New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-14
FOOTBALL COMMENT.
FACTS DISCLOSED TO AN EXPERT BY
YESTERDAYS GAMES.

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who studied the two teams beforehand ana VINO
h.re In mind the games they had played could see
az We mentioned in this column week ago. tha'
Harvard would defend well, but was not W oo
counted on for any great scorIns "oih' nv
chance of Yale was In catching the |amoriusc
mems defence at an off moment anu scoiI's ''
ouick NAV The chance Of the Harvard men was
20 score by some chance after getting close 10 OPP
nonent's line Both of these opportunities oo
Cured and neither team was quite equ" " Wv
onnortunities In the first half Yale was Oh ma"
vsrds hfteen-yard line by taking an extraoruii'hfs
brace and with the assistance OF the wihu, o"' ~.
n,ovors were not equal TO the effort. har'aiu
sfanca checked them when they got SO close 10 iie'
oI vale tried the same plan of quick play III ''o
saoond half when Benjamin was Sent " ~
,hrse times In quick succession, but again ''' "
deveoped defence of the home team was 'oo " '
Co.. tho pressors In like manner HaI'"iu !" W.
oooud balf with the wind In her favor YAM
, 90 yale's 6ve-yard line. Then was inc ~
or,uri,v which almost always comes III SUI"
~ ~ score; but the Harvard team hau iio' 49,
sreiciently we'll coached in offensive pa' Ids
,ho, oppor,unity and rush the hVe reina,i'i'e
for the winning OF the game. "n"' nr,, orst
,rard was on Yales Vineyard line me n
49, ,ost ,hroe wards The second pia! e
fauoa ~ po., and then the next Inoihe"'
chance at victory was gone on .oSS Vi ' .u,
downs and no Vineyard gsin' any, any in one game.
the Indians force foowed Yale through the sea
@ vii sec that this failure OF tia avch 70 Yales
at criic@i as to the inability of ia anst
make head as such o a ,S sc, OF '''''
oppon%sd be- understood that this does This Years
that Harvard ay PE was trained and coached On hec
6re sensible and wise plan IMAM men played
seen at h ad sirong football all the Tine IN nj bet
fH1VVdjnais themselves we're, on ,hn case in recent
coudon nt 'Han most mporian, Of s ar, the o
bays used the system Inr D5 iI football than haye
insh was c iSn from Cambridge TecenI93m play
if any ,e T ore no ground TTd GnGs
or twice Otherwise the en Psf football ana the Uni.
we're osboUid realize that in Cam1ron apnears TO
has secured a man r %no TO play. but also BE-
kn nSss hSw methods oi s not having
Forbes has been m sembpdse when he was an nn
ss een He not Nafns roke his collar
because IN a II has knitted ,0s Da o play
s remains broksn he ne man in matters far re,
In aa from football has preachefod Dd in one way
and Ds we M maye a" some % b tbs
Or or ,bey can direct can .e bes failed in
they can f de- at all is in teaching his m gor them
nncctually TO score when the t heen put into the
70 do the ss i e stood on
POINTS at least when award failed 10 win when
s sas really should have won'
-, tho other hand. went up to the ene enHor
1aie' on .''e ~ sneok with a physically Weak
Wall
COUNT; -, NJ course with greater pres'se' -
80 % ,ose Yesterday. as such mat'ei' D. ,,ar
- roor,v she played with comparauNSs 49, She
" 80 desperate game from start ~ r,aaa tho
- Tower funbes than HarVaiu Dbhlee
ans,dge men back of the line. excep' ,;s,;n
CaIhpIiueo ,,arLabe game. rather uls'h-
VIM themselves for their fumoles IN t,'o
- 80, for ANYTHING else In the game ,,~s
o,.,udeed several of Haughtons Pu'i'S on a. che
80, y, hounds several times, but ne pay iva
,rho,e safe a strong ana iei"'' ,,oyor
- The feature OF the whole contest
sai'e' -. ror,arkable attempts. one IN each
VI. ,h,ch Vale made to gain. by las' anu WI
,,rued NAV sufficient ground yard D! !a''' oro
theu gait for the line. as IL Is ca''eu ,. oo,s
,,ho watches football knows that il ONO - e,t5
ne other ION the rum IL II starts .,rain
,,.. and gains a little each time the mora
49, n,ber team as it's members look Dach ""1
zoo their goal line coming nearer anu MAJ
yerv great. Sometimes the men ACT ia 49, =, g.,
that suggests lack OF courage, qult''ne' go =,
au.d II may not be this at all. IL Is d NM "
Sn.,.r for the moment. 1t never lasts iois'
"a tr a score is made that score must DE maui
soon Oftentimes such gait Is cne of i've min
injury 70 Rreakns OF the hypnotic spell some.
times supposed injury Is me nletnou IGl tuce
enee in the rs half and in the .eeS So a
Reniamin Mcbride and Corwn ne paehs i Ia,
ffteen-yard line without losing the but but unlike
vel s1arsd foT bne s0" had
80 ma9nacent defence that the New-Haven men
could not break ,hr9nsp a ware ts defensive powers
Again in the second half Yale win bdnd for S'
MD hn; failed for the same reason when they pc
gan to approach sufficiently near the, me
fact that Yale could force the game eat a, 6eT
during the afternoon is Of the az Se start OF the
season in New-Haven and has not shown dmr dr
the last two months ans sre rresmarkaby strong 1t
was again the admirable system OF uaIhins s a Z
ae he as Ser 1s Of the team Only this year Har
ward also had well-trained eleven. Harvard Ger,
from score Her backs fumbled more than Yaies :,
but the ground gain by Harvard @ rds
nearer Yaie,s goal than the New Haven men did
TO hers and the evident sirensth ber ,hnn ON
9 Tale' ine game wa " ~
After all is said, however, the game is valuable
one coming lust at the moment when the daily
Journals OF this city appearing with death lists
and editorials on the villany, vciousness and muir
derous qualities included under the name football
There was almost penalizng done In the whole
hour and ten minutes Of actual play. and II would
be dificu, for any OF these journals TO find that
fact repeated in any other game OF like Importance
in any country. Baseball. track athletics. rowing
tennis-even golf-are all full OF penalizations.
match after match Yet unless We very much mis-
take our observation. no man was disqualified yes
terday at Cambridge. nor was any man OF either
side threatened with disqualification or warned or
talked TO by the umpire on that score. ana TWO
OF ofside play cover the entire st OF brutaIi-
ties" Any who has ever played any game
where ofYside play Is possible knows how easy such
thing Is ana how harmless ii is when a man ~
full of his sense OF what his work Is 10 be. IL Is
interesting and emnently satisfactory, therefore.
TO find that the first game between Yale and Har-
ward after years OF separation on account OF
rough play should have been so free from anything
approaching bad blood bad feeling. II IS Inter
esting too that the game should 20 10 neither the
one the other and In 4 measure II opens the
new alliance Of Harvard and Yale on an absolutely
equal basis. OF course Harvard Ind a little ad-
vantage but a matter OF fact, Harvard In actual
work done did surpass Yale. though the New-IIayen
men knew their game well enough TO prevent a
better team from actually gaining the victory Next
year comes the game OF New Haven and then we