The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-17
YALE'S slim CHANCE
THE WEARERS OF THE
BLUE
PREDICTS DIRE RESULTS

Relieves Both Harvard and Prince
ton VIII BE Able to Humble the
Proud VictOrs in Many u Hard
Fought Rattle on the Gridiron-
Tells Upon What He Bases His
Sensational Views.
NEW YORK, Oct. 16-Chadwek, Yale,s old
guard, in speaking of the chances of Yale
Princeton and Harvard, says that he does
not favor Yale. He is of the opinion that
both Princeton and Harvard have the ma
terial with which to humble the once in
yincible wearers of the blue. He says that
Yale's chances for developing a winning
team this year are slight.
At other colleges and universities the deyel-
epment of winning team is usually consid-
cred the reward of peculiarly fortunate
combination of circumstances. The Yale
captain has only to look back upon a long line
OF victorious predecessors to realize that the
enormous task before him is a matter of
fact duty. At Yale he is expected 10 win
Whether or not Capt. Chamberlin will sue
eeed in accomplishing this task it is a fact
that the odds have so far been against him.
WHY YALE'S CHANCES ARE POOR.
But why are Yales chances far winning
team in '9S poor? There is just one great pig
reason for this-the loss of last years rush
line and the failure of the incoming fresh
man class or the returning batch of last We lr's
substitutes to furnish even the usual amount
of heavy material The Importance of this
does not appear at first glance 1t would
seem that the presence OF a group of veteran
backs such as is seldom seen together in
Guiding De SaulIes, Mcbride, Dudley. Ben
iamin. Corwn and a halt dozen substitutes
of merit, together with the long runs and
brlillant style OF play they have begun thus
early to exhibit. would insure a reasona BILE
hope of winning. 1t must be rememb cred
however. that men back of the line are de-
pendent for their effectiveness upon the fo~-
wards at all times, and the best CT backs
are at times imDotent on the defensive
Witness the Yale-Princeton game of '95 when
Yale had Thorne Jerrems, Fincke and De
Witt behind the lire and was scorai on
twice. 1t only by the most extreme form
Of one-man playing that TnOrne was able 10
win game undecided until the last call of
time
The games that Yale has played thus far
this season have been won. as might be ex-
pected by the work of the backs. The rush
line work mas been as unkeGpt as could we'll
be imagined. With the exception of Brown
and Chamberlin the tackles and guards fail
to penetrate the opposite line, and when they
do manage to get hold of anything and stop
it the action wears the aspect more CT a.
pleasant accident than a premeditated en-
deavor. 1t can be foreseen that against teams
which are not inferior Yale's backs will avail
! little unless there is a good cold phalanx in
front Of them. Such things as succession of
twenty or thirty yard runs can be counted on
OHly against inferior Teams, Tor II must be
remembered that among the backs this year.
good as they are, there is no Thorne.
PROBLEM FACING THE BLUES.
The problem. then, that faces the Yale
coaches this year of producing a winning
team from material scant in line men, though
plenteous in backs, is no mean one. Last
year the situation was the exact opposite
The rush line was composed for the mot
part of new men, but men who were vete an
substitutes and not by any means green, and
though scored against with monotonous reg
ularity through the season, when finally
welded together it was impregnable. The
backs, on the ether hand, were, taken as a
whole, less experienced, snd to this was
partly due the result of a magnificent de-
Tense unmatched by effectiveness at scoring
as the scores in the big games plainly show.
| Nothing to nothing against Harvard and to
against Princeton. The especial weakness
this year is at center. Marshall may be
trained into skillful guard, and two ends
may be found among number of fair candi-
dates, while Durston may be counted on as
a tackle OF ordinary ability. Cutter, how
ever, has not yet touched his last years
form, and neither he nor Walton nor MCGee
| is at all satisfactory as centers, although
| they have been tried continuously for the
| past week. 1t looks as though Yale would
| have to put green line of forwards In the
! field against PrincetOn's veterans on Nov.
u, although all the football that can pos
! sibly be taught them before that date viii
! be knocked into them. Indeed, 1t would
seem from the present outlook that Yale
must be scored on by both Princeton and
| Harvard.
OUTLOOK AT CAMBRIDGE.
Affairs at Cambridge have not yet passed
beyond the stage of continual and ineffective
shifting of candidates. sNo one has yet
| emerged from the kaleidoscope mixture with
| any particular distinctness as a football
| player. Capt. Dibbee appears to be the only
! veteran of pronounced ability on the scene.
! Alone in his glory he scans the chaos OF
| new and unframed material vainly endeavor-
! ing to see a Harvard varsity team lying
! around somewhere, and in the meantime
! BowdOin scores, and the season wanes apace.
| 1t reminds one of the tramp who reque ated
! the kind Isdy at the door to please sew a
| shirt on to this BUTTON" Capt. DiDblee is a
| most efficient button, but he may be counted
garment next November, if not sooner. The
| Harvard coaches are trying their best to put
| together the shreds and patches. Lectures,
explanations and work are being dealt out
| to the candidates in the proper amount.
| Capt Dibblee himself is a m st courageous
| leader, such as the situation demands, has
| the sympathy of the undergraduates, and
! possibly he may find his Harvard team before
! long.
1t looks probable, as has already been
mentioned, that Harvard may score on Yale,
and one reason for this view is found in
this same Dibblee.
PRINCETON'S PROSPECTS GOOD.
At Princeton, Capt Hildebrand has reason
| to be less worried than either Chamberiin
or Dibblee, because he has the bulk of
the old Tiger, fght-in-the-last-ditch rush line
Of last year back again with him. Crowds,
| Booth and Edwards loom up in formidable
array, while HildebTand at one tackle and
| Craig at the other end leave but another
tackle and end to be filled in. The ques-
ton Is not so settled with regard to the
! backs. Suter, Reiter and others Of like
caliber ought however, to make a fairly
strong contingent At present 1 should rate
the chances of the three big teams as fol
! lows: Princeton first, Yale, a poor second,
in spite of her star backs, and Harvard
third. Within the next few weeks it is
! probable that Yale and Harvard will both
| be scored on unless remarkable stiffness Is
suddenly put into their respective forward
! lines, while 1t is very doubtful il Prince
! toms goal can be crossed until De Saulles,
Mcbride and Benjamin get started for 1t on
Nov. II.