The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-11-04

Yale line iast year was as perfect an
exhibition Of that kind OF football IS
one can wish 10 see and yet the people
Sseersd "a. hundred times stronger aS 81
long passes and ran past the end for
good gains. Cornell plays football that
~ popular. And Yale Is beginning 10
play at It, too. and is strong IN the de-
partment In two kickers behind the line.
Thorn and Butterworth. Harvard Ii well
OF In Brewer Pennsylvania has the great
sst punter Of them all In Brooke and
Princeton-well Princeton wants 10 get
one pretty quick. Virginia IL unusually
strong this year ard for the same reason.
Her full-back, Pope, punts often and
strong and the Virginia forwards follow
the ball well. In this way Pennsylvania
score was kept down Friday and vir-
ginia enabled to score. by the way Pope
Is an eX-Prlnceton '96 man Maybe he
would not 1T in on the Tiger team nice
~ now.
TIT PENNSYLVANIA TEAM
great BATTLE should ensue when
IornelI and pennsylvania meet in this
city on November 18th. Pennsylvania is
not playing much OF a kicking game
these days, but John G.. Bell realizes that
the Quakers are particularly suited for
such game and intends 20 insist on
Captain knipe calling for kicks oftener
The drop-kcking and punting OF Brooke
fast running Of Osgood In a broken field
ana The first-class following OF the ball
ny Upton and Rosengarten should make
the team almost invincible we're II TO
play the kicking game TO the extent that
cornell does. The Philadelphia Ledger
last week contained the following: That
pennsylvania intends 10 rely largely
upon Brooke's long punts and accurate
drop-kicks Is illustrated by the impor-
lance the coacners are giving this fea-
ture OF the game and the amount OF
time taken In pIacticing IT. ms ~
news Such may be the intention Of the
coachers but up 10 date II has not been
put into effect during the entire season
for over possibly half an hour. Inc
statement Is incorrect In referring to
"BTOgke'S accurate drOp-kicklng. IL is
anything but accurate and naturally for
Brooke rarely practices drop-kicking.
Pennsylvania has had many able natural
kiCkeTs In the past, but her coachefs
seem TO totally ignore the fact that
many a game has been won by a drop
kick. Harry Thayer rarely practiced me
art and the same Is true of Brooke. ii
RrOOke's drop-kicking was accurate Le-
high would have had FIVE more points
scored against her this year by Pennsyl-
vania, and last year Yale would have
been beaten by the Quakers. for BROOKE
tried four goals from the field against
the Blue and missed every one OF them.
Brooke is a strong. natural drop-klcker'
but accuracy Is not one OF MS virtues;
The same issue Of the Ledger atlackeu
the playing of Osgood. 1t went pretty
far, when IL said that favorltlsm pldCtu
Osgood on the Pennsylvania team IN the
Princeton game last year ahead OF
Brooke, and that thereby the game W wa
lost. as had Brooke been on he Woui9
not have kicked into the line as qua
Knipe. That's an easy way to let hnipe
The real facts OF the case are that
while the rest OF the Pennsylvania DackS
were failing to make their distance ana
some men in the line playing miseraply'
Ospood. and Osgood alone was gaming
ground. Osgood does not appear 10 Ret
a fair show from the pennsylvania coach,,
ers and PLAYERS. Maybe ne Is 700 e JJo
muffs, don't interfere or follow interier-
cuce and h lazy In practice All the
criticisms are more or less true put grant
them all and the fact still stands proul-
nentIy before you that OsgoOd Is the pest
man on the pennsylvania team IN
big game. He makes more ground than
any of the backs and does more TOWARDS
winning the game and his record In i'm,
pOrtant games both at PennsyVanla anu
Cornell proves IL. Osgood may not play
football according TO the letter OF the
law but he plays football just the same
and Is more useful than the others IN
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 well TO
follow.
Now that the "blg team" say that Il
is impracticable to play over two Dig
matches a season the question resolves
Itself into one OF "how can we get them
togetherY Aleck Moffat. I'm writing on
the subject advocates league OF Prince
ton, Yale, Harvard and Pennsylvania.
Sometime ago the writer advocated that
Princeton and Pennsylvania should meet
annually and that the same should be
the case with Yale ad Harvard, the win
ners 10 meet on Thanksgiving Day. cas-
per w. Whitney, In Harper's Weekly adj
vances the same idea. Its the only way
to settle the question fairly.