New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-09
IN THE FOOTBALL FIELD.
GOOD SHOWING OF THE SMALLER COL
,rcE TEAMs-wORK OF THE WEEK.

,-s s,,alIer college elevens have proved them
80 thus far this season unusually worthy
r,sts for the team representing the "Big
-" When the fact is noted that Wesleyan
IN, Yale week ago down TO a paltry nVe
o,r.s. :hat Williams allowed Harvard to have
score of only eleven. and that Bowdoin last
u.oSresdav crossed the Crimson goal-line, 1t
,,us, be confessed that Yale and Harvard are
.,,rrg nractice that is a little more interesting
,ban they had counted upon. These close
soo~es Of course. do not indicate very much as
- The future success or failure of the Yale ana
,yorrard elevens. but they are exceedingly in
18th, 10 the partisans Of the smaller col
,oco teams as demonstrating the excellent work
49,, their men are doing. The Wesleyan men
s.ye especial cause for pride and glory when
-. coll n mind the enormous scores that Yale
always used to up in its opening game OF
~ season against the Methodist boys from
,,,sdIe,oyn Moreover. the aggregation that
y,oslevan presented at New-Haven last Satur-
dav was made up, to a large extent OF rather
,ou men The Wesleyan line has had heavy
and serious losses from last year, and there are
,Oo,v hlg gaps to FIJI. Back Of the line seNeral
- the veterans have returned. and wesleyan
will probably be strong in line-Orcklns ana
Ticking as ever before. Captain Townsend Is
great source Of strength 10 the line at LETT guard
and If he can succeed in getting the proper men
hack 10 coach he will have good eleven 10
.s,,a an accounting with before many weeks
are over.
PROSPECTS AT BROWN
prov,r Is another one of the teams in the sec
ord class Of colleges that has pretty bright
rrospects this fall despite the fact that those
,uo wonderful halfbacks of hers, Fultz ana
carmons are no more to be seen on Lincoln
Field Richard Croker, jr., who, the uhoe'-
graduates hoped, would, in his rushes against
tho enemy. bowl them over as readily as MS
father did all opposition in the recent Demo-
cratic Convention. has also gone. and Brown
"a Obliged 10 develop new halfbacks entlrely
The Providence team showed frst-rate form
against Holy Cross week ago. though 10 oe
sure. there was bad fumbling all through the
game Browns biggest contest Of the season is
the one on her home grounds against Princeton
on October % This is only fortnight before
Princetons game with Yale and ought TO ror-
nish the New-Jersey boys some good practice
Dartmouth has won the championship among
several ~ the small New England colleges for
some years and Wurtemberg. her coach. de-
clares that she will retain the title this year
II So there will have 10 be a vast amount OF
work done between now and the middle OF NO
venber Dartmouth is strong In her backs. out
has weak rush line this season. and her cap
tain. Crolius. has been laid up for fortnight
or so The Hanover team is always fortunate
In being able 10 secure as material big lusty
lot OF youths whose muscles have been mace
as hard as STEEL and who are giants In frame
as result Of the outdoor country life they have
led on the hills of New-Hampshire and Vermont
Dartmouths game against Wesleyan on octo-
Der will be fierce struggle, and the contest
against Brown at Providence November IL,
the day Of the Harvard-Yale game. Will also be
hot fight Later in the month Dartmouth
will take a little Western trip and play with
The University Of Chicago and the University OF
, Cincinnati.
Williams has plenty Of old men back this year
and has opened the season in generally encour-
aging STYLE by keeping the Harvard team down
70 score of eleven. There IS a fierce fight 60
ing on for quarterback place at Williams. and
no one knows what the outcome will be The
men are working under the direction of Hine
and Hazen both old Yale men. and are rapidly
acquiring the fine points Of the game on the
whole the prospects are much brighter than
they were last season. when il was necessary 10
develop lot Of raw material
WHAT THE CADETS ACCOMPLISH.
1t is an amazing thing that the West Point
cadets are able to make the wonderful showing
that they do in football. Just compare for
moment the state II affairs at West Point with
that Of other colleges! At Yale or Harvard, for
instance the candidates may practise two hours
every day. and toward the latter part OF the
season twice a day if they like not to mention
the lectures after meals at the training table
and instruction and signal practice in the gym
nasium in the evening. At West Point, on the
other hand the team is allowed TO practise only
Two afternoons OF each week, between ana
O'clock Look at the difference, and then il may
be realized what handicaps the young soldiers
labor under And the fact that they have given
both Yale and Harvard the hardest sort or
tussle in recent years speaks all the more
WOrthiy Of the stuff that the cadets are made Of
! understand that they are turning out very
fair team this year. and OF course they always
begin with the advantage of having a lot Of
men who really picked, and who keep In
pretty good training all the year around. cap
tain Kroner. whose picture appears in another
column Of The Tribune to-day. is 1.-the DASH
ine PLAYER and inspriting leader
Among the other small colleges the Carlisle
Indians seem TO have started out on the war
path 50 far as football is concerned, and bid fair
20 have goodly number Of scalps hanging at
their girdleS before the season is over. Several
Of the old familiar names to be found on the
list Of rushors and halfbaCks and the Carlisle
Indians can be counted upon during the early
part Of the season. at any rate 10 give the same
excellent account Of themselves as before. IT Is
rather curious fact that the success or the
Ahaldhs usually QeprcClaleS n urine dS lHe SO
son wanes. They will play a game against Yale
on October 22 and against Harvard a-week later.
wnhe they Will measure pro"ess against me
Pennsylvania men on November II
Lehish whose work against Princeton in the
early part Of the season has not inerequently
ben revelation 10 the football world. is not
especially strong this year. and gave rather
POOR exhibition at the New-Jersey college last
week Lehghs bitter rival Lafayette. is also
badly out % form this year, and had the HUI
initiation Of being beaten by Franklin and Mar
snail az Pittsburg a week ago.
WORK OF THE LEADING TEAMS.
Light appears TO be breaking through the
clouds a. Princeton. There are beginning 10 be
more smiles than frowns upon the faces Of the