New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-10-21

pairing for this all through the season. Rut ny 10
the present Yale has not shown the force IN oio,.,
that would carry her over the line in a princeton
game ii the teams played to-day princeton Is Ger
Gam She 80 on a,ivancing or viii she stand sti
she has often done in the past ana lei i"'e Fo
by her?
The Yale team. as it now stands. is probably nearly
what it will BE- when it meets Harvard Hinkey
is. of course on the left end, usual Stnan VIII
play centre as last year ". Hickok AMI McCrea
will be the guards. they We're last year the
former on the right the latter on the left Murray
a new man. and r.. Hickok also a now man. are
playing the tackles now but there Is likely TO be
change here before the season closes though Muir
raw has been doing extremely well from the first.
on the right end Hinkey has placed Greenway lie
is pretty heavy for the place bur if he can Increase
his speed and he quick enough the weight ne has to
carry will do little no harm. Greenway Is 100
old a player 10 put up poor game wherever ne may
he put. The line is practically made up then except
for the tackles 1t is, OF course, possible that
Greenway may be put back at tackle. but 1t Is
probably harder 10 find good end than good
tackle this year. and hence Grcenway Is more thnn
likely to stay the end. Back OF the line fhnkey
is playing Fincke a quarter regularly though II Is
probable that Adee Will return To take the place.
Fincke is little weak in his genera,'hlp up 10 the
present and he is inclined TO be slow but he WI!
not make a bad man II Adee does not return. The
backs are settled with one exception Butterworth
Is. course. full back. and they cannot hei'
Thorne in his position. He is doing quite as Vel
as he did last year. though hardly In good training
form yet and the riga, halfback Is eettled, there
fore Left half or one Of the halfbacks 0or Thorne
has played left often. is still doubtful. Gillette
is a strong runner. and * De witt. Mills has
been doing fair work from time - time. but none
OF these is the equal OF Armstrong up 10 me ptts,
ent Armstrong filled the position Of right half
last year beautifully. with Thorne ana Bui'eF %'rt;
and It will BE- difficult for new man 70 Sup ID am
equal him The doubtful places. therefore a!r we
left tackle and one OF the haibacks-i4r Mu ~
Yale's pay during the last few days that Ihornc
is to DO tn kicking TIE coaca.rs are aSo s,;m ,
Every one VIII recall how Bun won he Princeton
from the neld. when Yale could not g. beyond rne
goal line during the entire game ne thcoI% 81
10 be- that there viii be- difficulty in getting through
Harvard ana Princctor. ana H'nkay hopes T. max
up ioT the man choon II Yale had had good
at the drop kick last Tnank-givng Day shc msnI
have caught one two field goals, for sh" GOT near
enough To Princeton's line once or twlcg morn,
IS iherefoTe man ,b Tor r r,a a win Camp
for he believes III the goal from The ned ana ].
brought about the compulsory kickoff. In any case.
TnOrne did two goals very Wen on NfiN'S'hS ]"
the Dartmouth game. and nearly got another
During the last week Cornell has done much
better work than heretofore. There is some speed
beginning to show itself in their play whether
this comes from Newelrs coaching or from The
spirit Of football that is rampant at Ithaca now Is
uncertain. Probably the cause IS 10 be found IN
both for Newell is certainly doing some good sys-
tematic coaching. much better than one would have
fanced he would be likoiy TO do, for he never was
so good at telling what he did how 1t should be
done as he was at actually doing the thing him
self However, he goes out IN ms footbail CLONES
and buckles down 70 work In such "A buslness-Ikc
way that he carries the already enthusiastic
Cornell men with him. and produces some capital
playng-better playing, by-the,way, In practice
than in some Of the games The makeup OF the
l,v settled dDpareDfly.
are frequent changes, ana II Is dihcut; therefore
TO give any valuable estimate OF Cornens strength
even after watching yesterdays game with Prince
toN'
PENNSYLVANIA played an extraordinary game on
Wednesday at Philadelphia The Lehigh team Is
not very strong, but the men hoped to score at
any rate, and they were somewhat surprised at
the whirlwnd that swept by through ana over
them time and time again. As heretofore. how
ever the playing done by the backs.
and II was evident from the method adopted
/ I'm the second half that Knipe is trying
to give his forwards all the practice he can
in the hope of strengthening their team play.
II is probable that the team Is pretty well decided
upon by this time. The four backs sure, as said
a week ago. and now 1T seems that Rosengarten and
I'pton viii be the ends. Wagonhurst and perhrps
Minds the tackles Wharton and Woodruff pretty
surely the guards ana Bull the centre This line;
as compared with the Princeton and Harvard
forwards is strong, but such as IT is ii is brisk
and lively. and only needs coaching ana one or
two better men instead OF players like Wharton
and Upton. II the line can be "hardened' more
and more time goes on pennsylvania Is gong
10 make some excitement during the course Of the
Princeton and Harvard games. such phenomenal
/ players Osgood and Brooke only need a little
ground gamers. Brooke is also making plans to
pick off "A goal from the fed when his men IL Fin
/ get up close enough TO the line. He IS a strong
/ kicker and reasonably sure one. He missed
| a try on Wednesday by "a short foot, starting the
ball on the 35-yard line.
cannot refrain from giving a little space this
week to a matter that is Of far more importance
/ than we can really believe at the moment. There
have been several charges published in the papers
! during the last week TO the effect that some
/ OF the private schools in this city were permitting
here and there good athlete. a good football PLAY
er. 70 enter and attend the school without paying
the tuition fees 1t is Impossible at the moment
to say whether any OF these reports is true or
not The heads Of OF these schools have
written open letters saying that there IS absolutely
no foundation to this charge. far their par
! tcular schools concerned but from the nature
OF the charges and the number Of them there is
/ small doubt or fear that some such matter l.
permitted occasionally. The trouble with all this is
I that good athletic or football team is good adj
ver,isement for school. There is doubt about
the matter Ii Is so, whether 1t is fortunate or un-
on5 1eans c"SScc S b r t bod . na
vertised In way that could not otherwise be ac-
complished, no matter how much money might be
his school TO have good teams. The temptation
ing some good football player his tuition free And
the temptation Is much stronger in a private school
owned by the head master than at college which
owns Itself. II Is great source OF possible evil,
however. II the practice is 10 become even rare 10
say nothing OF common and frequent. II win spoil
the standards OF boyhood and will make athletics
out Of proportion to other things. I cannot believe
| all these charges but. on the other hand. | can
and must believe the thing poss5ls and probable