The evening world., 1894-10-16
FOOTBALL CHAT.

Princeton's small score against the
University of Virginia eleven yesterday
emphasizes the fact that the big college
teams have found 1t unprecedentedly
hard to run up big scores against the
minor colleges and athletic club e.evens
this season. Lehigh made a great fight
against Princeton. Williams scored
against Yale. Brown did the same with
Harvard The coaching these lesser elev-
ems have received during the past three
years from graduates Of the big colleges,
is beginning to tell. Now the youths OF
the preparatory schools come on the grid
iron in September with the rudiments of
a little knowledge OF team work as well.
This year Lehigh, Brown. Williams, Uni
versity Of Virginia, Cornell Orange and
Crescent Athletic Clubs have solid. well
trained teams. OF the big Four" Penn
syiVania seems to be doing the best work
thus far, with Yale and Princeton close
up, and Harvard at u standsti,l, through
the successive loss from injuries of seven
Of her first eleven.
on Saturday the strong Rutgers Col
lege team will play the N. j. A. c.
eleven ut the n. J. A. C. Oval. at 1
p. Nj. Several new r:en have been
added to the N. ]. A. c. team, and they
will probably show great Improvement
by that time.
On the same day the heavy Orange
a. &. eleven Will line up against the
Yale Varsity team on Orange oval,
East Orange. The Orange men were
never in better form. and Hinkey and
his men will be up against the bricks"
sure enough, II fale's full strength Is
not presented.
1t should be noticed in looking over
the Princeton University of Virginia
not play half, and that little Poe, by
no means as good a quarter as Morse,
at quarter. Ward, Mccormick or Reiter
at halves, the score would doubtless
have been larger Rigs also, played
Riggs, however, shows himself less ami
able and good-natured than Crowydis. he
| Is likely to supersede the divinity stu
dent at centre altogether.
Now that Hampden Park has been
engaged for Saturday, Nov. "a. for the
Yale Harvard match. 1t is most proba.
BILE that Yale will have her dictatorial
Dec. !. 1t Is dollars to doughnuts,
though. that Yale will play Princeton
in this city next Thanksgiving Day. 1896
and not whisper will be heard about the
faculty opposing It, 1t will serve good
lesson, doubtless, to play one Yale.
| Princeton game in an obscure, inacces-
| sible place on an inconvenient date, fol
| the loss of interest and dollars will
have a quickening effect that public
sentiment so far has been unable &c
exert upon the Yale mind.
Manager Mum stands most firmly ir
the matter of a place for playing tht
Princeton-Pe Pennsylvania game. quite tn,
| opposite of his easy-gong attitude e
Yale in the disputed Thanksgiving Day
| match.
One thing Is certain, the sapient col
| lege managers will have no excuse t,
ask and the public will have every rea
| son to refuse 20 pay big prices for seat
at the Yale-Princeton match this year
especially If 1t is played in an out of tn
way place.
The Cherry Football Eleven has or
ganized for the season, and will accep
| challenges from teams averaging 10
pounds for Sunday games, either in th
city or within radius of fifty miles
| They have Election day, morning an,
afternoon, and also Thanksgiving Da!
open. Address l.. +. Ryan. 2O5 Yves
| Fourteenth street.