The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-10
PENN BEST.
Team Looks
Strongest
OF BIG ELEvENS.
The Features Of LastWeek's
Work on the G1idiron.

and accordingly more men manifested
a desire to get into the same Then,
too, the time is fast approaching when
the coaches Of the regular elevens knew
about what material at hand will be
used upon the varsity and what win
be sheived for another year or used III
the Improvement of the scrub" To-
day there is more certainty in the line
up on all the college e-evens-a fact
that always has a steadyine effect.
Wits few exceptions the college teams
have taken big brace during the week
just closed. Interference and forma-
lions have taken on something more
that a mere semblance 81 form.
Harvard and Princeton have made
the biggest advances il form during
the past week. Pennsylvania has re-
manned almost stationary. The fact is
that Woodrufr's men have played too
many fierce big score games in the hot
weather. The inevitable result has fol-
lowed, and Penn has been obliged 10
lay off many of her best men in the
daily lineup. No advance can be
brought about under such conditions;
more often it is reversal i'll form that
is shown. Yale, also, has made but
little progress. Her interference is
more compact than a week ago, to be
sure, but the coaches are no nearer
filling that bad end and centre, or de-
Gliding upon the halfbacks.
1t is not to be wondered at that less
improvement was made at Philadelphia
and at New Haven than at Cambridge
and Princeton. The former pair or
teams started out with better prospects,
and being composed almost wholly OF
tried men, these teams cannot be ex-
pected to show as rapid strides in the
direction of perfect form. 1t always
takes some time to bring green mate
rial up to the varsity standard in any
college. Today the Quakers have the
best team upon the field, with Yale
in second place. Princeton is crowd
ing the sons of Eli hard for second
place honors. Harvard is at the rear
of the big four, but With very fair
prospects in a hard working, but very
green team.
AT Cambridge the team has shown
vast Improvement, In spite of the sew
eral Innovations that have been tried.
The greatest of these was the attempt
to play Boal at half back, after PENIS
style Of a daring, rushing back OF the
Minds, Knipe, Oegood or Outland type.
The attempt was a diemal failure and
will probably be dropped-at least, let
us hope so, for memories of Bert Wa
ters' wretched work back of the line
In SO are still fresh enough to condemn
further attempts at making such an
incapable man fll so important a
place. Boal's place is at guard. to run
after Bonn's method, a play very sue
cessfui last year and well worth adj
herring to. Another attempted change
was to put Swain in at sub-quarter, to
take Days place in case of injury.
Swain filed this place on the Manual
Training School team, but his work the
past week has been very poor. Sawin
would make a very good half back,
but the coaches should use their regu-
lar quarter back material for sub
stitutes.
Instead Of getting cut some new stuff
to plug UP the weak holes in the line.
the coaches, headed by Lewis himself,
gave the present possible likely hold
ers of positions several talks upon the
theories of defensive play, There Is no
doubt about the talks giving them a
fund Of valuable information, and did
| them a world of good. The results Sat
urday afternoon showed this, but 1t is
equally certain that there is material
in the freshman class with better foot
ball heads and prospects than those
now holding down positions upon the
varsity. In just this lies the greatest
fault in foot ball teams at Cambridge.
No one seems to recognize a man S
ability at sight as does Woodruff at
Pennsylvania. In consequence, q Har-
] ward freshman, whatever his eapabili-
"A
squad, learning absolutely nothing
when he might be developing with the
/ varsity squad
Last year every freshman foot ball
! player was drilled and fooled with In
the freshman division, and defeated
Yale freshman by an overwhelming
score, to be sure. But they had not
! been given single days trial on the
/ varsity. This year, Burnett, Hallowell
! awrence. DAILY Reid and Ellis and
/ Kendall are all playing regularly
These mems ability should have been
discovered year ago and worked into
rlpened material for this seasons team
instead of starting in on the Harvard
team with practically no experience in
varsity work. The same thing is true
again this fall for, so far, only two
! freshmen have had a show on the
have older brothers trying for the
varsity, and it was through these bic
brothers that the men are now drilling
with the varsity.
! The centre trio has remained the
same oil the week. and is improving
Charlie Sargent, at centre, has under
gone a severe weeks work under
Lewis constant attendance. Burdin
has improved considerably, but still
has much to learn about defensive
playing, and everything to learn about
offensive work. Boal is the same
steady and reliable player, a steady
ground gamer, but q little weak in de-
fensive work--a fault which viii be
era6icated before the big games. Bur
matt and Lawrence have improved
wonderfully. but it is still safe TO say
that Swain and Mills will fill the two
tackles positions If they can fully re-
cover one from a weak ankle and the
other from the war and bareback.
/ n spite of HIS bad leg. HalloweIl
plays a nice. clean game at right end.
| He s. good defensive player, being
very sandy, but is not so good on Of
fensive work At the other end Coch-
rane seems fully sure of his place es-
pacially for his drop and place kicking,
which Is the best seen on Soldiers
! for sometime Back of the line, little
DAILY continues his fast work He is
2 clever and very steady punter, and
| In offensive and general defensive
work he is the best man since Bob
! WreEns day. He far excels Wrenn