New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-16
ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD.
COLLEGE ELEvDNs COMPARED.
,vr,rw THAT HARVARD WILL DEFEAT YALE
AND THAT PRINCEroN's MIsFoHTuNbs
JURY CRIPPLE ITS TEAM BADLY.

RELIEF THAT HARVARD WILL DEFEAT YALE
AND THAT pMNcEroN's MIsFoRruNDs
WILL CRIPPLE ITS TEAM BADLY
Tn. first erest football game Of the season will take
,,.ca an saturday when Harvard meets Yale az
snr,nea.M The present indications point TO
victory for Harvard although football mas ts chances
and Iucks like baseball. But the pest iniornsioh
and the most conservative estimates 10 oe oo'a'heu
nom close observers of the two teams ndcsie tha'
Harvard will probably win by narrow score sup
uorer OF Princeton who has correctly forecasted The
result OF tho championship matches OF the lntercoF
ecste Football Association for the last four or nve
wears. dives the score Is to 10 or ~ TO 10 ior
Harvard. well known Harvard man. VINO mas aiso
made predictions that were verified every time t''
he has made them In the last three or -FOUR years
places the figures at 20 for Harvard as against for
Yale But the Princeton man, who Is conservative
and cautious gives some interesting reasons for up
ninpp Harvard as the winner He says that Harvard has
the best team that the crimson ever placed IN e
field but that Yale has presented team which cannot
he considered typical Yale football eleven, because
Is inferior the usual Yale combination Moreover'
he finds that the team is unable to play the ine
game because % many Of It's members are crippled
Harvey, the fullback, has a weak ankle tna' j.
liable to give way IL he sustans bad fall McCiung'
one Of the halfbacks suffered a bad injury to his
head which would incapacitate him II he should De
heavily thrown Barbour is only an ordinary quarter
back and cannot be counted on to do more than funi
the ordinary functions of his place. The rusilne Is
the centre and several OF the players are oe
their work. on account Of injuries received In P'"S
ing the whirlwind game
There is long list Of cnpples, and the puphc Is
always skeptical about Yale's crippled teams, pu1
the Princeton authority believes that he has goou
reasons for thinking that three rushers Will hos
be able to play their usual good game on account Vi
their condition. Captain Rhodes, ne says mas iSs','
leg that cannot stand severe straih' anu none
finger the best in the line, may not NC "oio "
play through the game. Hartwell, who mas piaSeu
end rush for several years, below his usual form'
because he has "outstayed himself" But the
analysis Of the methods of play OF ooth teams
NAV find more support from the footoaii
public than an enumeration Of "crppes'" aae
is expected TO buck the centre and rely on o MOT
rison TO make a touchdown. Harvard VIII lo'' w
B. Traford to kick goals from the field ana Iranoru
will do it If Harvard "tackles low" HsrVahu inc
not vet learned to "tacke low" but 1t is provern al
Princeton never to tackle Yale man low.
Harvard has been fortunate in tie last few weeks
in inducing P Trsfosd and Finlay to return to inc
r,sshlIne as guards. They are large ana powerful va"
men and ought to protect Cranst0n, tho centre rush
The team will probably. be composed Oh the iohowins
men Rushers left end, Cumnock, captain; eft tackle
Upton; left guard Finiay; centre, Cranston' nen'
guard, p Trafford; right tackle, Newell; right ehd,
Hallowel: quarterback, Dean left halfbacK' Lake
wight halfback Corbet fullback b. Trahou.
Yale may play as follows Rushers, left end CROSBY
left tackle Rhodes left ghard, s. Morrison centre'
IIolcomb right guard, Hefeinger; right tackle Was
right end Hartwell: quarterback Barbour rght nan
hack McClung or Williams; left halfback, l.. Bliss
fullback, Harvey. 80,
7, seems IN he a foregone conclusion that Yale Will
have comparatively easy victory over Princeton on
THANKSGIVING Day, because the Princeton team mas
suffered severely in losing valuable players, and In
having men injured so badly that it Is doubtful whether
thew will be In form when the day Tor the game ,
arrives But Yale may meet with misfortune III the
game with Harvard, and equalLe the condluons. AS
%as said here at the beginning OF the season. lale VIII
Princeton, because the Blue will have to play Two Two
great cham pionshp games within a few days OF each
other while Harvard ana prnce'3n hage eaf vS
men can g Law themselves OUT on SATURDAY, but the
Yale men must reserve some OF their forces for the
Princeton game u-... $500. Al. .,,-. a,s
GRACEFUL that has been played this season, and the ey
dance is strongly against the university men. Inc
umpire was incompetent and should never De per
mtfed TO appear football field again as an ocei
~ The zane When the Wesley University game
takes place. the Wesleyan men should insist on hsvrnt
the best umpire IN the association omciate INC
Princeton men were 80 badly used up that theii
team has been disorganized In consequences. hut y
the crippled men regain their form the Princeton team
NAV play as follows Rushers, left end Furness lea
tackle Lewis left guard, Riggs centre Jones ligh
guard, jefferson or Thomas right tackle. WOO o.
speer; right end Davis quarterback Poe; left half
back, King; right halfback, Spioer; flllbsck
Romans It is to be hoped that Captain Poe will b
able TO play, for he is the soul OF his team ana de
serves the credit for the uphill work winch he ma
There is a great demend for tickets for this game
and the indications are that there will be an Immense
crowd present.