Evening Star Newspaper, October 31, 1923, Page 30

SPORIS THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, e WEDI\ESDAY OCTOBER 31, 1923. SPORTS. | Haughton Seeks Foot Ball Play-Limit : California and Michigan Set Pace WOULD ELIMINATE TIME 1 FACTOR FROM GRIDIRON .Watcix System Held Responsible for Wide Variation of Plays in Period—Offers Eleven Which Is in Lead Opportunity to Loaf. BY LAWRENCE PERRY. EW YORK, October 31.—Had it not been for the objections of the Williams College coach, gridiron history might have been created in the Columbia-Williams game in this city on Saturday last. Percy Haughton, the Columbia coach, suggested that instead of playing the game by the watclr that each team be restricted to a specified number of plays in each quarter. Percy Wendell, thc Williams mentor, an‘old pupil of Haughton's, declined. Credit for the idea should go to another Harvard man, Harry A. Coffin of the class of '94 at Cambridge. Coffin’s suggestion was that a foot ball game, as at present, should consist of four periods, and that each quarter be limited to forty plays, and not as at present, of four periods each with fifteen minutes of playing time. Coffin held that under the present|say, between the ends, the number of eystem there is a wide variation of | plays plles up so that one's chart is plays to a perlod. Teams that have |exhausted, or nearly so, before the becn ahead in the score have been quarter ends. As a normal thing, charged with stalling in order to let [elevens should run off about fifty the game run on to its close, lessen- | plays in each period ing the opportunities of the oppo-| It seems extremely doubtful that nents to tie or win. the watch will be eliminated from Teams Can Slow Play foot ball while the present rules com- Any person who has a habit of | Mittee holds swy; charting important games knows how materially the number of plays varies In different contests, The writer As showing the value of a gifted | punter to a team, it may be said that | had either Taft of Wisconsin or Mar- | tineau of Minnesota risen to his best recalls one important game a few |form Saturday's game at Camp Ran- years ago in which only 173 plays |dall would not have ended in a tie. But were launched, avhereas an equally | both Kickers too frequently sent 10 important game the next week jor 15-yard punts high into the 248 plays. This varfation w. jair. Muddy conditions are ascribed to perfectly fair aud loglcal causes, 88 reasons for the poor showing of although it Is recognized that a team Wo stars. Yet, the writer has can easily depress the number of |Seen Eddie Mahon, Hobey Baker, Pat O'Deaand other great booters do | wonders on a muddy feld. Kipke of Michigan does not mind a heavy ball. Harvard was in trouble all day on Saturday in the Dartmouth game, plays by running them off slowly. But in a forward passing game, where the players straggle to their positions after each passing play. and | in a punting game where players | have to come down the fleld and take their new alignment, time passes that might otherwise have been employed in hooting plays. Charts of games played in rain or heavy going usually reveal fewer plays than when condi- tlons are hard and dry. Again, however, if the team is driv- ing a fast attack, launching play |never did 1ift .the ball deeply into | Dartmouth territory. The Green time after time after an exchange of kicks was enabled to put the ball in play at midfield or on her own 40-yard line, which is a grave handi- cap for an eleven. 1923.) TWO COLLEGE GRID TILTS HERE PROMISE THRILLS O foot ball fans Saturday, the Gallaudet-Camp Meade Tanks Corps match at Kendall Green and the Maryland-St. John's engagement at College Park composing the card. Prospects of a third clash to occur in Griffith Stadium vanished last night when the authorities of St. Joseplt’s College in Philadelphia informed George Washington that the tilt between these institutions could not be transferred from Quaker- town. ... In.addition to George Washington will perform on foreign fields. Georgetown goes to Boston for its an- nual hme'thh Boston College, while Catholic University will journey to Salem, Va,, to face Roanoke College. & The two engagements here promise , gam inst G - to be hard-fought affairs, for at Ken- e s s & Teck, 4na wil) dall Green the Tankers will be more than anxious to make an impressive showing in their first encounter with a college team, while Maryland and | St. John's are rivals of long standing | and the Annapolis eleven is bound to | make the College Park men fight for every