The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-20
ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD.
WARVARD AND YALE PLlY M
PoRTANT GAMES TO-DAY.

straight Football To CrOyuing Out Alleged
".Tricks r-Ncws from the CoiieEes-Notes.
Two important games will DO played to-day,
when Harvard meets Newton AT Cambridge
ard Yale tackles Brown Mt New Haven.
Yale's score of 10 points against Newton last
Saturday has stimulated the Harvard players,
who hope to excel those figures. Several
Crimson coaches who saw Yale play say that
either tho Blues did not ovcrcxcrt themselves
or they were unable to do better. They TO.
gard the Newton team as only an ordinary
eleven md predict q big score for their eleven
this afternoon. Brown will ronlly be tho
strongest team that has met Yale 30 far, and
tho game should be a pretty good test OF the
Blues strength. The Providence boys have
some remarkable backs and also believe that
their limo is fully as powerful as Salo's. They
DO not hesitate to say that they will score at
least one touchdown.
There is considerable wisdom In the policy
adopted by Coach Butterworth Of Yale in the
n~election of his players. He evidently believes
that 1t Is the proper caper to begin all over
again" In years gone by 1t was the never
failing policy at Now Haven to I'LL up vacan-
oies left by the graduation Of seniors with
freshman material. Later this plan was
dropped, and of more recent years tho fresh.
mon have been Systematically turned down.
An q result every graduating class has left the
football team a wreck, SO to speak. Coach But
~terworth. however, believes in the old system,
and he has already put a premium on fresh
mon. He apparently has no use for veterans,
% called, who arc about to graduate, but who
are just making their first appearances on the
gridiron. The lineup Of the regular Steam
shows how much the head coach thinks of first
year men. By intrusting regular places on the
eleven to Cadwalader, Cutten, Brown. Kiefor,
and CORNWALL first.year men-Butterworth
believes that he Is laying the foundation for a
future great eleven. For he reasons that IL
these men are promising football players now,
what will they be two or three years from nowi
Several Yale graduates who believe in this
method Of working up a team are encouraging
Butterworth In every possible way. Many
noted ex.players who are believers in the sys.
to New Haven to coach within the next few
weeks.
Princeton has worked the scheme SO sue
experienced material to fall back upon for IA
number OF seasons to come. Look out for
Princeton, but at Pennsylvania. Now that
Yale has taken up the cry, it will be in order
tSr nalSsrd BY 70 the eo way rt'n need encourasement
In football. Too much reliance has been placed
on upper class men in the past.
About the only big college eleven that has
attempted any particular formations behind
the line, beyond the he NJ; usual Tb ssra dSst.r football SbSa
again adopted their celebrated guards back
interference" and will probably make it their
principal play. Princeton tried the old turtle
back" wedge against tho Indians once or
twice, but otherwise limited Their attack to
hind the usual Interference.
Yale has played nothing but straight foot.
ball, and Harvard's eleven has not attempted
any tricks so far, although it Is said that plenty
ncw-fanglcd maneuvres have been invented.
These facts are creating the impression that
tricks, which take up time and cause confusion,
and win not pay much attention to anything but
St straight ,ha : o lar ;fash d9 iss,i football p t The hat eG Ptfhes.
simplest methods OF coaching and training.
are in favor of instructing their respective
OF course. tricks IKE the "eIiss cross side
iR"so%s.esd. f for th nens we ensS popu Tai w RSsef the he game er9rs
was in its infancy. But evolutions in Which
nearly every momber in the team is concerned,
where no really wonderful gains are made. will
undoubtedly be set aside. Good football play
onto tricks so Quickly nowadays that many Of
them are useless after the first attempt. The
celebrated flying wedge which caused such a
less after an opposing team had once seen, 1t in
operation. So were, many other schemes
football players, in the estimation of veteran
collcgians. were those who, unaided by modern
made long runs down the field. So-called
'.tricks' were unknown then, and yet the game
was jus. as effectively played as now.
Frank Morse. the cx-Princcton half back, who
was n star in his day, said the other day: The
hardest man 10 reach but the easiest man to
down that / ever met on a football field was the
late Osgood of Pennsylvania. The easiest man
to tackle but the Che hardest deso6 man wd to stop t pr wa5 gnti
dodger and n remarkable sprinter: If he got a
clear field it wns almost Impossible to catch
him. But II an opponent got a hand on any
part of his clothing, it was almost q sure tackle,
Tor 0sgood would slow up and drop. Butter
was Comparatively easy to get hold OF, but, il
you'll believe it, he was simply a wonder on
him around the hips, and had my hands clasped.
too, but ButtcrwOrth always dragged me five or
ten yards before | could get him, over, and
snce."
Harvard end of the big game with Yale in
charge, announces that all applications fol
the management, and no person will be allowed
to purchase more than two seats, All applica
tons NJ from h, HARVARD ~ ,idL men In mp hn s6 be MED a,s, hn prlol
Nov. 8. Holders of season tickets in Cam
bridge will have an opportunity to purchase
0aIe on Nov. q, beginning at 3 A.. NJ. and end
Ing at 8 P. NJ, Applicants wishing seats to
Check or money order and large stamped en-
velope addressed to the applicant must accom-
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the field, and then from sections not reserved
for Yale on tho north side. Seats will be as
signed TO applicants by lot.
A strong effort is to be made this winter to boon
Association football. The chief clubs of this dis
trict have sunk all their differences, and have
Joined the National Association Football League
an organization which is now on a firm finan
cial basis. The league has been most fortunat,
In its selection of officers this year, and with
the government of the game in good hands, IL il
confidently expected thst u prosperous season
viii ensue. 1t has been agreed to arrange. {
series of home'and-h home matches between tn,
eight clubs forming the league. A very liberia
plan will be adopted in dIawing up the SEIZED
ole, which will be arranged SO that teams which
cannot play on Saturdays will be allowed Il
play on Sundays, and vice-vcrsa. The club
which have entered the competition for tn,
championship are the Americus A. A. of Yves
Hoboken, the Brooklyn Wanderers of Brook
lyn, the Centreyille A. c. of Buyonne, tn
Kearny A.. A. of Newark, the True Blues o
Paterson, the Scottish Americans OF Newark
Arlington A.. A. OF Arlington, y. j., and Cres
cents OF Paterson. The participants In all cham
pionship games must be amateurs who nr
Registered with the Secretary of the league
The clubs, however, will: charge an admission
Zee, all Of which. with the exception OF 10 pc
cent, which goes to the league, Is taken b.
the home club. The opening games will b
played ON Saturday, Oct. 80.
Now that the New York Interscholastic A. A