New-York tribune., 1896-11-22

Pennsylvania began to play her tandem or mass
push play. which consisted OF five men, besides 'he
quarterback Of the line. three within the nVeyh'u
limit and the other two back OF It, all IN i'ne anu
all bringing their weight TO bear on one gnarn OF
the other This play. which Is n somewhat eion-
gated form Of Prnceton's tandem play, IS the
strongest thing Of the year. and II has shown TWO
or three important points in modern football 'hat
have been growing upon the attention OF ioo'oa"
men for several years.
One point is that Princeton and Pennsyi-
vania-the strongest two elevens-have won on
tho strength OF mass tandem play. IL De-
comes fact that must be accepted. there-
fore that round tho end plays. with or WIN
out interference tackle and end plays. with or with
out interference, not effective to-day Inc ohiy
plays with a winning quality to them are these
accelerated tandens. centred either on tho centre
or guard and tackle holes. Kicking was "ha'
saved Harvard from n much worse defeat Brown
and Wrightington outkcked Minds nearly every
time Had Pennsylvania had good Kicker she
would have run up much larger score ~ IL
was the superior kicking OF Harvard nearly neu-
trazed the superior ground-gainihs QuaH"cs vi
Pennsylvania tandem plays
Football, then, seems to be coming down to tan
dem plays. centred on or near the centre straight
dives and good kicking That Is practically the
history OF this Neutrality-suspicious. game
Pennsylvania missed great deal in not having
Brooke her famous kicker Of the last few years
and much Of the lack of snap In her game was due
10 Mindss poor kicking and TO his difficulty In get
ting the kicks away. Harvard did not have KICK
blocked and muffcd only one punt from the other
side Minds mad several blocked and, what IL FAR
more dangerous in the long run, he never failed II
seemed 10 pu, the ball out in the long side OF the
field: that Is ne kicked out into the open. where
Brown could pick the ball up and run some
wards before any one could get out to check him
on the other hand, Browns kicking though not
equal 10 Bairds Of Princeton. was far better than
his work on the 7th against Princeton. Wrighting-
ton got long punts. but thcy were hot equal
| I'm placing quality TO Browns
OF course, whatever may be said 10 the contrary
| tho advantage is always little with the home
team The score Of TO q does not mean that fcnn-
svIvania is even two points 10 the better OF liai-
ward Probably the same game played on Soihiers
r,o,d q, Cambridge would have been quite as much
~. o,ber v;ay But the play OF Pennsylvania In
the second half when she repeated her tandem play
a.,n md again was far superior to Iiarvards s. ana
| IA NOT the Harvard team put in some magnih-
| can't work on the defence. the game wouid nave
oone more IN Pennsylvania favor.
A, the end OF fifteen minutes play in the second
holf Pennsylvania had pushed Harvard back from
| aono.rously near her own goal 10 dangerously near
| ,.arvard's and then. for nearly an hour, VIII"
,ono waits partly for injuries. but mostly lot oe
,av IN order to check the rush OF the fehhsyiva'a
| ,ordems the ball was practically not OUT oi REM
,,.n,a,s hands Steadily they pushed through
| Mt
80. 1round through Houghton. the right tackle OF
| Harvard They found this weak spot IN the ''S'
hor and indeed played IInrvards tackles 10 erea'
| odvantage for the Cambridge team s''o''s INV"
| v,dually elsewhere. was weak iioue"'o' o''"s
sw,h, and too inexperienced and Wheeler 100 rreS'
| from his injuries to DO much effective "o'N'
HARVARD LACKED ENDURANCE
The game then became purely question: "
| s,rength and staying power OF 'he va" '"'u ,",
"a 40 they have continually sho"ed III "'o "
| ,hroe or four years. they showed 'es,''""S go
~ training Of the KIND wn'ch MAN. - ,r,. a.,
.,on ~ n,av out the full limit OF the game h''r "
| ~. ~ ,oor IN lao n trace OF quitting IN 'hr ''"'
| "a rarIs at any time in the match, bnt "n'" INV
saoyv ,andems Of Pennsylvania were s'p'"'eu ''''''
| o,,cr time the Philadelphia men lro''" ~ " -
trs, enough TO carry them ont. wh'ie "'e i"' va
| team did not have the physical commune" -"
themselves up with and helps them hold 'he ~ mo','
''e a., ,,,.on,v minutes that remained. Thcii
s,,n was correct enough. for frequently 'h''
| n,d the Philadelphia men and thre" '"''' "'' ;"
,ut they could not do II FOR three oow"s ~
! ,,,,ce I'm that twenty minutes. and the Dali was '
| the time I'm Pennsylvania hands. -,
| ono thing appeared evident TINS yeni III 80
| -. york The element OF purely 'rlch P'".
ta d,sa npeared There was little or no .r'cA ~ ~,
| nooyv tandem OF Pennsylvania, ana ho.h"s u Wv
| on,i,ar formation for which ifarVaro mas '.'o
| rrous during the last few years """' Wv.
.,,, n,a we'd were Of the good old type sue" IL" Wv
VIZ. ,..- -cross the double pass going the same way
enS ,ne fake kick 1t is something to be thahkiu
for 30 far as of football were a
.,,. ras the case. for every man who has watcheo
.na game for eight ten years knows .ha' ioo,pa'
games sre never won on tricks anu '""'' ''"'
hut by playing football alone.
TIE MEN INDIVIDUALLY
n the rush lines there was some exraord'na.'
,nd,v,dual work. Woodruff and wharton. ~,
psnnsvlvania guards. played so close q gam. ',a
Harvard could not gain any s'ou"' p.nus& MI.
| LA" 49,. In snite of thu tact that fennxS plz