for the championship, but has made 1llinuis one o1 the most feared and respected elevens in the con €ncy 1 ‘The Illinois-Chicago ga probably | will be the outstanding Big Ten con- | test of the week. Illinois is the vor- | ite. but Chicago has barely hit her stride. Michigan, also undefeated, Iowa at lowa City, and these teams, on the basis of their with Ohio State are so evenly m ed as to make the resuit a toss-up. While Towa is out of the conference race, her drubbing of the Buckoyes Saturday showed the Hawke. still well to the top of the list foreseen upsets have been known ive such a team the conference| onors. Notre Dame, which has won three | intersectional ' contests in as many | weeks, will meet Purdue in a non- | conference game in which the Boll-| ermakers are due for a strenuous time. Notre Dame is looked on as an | easy winner. In other non-conference !contests Indiana meets Hanover and | Ohio State plays Denison. P d his| ets two about youll {tains a team thoroughly equipped, a team la don | the I foo rvd of wa IS GREEN’S GREAT ASSET ve Than Its Simplicity Suggest~ —Has Scoring Punch—Likely to Test Dobie System Thoroughly at Ithaca. BY LAWRENCE PERRY. EW YORK, October 29.—Dartmouth has long been an eleven contained everything save that merger of force and deceptior ha One relates power always with t! ing finesse e forth from the pine-clad mow that has not only a forefu ten-yard lines, but a real scorin .. The Dartmouth eleven that defeated Harvard in the stadium at Can bridge on Saturday is one of that <ort. and al the chances are that a veek Cornell is going to be favored with the first rea test that the Dobie system has received since it as installed. Dartmouth's assets are real thic year. It has a real deception In lin attack that is more elusive than It simplicity would suggest to the =pe tator. It has a ght punch—th old Cavanaugh drive at center afte a slight delay—that is very well per formed and, Notre I excepted. th interference the writer has sec year, east or west swee the pack of interf t, fast and hard hittin Paxsing Game Strong. forward pass, usuaily Into f. . the receiver going out w interferer accompanying h illy worked. It comes fro Jle pass delay and is thrown run. i'unting is excellent and th nds cover th cks fincly. No faul 1d with the dropkick 1pt. Aschenba place kicker of The territe with is beau 4 thoroughly fine eleven, | and if the men have not bec n too much to te srnell is certainly | all department that foot ball critics have been lo ing for in the past two years. Haws Hall, Ke and Doo in the ba: «d combination and tk to the best Dartmout hort, line is up | standards, As [or Harvard, not since 1907 ha writer s a Crimson team & tils time of the ves this perfod a Cam- outfit has been seen tha ed not a few grievous phyeica ngs, but pever weak m \e eleven that met iay 1 bad but ackfield tlimbl, “rimson line ap: & boul ds for the runne Harvard's Defense F The standard stand over 1 of Harvard defense pro duc results whatever. On the con the linemen were ei remon.ously pushed ou - The secondary defens no less faulty. Attack that go past the line at important juncture slast ed out valuable yards in th :ither because of poor tack of faulty diagnosis o the secondary permitted it be toppled by the Interference mond is supposed to be & g but he was away off on Sat and his kicks were not we overed by the ends. In recefvin punts Harvard was literally shaky s were muffed, 50 uncertair the recelvers scem that eventu they signaled for fair catche no one gear tlem attack Harvard's hidden ball s were ghosts of what they used be Princeton’s play ity. up-and-look-it punter, urday with in the Navy ga: indicate that the Tigers a: & o w up toward “big ame” form. Harvard has a lot t do in the course of the next tw weeks if she expects to take the el in the Big Three series approximate 2 standard Harvard outfit. (Copyright. 1923.) nn !BELMONT A. C. BASKETERS AFTER 125-POUND QUINTS Balmont Athletic Ciub’s basket bail team is out to take the sea court performers in the s are being recei by nager Cook at Columbia 2984 between 6 and 7 o'clock. Candidates for the Princess bask ball team are urged to report f practice tomorrow night at 8 o'clocs Miss Totton, Main 12000, branch 1 is booking mames for Proncess. BREAKS AUTO RECORDS. WACO, Tex. October 29 Haughdahl broke two world recor for half-mile tracks at the Cotto) Palice automobile races vesterdas making the mile in seconds ar, the two mlles in 158, lowering own mark for the mile made at Erie Pa, by two seconds. and his recor: made at Lincoln. Neb., by 145 sec onds on the two miles —s something them Though some cigarettes are priced like Tareyton,—no other cigarette is made like Tareyton or liked like Tareyton. A Quanten Qgain TWENTY CIGARETTES yton