yard, despite the generally rec- ognized superiority of the university grid combination. son. Catholic University, some of its players on the but, generally, its squad is good phys- icaily. ~George Washington is in splendid condition and quite likely to &ive a great account of Itself Satur- ay. . too, has sual list, ———— CHESAPEAKE AND POTOMAC TEL. CO. Engineeri Remembering the unlool for de- feat handed it by St. John's in 1921 when the colleges met last, Maryland this time is not underestimating the strength of the Annapolis eléven. The College Parkers are to be_groom- ed carefully for the fray. Reserve linemen are to get much attention, for, with the regular Maryland -guards on the hospital list, capable substi- tutes must be found to fill the shoes of Brewer and Luckey, should these athletes; who have been elevated to the varsity rush line, be forced out of actlon. Gallaudet is working hard in prep- aration for its match with the Camp Meade eleven. The soldiers are a husky lot and ought to force the Kendal Greeners to put everything they have into the game. The Tank team is one of the few which boasts of a line every man®of Wwhich from tackle to tackle weighs more than 200 pounds. Totals, . 505 500 502 Oommercial. 108 67 88 Sl -88 126 91 McKoaner 85117 97 Hoard, TWoe . . 11 96 108 3 Totals.. 503 474 511 Western Electric. Ager. 8 .1 Georgetown, Geopge Washington and Catholic University are not let- ting any grass grow under their feet. The Hilltoppers, although handica; ped by Injuries, are pointing for the Boston clash in decided manner. Un- fortunately, they will not be able to use Gene Golsen, who has been a de. pendable linesman. An X-ray exam ination vesterday revealed that Gol- sen sustained a leg fracture in the | chiefly because Hammond, its punter, | 1 NLY two games on college gridirons of this area are to be offered , two other District aggregations | be out for the remainder of the sea- | ST. JOHN’S INTENTLY l PREPARING FOR M. U. ANNAPOLIS, Md., October 31.—St. John's College foot ball squad is busily preparing for the game with the Uni- versity of Maryland at College® Park Saturday, intent upon jolting the Old Line team as it did in 1921, St. John's is perfecting some *new stuff” to spring on the Maryland eleven, apd, while it knows it is facing a her- culean task, is confident that it will make the Old Liners hustle, if nothing more. However, the Johnnies hope by {somo method or' other to spring a sur prise. While St. John's record has not been very fmpressive so far this season, the team has done well whén it is taken into consideration that at no time has it been able to put its full strength on the field. meets Maryland unless there are some casualties this week. Six regular players were unavailable for St. John's early games, due to inju- ries or scholastic snags, but most all of them played against Delaware last Sat- urday and all will be ready for the Maryland game. St. John's outplayed Delaware in_their scoreless affair iast Saturday. Delaware, too, is strong, having beaten Muhienberg, a really powerful eleven, 6 to 0, a couple of weeks ago. St. John's will match Maryland in welght and has several fast and clever backe. Cain, a halfback, is the main- stay of the team. He is big and strong and is a_“triple-threater.” Darley at quarter also is a good general and runs cleverly with the ball, ‘m. R. Singleton. Flotcher.. 92 86 85 Co'burn... 89 94 85 Berlinsky, 90 93 9 89 Benrer. 105 95 10; 15 15 15 Totals . 480 472 469 Mount Pleasant. 110 131 117 ‘Wash Cont. Toals . King Solomon. Ferber.. . 108 87 Burroughs 87 Artine 87 89 81 111 Fultz. . Dudley... 101 115 94 34 34 34 Handicap. Totals_. 506 538 497 Naval 98 94 86 96 94 137 117 87 97 122 107 93 28 83 Totals.. 482 508 510 Simms. .. Weist Stookstt. Hough Seott. . Jacoveon. Siobert. ., 95 87 100 L0 88 1m0 124 84 110 96 13 13 13 7 510 531 JIERMINAL B. T Spalding. 88 79 108 axtin.. 97 8999 Totals.. 532 514 481 R. Y. M C. A JCvress. McPurdy. 58 ™ 98 §7 88 91 110 Totals.. 412 480 461 Park Savings Bamk D. Houser 94 101 84 | Jos.H'b'ger 86 -89 80 R. Houser 93 95 81 Stuntz ... 92 97 Jus H'bger 86 { Herndon.. ... Totals. 451 470 427 Totals.. INDEPENDENT. Perpetual. Roy...... 83 97 Owen.... 3T 83 & W, Aiken. 84 87 & E. Aiken 105 91 8 Baltz.... 9101 §7 58 368 450 Wk . e HERY | Ballinger 105 121 Totals. NATIONAL tionals. a0 iR e 11 b3 m.“' 94 94 101 104 106 100 102 95 95 . 520 03 831 Lo oAl ad 00 101 83 82 Totals.. 463 461 573 0. F. Baker Jeffrie I 93 82 11 100 102 111 . 364 452 501 BUREAU OF dustrials, Industriale, Totals.. 478 476 478 Totals.. 