The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-16
FOOT BALL COMMENT.

played.
FOOT BALL COMMENT.
The King is dead long live the king!
With the close of this years foot ball
season. at Princeton, the students have
already begun to talk about the pros
poets for the 80 eleven. They are en-
couraged with the outlook, for nearly
all of this years players will be candi-
dates for the eleven a year hence,
whereas this fall it was necessary to
develop many new men. The election
of the foot ball captain comes this
week, and Hillebrand, who led the
Tigers to victory this fall, certainly de-
serves reelection. In the excitement
of popular enthusiasm over Arthur
Poe's play against Yale Saturday. the
little right end would undoubtedly be
captain If the university public had any
choice in the matter. Poe is a clever
player, but the fact of his brilliant
play last Saturday should not be suffi-
Gent reason for entrusNng to him
Princeton's destinies in foot ball in
1899
AS matter of fact. Hillebrand is the
choice of the players, and it is they
who do the electing. But there is
more than possibility that Hillebrand
will not be willing to accept a re-elec-
ton. Down at old Nassau there is "a
popular superstition to the effect that
bad luck attends a reelected captain.
This has been true in the case of every
Tiger commander who served a sec
ond term. 1t is this traditional inabili-
ty to bring Two championships in sue
cession that may influence Hillebrand
in taking the responsibility for another
year. Other men who have been men
toned by some as deserving of the
honor are "Bill' Edwards, the big right
guard; Bert Wheeler, the half back,
and Booth and Kafer.
There is not a ticket for the Yale
game in sight. The seating capacity
at New Haven is 1880, and tickets to
that number We're issued. But the de-
mand was greater than the supply for
over $4,000 applications were received,
and, Of course, some had to be denied,
It looks as though there was going to
be chance for ticket scalpers to reap
a big harvest, despite the efforts taken
to prevent them from plying their
trade.
The Cornell men have gone into Sc
cret practice OH Percy field for the
Thanksgiving day game with Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania. Reports sent out
from Ithaca show that the Comedians
are in good condition physically, and
viii be able to stand a hard game,
Cornell has been coming to the front in
athletics very rapidly of late, and a
victory over the Quakers would, of
course, be most acceptable. But this is
hardly probable. In case Cornell can
make as good showing as last year,
the students will have no cause to find
fault.
Woodruff, so they say, is developing
a new sort of defense for the Penn
team, and some who claim to be in on
| the inside believe it will be used to
/ some extent against Cornell. In this
interference as we'll as in the guards
back formation, it will be impossible tc
| tell from the position of the back fielc
which way the play is to go, so great
are the variations used upon the same
! formation. The back field is still far
| Their back from the rush line than in
ruff is very confident Of the success OF
| this new formation, and is trying il
this week behind closed gates. If there
is as much in the play as some really
| H..
keep it for next year, instead Of show.
ing it this fall and thus giving oppos
ing coaches a chance to meet it.
Down in Providence they are talking
about the Brown-Dartmouth game Sat
urday as settling the New England
championship, barring, of course, Har
ward and Yale. That sort of talk il
Same viii settle nothing except tn,
| question Of supremacy between the con
Tending eleyens. According 10 In,
scores Ia date WESLEYAN ranks highe
than either Brown or Dartmouth, l
Dartmouth wins from Brown every i'm
partial enthusiast will accord Wesleya,
the championship. bv virtue of her 23-
victory over the Hanover team a coupl
| of weeks ago In case of a Brown vic
tory. which now seems doubtful tn,
proposed THANKSGIVING day game witt
WESLEYAN should be PLAYED and /
Brown wins that game She can right
fully claim first place. WESLEYAN vii
then take second. with Dartmouth
/ third.
1t Is extremely doubtful Whether tn