The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-31
BIG GAMES AT HAND
COLLEGE, ELEVENS PREPARING
FOR THE HARD CONTESTS
OF THE YEAR
THE OUTCOME IS UNCERTAIN
vale and Princeton and Harvard
and Pennsylvania the opponents
i'm the First Matches Among the
Rg. FOur--The Tigers Have
SIt.bt1x the Advantage on Form
-Good Play Expected From ALL


NEW YORK, Oct 80. = With the
football season so far advanced as IL
is and with the struggles between
Harvard and Pennsylvania and Hale
and Princeton soon to take place, pre-
6ictions as to the outcome of those
contests must yet be made with some
hesitation With several days yet re-
naming to put the finishing touches
on the elaborate systems OF oILehse anu
defense and to round off the rough
edges of individual playing, dlsconso-
late reports as to the ability or those
past masters of football must always
h discounted to a certain extent. The
standard set is so high that any slight
show of weakness of any particular
man. any slump or let-up In speed is
apt to be exaggerated by the coacnes.
So the statements from Yale that a
decided slump has taken place In the
work Of the whole team and walls from
Harvard and Princeton of the ina b1i1ty
to fill certain positions properly DO not
worry their partisans much.
Undoubtedly there was some truth
in reports from Yale during the past
week that several OF her stars WeIe
loft color" But Yale's ability to raj
" at the eleventh hour is we'll known,
and no one doubts that, in the coming
struggle with Princeton, Old Eli Will
be represented on the gridiron by
team we'll worthy of carrying the Dlue.
YaIes victory yesterday over the
much improved Wset Pointers fur
nished some line on the real strength
of the team. The result was certainly
satisfying to Yale partisans.
They are keeping very quiet just
now down Princeton way Very few
bear reports are coming from there,
or. indeed, any other kind. The Tiger
coaches are apparently saving wood
ard saying nothing. 1t has always
been claimed by PrincetOns admirers
that her defeat by Yale last year was
due solely to overconfiGl No such
fatal mistake will be made this year.
The defeat was felt too keenly and
left too deep an impression to be soon
forgotten. and this year, when the
blue and the orange and black come
together for their annual argument,
the team that wins will win through
superior ability. Which team that viii
be is another question. Princeton GER
tainly has made the better showing
SO far this season. Whether her slight
apparent superiority will be shown
when most needed is q problem that
the Tiger coaches are bending all their
energies to solve to their own satiSfac-
ton.
Harvard and Pennsylvania meet
next Saturday. The teams play alto
gether different games. Pennsylvania
using line bucking tactics mostly,
while Harvard favors a more open
game. Attention has been given at
Cambridge the past few days to the
development Of strong and fast inter-
ference and to getting the backs to go
through the line. The improvement
has been marked Harvard coaches
this week will devote their almost en-
tire time to training the team in ways
to stop the fierce plunges of the Penn
sylvania guards and backs.
Pennsylvania is already in cham
pionship form. Against the really for
midabIe team Of the University Of
Chicago, the Quakers played football
in the second half that was nearly
perfect 1t was the kind that defeated
Harvard last year and is confidently
expected to win again this year. That
1t was possible to stop the guards
back play Of Pennsylvania, however,
was demonstrated by the Westerners
yesterday. Harvard expects the play.
Whether her players can stop it re-
mains to he seen