ON OTHER GRIDIRONS

Coach Gilmour Dobie of Cornell, aided by the recently installed electric light system, which he hopes will overcome the disadvantage of the short November afternoons, is making every effort to put his men in shape for the Dartmouth game next Saturday.

That Cornell has a strong team this season is shown by the fact that it has scored over 180 points to its opponents' 25.

Dobie's New System

At Cornell this year Dobie has inaugurated a new coaching system, or rather he has improved the old one.

Realizing that the system by which a large number of old stars returned to give their assistance to the team several days before an important game, was confusing to his men, he began his regime by declaring that he alone should direct the coaching of his men. He determined that henceforth his eleven should have consistent coaching directed toward pre-determined objects. It is obvious, he stated, that if the ends are coached after a certain method, the tackle play also must be developed along the same lines so that the team play of tackles and ends may dovetail, and not go awry due to conflicts in coaching. Although he has assistants of course, he is resolved to be the sole one responsible for the success or failure of his team.

That his system is a success is proved by the showing that the Cornell eleven has made this fall. If comparative scores can be taken as an indication, Cornell has as strong an eleven as the one that represented Yale against Colgate last Saturday, for they, too, beat the Hamiltonians, but by the score of 42 to 0.

Although the Rutgers game Saturday was the first one this season which made, the Ithacans extend themselves, Coach Dobie gave his men an extra long practice yesterday. The first thing on the program was a long talk, in which he told his squad that he was well pleased with the way in which they had mixed their running an aerial attack last Saturday. Then the eleven ran through dummy scrimmage which lasted in spite of the dark, with the aid of the new lighting system, until nearly 7 o'clock.

Real Star in Kaw

Although Dobie has been very successful in bringing the use of the forward pass up to a high state of perfection, he has not abandoned his running attack with Kaw and Mayer as the chief weapons of offense. Press reports from Ithaca would give one to believe that Dobie has unearthed a real star in this man Kaw, a lanky halfback who seems to fall at nothing.

Reports from Cornell scouts rate Dartmouth very highly, and Dobie with his usual caution declared that the dope favored the Green team to win. However, in view of Dobie's past predictions, this statement is a pretty certain indication of a Cornell victory. Dartmouth will give the Red and White their first real test, since Rutgers and Colgate, ordinarily among the leaders in intercollegiate football, have been represented by very mediocre teams this fall.