The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-17
ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD.
HARVARD PLAYERS UNJUsTLT HU-
INFLATED ny THE CO4CHERS.

au.,,.r. Win Letter cav ON Them TnLen
Ayny Because Ynie was Not T~,enten-
Athletic committ"e'" Relic Violated-Wood-
run Regarded Ms Ono OF tho best Coacncs'
Word comes from Cambridge that tho men
who took part In the Yale game last Saturday
have been deprived OF the privilege OF wearing
the letter III" on their sweaters because they
failed TO win from tho Blue. 1t has always
been tho custom ut Harvard to allow mon who
played I'm any kind Of games or contests with
yoio nv o,hcr bIg univnrsitics 10 wear nm en-
on their jerseys or sweaters. In April, 1896,
Z to prevent the Harvard III" from falling into
,hn nosscss,on ~ man uho aid not desorse Il.
nv P.escse,o" u W. wy WV NV -
tho Athletic Committed passou SONIC roeu,n.
.hn COMMITTEES soy" our ot tho time:
e"'0
! r,,on IN the matter, For the baseball team, a sweater
-,th The N " sb,i bo i,sued 70 every man on the
nine and to every substitute, going with tho nine
= These letters arc to be returned to the managers at
the end OF the season by every man who has not
n,oyoI 4, , n, tho mos, ,mpor,ant csmes. ,bes.
$1,000, anos .ro m ne d.,,ded nv m. c,n,sIn and
important games are 70 DC .e''ueu . n eAp.a'n -
che Chairman OF the Athletic committee. The same
.oruio will apply to the football eleven.
For the Mott Haven team, a sweater with an "H"
~ ,.... .a.,h ,,, ,,,o h.. SO . .o,u, :, .rx
wiz be given to ench man wno mas won q pointin any
dual games or in the hott Haven games. All other
.H. A. A." upon 1t.
xnatbands viii DO issued to the m managers of teams
NkA. - :. -. ~ =, r,. -. -. -
sed 70 wearers OF the III" Iho mas band 10 to TO
S~retufned under the aoore-mentioned conditions.
The action of the Harvard coachors. therefore.
m publicly Illuminating the members OF the
eleven in such a manner is generally regarded
n. no y - 80. ,,,ip,ia cam,,nt.tns ha"ah ~.
1S Dn aGiS' s o, Inc A,n,0 sraius %%i. sar' n a,mO1 been IN
VITA anch disnonp.ocmsn. IT, 10 NO wo no tha.
win such issourasenieh ~ is no wonder lnat
this stage. With tho Pennsylvania game less
members Of t Il; Varsity ELEVEN should 1HiG NOT be
subjected to insults and upbrnlding entirely TN.
* Deserved. To those impartial spectators who
paw Saturdays game, IL seems that the players
their fault That they were weak in their attack
or that any OF THEM Numbered. Their failure
? 70 win was because they had not been properly
stFaeHsa "" When Il Is TAKEN Sa 'h into c aana m,
faSt d daHons we sns i EHaGhSFf football %e I ip %pIay Wns 1T It i Is no
wonder that the team did not COME up to the
instrncting on theory only Ia and their assistants eti
- were entirely too numerous for the success of
the start, which was generally known by foot.
ball men before the season was q month cd.
son last night that they said they would not
blame the Harvard players ono bit if they re-
fused to tackle Pennsylvania.
Meanwhile the Yale team has not been cen.
sured FOR not Geating Harvard, Although the
'' point as Harvard sD did. After Carrying the ball
from almost the middle Of TUG held to aalyard's
pardonable carelessness for Yale To- lose the iii
~ a f,nn,hic and Ibcrcby forfeit n = Chance y,
score. ~ ~ vas d 5 han nnuGd >, mor9 open 10 az,
tba necessery grnmnd Irhen tho i;nau,n ~ ~
Va,o's S'ynrS ,5nc Vol Tho Vo,a no p ~. "a
not bccp denr We'd iv,d Of tbcir .yss" Pi ~ nave
ceiyinc PLENTY of support and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. mi
Of Coach anti erworth and bis fc u os mt !,
arc and always have been based apon he
principle Of encouraging Yale athletes, whether
MnjusiIy because or a n seiubacR. o Hx oomna er mem
c Ies wbx 9he naS Pe ape 70 drSw a con,
tWice since iisT Hef'sfa mas pea'eh 1a'e only
Speakinp Of coacbers hiring. N mind . ,or,.
ment thar has been freely circniated amonr
Woodruff. the Pennsylyanin coa.b If Is seotssd
that Woodruff comes very near being Inc hest hest
coach in the country He IA mn WAL n,a a
and was a a member of 81 he 8 b I'm eX. y p,ayep
opponents wore swept over like. paper dolls.
S Woodr raF'h hss .d asPP iaos 81 eoaen at pSs I'M;
and some great oleyehs., He has also invented a
system sna moe q team s,san, play that includes the fastest
ball used by any Of the eleyens. WoodrSnff il
absolute in authority and allows no assistants
help him. His ideas and plans are neyer nmes.
tha m.m anu nc mas undlspated power to select
no fayorites and the men must Win tbe IL pa"ys
on their merits Woodrn Pc csn w mIax xne y Places nse
IN the tenn and ia tharn ean p,ay my piace
When he tool Hold or The n,,at!. tnSlr ih1tls.
fairs thew were at n low snh Tbo Uponain !.
nosition pennsyiw. n;a ho y Ii prominehI
world TO-DAY IL chiefly DUE ~ ~ tb ne aooIoan
worker. '' u "'h' ehorseuc
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Tickets for the Yale-Princeton pams nm s..rr-
day at Nov Haven have been sent out to those hos
been so great that there Viii in MI n mand mas
DO no public sale in this city, unless some of ny
Undergraduates decide to part with some ~ oS
tho spectators have not secured many tiickets
and that this evil will be practicarv dom.
away with. Tho Yale Field. vyh.re thss uWn
will be played, is quite a distance from, liz a nnI'
lege campus. 1t is all O, half an hour,s Wall
which do not go directly TO the entrNnrcs e Tha,
east stand will be filled entireiv viii Wiz
supporters. Tho stand ia divided in,o tnira a org
sections. numbered from i mn II Vii &c
tain 300 seats. Tho west stanJ Will ha
similar in size md Observation-Disclosures onS IN III 10 10
occupied by Princeton sunnortcrs Tbn ~ y
tons are thirteen in nnmhnr and rrn mo see,