The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-30
IN THE FOOTBALL WORLD.
-FOUR IMPORTANT GAMES BT THE
BIG ELEVENS TIL AFTERNOON.

NJ 70 ~ "FO"
Yale Coca to west Polnt-Dartmonth at
Princeton--News from the CoiieEes-Notes.
Four Intercollegiate football games OF con.
siderable Importance will be played to-day, tho
results of which will afford even better lines
on tina strenrth OF tho big elevcns than what has
beea CLEANED from tho contests already played.
Harvard will play Cornell at Cambridge, Penn
Sylyania will meet Brown Mt Providence, Yale
will tackle the Cadets at West Point and Dart
mouths eleven will limo up against the Tigers
nt Princeton. The Harvard.Cornel game is
attracting moro attention among the en-.
thusiasts all over the country than the other
events. The Cornell eleven, as is generally
known, is stronger this fall than for several
years back. The lthachns have played n sensa-
tional draw with Lafayette this season., and
last Saturday they put up such good football
that Princeton beat them by the surprisingly
small score OF 10 to o.
Cornell men have been claiming ever since
the season began that their team would beat
Harvard. They have based their opinion on
abe fact that the material at hand has been
better than ever before and that the coaches,
Warner and Beacham. are the most competent
that Cornell has ever had. The games with
Lafayette and Princeton have strengthened the
hopes OF the followers OF the red and white, and
many of them are going TO Cambridge to-day
ito cover Cornell's end of the short odds offered
on Harvard's chances. The Cornell rush line,
while not so heavy as.Harvard's, is made up Of
men whose chief aim is TO be active and to play
fast football. In games to date the lthacans'
rush line has invariably been speedy, and that
is a big factor in any teams strength. Har.
wards line, on the contrary, has been criticised
almost continually for ~slownoss, which at
times is an irreparable fault.
In Young, quarter back, Cornell has one of
the stars of the country in this position. He 10
an expert at %punting, and in this respect many
persons believe Harvard will experience trouble.
as the Crimson cannot boast Of a single first
class puntcr. Cornell's backs-and there are
two sets of them-can DO selected from both
heavy and light material. They have done
well 80 far. but they are expected to exceed their
work in the Princeton game.
The great body of Harvard men. including
the coaches OF the team, and Boston enthusiasts
are strong in the belief that Harvard will win.
but they are careful not to predict any score
and refrain from declaring whether Cornell can
get the ball across Harvard's goal line or not.
The fact that no team has scored against Har-
ward this season and the inability of Browns
eleven to score last week, although the Provi-
dence men had previously rolled up fourteen
points against Yale, have been taken as evidence
that Harvard's strong point lies in defensive
work, so that from an impartial standpoint
many critics look upon the game as a close one,
The argument is set forth, taking the Princeton
game asa criterion, that Harvard will not
sSap cor 1ns ii MiG a FeIof fse Of cs .s5 p9SinsS' te Sgs
nearly as strong as Princeton in defence. That
Cornell will play at Cambridge before a crowd
another fact that should not be lost sight Of.
Altogether. the, game may turn out to BIO the
hottest so far this season.
nHryAr0A eASV Victory over Br0wn- nv n
score Of Is to Q, makes pennsylvania chances
to-day unusually bright. The Quakers will
Of lafayette y q score Of 20 too. The Brown
Haltback Fultz, who is one Of the finest foot
ball players in the country; He did not play in
the game against Harvard, which was a blow
to his teams confidence and energy. The Penn
winners by a soleraSly large score, B. 7 Sats
against the whitewash brush. The QuaEers
are expected to draw a big crowd, as they are
dangerous rivals this year.
The Cadets have a formidable eleven and are
improving daily. Harvard defeated them 10
TO Q a, couple OF weeks ago, and the Cadets sue
ceeded in defeating the strong Wesleyan team
der will probably be felt in Yale's rush line, as
the big fellow was a tower OF strength in all the
sa Prisc eloSed should !hai yf have a rather easy time
disposing OF Dartmouth. as the Hanover eleven
was not very formidable against Pennsylyanie
take no chances of having men hurt, as they
are saving themselves for the battle with La
I Mss, win i T pisk t 16s a 11,as{' sa hasay WITH L 1y ies
this afternoon.
PRINCETON, Oct. 29.-The Tigers took an en-
Souraging brace in their work tais afternoon.
Much Of the time was spent IN signal practice
ssne against h scrub. during Which the hrst
Baird distinguished himself by Kicking four
goals from the field, two OF which were from the
tos.diayg.a a nd' the A conchs2s have Wss d eSt ed t to le Ef SiS
have a much'needed rest. The muscles in his
neck were strained yesterday while no was
he Is badly bruised and battered from the hard
playing in the recent games. His absence from
makeup Of the line. Edwards was taken from
centre and played at right guard. while Jordan
same place on the varsity. Booth Sa h played c s1
for the scrub. Crowds was also out OF the
game with a slightly, injured knee, and Dickey
place at right tackle to-day for the first time
sIae in sh Sbs Indian snma ss% pf,S on oct OF b Is; k foe ! sS was
tackle this afternoon. BE broke through the
sHca cle lins ,TeP peat tbs cnasS 5 bs the %ip 9bsf z,
mas at last struck his gait.
PHILADELPHIA Oct. .2s.-The Pennsylvania
eleven left this city this morning for Provi
dence, where they will play Brown tomorrow
An the men are in good condition and will play
in the game with the possible exception of out
land. who Is still suffering from tonsilitis. The
pennsylvania team, in event of his not playing
may be made up either by transferring Boyle
70 TACKLE and placing Folwell at end or by NOV
Ing Minds back TO his old place at tackle and
placing Walker at full back. Coach Woodruff
SAID to-day he WAS considering the advisability
OF doing one or the other Of these things perma
nehlly, owing to the lack Of material at tackle
and the poor condition Of all tho candidates
OnLla9d, Gooman and Cornell all suffer from
syhovltis OF the knee and De Silver recently
broke his ankle. These are ali the tackle can
ahaates. Minds would be seriously missed in
the back field, though Walker is quite a good
man: lie wonld not replace the captain in tho
inserterence or IN line plunglng, though this II
MS strongest suit. 1t Is hardly likely that thii
S Snansis s,, VIII be made. The absence Of Boyl,
tion he Is the ,peer if not the superior of any
Hna playing the place to-day, His work thii
year mas simply been wonderful. He would
not a,, Se nearly so useful, at tackle. though h
particularly in tackling down the deid and y
much more likely one. :"