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r- GOOD INTENTIONS ARE APT TO GET QUITE JUJSTY UNLESS THEY ARE KEPT IN CONSTANT USE --- - ' '" . -. -, - i 7 - - - , ..-.'.-.- a V THE TIMES' COMPLETE SPORTING PAGE If timi t r 't? f Qwkws ttx ttmi miorm txie Stride AfiMt Pitt Afctti Fordham's Plays kj irmfirrYiriir-T CHARLIE COX WILL TELL MENTOR WHAT FORDHAM SHOWEDAGAINSTFOEMEN How Bo They Do It? PENN PUTS UP STERLING J GAME BUT LOSES TOUGH BATTLE TO PITT ELEVEN (CmuTteht. MIT. by lataraatienal News Earrtos.) y t I , " TO ttVe P GltT Wt ' iw S OUU. 1 TA; -ffn A VuIA. S f rC5l 15 KUtF k By. LOUIS A. ROUGHER. Tomorrow Graduate Manager Charles R. Cox, of George town, will confer with Coach Carlisle Indian star end, concerning what Fordham showed ; him yesterday in its battle againstFoster Sanford's wingers' team at New York. Cox watched the Maroon' in action against Eutgers and is expected to have gained some knowl edge of Fordham's formations and strength. Beginning tomorrow Exie will teach his players just what they should do to bring victory against the ancient enemy Fordham. Judging by" what-was seen" at the hilltop yesterday, when Georgetown defeated Virginia Polytechnic, 28 to 0, the HUltoppers should be in good condition for the hardest kincTof football. The, entire squad came through uninjured, and so 'Coach Exendine will have them all out for work tomorrow. ' , That Georgetown will depend large-! " " w - .v. h.ni r. .!n.t Fcrdhaitf goes without laying. Against V. P. L. the Blue and Gray showed absolutely nothing ot 1U run ning game orvven ot 1U forward paailng ganie. Gllmour Doble. the Navy coach, wai laid to her In the stand- watching th home boys at work, and neither Exendine nor O'Reilly was willing to hare him benefit any from his visit. That Georgetown was not forced much to- win by four touchdowns Is shown" br the fact that the Black. burst contingent Tiad nothing what- erer in the wax of offensive football. Its defense was good, especially Ihbt game shown by Crisp, the one-armed tackle, but whenever Virginia had the .ball It was helpless. With Georgetown holding back, the game really became rather Interesting. xTeQaade SlUes Hast. Johnny McQuade, who scored ahree f tls team's touchdowns, was the real ehtnlng ,tar of the Hilltop eleven. HU" great work in running practleaUy the length of the field In two plays for the final touchdown was worthy of the applause glven"hlm. Virginia kicked oil on that play to McQuade. who caught the leather on his own 12-yard line. He was off like a jack- rabbit, heading for left end. finding hU way blocked at toe 30-yard llae. lie swung to the right and wa .not thrown until he had re ached UtJercetowa's 45-vaxd line. Quickly putting the ball into play. Maloney handedthe ball to McQuade. . Dudack had a wide hole open and ' through it ahe .romped, swerving a bit toward the center and then heading away from the Virginians In the back field. He tore down the left side of the field and was narer touched un til he had put the ball behind the goal line for a touchdown, the fourth of ine aay ror tne Slue and Gray. Gllroy Runs Far. ut course Johnny Gllroy had to contribute several long runs. That's one of the best things he does. In the very first period he hiked, down the flald for sixty yards and several times thereafter he raced away from all opponents for from twenty to thirty yards. Little can be said about George town's defense, for the Virginians showed such a week offensive that It did not require much to -stop It In its tracks. However. Ahern and Dudack were prorclnent'ln stopping the rushes of the visitors. Time and again Du dack was- seen hurling back the man with the ball before he reached the end,of his line. For V. P. L little Eddie Roden. who turned In a,flne gallop around Tommy Whelan In the fourth period for a gain of thirty yards, stood out prom inently in what offensive his team boasted. The other backs had no In terference and no plays of any worth and cannot be blamed for their fail ure to gain. t Crisp, the one-armed right tackle: McNeil, at left guard, and Curry, at In spite of the high cost of .materials and labor, we are able to offer you high-grade t-ALU uuus at tne very