New-York tribune., 1896-11-29

unn,res and referees, and the general cleanliness
| OF the whole game The only sad result OIL '.e
game brought TO the general attention ~ 'no
| death of young Rhue from blow received III
| playing on Thanksgiving Day. The whoie 'hc'ae"'
| wos nanful and no one can regret 1t more than
| those who think most OF the game Rhue seems
| to have been 4 strong. vigorous many Soo
| low who playing GOOD haro s""'o "
the evil Of such things is that. In spite OF the pro-
tests OF all old players and authorities on Inv
game Young boys Of thirteen or fourteen years o'
| age will continue to play with others VINO are
| eighteen and nineteen years old IL o"s"' w ~
| ono Of tho rules OF tho game that iour'ec","
youngsters Who have not got their CROWN; whose los
oughly knit. should never be , a1weu ~ and whose
a,rm, game Wsr ~ rcaily that Of man No would
think OF allowing n thirteen or fourteen year ah
boy to go S%i ana ay boy
the member OF an athletic c'un sieh,ecn se old
man takes his place or begins to @ shnk oI in other
his place nmchs "n ' ranno, be given the dis
cussion of the subject here but there IL par"nis
send children TO school and d, sber sports
say is rough though that very game Pfopfbr PRO- boy
,laved NAV be lust the sort OF exercise III III ~
nsS npn,Gs Many parents are forbidding the bicycle
10 twev.-year-old bows because OF some nc nov an IN
Hccdcn' 1os in da'y sr Popffa pa rac an" a. much she
likes though this may be positive injury injury ,o TAX
senera ,srerX 'Ro Football s is the from the
o; incn nTs psopr Of ss oil, d4 the
th,s year have been greater than ever before
Th. Rrown-Carsls game was on. OF the features o,
,hs wear Both teams played hard straigh'fo'"A''
zane that in some ways was typcal ma'ch I" SCI.
Thor. wer. several runs Of such Length as mas "o'
| been seen In many day In game between soo'
| feam. and these long runs were pretty evenly us
| ,r!bu,.d Gammons made ono run OF eIghty yA'u'
,o- touchdown and another OF s!xty-hve yarns Tor
| In
,-oc,c,lly made without Interference and were the
most beautiful kind OF football She.ato the lhdla"
ouar,erback made run OF forty yards from "S''s
catch that took complete possession Oh INC S'o"'
whether Il composed OF footbai experts vi ''.e
lsi,v who were on hand for the first tlme The IND
,ans however did not play they have been play
| ing This season In the first place they have had
som. hard knocks from Yale Harvard and princeton
| which amcd some Of their men ana theh az '"ey
had bu, one or two who could act as substitutes
they were Obliged 20 take back Hudson at the end
n, IN. game. though he had been laid up at It's begin
ming As this was against tho rules the Brown men
had 10 make an exception ana ao" ~ H., 20 ~ "
played daring game taking big risks i0nssAn1y ,s n.r
bn KEY .,ron won gas NIX coSsdcrabe skin in team
pay in Interference and IN their formation: "n,eh &
bv any other big this year They won on their
merits FOR the Indians IN spite OF the tact INA. tney o
Yale nave not developed tho scheme OF team play to
1sp T9sr rS pVns aSs"oi al TSrf sns,o !" Of Vs the
Pierces and Meoxen has been all through the sea
Scnur s% ruin iimcs in the play Of the carlisle team when
the ns IN OF one mans play Win ao.i,,
O, course long runs like Gammonss are freaks that
ossur wcp m any orsr team sans Of the o%n men
made al times when the Indians ii nor seem II 20 90
| know exactly what was happening and how 10 meet
particular plays
| tn. extraordinary improvement In tho Indians
peying marked Of the good features OF the sea-
th. all lsr
| r,snceI coaching and tho general spread OF the
| game are coming to n point where they can "ih'
or at least threaten to win from tho oder eie'ehs
OF the three four big colleges II means tha' IN
the future all football matches will be evener. that
] Harvard Yale and Princeton matches with other
a.v.ns carly In tho season will be far more inter
| eating IN which and far better for both partci-
| narts IN them Besides Harvard. Yale Princeton
and Pennsylvania there are now distinctly IN the
same field Brown. Cornell the Carlisle Indians. La
| favette B A. a. and orange. II the latter would
only their teams little cleaner ron ro rne nre nrs
| NJ the New England colleges and some or the MID
die Western universities VIII have hrstclass eiev
| ens also and then may expect wellcontested
! game every time we go to see match whether
be kept up at It's rams, wsh oc
| curing each week Is a question Yale does not
feel that she can play three "ams snSn "s wos
give her I'm three successive weeks and yet another
all four Of tho big ro ms Gnn mde sas c
nc,ohcr with matches that will test their utmost
| skill to win. to say the least.
What Is the relative standing OF the elevens this
wear then? Championship Is a bad word in any
! snort but especially so in football. for no one
| team can meet all-comers and really tell whether
| II In the champion OF the season or not. Cham
| pionships then. will not talk of. but the
| other hand, a rough estimate can be taken. judged
from tho playing OF different elevens. to which
stands first as to all-round work for tho year OF
J 1896 Unqucstionably Princeton has tho largest
number OF good points. and 1t Is not necessary for
| her TO play all to show that. In the first
| place speaking generally. she has the best kicker
| OF tho season. among Eastern teams at least In
| Baird. He kicked well. He kept high average
| and he played a good. all-round game besides. In
| the second place Princeton had the best guards
OF the season. with the possible exception Of Wood