The evening times., 1896-10-29
NEWS FROM THE GR|D|RON
HOM ..e College Teams Are
Showing Up in Play.
PENNSY GETTING IN FORM
YaIe's Prospects Not Very Bright at
Prcsent-1he Outlook at Prince
ton Is Also Very Gloomy-Cornel
Preparing for a Hard Fight With
the Tigers on Saturday.

Philadelphia. Oct. 29-In view of the
serious Decentralization Of the Pennsyi-
vania team previous and subsequent TO the
defeat 1T the nunds OF the Lafayette last
week, the Brown game yesterday was re-
gar,ied as the turning point upon which
rested the success or failure OF the team
III the remaining games or the season.
snouIu tney play Tie same IiSttsLSA Jtdu.
less and disorg rgdniZed game Whlih tAty ildu
presented during the past three weeks IL
was probable that they would not regain
confluence III themselves or their abilities
during the remainder OF the season, II on
tt.r uaurs naua. Ia, team made a credlid-
BILE score against BrOwnandp p!a yed anything
like good football there was excellent pros
poets OF them pulling themselves together
and finishing the season as strong as they
promised to be early in the year.
In the formation OF the interference, IN
the assistance given to the runner, in the
spirit shown in carrying the ball lhe team
pla we'd a stronger game than they nave
pla yed for some time There was Consider o.
able Improvement in the absence oil iuin-
bling, some little improvement IN me
tdcklng, and Il sigh increased rdpidlty IN
the giving OF the signals. These ali oper-
ated after the team really recovered Itself
toward the presentation OF good football,
and the exhibition, taken all in all, must
under the circumstances be said TO have
been very Credltable.
The team as composed yesterday Will un-
uuestionably be the IInal eleven unless some
thing unexpected interyenes to prevent it.
1t is undoubtedly the strongest ConIbina-
ton which can be putinto the field under the
present circumstances. With Wiley Wood
ruff at full back the team was twenty per
cent stronger than il can now be FOR the
rea son tnat Woodruff was a fifty per cent
better running fullbaCk than Minds, and
Minds fifty per cent better halfbach thah
MOrice.
Dr Henry l.. Williams, of Yale, who
refereed the game yesterday, talked oH
Pennsy ylvania's improved play as follows:
The vast Improvement which was ap-
parent i'll Penns ylvania's play OF yesterday
was smost gratifying. and was what has been
confidently expected
AFTER the first few minutes of nervous
ness had passed away the team settled
down to hard, aggressive, rapid play, and
showed something like its old-tlme cham
pjonship form. Woodruff's effective work
at his old position in the line was most con
spicuous and clearly demonstrated his pre-
eminent fitness for that position.
In spite of his slight experience, For
tescue's play strengthened the team ma
teriaily. The signals We're given promptly
and with precision; there was seldom
tumble or loose play and the kicking was
most effective. The change in the back field |
certainly strengthens the team as whole.
Although the interference in the line may
he slightly Weakened the end plays We're
far more effective.
The work of the line men was particu-
larly noticeable III advancing the ball, and
the play of the entire team showed a form
that gives promise Of a successful termina- |
ton of the important games to COME
Princeton. Oct. 29.-Football affairs at
H.
shape for the Cornell game of Saturday. I
Quite n furore was created when it was /
learned by the college that Prof. Fine, as |
chairman of the faculty committee on ath- !
letics, has approached the players on the !
subject of their delinquencies and condi- /
tions. He says that the men who are at |
present deficient in their studies viii be de- 1
barred from entering the big contests unless
they work their conditions off. This firm
stand by the faculty VIII doubtless cut some
figure in the makeup of the team, the eX-
tent of which remains TO be seen.
The outlook FOR the Tigers is hardly as
promising as some time ago. With the Cor
nell game almost upon them and the
Harvard but a week later, the condition
of the team is a very serious matter. AL
though Princcton ran up large scores in the
last few games. especially against the
of Virginia, and to outsiders it
would seem that the Princeton eleven was
StEDHS- yet W tuOSt Wiio
the daily practice and note the individual
playing and the team work the eleven
seems weak.
Princeton thus far has not played any
strong team, and no one can judge what
the outcome of the Cornell and Harvard
games will he. The daily practice is caus-
ing all the worry. The team work seems
hardly more developed than q week or two
ago. and, although some players have
shown marked improvement, others seem
To have accomplished little or nothing.
The material seems TO be here. but ,itis
not coming up to expectations.
Ithaca, N Y, Oct 29.-Cornell is not
at all disheartened at the defeat suffered
at the hands of Harvard, last week, but