The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-25
ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD.
oONCLUsIoNs DRAWN FROM THE
BIG GAMES ON

Pennsylvania Seems to Have . Teann That
rv,rht svoces.ruIIy Cope with Princeton
Refereo Gouid,s Ruling ON saturday Dis
c-ur.ed-Rece,pts OF the Hale-Hndian Gnnne.
There was enough football by the big elevens
on Saturday TO keep the enthusiasts busy with
predictions for the rest OF the season. Penn
sylvania's victory over Lafayette turnished the
greatest surprise. The former more than wiped
out last years defeat at the hands OF Lafayette,
and also doomed their stock to such an extent
that they are being rated strong enough to
possibly defeat Princeton. Tho fact that Penn
and the Tigers do not meet this year Is, there
fore, a source of much disappointment among
lovers of the game. The Pennsylvania team will
play only two more important games this
peason. One will DO with Harvard, on Nov. 20,
Mt PHILADELPHIA, and the other will be with Cor
nell. on Thanksgiving Day, at Franklin Field.
Tho Qamo with Harvard comes on tho Same
date as the Yalo-Princoton game.
Princeton's victory over Cornell, by a score of
10 to O, was also in the nature Of a surprise, and
will be universally taken rs an Indication that
Cornell has the strongest team since the eleven
in which the late Osgooi was the star. The
Ithacans' coming game with Harvard will
prove to be a clinker, so Ithacans say, and the
/ Crimson men appreciate the fact now that
Princeton has had such q hard fight for victory.
Followers OF the Orange and Black find some
consolation In the fact that Capt. Cochran and
Hillebrand did not play on Saturday and that
Cornell failed to score. The inability of the
Ithacans to cross the goal line proved con.
c~lusively the worth of Princeton's defence.
Yale's victory over the Indians has afforded
plenty Of satisfaction among New Haven men,
but all of them realize that the eleven has not
yet reached a standard that will be necessary to
successfully cope with Princeton. Referee
Gould came in for considerable criticism yester.
day because he did not see Slocovitch's ott-side
pay in the first half. which should have resulted
IN the calling of the ball down on the 20-yard
line in the possession of the Indians. The rule
covering the point in doubt is as follows:
Rule IL. Section b. A player is put OF side II the
ball in play has last been touched by one of his own
sid, behind him. No player. when OF side. shall
touch the ball except on a tumble in a scrimmaSe
nor with his hands or arms interrupt or obstruct an
opponent until again on side. No player can. how.
ever. be called OF side In his own goal.
Section c. A player being put on side is put on side
when the ball has touched an opponent. or when one
OF his own side has run in front OF him. either with
the ball or having been the last player to touch It
There was only ono of two ways: Yale could
have legally received the ball on tho decision OF
son. the Indian. then Slocovitch or any member
of the Yale team would have been on side and
Noulu hdNS vi IhC "a IL loooiolC. ~ -iS-
Bride, who kicked the ball down the field, had
then run down toward the Indians, goal and
ahead of Slocovitcn, tho latter would have been
on side. But as the play was quickly made and
Slocovitch was well on his way down the field
s sstS5s the iB sni1 TSs fo sst MsbyiJ Ppp 9d aat i sl gss
witch on side before the latter touched the ball.
Bob Wrenn, who umpired the game. believes
dians on tho twenty-yard line. and that Yale
should have received a penalty for offside play.
From the Indians showing. their game with
Brown University on Nov. Is will be worth see
ing. Arrangements are now being made to
The receipts of Saturdays game at the Polo
Grounds amount d to $1,000, it is thought, OF
which the Indians and Yale divided two-thirds.
Harvard's victory over Brown was enough to
boom the Crimson's chances; With nearly al
Ct a~u 1he s.a5 pdisy sss , e"f Of ,ba the m tsSm; Il HI poin.a
against Yale last Wednesday. The improve
ment shown in H rvard's play is most encouraG-
ing. Bert Waters, W o was in town on Satur-
day watching Yale's eleven. said to THE SUN
reporter:
develop a strong team. The, chief fault has
been slo ness, but that will disappear in ii @.
Coach Forbes is tho right ma In the right
game and Is devoting his entire time to the
team. something other experts cannot afford to
an immense crowd at Soldiers ii i'd on Nov;
Is, and we hope to win o memorable victory
NEW HAVEN. Oct. 24-Yale's football players
will not meet another foe until next Saturday.
when they meet the West Point Cadets. They
have, only. the Chicago A. c. game, which 10
and Harvard mate, es. A plan was started by
Yale alumni at New York to have the eleven
play there on election day, but there seems to
because the faculty object and partly because
no satisfactory college team can be secured to
20 there on that date. The Yale men returned
to this city tonight. Every player is in eood
condition and al will line up in to-morrow's
practice except Benjamin. who was completely
exhausted by Saturdays game against the
Indians: Quarterback Ely will probably play
tomorrow for the first time In three weeks
Ray Tompkins. "a. returned with the team tt
this city. and now nine former players are her,
to help Head Coach Frank Butterworth trair
the men. More are expected this week. Tn,
two games of the past week. in which twenty
three points were scored against Yale. have
aroused the coachers to the necessity o
strengthening the defence.