New-York tribune., 1896-11-29
,,.r,a princeton had as good a,,. =

riff. Of Pennsylvania. PrincetSS tSe Princeton half
sssEs 1sSs beh S s
rerhaps the important pos'sTnmwS anw except perhaps.
d Yas as Se ss1ons tn nsr
tandem Sask pOf ganos
had sheS pyayed t"s
their team did not have heaNs, Princeton
way o, II Ssr pIay had defence that was
or than any other eleven, eNcepr Pc team made
All these sure to be strong but acHe1 was a.
this the crowning point 9I tre rreecoenized until the
not and ,S Vale was played was the men
Systematic training and a team as p,a what beat Har
from Nassau s"ht uhat ran up the big score agai'S'
yale yals. i"'' was "
Harvards eleven this year was ve,y .he men
do,orco hut the combination OF training the me"
so that they are good for only one-ha'i vi" -
and the incomplete finish OF the team 50 ia' S 90
NAV in time OF emergency is co"oe'"' x,.ss
tho fact that Harvard did not nave 'an" ~.
NAV caused the team not only 10 "ean." ~ .,,
c,osa NJ the game but gave them an addeo W.
o'oso - -,,,ooI moments The folly Of an attempt
- r,,n ~, from behind their own goal instead VI
L,ck,rp IN the PENNSYLVANIA game Is an e*a'"pe "
thu lack Of knowledge and coaching wnich can o'''
he thus exhibited. The men did we" wiz
were playing the first half against oo.h e".,
yana and Princeton. But when the crit,ea he coach
i9 oil
ing 70 save them. Harvard. therefore, 10 ~
third or fourth in the line.
Pennsylvania by her strong tandem pay a'u q,
superor training, distinctly takes seco"u p'aoe
not first The Pennsylvania men played d 'ieoio"'
clean game this year. and the men themselves We.
of q distinctly better class as to standing IN .'.e
University than for some time past IL Is p'oo"o'e
that Princeton would have beaten them IN game
If they had played, because she was Sesef snd well
round but Pennsylvania was s1rons 8s.hii a ,or ali
trained and played straightforward ioot9 ~,
that their coaching was worth. Yale and HaTvaru HN
would stand nearly even with tne ciaHcsH i ~ ,youid
of Harvard If the Yale tradition OF winning wou,u
NOT have helped them to win. On the general me, m = .
it's Harvard is the stronger since her denen tr su
nnrior Wrghtington Dunlop and Brown are an
rather better than Yales back. 80 tha'' y" '"e
whole Harvard ought to win.
And this brings U.S. In closing the season, 10 say
word as TO the renewal OF Harvards ana iaie O.
Ietic relations 1t Is probable that the matter WI" oe
,boroupbIv discussed during the coming winter De-
tween graduates and officials OF the two universies'
unless a certain spirit Of pigheadedness' wh'c" y,
about equally distributed among iae ana Hi"i -" "
men is strong enough TO keep the breacn OPEN ~ 10
time now that bygones should be bygones ana that
the two biz universities should make some arrange
ment for meeting each other year by year IN each
and every sport They are the only colleges that
have an even strength In all sports. Iney ooth pay
football and baseball: thev both row and nave track
athletic teams larger than oncr colleges lhey are
natural and should be friendly. rivals The situa-
ton stands to-day about as follows Yale has made
mistake and Is about ready 10 acknowledge II IN a
moi TOO grovellng way. That Is praseworthy ana
suor,smanllke. Harvard has been consLsen'. anu ~
about ready TO meet Yale az least halfway mat
too Is praiseworihy. There is also small contin-
cent i'm each college and among the graduates OF eacn
college which says that the matter was so Daa inal
rows OF this sort harmful. that faiC ana mar
yard would better never meet again. Inat IS un-
snortsmanlike and silly. and that contingent IN each
college high In power though II be. must De per
su,ded 70 come down from IT'S pedestal before negoti
ations be opened again There Is one way 10 10
sci,e ali this Let Yale challenge Harvard 10 row
next spring or play baseball. and see wnat comes
OF Il, lEaM thAi'