moaest price of $22.50 (ft fit i&l 1. .. ssVleLsVSaK3'V- vV-'. VU AaaHsBiBnLr ' ts u BsssssTr r GB0m aj. jL JOS. A. WILNER & CO. Custom Tailors. Cor. 8th nd G Ste. II Ouray Bldg. .Albert A. Exendine, the old center, aupiayea. gooa ww "v s iwapwhaiwlw nAn overwhelming odds. They were vul nerable, of course, but they can't be blaxnedjfor that. Large Tknns.Om .Bui' .An unusually large, crowd was on hand to see the contest. .On the Vir ginia side about fifty student -officers from Fort Myer, all "belonging to V-F. I. and 'V. M. I. sat and cheered for the boys in the maroon and white. Their yells kept the T!g Georgetown contingent replying. ' Georgetown kicked off and all some fiddling around Virginia punted to mldfleld. Gllroy took the ball and hiked around right end for a touch down, covering the fifty yards with never a falter. Dudack's goal from touchdown made the score 7 to 0. Following the next kick-off the teams sallied hack and forth until finally Georgetown got the ball on Virginia's 40-yard line. Straight dives Into the line .allowed McQuade to pound his way across-the line for the second touchdown, Dudack bringing the totals to 14 to 0. TJrepkleks Are Fallares. The second period opened with Vir ginia twice trying field goals and falling each-time. Georgetown then sought to make some forward passes go, but they were either Intercepted or grounded, and the helf ended with no change in the score.. "Georgetown, beran roughly. In the third perIodvand soon had the ball In the shadow of Virginia's goal, but there the 'visitors held for downs, punting taemselres after falling to gain through the HUltoppers llneC For the remainder ot the period both teams struggled up and down, neither being able to do much with the other. "V. P. I. looked better In that third period than at any other time in the contest, tl was largely because of his valorous efforts in that period the Crisp was worn out and compelled to leave the line-up in the fourth period. He bad done his best. v, MeQaade Scores Again. It was Georgetown's ball on Vir ginia's 45-yard line when the last period opened. A fumble allowed Virginia to capture the leather, but the Maroon and White could not gain. and had to kick. On the second play Gllroy hurled a forward pass to Tommy Whelan, who klksd down the field forty-five yards for a .touch down, Dudack kicking the goal and making the score 21 to 0. Then came Johnny McQuade's great running. Taking the klckoff on his 12-yard line he was not thrown until he had brought the leather Jo his own 45-yard line. Again he was off, rip ping and tearing his way outside of Dudack and ihaklnr off three would he tacklers until he was In open coun try. Alter that theer was no stop ping him. He ran fifty-five yards for a touchdown. Gllroy adding the ex tra point with a goal from touch down. THE SHEARS ARE MIGHTIER THAN THE PEN w RITING flowery a d v ertisements is entirely out of oar line. But we do know a lot of people who write mighty good ads. Tailoring IS our business. We have made it a study. For our advertising efforts we must apologize. But, there will be no apology for our tailoring. It won't be necessary it speaks for it self. A pair of shears and 'a needle are the only instru ments we know much about what we, know about them makes up for our lack of knowledge elsewhere. Only All-wool fabrics, fast dyed cloth goes into a suit or overcoat produced by us. 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It has paved the way for more vic tories and broken up more games than any other play in modern at tack. If one lias followed such games as the Yale-Harvard and Army-Navy af fairs be will recall the fact that each team, once it gains possession of the ball in Its own end of the field, al most immediately punts it to the other. While this may be monoto nous it has proven to be good gener alship. I followed closely the development ot the Harvard machine under Haughtoa in 1910, 1911, and 1912. In the first two years the Yale game was a scoreless tie. In each of these contests Harvard was continually punting, and with Sam Felton doing RACING Laurel Park October Meeting 1st to 31st Inc. FIRST RACE, 2 P. M. SEVEN RACES DAILY Admission, $1.50 