461 527 462 ODD FELLOWS. Mt. Pleasant. C.H@roff, 85 9i Anderson.” 105100 113 Werner.., 6 97 8 Hornig.. 88 104 111 C.F.Groff, 131 85 97 438 46 426 Totals.. 508 477 453 DISTRICT. Rathskeller. 141 117 118 102 94 101 142 113 111 109 98 105 . 109 107 115 Central. %5 78 81 t e 8l 81 78 Reiff.. 94 109 108 MoNickle, 105 105 113 MoGelo'ck 97 89 115 It will be at its best when it | DOWN THE ALLEYS ment Sunday. One of the best S ington barracks. Although the Apa they have shown a rugged combinatis st recent feat was a fore the Apaches. The Apaches will strivo to ‘iron out their rough spots in practice sessions to be held Thursday, Friday and Sat- urday. Southerns came to_ the lime. light when they deadlocked with the | Interior Department _eleven ~ that howed the way to the Mohawks. Knickerbockers ve clated a strong eleven in the vy Yard: Marines, |Sunday at 3 o'clock, on the fleld at |37th and R strects. * Since, thelr do- |feat by the Apaches, the Knicker- bockers have been workjng hard to remedy thelr defects. | Mohawks e scheduled to en- | counter the Virginia Athletic Club, | but the latter eleven postponed the | fray. The manager of the Indians is { making_arrangements to have the | Reira Mercedes team here Sunday. | When these teams met last, Mercedes | won by three points | An attractive game Is anticipated | |in the Interior Department-Fort | Humphreys clash Sunday on the field |at Alaska and Georgia avenues. In- terior has a number of college stars | | 3 Wash. Canos Club, ineran.. 8 Hewmer.. 88 91 Marti 1 Miltn . Compton.. Schmid. A. King. Hendicap. Totals.. 501 554 491 Totals.. ! NAVY DEPARTMENT. Secrotary's Offics. Suppl | Everly. . &5 88 78 Ball Piozet. 89 83 85 Frum'man 105 85 117 Chaimson. 84 B8 94 Raymond... 86 103 85 Totals.. 449 442 467 Totals.. ATHLETIC CLUB. Dominican Lyceum Stanley, Riston. .. 111105 69 Wilson k23 Anderson. 83 §7 89 Murdock.. 86 100 106 | Hemake ~ 115 87 87 | Calla 8 82 83 Totals.. 486 401 454 Totals.. 462 413 SHIPPING BOARD. Books. Reconciliation. 98 112 95 El .. 92 108 o4 81 82 §; 95 86 85 85 A5 7 97 133 L3 513 456 General Umali ... 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Roll front, with a Longwood (MEDIUM) tab that locks it Brucewood (LOWER) SOUTHERN-APACHE GAME SHOULD BE WELL BATTLED ANDLOT gridiron followers are to be treated to much entertain- the Southern-Apache fray, to be played at 3:30 o'clock at Wash- ictory over.the Knickerbockers. Rosebuds, Mount Rainier, Emblems, Corinthians and the Alexandria Eagles have fallen be- { southeast. | Winton g ! for a game Sunda {being recelved by i o'clock. games of the season is expected in ches are not in the unlimited class on against several big teams. Their Who are making the_ sandlotters sit up.and take notice. Fort Humphreys stock was considerably boosted when 1t Lok the measure of the Arlington Emblem Reserves are to oppose the Clovers Sunday afternoon on. the Mount Rainier fleld. Emblems will hold practice tomorrow at 4:30 o'clock in preparation for the fray. Georgotows Athletic Club - will strive to take the scalp of the Vir- glnia Athletic Club Sunday at 3:30 o'clock at Alexandria. Georgetown has yet to'bo defeated and will bend every effort for a victory Sunday. After troumcing the Park View Juniors, the Handley Juniors are on the lookout for games with strong elevens, according to Manager G. Mc- Aleer, Columbia 9730-J. _Park Athletic Club plans to prac- tice tonight in preparation for the Yosemites Sunda the Navajos are to ba: Sunday at 5th and L _street Circles held the Lexing- ton gridironers to a 6to-6 tie last week. A challenge has been issued by the Athletic Club for & game unday to be played on the grounds t 17th and D streets southeast, Call Lincoln 5304, between 5 and 6 o'clock. The Wintons average 115 to 120 pounds. Seat Pleanant is combing the city with any team in Challenges are Manager Schilke, 5 ‘and 6 the 140-pound class. Lincoln 3478-W, between TIP FOR FISHERMEN. HARPERS FERRY, W. Va., October 31.—The FPotomac and Shénandoah | rivers both were clear this morning. | The Hecht Co. Seventh at F SHOE ON OTHER FOOT IN DARTMOUTH GAME NEW YORK, October 21.