The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-11-08
rsox A YALr POINT. OF VIEW
Thinks che Championship 10 All Over Er-
cept the Shouting.

cept the ShouurG.
NEW HAVEN, Nov 7.-Yale men think that
their team have tho football championship
for 1892 within their grasp. inc result ot
Saturdays scores, showing Yale q winner ps
~ points to o against Wesleyan. ana cor
nelrs score against Harvard. ana tnat 0! .he
University OF Pennsylvsnla against Prince
ton keen all OF the undergraduates In
good humor. They do not stop to consider:
they make no calculations; they simply put
their faith in Mccormick. and on his account
base their opinions and place thoir
money on Yale. They followed this sys-
tenn with Stagg and McClung. ana won
every time. There are. however. older
heads at Yale, who arc disposed TO take more
conservative view Of tho teams prospects,
especially with Harvard. and among them
might be mentioned Walter Camp heneihh-
ger, Hartwell. and Rhodes. These men aiese
that as yet no opinion can he formed as 70 ths
ultimate results between Yale and Harvard.
Princeton is not feared. but OF Harvard the
same Is said as Of Yale They never play the
same team twice. and there is no telling what
may happen when tho opposing forces iine up
for the great struggle.
m 90 rqsf that Capt Mcco!micE refused e;
night, just before leaving for New YORK; 70 give
on. the OF hs TSs
excuse for this seclusion Is said 10 nS que ,n 10
the fact that should Yale presenta strong cen,
t he IN p'a tSer ef would he Princeton cont1
gent on the field to catch on to tricks, ana II
might he that some Harvard men woulu get
IA. As to the prospects Of Yale and Harvard IN
the coming struggle. 1t Is GeneraIy conreuevt
team. but Yale luck and her power to brace ace
UP the e9ss Of the ssasd0a eies IN What
sess and i Il is firmly believed that Yale viii vim.
Tho Yale team is eritessd as ioio ~ ia mer
changed day after day ,by first trying Green.
way. then Norton. until no one seems to know
against a Harvard. .areenway has the adyan;;
!age OF eating With the regular members T,t. sol OF
h team At M New s M sni scnuSs r
Their up Chapel street. 1t does not matter
which OF the two men secures the position at
more 20 Of a Veteran than Traiford. II the latter
is kept in that sPsI ana mssd to &
L, Bliss can be counted on for nall bHsk;but ;
Of Graves little is known and 1t Is to 6s feared
at disadvantage for having been Injured
early In the season. II he regaIns his old form
Re Mn PIX II n ne Show
ing but is inexperienced. The rest OF the
team is as good as any that ever represented
It is argued. on the other hand. that Har-
yard at present has the strongest centre IN
j, Owls, MaCkeFy, anu W ateTt " no uit pia)nu6
football to-day and that in Newell and HALO
we'll their right and left are as fully as strong
as Yals's. ~
While Mccormick admits that he docs not
fear. Harvard still. from the uncertainty ana
the fact that players are changed go lreQuent-
". he feels no confidence In the final result
He has nearly four men IN training and Is con-
tinuing his secret practice on the Held every
afternoon. and at the gymnasium In the
evening. .,
Sanford. left guard was injured In practice
this afternoon, and will not play for a week at
least: possibly not again this season.
The Yale eleven and Substitutes arrived In
town last night and registered at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel. Capt Mccormick was very non
communicative when q Sun reporter met him
at the hotel. Whom asked what he. thought Of
Iale's prospects in tn. Harvard game n,is;o at
In speaking about the Princeton Pennsylvsnia
game on Saturday. he said that. Princeton's
defeat was a big surprise to him. and think
to everybody else, he added. Hefreltlngsr
and Hail9wsll were beth Registered VIII tn:
eleven to. day George 4; Adee, who taxes a