Ladies, $1; Boxes, $3 Two Special B. & O. race trains leave Union Station at 12:40 and 1:15 P. M. Regular B. & O. at 12:01 and '2 P. M., trains stop at course. T this work there was nothing left to be desired. Haug-hton, the Harvard coach, who knocked ttte autocracy out of Cam bridge football and put it on a demo cratic basis, was slowly studying the problem of attack In the modern game, Kew conditions ere met that were difficult of solution. The old days when the ball was pounded the lencth of the field for a touchdown hau been automatically eradicated by the forward pass, and seven men on the line of scrlmmsce. The new game, the game we play today, put a premium on stamina, speed, and skill. It took Haughton some years to de velop his attack. A Matter t HUtery. In the meantime Haughton seized upon the glcklng game as the Imme dlate solution, and how well he plan ned Is a matter of history In 1010 and 1911 Harvard punted frequently against Yale, but the break did not come In 1012, at New Haven. Yale fumbled one of I"el ton's punts and the long walted-for oppor tunity had arisen. Touchdowns 'and drop-kicks told the story of the 20-O victory The next season Haughton had not yet mastered the running attack, but the punting game and the drop-kick gave Harvard another victory. By 1014 Brlckley's team and by all odds the strongest eleven Haughton de veloped had a running attack of power which swept aside the feeble resistance of the Ells Haughton's coaching career Is most Interesting In that it clearly proves the kicking game to be a strong method of attack. It as the base of his whole system, as It Is the base ot all attack when two teams of some thing like equal strength meet to day. Therefore. It Is well to con sider the kicking game and to analyze the principles governing it. Football history Is crammed full of examples of the right and wrong way to kick. ranters Bern, !ot Made. A punter Is born, not made The candidate finally selected to take care of this Important part of the game, which Is both an offensive and defen sive measure, must have the leg power to drive the ball. Lacking that no end of coaching will make a punter out of him. Pos sessing that, coaching will teach him how to get off his punts rapidly thus avoiding their being blocked as well as how to place the ball and whether to kick It high or low. The high spiral punt Is the desld eratum aa It gives the kicking team time to get down under It, Is hard to handle and has a certain depressing effect on the mind of the backs se lected to catch It. The latter Is especially so when kicked with a high wind. People smile when they read about big teams practicing in their oppo nents' stadiums before big games In order to study the air current!. They are but preparing for the handling of high, punts should a high wind be blowing in the ramr. These high winds play odd tricks with a football when they are kicked above the top of the encircling stands. The Inahlllty to handle such punts on Its own field In 1012 paved the way for Harvard's four straight victories over Yale. Moat Use Law Ball. There are other times when the mas ter of the spiral punt must use a low ball. He must drlie it far up the field or to one side when kicking from near his own goal line. Otherwise the kick may fall short, give the opponents a chance to make a fair catch and kick a placement goal or put them In a favor able position to strike for a touchdown. A.wonderful punt under such conditions ga Cornell Jts greatest football eleven, that of 1915. Early In Its Harvard game that )ear Cornell lost Its star back. Barrett, through Injur It had wrestled a touch down from the Crimson by straight foot bslfwhen Barrett a in the game and In the third quarter was leading 7-0, but Harvard was rorcing uie game with all Its might. Without Barrett it began to look as though Mahan and his team mates would win out. Cornell had the ball on its own 12 yard line. Here Is what Al Sharpe. the Cornell coach, had to say about the play which turned the day: "If I had not seen the kick and had not the chart before me I should hesi tate to believe the facts I am about to relate The ball was on Cornell's 12 ard line and Shrlverick stood about two