New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-04
SUNDAY EDITION.
NOV. q. 1894.

nell game. The two large eeyens are being trained
for the final games of the season. and to AVOID
entertaining the men or getting them up to the
right pitch and having them go stale before
these important matches come Off II is necessary to
keep them somewhat under the highest point OF
perfection. Them also. team play is just begin
ming at NewHaven. and up the Hudson on satur-
day there was little or no concerted action The
cadets northumberland well done and was
opportunities when Thorne might have done the
same. Hnkey. however, is not letting Thorne
because should it become too evident that he u
appointed to do this work he can be specially
and probably prevented from scoring his five points
A any yr he hs wsT pO, e ae now
above the other two by some OF the indvidqai
deed. It is doubtful If any other eleven. except per-
haps Pennsylvania, has such fine set OF backs
this year
This game with West Point and the Harvard game
with Cornell the day remind OF
point that is well worth making There has been
considerable complaint advanced side and
another especially by Yale men. against Yale grad.
yates who go to the smaller colleges to coach their
football teams. A greater proportion Of the COM
plants come from Yale men because the practice
has been taken up chiefly by Yale football gradu-
ates Woodruff who is working with the Pennsy-
vania team, drew forth the first marked comments.
Then Hartwel followed. and finally. among others,
Bliss. who has charge Of the West Point team. Is
coming in for his share OF the blame. Newell, OF
Harvard. who had done so much for the Cornell
team. is the only Harvard man who has taken this
work up from among the Cambridge men. but, far
from hearing any complaint against his work. hear
only praise for what he has done for the Cornell
Cornell men so much good advice that the Harvard
Cornell game was well worth paying as a game
In Itself and as practice for the Havarl-fa ale game
To ne these discgreeabe charges made against
graduates who go out from the shades Of the al ma
mater ana teach the followers OF some other alma
mater how 70 play good football are not only absurd
game thoroughly are bringing one eleven or another
up the standard maintained by those Of the larger
better sport but the Harvard. Yale and Princeton
any movement that starts in small way and
grows can only increase by spreading over larger
spread the knowledge acquired there to others at
distance In other words. the game OF football is
COACHES among other colleges. and. far from being
checked II should lie encouraged.
If the Yale eleven is I say. just al the turning
point between individual preliminary play and the
final systematic team play, the Harvard team Is
| hardly so far along. The Cornell game
or less deceptive but II showed the weakness Of the
| Harvard eleven in most astonishing degree. In
the first place the team is weak kicking. though
! during the last week this has been somewhat
remelied. Brewer standing too close to the
line and had not had any careful coaching this year.
| In the line Norton Shaw's place is weak. and he
needs careful attention. His position and Manahan's
at guard are the weak spots in the line, and no one
can deny that time ana ende2yor must be spent on
| these two men II the Harvard rushllne Is TO be
Association game on Thursday; the playing was
wretched. The of 40 TO 0 does not mean any,
| thing in particular unless it that the Boston
Athletic Association eleven Is even worse than usual
There were only one or two men on the club eleven
who did anything worthy OF note. while on the Cam
bridge team. while the running was good the inter.
| ference did not seem to be improved In the least
Wrghtington was. on the other hand. very much
| fact. hat hofb cor in all heir
with some pretensions as 70 placing means good
| the week
| Brewer is the whole good punter. and II he
| only had few more pounds in his weight and
| hence A few more pounds put into the force OF
his kicks he would b. the equal Of Butterworth or
| Of any one else on the field to-day. As matter Of
| fact there is really good pun:er playing now
| Gordon. Of the Orange e.even is fully as fine
punter any one. but he is not at all sure where
the ball is going after he hits it, Brewers placing
Is bad rs might BE-. but he cannot send the
| ball far enough against the wind. Washington
| kicks round ami has no idea where ne will send the
ball. He does not get IN much strensth ether plt
he Is praecay SURF OF geing me PAL 9ser b al,
| he j. not equal - Farcnild and | am CAD TO see
tina; The latter Is coming out OF his slight injury
all right. IL Is 70 be hoped for the success or the
| Harvard team. that Fairchili will 20 in as fuback.
! In the line Waters and MicNie did some good WORK
T Ibe rsn;int besns 70 understand Things somewhat
| better. Team play, however is sii.l weak
| Down at Princeton there is trouble the quar-
terback question and Princeton is not going to 90
/ strong behind the line. The team work OF the
eleven is however. further advanced than is the
case of either Harvard or Yale. This is the result
OF a somewhat different system OF coaching and
also because the Pennsylvania game. which takes
place on November l.. will require all the skill
Princeton men can muster keep the orange and
! black up to the mark That game will. by the way.
be peculiar in some respects and an extremely In
| teresttng study Pennsylvania Is strong. very
| strong behind the line In fact. Pennsylvania Is
! stronger behind the line than any other team IN
| the field Princeton is perhaps the strongest team
this year in the line but is amentaby weak behind
| IT, Morse being the only good man to be had What
| the resul, OF the game Will be can tell but
II Will depend on whether Princetons rushline can
| hold back Pennsylvania hafbacks and fullback.
! and whether the Princeton rushlne can force the
| bail forward five yards TO the three downs III o.
good or Gelter get beyond the Princeton line they
will probably score. II the Pennsylvania line gives
| way TO Wheeler Princeton will probably gain the
| dav As far as the Princeton quarter goes there
| is little 10 be said further than was said week
or two ago Poe is really the only man. and they
| should make a quarter out of him II he is not one
naturally. There really Is no one 10 take the paoe,
and the evil of putting Trenchard or Morse IN there
10 have At last come nome 10 the ~,
The thing do Is to settle on roe anu irdhe h,n
| understand that between now and December ne
| has got make good fast quarterpack on, OF
himself There IL no other way ah ho ,,s 70 10
| something OF this sort than TO go on playing one
man after another in the place until the team oses
all idea OF what the quarter rsd S!ITY nrsAPrAIN
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