Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-09-25

the kicking game, especially TO drop
ping goals from the field. Any one
VINO followed the fortunes of these two
colleges last fall will remember that
Young, of Cornell, and Hudson. the
plucky quarter back of the Indian
team, distinguished themselves by their
splendid ability to drop-kick from the
field and gained many points for their
teams by the play. Hudson was rated
at the end of the season as one of the
best goal kickers in the country. In
the contest with Yale he dropped his
first sensational goal from the field
and accomplished a similar feat twice
in the battle with Pennsylvania.
But, to return to the training of the
teams, if captain finds he has one
particularly hard game during the sea-
son all the energies Of the men are bent
toward perfecting themselves for that
event, and the players are trained to
the hour so as to reach the top notch
of perfection by the dateN of the SUI
preme effort. 1t has been the policy
of Yale to develop the team slowly, so
that the players very often do not show
their true form till late in the season.
Last year, for instance, Brown Univer-
! sty made IA points to Yale's IS, the
Indians made to "a against her, and
West Point, which in previous years
had never been rated as formidable,
played tie game agAast the New
Haven men. This record vas construed
by the sharps as sure proof mat the
light blue eleven was not up to the
usual standard.
This theory seemed to give confirma-
ton when she played Harvard and
neither side scored. Contrary to all
expectations, however, she came to
her true form when confronted with
Princeton and sent the Tigers home,
hitherto unsecured against, beaten by
to 0.
! The smaller colleges, owing to the
fact that their hard games often occur
early in the season, have to develop
their men quicker, and consequently
keep them in form longer. This fact
often accounts for the poor showing
OF a team.
Sometimes an eleven will place great
reliance on a certain play. Pennsyl-
vania has won many game by means
Of her famous guards back" interior
ence On the other hand, captain
who knows the style of play INDUCED
in by his opponents will try to insCin
into his men the best method OF at
lacking them or or repelling certain
form of attack. Cornell employed a
method of resisting Pennsylvania
guards back play with. such good
effect that the Quakers could only
make four points against the lthacans.
The big four" have begun to look
over their prospects for this fall, and
the schedules as made out at present
point to a hard and eventful season.
Yale's call for volunteers shows that
she has no cause to expect any sucn
phenomenal players among the new
men as Cadwalader and Brown proved
last season. Captain Chamberlain in
tends to be head coach and will doubt
less turn out a good team
Pennsylvania schedule for the sea-
son includes all the teams she met last
fall, besides Stages Chicago Uuniver-
sity eleven. She will Clay Harvard at
Cambridge, which means a hard prop
osition, for the Crimsons always play
better On their home grounds. Cor
nell has prospects of a strong team.
So that altogether the Quakers will
have hard work to duplicate last years
record of a whole season without de-
feat, especially as several of her star
men have left college.
Princeton has several places to fill,
more than any other college probably
but the men learned some salutary les
sons from their defeat at Yale's hands
last year and will not enter the field
overconfdent or entertained again.
Harvard will have her usual strong
team, but whether they will fare as
poorly as in the past remains to be
seen. A thorough change in the coach
ing system as well as in the arbitrary
choosing of players is needed at Cam
bridge.
The change in the scoring that takes
effect this fall will, it is hoped make
the game a much more open one, and
consequently more enjoyable for the
spectators. 1t is a pity, however, that
the western and eastern associations
cannot come to some agreement re-
garding the differences in the rules. AS
they stand at present they are so far
apart that comparisons are well nigh
useless, and games between teams I'M
der the different sets must be simply
a matter Of adjustment before. the
play. 1t is to be hoped that the lead
ers will look into this and promptly
remedy the defects.
LEO ETHERINGTON.
u. Foot Rail- TEAM