yards from his goal line as the ball was put In play. The wind was blow ing down the stadium against the kicker and Mahan and Wilcox, the Harvard backs, stood near the Cornell tO-yard line. The Turnlns; Point. "To me It seemed to spell the turn ing point of the game for it looked as If things f'C commencing to break against us. a penalty having been the cause of our being so near our goal line. I could picture Mahan catching the punt and worming his way well into our territory and then they would have us. "Shlverlck klckid the ball out through a mass f outstretched Har vard arms, a low spiral that had the 'follow through' on It. Mahan and Wflcox, to their amazement as well as that of the crowd, saw it go sail ing by over their heads. Knowing a home run when they saw one they Immediately started to chase It "No one touched the ball and It rolled out-of-bounds on Harvard's. 14-yard I line, making a total gain irom, wnere. ine oau was put in play of seventy-four yards. From where Shlverlck runted the distance was something over eighty yards. Any person who saw that kick will agree with me that It was the ban ner performance of the ISIS football season. ShlvcrtcJx. was elected cap- tain of this year's Cornell team but Is now a lieutenant In the O. R. C" Aw Kvem Leaser Kick, Mike Bennett, playing for Pennsyl vania against Cornell In that memor able 1902 game which Penn won 12-11, got off an even longer kick. Then the field was 110 yards long. On a quick kick from his goal line Bennett got the ball over the Cornell quarter back'a head. Brewster touched It. and put It onslde, and I recovered It Just 100 yards from where Bennett had kicked It Unfortunately, I was offside, and the ball was brought back. One of the oddest punt plays hap pened In the Colgate-West Point game when Ellery Huntington, now a cap tain In the field artillery, was captain of the Colgate "team. Here Is what he says of It: "We were playing the Army, and Had them 0-0. We wanted to stay on the defensive and save.our stuff for Syracuse, and we were having no trouble keeping the -Army back or our 40-yard llrfe. With fifty seconds to play and the ball In our possession on our .10 and with three to go on the fourth down, I called for a punt Substitutes Casae In. "Just then i substitute team, with the exception of AbelL who was doing our kicking, was sent In He got off a fine high punt to Prltchard. Prltchard. always a good dodger, circled our right end and ran through our team for a touchdown. They kicked the goal and beat us 7-6. "That game has always remained a nightmare to all of us The hopeless, helpless feeling of seeing the game snatched away alter you thought It 'sewed up' and Just as the whistle was to blow. Is not soon forgotten." AH of which goes to show that anything may happen In the punting game It Is for this reason thst the kicking department of a team Is by all odds the most Important A coach cannot spend too much time In drill lng his men in a play which may turn the battle one way or the other at any time In the game (Copjrrltbt. HIT. br Sol Mttxxtr.) 'CORNELL COMES THROUGH. ITHACA, N Y Oct 2S. Cornell came through In fine shape against Bucknell, winning by a score of 20 to 0. and now Coach Al Sharpe believes there Is hope for the larger games to be played The Ithacans had power In their attack and plowed through the Pennsylvanlans' line at will. 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Howard Berry, welt loved by all, ot Penn followers, was the wholeworks tor the Red and Blue. His work, stood out prominently at all stages ot.the game, and .he showed a worldd,- of speed and stamina In staring off Penn as long as he did. The bulk of, thef credit ror rjnn's defeat goes to HcEaren. Warner's arreat protege, who- was a tower. of strength throughout, the afternoon's liattllnff- P!ttM flnfafcftri teasafwon. end won because !twa more- power ful and alert than that or, -enn, ana won because lnthe ultimate test It was there with the puileh. Usable T' Serve. purlng the first halt, both teams wera unable to score, rue mirea field was -alive with scrambling War riors. Neither team fcould gain the advantage, although both'- 'elevens fought for vttrr Inch of s ground over spectacular route. The resourcefulness of both teams fas tried to the Jtmoit sad neither waa able to gain the .upper hand, -le-splte the bitter crap w-if.