New-York tribune., 1898-10-02

ana VIII be assisted by Lea and by Foe, whose
regulations are also well known.
HOW TO BEAT YALE
This is the way well-known Harvard graduate
and hrs,rate football critic summed up the other
day the situation at Harvard "The material here.
though no good at Yale Pennsylvania Is
good enough. and II comes down TO the same old
story. II the men be picked out early enough
TO know each other. and are taught the old-fash-
Toned. straight football that has always for
Yale. and are taught TO play 1t hard and fast. the
team should he mighty difficult to beat by
the middle of November. If they keep changing
the men about. teach them lot OF fancy plays
and try to make them rely on tricks instead Of on
themselves. they will get awful licking" That
is about good summary as | have seen OF the
right prescription for Harvard to take to enable
her TO beat Yale. There is truth In every word OF
1t. and IT will do harm for all the men at Har
ward who have anything to do with football 10
ponder upon the advice quoted above. even though
they may have had already in mind the policy
that II outlines. As matter Of fact. Cameron
Forbes. the head coach. seems 10 be pursuing a
policy consistent with the plans he adopted early
last year. At that time he did promise that
he would turn out winning team the first season.
and of course he could not promise ever to bring
certain victory; but he indicated that he desired
to follow a policy the fruits Of which would
probably show more plainly the second year than
the first The work OF the Harvard men in prac-
tice thus far has apparently not been up to that
Of any OF the other big colleges. but that fact In
dicates little. No attempt has yet been made on
Soldiers Field by the coaches to force the to
play hard football. and until they give the word
the spectator will probably continue 10 be
disa appointed The work OF Captain Dibblee has
stood conspcuously ard he has been head and
shoulders above all the res, OF the players II is
rather remarkable to a captain who
can undertake all the worries OF the team and
ye; play his own position with increasing skill and
daring
As for OF the Harvard material, there ia
a brilliant array of backs. but the material for the
rush line seems rather crude and Uniformed As
explained in The Tribune last week, there is going
TO be great difficulty In building centre that
will be anywhere near equal to Harvard's strong
defensive centre of last year and in aggressive
play vii, surpass last years centre trio II looks
II the tackles would be pretty well cared for.
especially If Swain who broke his leg last spring.
actually gets back into racing form. There is more
less anxiety abou: the end men. and 1t is the
habit at Cambridge talk about the wonderful loss
that Harvard has sustained In the departure OF
Cabot and Moulton. last years so-called star"
ends. AS a matter Of fact. however. both those
men who were capable Of hgh-class football.
played a weak game against Yale. allowing Nc
Bride and De Saues to rush the ball back on
kicks again and again. and, Ike chain that s as
weak as its weakest link. a football player must
be Judged by his work In the most important con-
test of the year. At quarterback Cochrane. last
years substitute is doing hard work. but he is
not the man for that important place. 1t would be
better 10 give It 10 DAILY, who is light. but VINO
shows frst-class head work For the two half
back positions and fullback Captain Dbblee. Par
ker, Warren. Kendall. Ellis Reid and Swain are
all capable Of being worked up into something
hrst-class Haughton. who played fullback part OF
last year is again available. but he ought not TO
have the position. Harvard will have frst-rate
practice games this year against West Point
Brown. the Carlisle Indians. etc. and ought to he
whipped into good shape by the time OF the Yale
| McMaefprS who when Princeton
| was playing against Harvard used TO have fire in
| his eye for the Crimson men. is now at Cambridge
| trying 10 show the men how to enter Yale same
| in perfectly fit condition His engagement is a con-
siderable surprise but not necessarily an unpleas
| ant one for most of the Harvard graduates
| STURDY QUAKER RUsHERs.
| Pennsylvania has fine reputation to sustain in
| football 1t is a reputation that has been won for
| ner partly through the keen and vigorous efforts
| OF her players. and partly through the IN
cisive intellect and unwearied attentions or her
coach Woodruff formerly OF Yale. Woodruff is
one of the most wonderful coaches in the country
! He has the theory OF football as pat as his c.
and is one OF the best theorizers and evolvers of
| model plays that can be found. He has brain
| built something after the fashion Of Deland. VINO
evolved the famous Harvard chess-play tricks The
great additional advantage that Woodruff possesses
Is that he knows how to put his theories into per
feet practice and at jus, the right moment liar-
ward has been able 10 put the DSiand drcks s 9n nro
| erally timed them wrong. Woodruff never makes
Hsnfs s nas tsat been mas ban
| at many .onts. and apparently weak al at noiit
tion Which IN these days Of hard fast play is alb
| soutely essential This year NoodruI If apPdI-
en eay aaromgd 'Saemng foobao catch the pgskn il
Necessary and to kick 1t He docs not believe ,s IN
apparently wants every PLAYER M to @ be an m unde1 ba
study fer every m }oTro6 no no that
will not meet with ready solution; ;, ~ NJ ook' r1 a,sI
SS psy y by 5e Pcnnsyivania this year and Harvard will
probably have fun chance 70 learn It's beautiss
practice games with the smaller, colleges These
games have shown little beyond the fact nat The
A. this time Of the, year. There has been q good
deal 2a G5 OF dmnae tqmPns 40 for he material last years
centre Overheld at the middle position %i,h hs afo ro
Siii be found at the stand proving to he abou:
acEe haTd WiS these m m rand The guards
back play PENNSYLVANIA ought & to- be ao[e of tho 10
walk up a9S gSc bsppns hs s % wSn
| comes Harvard, ii is presumed that the am am
now and November TO frustrate ne snarnSonacs OK
formation Cap}ap Ouano nan one o, the hafbacks
He is nrstrate kicker and hard-punsing oaSk S
positions though not yet decided upon: will be well
taken care of Al the men are receVmg d raG oheT
| points of similar nature which seem rather un-
| mportant hut which. when all rolled together are
| potent for victory.
CORNELL FULL OF LIFE AND VIM
Cornell has started in work this year In snappy
uav and is playing unusually fast football for this
| time Of the season. The eleven has already had
| two or three practice games against such teams
| 40 Svrocuse and Colgate and although their OPP
| nonents are hardly worthy OF the mette or the
| Cornell men, al the same time they have had
strong enough rush line 20 give the Ithaca players
! good practice and to show that there Is hrst-rate
| stuff waiting only for development. The sp'endid
| showing made last year against Pennsylvania has
also served as an incentive for the whole college