Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-10
PROSPECTS OF THE CRACK TEAMS
Cleveland's Baseball Pennant Winners to
Be in the City To-Day.
GENERAL SPORTING NEWS OF THE DAY
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NEW YORK, Oct 9.-Most certainly foot
ball is going to be more popular this year,
both East and West, than it has ever been
before. There will be more players and
better ones, and more clubs and better ones,
than there ever have been in any previous
season. A few pointers about the leading
teams will certainly be interesting just
now.
After several weeks of hard preparatory
playing against the scrub teams, the big
college elevens turned out on Wednesday
and measured strength with teams from
other universities. The scores averaged
smaller than was expected, and in one or
two games the showing made by the smaller
teams was excellent.
Notably so was the game put up by Wes-
lyan, who kept the Yale team from scoring
until the last part of the last half, when
c. Bliss ran around the left end for touch
down from which Graves kicked . goal.
Wesleyan sent down heavy team, and
the men showed that they had been we'll
coached. They played havoc with the Yale
line and their interference was very fair.
The smallness of the score, however, was
perhaps due to the ragged work of the Yale
men and to the fact that several expert
ments were tried BY Captain Mccormick.
Wesleyan Has Good Material
Wesleyan has plenty of good material,
and with proper coaching and training will
undoubtedly be able to go through the
season with few bad defeats. Indeed, the
coming season promises to be closer than it
has been for many years, and the smaller
college teams may be able to hold their
own better than before.
Lake and Emmons, of Harvard, were on
hand to watch the play of the Yale team,
and they did not seem to attempt to con-
ceal their pleasu at the fumbles made by
their old time rivals.
The weakest epots in the Yale eleven
seemed to be at tackles and guards, and the
services of Morrison and Heff1efnger will be
sadly missed. Cross. big freshman, was
tried at right guard for Yale, but Cults had
little trouble in holding or passing him.
Beard who took Cross place did no better
and both men showed that they needed
much coaching.
Hall, one of Wesleyan's crack players. has
decided to return to college, and he will do
much to strengthen the rush line.
The system of scoring and bulletining, in
troduced by Secretary c. II. Ebbets, OF the
Brooklyn Club last year, will again be feat
ure OF the games at Eastern Park. By fol-
lowing this plan all the spectators, even
tDOugn tney De unacQualnteQ with tne play
ers and details of play, can keep posted as
to the progress of the game at all times.
A Few Words About Harvard.
Harvsrds iirst outside opponent this year
WAS the Exeter School team, and the fact
that the crimson made such q good showing
was principally due to the fact that the
school boys put UP q very weak game.
The Exeter boys were outclassed It all
points, and the Harvard men broke through
their line and ran around their ends at will.
The final score was: Harvard, 81: Exeter. 0.
What Harvard needs is team work. One
cannot ask for better phys material than
that with which the Crimson team begins
the season with. Yet smaller eleven from
Yale has time and again made monkeys" OF
their heavier rivals.
Cumnock's champion team was the best
that Harvard has shown for a long time, but
even then Yale would probaD bly, have won
had it not been for an unlucky stumble
which allowed Jim Long to pass the end and
make touchdown.
1t may be that too many coaches will
spoil a promising eleven and in the past
Harvard has been surrounded bv a host of
well meaning advisers who mixed the men
up. This year it is sand that Captain Traf-
ford will be given sole charge of the team,
and will accept only such suggestions as he
sees 1t
Princeton promises to be strong this year,
well against Lehigh. The Princetons, how
ever, will have some good men when they
get thoroughly into condition.