Birmingham age-herald., 1894-11-04

strong this year and for the same reason. Her full back, Pope, punts often and strong, and the Virginia forwards follow the ball well. In this way Pennsvlvania's enabled 10 score. By the way, Pope is an ex-Princeton '96 man. Maybe he would not fit in on the Tiger team nicely now.
 A great battle should ensue when Cornell and Pennsylvania meet in this city on November IT. Pennsylvania is not playing much of kicking game these days, but John o. Bell realizes tbat the Quakers are particularly suited for such game, and in- tends to insist on Captain Knipe calling for kicks oftener. Tho drop- Kicking and bunting of Brooke and fast running of Osgood in broken field. and the first class following of the ball by Upton and Rosen- garten, should make the team almost in- vlnclole were 1t to play the kicking game to the extent that Cornell does. The Phila- delphia Ledger lest week ontained the fol- lowing:
 "rhat Pennsylvania intends to rely largely upon Brooke's long punts and ac- curate drop. kicks is illustrated by the inn portance the coachers are giving this fea- ture of the game, and the amount of time taken in practicing it.''
 This is news. Such may be the inten- ton of the coachers, but up to date it has not been put into effect during thc entire season for over possibly half an hour. The statement is incorrect in referring to
 Brooke 8 accurate drop kicking.o It is anything but accurate. and naturally, Tor Brooke rarely practices drop kicking. Pennsylvania has had many able natural kickers in the past, but her coachers seem to totally ignore ihe fact that many game has been Ton by a drop-kick. Harry Thayer rarely practiced the art, and the same is true of Brooke. If Brooke's drop kicking was accurate, Lehigh would have had five more points scored against her this year by Pennsylvania, and last year Yale would have been beaten by the Qua kers, for Brooke tried four goals from the field against the blue and missed every one of them. Brooke is strong, natural drop kicker, but accuracy is not one of his virtues.
 The same issue of the Ledger attacked the playing of Osgood. It went pretty far when it said that favoritism placed Os- good on the Pennsylvania team in the Princeton game last year ahead of BrooSe, and that thereby the game was lost, as had Brooke been on he would not have kicked into the line as did Knipe. That's an easy way to let Kuipe down. The real facts of of the case are that while the rest of the Pennsylvania backs were failing to make their distance and some men in the line playing miserably O5good, and Osgood alone, was gaining ground. Osgood does not appear to get a fair show from the Pennsylvania coachers and players. Maybe he is too good for them. They say he can t tackle, muffs, don't interfere or fol- low interference and is lazy in practice. All tiie CTltICiSiuS aTo more UT leSS true, Dub grant them all and the fact still stands prominently before you that Osgood is the best man on the Pennsylvania team in a big game.
 He makes more ground than any of the backs and does more towards winning the game, and his record in important games, both at Pennsylvania and Cornell, prove it. Osgood may not play football accord ing to the letter of the law, but he plays football just the same, and is more useful than the others in a big game. One reason is that he rises to the occasion better and never loses his nerve, an example that some other members of the team might do we'll to fellow.
 Now that the "big teams" say that it is impracticable to play over two "big" matches a season, the question resolves it. | Self in to one of ''how can we get them to- | gether.'' Aleck Moffat, in writing on the subject, advocates a league of Princeton, l Yale, Harvard and Pennsylvania. Some time ago the writer advocated that Prince ton and Pennsylvania should meet an | nually, and that the same should be the case with Yale and Harvard, the winners | to meet on Thanksgiving day. Casper w. | Whitney, in Harper's Weekley, advances the same idea. It's the only way to settle | the question fairly. N. B. YOUNG.