—A' Dart- mouth foot ball eleven will act a new part on Saturday afternoon when the green-clad warriors, who soundly trounced Harvard last week, engage the big red team from Cornell. The game is to dedicate the new memorial stadium at Hanover, N. H.. | and Dartmouth, after an unusually wide experience in dedicating stadia, finds itself for the frst time as the defending college. The Green's first venture In stadla dedication came in 1903, when it sent a mighty eleven to Cambridge to play opposite Harvard the opening game at the Harvard Stadium. The Dart- mouth eleven came away with smil- ing faces for the Cambridge horse- shoe was officially iaunched with an 11-to-0 Dartmouth victory. Dartmouth served in the same ca- pacity when the Palmer Memorial Stadium was dedicated at Princeton. Just before the war Dartmouth was called to Haverhill, Mass. where it| defeated Georgetown in the dedica- tory game at Haverhill's municipal stadium. In 1920 Dartmouth defeated Uni- versity of Washington in a game which dedicated the University of Washington Stadium. Whether Dartmouth will be so suc- cesstul in dedicating its own stadium | remains to be seen. { —_— | A. A. U. JUNIOR POLO MEET| AWARDED TO STANFORD| NEW YORK, October 31.—Leland | Stanford University has been award- | ed the National A, A. U,, junior water | polo champlonship for 1923, by John | T. Taylor. chairman of the Amateur Athletic Unjon swimming committee, The contest will be held in the Stan- ford pool, Pulo Alto, Calif,, the latter part of next month. Eight Pacific coast water polo téams have already signified their intentions of competing. | —— | SETTER WINS TRIALS. MADISON, Ind, October 31.-—The setter dog Eugene Dick's Ghost, | owned by . Simmons, the well | known trapshooter of St. Paul, won| the derby of the southern Ohio field | trials for bird dogs under two years old, which was decided here. e cut makes the double breasted Society Brand Clothes are knownabove all for their cut; particularly for the cut of their double breasted models. You’ll see many double breasted suits this fall, but none with the smart air of the Yorkshire and Copely—the one semi-fitted, the other loose and easy. A great variety at $5§ qnd $6C v cx.:\:\';\'.\:\tx.‘_\:\:\"\:\’.\:\”,\:\:\z\':\.’m\: T ONLY BIG COMBINATIONS NOT TO BE SCORED UPON Each Has Made Over 90 Points—Dartmouth’s Black Mark Is Safety—Several Unbeaten Elevens Have Had Geals Crossed. BY WALTER CAMP. EW YORK, October 31.—Of all the big foot ball teams that perfect records for the season as November rolls around, C: fornia and Michigan have the best claims to perfection. are many teams that have not been beaten. But California and M gan are the only ones of the big timers who have not even been score upon. California has rolled up just ninety-nine points, to a comt score of her opponents of nothing. Michigan has made ninety-s her rivals’ zero. J Notre Dame, that brilliant midwestern aggregation of Knute Rockne’s has won every game, and has rolled up 161 points. But two opponents have scored on her—Princeton and Georgia Tech—ifor a total of nine points. FIVE V. M. I. STARS ~ ON HOSPITAL LIST| LEXINGTON, Va., October 21—Al- though V. M.' I. came out of the North Carolina State game with t big end of the score, the battle with the Wolfpack resulted in the swell- | ing of the hospital list to alarming | proportions. Besides ~Ferguson and Denton, neither of whom was able to play Saturday, White is now on the side- lines for an indefinite stay on ac count of injuries that forced him out of the State game at the beginning of the second half. Ryder and Ham- mond are bothered by old_injuries. It is probable that all of V. M. L's zulars will be in_condition to face North Carolina in Richmond Novem- ber 10, but perhaps half a dozen new faces wiil_be seen on the varsity when the Flying Squadron entertains | Emory and Henry on Alumni Field Saturday. This game will be called early and played in ten-minute quar- | ters in order that both teams may attend the Virginia-Washington and Lee affair. Dartmouth has been scored upon only once, and that by the bare mar- gin of a safety. Her record stands 86 points to 2. Chicago has b scored upon once and her standing i 77 to 6. Cornell has pled up 157 points, but three of her opponents made 18 points. Yale has been scored upon by « one team, but that one, Bucknel), made 14 points by means of forward passes, and the Bulldog's record is 143 points to 14, Illinois, unbeaten, upon by three has been scored teams and her standing” is 83 to 20. Minnesota has not been beaten, but has tle game, and her score stands at &0 to 29. Penn State, In the same fix. has a record of 128 to '3 is true of Rutgers, who has & record of 84 to 9 Syracuse has not been b. has been scored against o Her record is 164 to 3. W and Jefferson, unbeaten, scored upon, has a recor: West Virginia have be. and scored upon by f standing being 136 to | scored upon and tied has a record of 50 to 3. (Copyright, 192 but of 48 1o 14 n tied once r teams, h . Wisconsl y Minnes ) e S » o &