New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-02

tation. and | trust that they will see the i'm
portance Of doing The ice broken last
winter by their action in calling the meeting to-
gether which eventually reorganized the rules.
They should now take In hand the question OF bad
tactics and unnecessary roughness Now, to
the play shown In the Harvard Yale game. While
the victory goes TO Yale. the encoura cement Is
rather with Harvard Never before has Harvard
had what could really be called a scoring team.
Harvard elevens have played well. but they have
many times failed to because, when the
critical time came they did not know how to
the line. They had not the generalship to attack
the opposing team in the right way for scoring.
and the newness of some of the men really made
the esHSh skin
scoring power and with a generalship that have
in my mind that if Harvard had had a kicker as
good as Brooke, Of pennsylvania or But,erworth;;
have beaten any eleven In America. Wrenn as a
the beginning OF the game, with team that was
made up Of several substitutes. he MANAGED eacn
there was no weak point to be found in the team
except the fatal one OF bad kickers. Neither of
Sand bUS %es maGe off Ssd
not that Harvard's bad play was the only only
quick and well-planned methods especially at the
ssTsn R Whc Ge with points
ahead of it. played as her eleven did,
This is the result of the system of coaching at
to time from twelve to eighteen coachers on hand
and their work and the meetings they have held
IN the Craftsmanship Of DR.. Brooks. have made
a unity and system for the Harvard team that
promise we'll for the future. So far as Generasmp
and team play CO. Yale was outclassed put her
advantage in kicking great, and kicking Is
now so important in the game. that 1t was enough
10 outweigh any advantage Harvard might have
in the rest of the game Thorne's kicking was
nearly equal to Butterworth's. and the precision
and direction of the punts were adhlraple' Al
Harvard ever wants to win she must make busi-
ness of educating kickers. Brewer could punt TWO
years ago moderately WELL but this year he mas
done poorly all the season, and just before the
Yale game he sprained or strained the hsa'"ehta
on the top his instep severely that ne shoud
not have gone into the game at all. kicker can
not be made in a day. nor in a month. nor in a
football season. He must begin In the winter anu
practise through an entire year. and must DC
natural kicker that. Punting Is ihdeeu SO 'ii-
portant a part of football to-day that every man
behind the line and every substitute back shouiu
be able punt more than moderately Wen. III 50
far as Harvard's defeat is due to her non-kickhs
and the defeat is almost due TO that-she deserves
il for negecting to educate puntef iVi 'he srhs
that Bernard Tafford retired from FOOTBALL tnoss
who trust entirely to running and who say h9i ,
the ball. rush it and score ana qo 'I the mod
ern game But team nowadays can hope
to hold the ball and make hys ya rIasss,he Har
ward therefore has encouraging outlook an t
of her for the next year ~, oses good many Of
her old standbys.
A word as to the Neutrality-suspicious. game
The PENNSYLVANIA eleven also showed the Odi"-
bridge men what It means TO have good kicker
and furthermore owing the superior cohui'oh
OF her men, Pennsylvania played the mo- vac
team to a standstill in the second hali i"S VIZ
only another argument to show that TWO sA.''S
cannot be played within week from one announcer
get
soon and this Thanksgiving Day game Is oh'y an
other argument against Harvard '@',
ton and pennsylvania playing one aho'"e' ca"
year Either one must drop out. ana tha' one -
certainly not Pennsylvania else they must SPIN
IN and Harvard and Yale play each o'ne''
p,nceton and Pennsylvania play their game ihcFe
is little doubt that Pennsylvania mas 'he ''
football team OF the four this year. Inc nv" "
in better condition. they have better inui''uuH'
n,avers and they play more organized system
attic game than any of the others ii ila' N'''
IA a ,un,er she would be second. for on lhahks-
giving Day Pennsylvania could not gam s'ou',u
against Harvard in the first half, except % ~
! ING In the second half the Cambridge men "e'e
| rlaved out and toward the end oil the gam wv
| sight was the same that seen AT the ""''
| game on Thanksgiving Day year ago.
| when Princeton could almost push the en'He
| Yale team fiat on the g,odn'' 7, is n sad
- "a see these brave chaps absolutely hcpa9e
OF doing the work they know 50 Ven ,h I'D Srs hail
1 moi let Osgood get up the line even IN ne seC
80 baIf allowed him to run three MY yaiu ~
Gnu bs end simply because he was pnyslcaiy
unable to get through the nelierenGe - ses and
rnns however which were so beautiiui 70 see az
ware indeed such good plays. were not ny 1 n
means the best points In Pennsy wanna pay, onsi
nj cannot and never has made these runs asas
sooo ood team He runs back at the start almost IN
~aTiabiv and is often caught FAR nehnu ms ood
H. Its work while brilliant ana OF course sooa
football is not such hard counting play Hrook
tyOine.s on Thanks giving Day. knlpe anu bipoh.
hhPe remarkabl, players, and Pennsylvania y
are , Hoi Inc stronger team behind the line II MOI
&c ,he line as we'll. This game indeed "hiie nie
sore should not have been so large as 10 10 n,
Harvard was crippled from the 1ale gam; ys Svrn
fairly to Pennsylvania, Tor the Ie""a'" ~
this year ou'oi"'S EX-VARSITY CAPTAIN.