The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-10

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rem and l. w. Kendall are good,
steady pair of backs, with nothing SEN
sational about them. and the same
must be said of Reid at fullback and
Ellis, his substitute In any event,
the crimson is well supplied with
backs in case of the most disabling
game. The first choice will probably
be Dio5lee with Warren as halves
and Reid at fullback, very strong
combination.
! At New Haven strenuous efforts have
been made to develop centre, but the
! line seems to be just as vulnerable
there now as two weeks ago. Cutten
has a badly wrenched leg, which will
probably debar him for all the season.
Walton is strictly useless, and An
Some hopes are held out that Neon
nell, law student, or Phillips, a
medical man. will be able to fill the
bill If this does not prove success
full, there is talk of putting McGee,
sub-tackle, in at centre. This will
be done only in case Duston proves
his ability to fill ex-Capt. Rodgers
place at tackle.
At right end, Coy seems fairly sure
Of his place, which leaves the line
complete except at left end, with
Brown and Marshall at guards and
Capt Chamberlain at right tackle.
Sharpe seems to have the call at left
end at present, but he may be ousted
by schroeppe when he gets back into
the game. Back of the line, DeSaulles
has been definitely placed at quarter
back, and it viii be safe to say that
no more experiments with him at half
will be tried. Dudley, Cronin, Ben
jamin, Marvin and Townsend are play
ing well at halfback, with the ulti-
mate choice of a pair far away OF
course Mcbride will play fullback,
with Dashiel and Dupre as substitutes
Centre is the au-absorbing topic at
New Haven now, and until something
satisfactory shows up, this place will
be a source of worry to Capt. Cham
berlain and his forces.
At Pennsylvania, Coach woodruff is
worrying as to the places in which he
viii locate the Individual men. It is a
strange feature Of PENIS players, and
always has been. that they can I'LL al
most any position. 1t is very helpful
to have such handy men about the
field, and 1t makes the question of
| substitute very easy The men and
the positions Woodruff is sure OF are:
| OYerheld at centre, Hare and Nc
Cracker at guards, Carnett at right
tackle, Folnell at left end, Gardiner
at quarterback, and Outland at right
half. For a prediction, The Spy names
the probable Quaker team in the big
games as follows Overfeld, centre:
Hare and McCracken, guards: Good
man and Carnett, tackles; Folnell and
Coombs, ends; Gardiner. quarterback;
| Outiand and Mcmahon halves, and
| Walker, fullback This would make
the most powerful in the Quaker camp
today, and the strongest, probably,
which ever ran out on a gridiron
At Princeton the team has developed
wonderfully, and prospects are very
bright. Yesterday Princeton defeated
Franklin and Marshall, So to 0, while
Penn scored Il to 80 two weeks ago.
AS Penn will not play the Tigers this
year, enthusiasts can only Judge Of
their relative strength by a COMPARE
son Of scores made against the same
teams This is only a poor compari-
son, at best, as an example taken last
! year from home interests will show,
for example: Worcester academy Feat
Exeter, IA to 0; Phillips Andover de-
feated Worcester academy, Is to 0:
| Phillips Exeter outwinded Andover, Is
to IA. Question: Pick the cham
pion. This is always true in compar
! ing scores, for no one can realize or
sum up a teams condition on a par
ticular day. -
Princeton has found a valuable man
| to fiji quarterback place in Hutchin-
son, a veritable find, and g man Of the
DeSaulles and Daily type. He was
unfortunate in being hurt yesterday
so that the Tigers will be forced to
| fall back upon Rosengarten for a time.
AS it looks now, Mills and Edwards
will be the guards, Mills having the
call over Crowds and F1lson, because
he is very fine goal kicker. Hille-
brand and Geer, with Brann, will be
the tackles, while Poe or Montgomery,
with Palmer forcing Lathrop off the
team, will be the ends. Ayers will be
hard pressed by Maths for fullback,
while Reiter will play one half. Boards
ley, Black, Crane and George Lathrop
will fight for the other back position,
and the Tigers will be complete. 1t
| Ia safe to say right here that the
orange and black will be livelier and
better all-around team than was last
years.
! Comparing the scores of the week and
showings made, Harvard has surely
| improved, for she shut out fast team
Saturday while she allowed a much
weaker team than Dartmouth (Bow-
doin) to score on Wednesday. On the
other hand 1t must be said in extenua
ton of Harvard's play Wednesday that
Bowdoin scored through a weak sub
tackle, but surely some blame must
also rest upon the coaehers for letting
the tackles take all the brunt of the
opposing PUSHES without the support Of
the rush line half backs.
Comparing scores and Yale would
look much stronger than Harvard, as
| she defeated williams $50, while the
crimson succeeded in only making II.
On the other hand Yale looks weaker
than West Point. as the cadets defeat
ed Wesleyan 81 to s. while Yale sue
ceeded in making but solitary points.
Supposing all this to be true. Harvard
will have a difficult time with West
Point next Saturday at the Point. There
| is no doubt but what 1t will be hard
game. but Harvard should win, al
| though West Point will score, as she
has fine drop kicker In Kroner. One
hears the query very often, why the
cadets play such good foot ball, but
they never stop to think that they have
the very finest specimens of men, ply
| sically speaking, far above the colleges
in this respect, and the colleges merely
outpoint them because Of their longer
foot ball experience and gridiron tradi-
tons.
PENIS showing against Brown mere
ly goes to show that The Spy was cor
rect in saying that playing weak teams
had a disorganlzing influence. Brown,
with the addition of Wheeler at right
guard, has a very strong, heavy line,
with good ends with foot ball know
Hedge Of PENIS game. It was quite
different story at Philadelphia than it
has been for the past few Wednesdays
and SATURDAYS