-h was ap parent from the top of the stands. The Quaker of fens wokt up con siderably afer Bsrt Tlill went into the" game, and the sdc'isd story ti the game Is told Ja the second half. Bell Gets la Gasee. Bert Bell, anncuned as enable to play, went in at quarter tor Venn as the second period' begen. Bucks by Berrr and Light, a forward pass Berry to Wray and a tenyard plunge through center by Berry gave Penn three first downs McLaren Intercepted ;a Penn1 pass on. his 28-yard line. Line plays 'and an offside penalty gave Pitt two first downs. Plttipunted. Penn made first down on a Pitt penalty and then lost .the ball on downs , Penn intercepted a pass and lost the ball after falling on her own passes. End runs, line plays,, and forward passes pushed Pitt forward for two first downs. Further passes failed and Pitt punted. Pen neaslly made one first down, but was stopped be fore the second snd punted. Pitt came through for first down In the first three plays as the the period ended. HcLsrb Is Aided. Starting on his 30-yard mark where he was 4owned after receiving Berry's klckoff at the beginning of the sec ond half. McLaren, aided now and then by Easterday, hammered Penn'a' line for successive short gains, which In three first downs took the ball to Penn's 31-yard line. Fro'm here Mc- Carter passed to Carlston, who crossed the line. Sles kicked goal. Rosenau was hurt and Qulgley re placed him. After JPenn failed to make first down Berry's punt was blocked by Carlson, Pitt, recovering on Penn's 20-yard mark. McLaren rushed through another Touch-down on the next play and Sles kicked goal. The remainder-of the period Berry was Penn's only consistent gainer. He registered tw o first downs before kick- lng. The period closed with Penn holding the ball on her own 25-yard line. Goughler replaced McCarter at halC for Pitt Just'before the whistle blew. Score end thrld period, Pitt, 14; Penn, 0 Tried Field GoaL McLaren crashed through for two first downs In three plays. 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CENTRAL ELEVEN PILES UP TOTAL' ONSCHOOLTEMrlSi In adding forty-two points to Itt al ready fat total yesterday. Central. High School has compiled, a record string of points this year, second to none In scholastic circles- The Cen tral lads topped off the weeks per formance yesterday by handing' the Georgetown Preps a 42-to-0 defeat. Last Tuesday they defeated Eastern 48 to 0 and have made mors In the week, than any Central teams In the upaat three years. Despite the ab sence of regulars Central went through yesterdajrs game In whirl wind style. . The. record of Coach Metxler's team to date follows: Central. 61; Baltimore City, O. Central,22: Episcopal, 3- .Central. 48; Eastern, 0. Central, 42; Georgetown Preps. 0. Central' has totaletd 179 points to 10 for opponents. No other team In the city In scholastic circles can equal this raarkl In defeating the Preps Central proved Its right to be consld ered as, the best scholastic aggrega tlon In the lOstrlct. St, Albans handedCharlotte Hall a 32 to 8-defeat cp Satteflea field yes terday. The St Albans youngsters struct, their stride-early In the game and -kept the visitors on the movtci throughout, showing1 a deal'of 1m--provement on their last performance FOOTBALL SCORES. Georgetown. 28; Virginia Polys, 0. Princeton-7: Camp DIx, 0. Pittsburgh, 14; Penn, 6. Dartmouth. 21; New Hampshire, 6. Brown, 7: Colgate, S. Mecklenburg 0; Lafayette, 0. Oberlln. 13; Case, 0. Carnegie Teck, 0: Allegheny, 0. Michigan, 20; Nebraska, 0. Ohio, 67; Denlson. 0. Rutgers, 28; Fordham. 0. Lebanon Valley, 7; Lehigh, 3. Swarthmore. 46; Franklin and Mar shall, 0. Princeton Freshmen, 12; Exeter, 0. Springfield. 28: Worcester Tech, 0 Brown. 7: Colgate, 0. W. and J., 33; Genet a. 0. Navy, 80; Haverford. 0. Army, 21: VIHahova. 7. Carnell. 20: Buehnell. 0. Such beautiful overcoat ings and suitings were never shown iiuWaThing- I ion oeiore. -u pure wool suiting? and warm over coatings. I don't ask you to buy." 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