New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-27
FOOTBALL, SEASON ENDED.
HOW TIE BIG COLLEGE ELEvENs RANK
MAKEUP OF AN "ALI--AMERICA"
TEAM-ECHOES OF RECENT
BATTLES.

hail. SlCet. snow AM STORM on lNdIkSsNils
nav a, Philadelphia. There. in a hard-fought
ho.,le. the Quakers downed Cornell II points
90 The fed. which was a regular quagmire
=, freezing mud and slippery snow. made clean.
.contlfc play out Of the question II looked to
NO as r. had the weather been good and the
sa,i DRY. both sides might very likely have run
~ a much heavier score The game. too. might
ave been even closer than IT was. for the reason
that Pennsylvania. having a far heavier rush
tive had an advantage over Cornell on the wet
es,a on the other hand during the first half
Cornell rad big advantage in the gale Of wind
=. be- hack while IN the second half the wind
,od d{os down somewhat. on the whole. there
.,-a tho various fortuitous circumstances that
<o,ore6 Grsf one side and then the other just
about courterbalanced one another, so that the
sccre was a pretty fair estimate OF the compare
,,va value Of he two teams Cornell winds up
.he season IN n manner not absolutely glorious
20. AZ tie same time thoroughly satisfactory 20
her admirers At Princeton she held the Tigers
soun 10 one touchdown and goal. though the
Orange and Black made every effort to increase
Tho score And on Thanksgiving Day her Work
AGAINST the giant Qulkers on their own GROUNDS
ms remarkable. The season is one that the
7,norans should be proud OF. and think the
chief lesson they have T. learn is one when al
or tho bic college teams have learned before 'hs'
namely The neNpcdiency Of beginning framing
roo early in he season. The chief trouble with
- c,,.-eu tan, was that Il came" too early.
i arrived" toward the latter part OF OCTOBER
.rDo- e, ought TO have reached It's top notch far
more gradually and several weeks later. ME
,he coaches worked with such vigor that they
ora,n g. the Red and White team into first
-s,a shane for the Pennsylvania game at the
at Cornell
xu her early snap and viCor.
Tho struggle at Philadelphia showed glaTiney
-, chief faults I'm the Pennsylvania eleven this
s.ason and those were inability 70 do success
f,,l uniting and failure 70 handle cleaniY puh's
@-or, the enerny's territory. The Quakers heeu
Wv badly somebody who can boot the DaII
Quickly, and Clearly Hare had all the work ne
cov,a 40 without being called upon 70 KICK 'ne
leather and Coach Woodruff would better START
night IN end devclope kicker for neX' sedso"
uApvARDs MAGNIFICENT WORK.
Although under the present schedule Of games
a, &C. cenerallv impossible 10 decide upon the
oba,o,ior among the big college teams YET
71arvara.s work a; New-Haven on November !"
cave bo- without question or cavil from any
source the title Of champion FOR the season OF
,soS The clean snappy and scientific foo'oa"
what Harvard played was something marvellous
Eight wears ago saw the game in which Har-
>ard last won a football victory over Yale ana
,be Crimson eleven then. although composer OF
great players was not for a minute the hEhy
developed team that downed the Blue IL 10 "
O. week ago Football has changed so mlsh"N
.n the last few years that II Is really almost
impossible TO make comparisons or latter-uaS
teams with those that fought on the grld'roh
eight or zen years ago. The new football oates
from the time In which Harvard introduced the
living wedge in 1902 ~ 1898. The whole sys-
.a-n Of offence and defence since that time mas
undergone a revolution. Hard though It be.
however to make comparison every one OF l"@
o,s nlave-s with whom have talked declares
that the Harvard team OF 1898 is the equal II
not the superior Of any Harvard. Yale or
1,r,nceton eleven that has ever been produced.
The team work Of the Cambridge players was
.s -reo,se as a machine and SO well drilled were
,ba individuals that they moved IS with a SIN
Gle f0onulse No errors-and. of course, incivid-
.,al errors were made from time TO time-were
allowed 70 become menace. for the reason
that every man was IN his place 10 help out
and back up the man with the ball II DID
hlee dropped punt. Daily was close beside him
- fall on the ball. or. better STILL TO ward off
the Yale ends and give Dibblee chance 20 rush
the leather back The punting was the most
.ciertifc exhibition that have ever seen. With
.,,r,s -entlv little effort but with unerring skill
Hauehton managed 10 gain anywhere from ten
20 twenty-five yards on every exchange OF punts'
and this was enough 70 take the heart out or
any team. even one as strong az Yale's heard
good many Yale men. as we'll az Harvard men.
declare after the game that had the grounds
beer in good condition the Crimson would have
run up q score Of 80 or 40 TO o I do not agree
boy bcer sod
- the 2O-po!nt mark. but little more than that.
sor the reason that the wet sod was trhe
more 70 Harvards advantage than 70 Iale's'
TIarvar1's rush line being heavier than the
Pines also heard some Yale men declaring
that the exhibition OF their team was rotten"
This was not the case II was unquestionably
true that Vale had an eleven this year that was
weak at some points. and that was made still
more vunera BILE by The obviously poor condition
q several Of the players. But the result at
Ner-Haven was not due much 10 Yales
weakness as to Harvard's strength. In fact. !
heard two or three experts who had seen the
Yale-Prfnccton game the week previous de-
clare that Yale played better football against
Harvard than she did against the Orange and
Black The condition II the men entered I'M
Ynensely IN the final results. Iiarvard's repre-
ser,ativos owing largely 70 "Scotty McNas-
ters careful work were IN the PINK OF Cohu''i"i''
will Yei4 without anv thoroughly competent
head trainer. was rather badly of. There was
a. immense crowd present despite the fearful
storm. and the battle viii long be remembered
h. both universities.
AN ESTIMATE OF LEADERS.
Il IS an interesting and nice question "a 10
now the teams OF the leading colleges shall be
classified. To Harvard must be awarded hrs'
place without qualification ana by CONSIDER
able margin. The Crimson eleven star'eo o"
with nrst-rate set OF candidates al the De-
gun.ar Of the season. and rounded quite