New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-12
m THE FOOTBALL FIELD.
TUE GAMES AT PHILADELPHIA AND
EW.YORK-COLUMBIA DOWN
r.II-HARVARD VS.. YALE.

, tho Cornell Columbia struggle IN TINS CITY
" regay 10 the game between me Crimson
IA the Quakers. the Philadelphians failed
...-,v 70 display that brace that their adher-
~, had been wagging their heads over for
..oral DAYS previous to the Harvard game.
:. q certain that the Quakers played not whit
- than they did at Chicago on the Satur-
So, nrevous and perhaps not so we'll AT
Liz a point throughout the contest was there
"..os,on for a Harvard heart TO futter over the
S',,oone The Pennsylvanians were plainly In
soor condition. They were badly blown before
~ Arst fifteen minutes OF the play were
.,..- and in the second half weakened badly
dor the strain. though they played plucky
~or,a at all times. l must confess that 1 was
,her surprised to see that Coach woodruff
In, Instructed his men TO rely so greatly upon
,no gnards back formation. AS has before
No, stated. this is play which requires
s,ronc eleven to back IT. and even then
:. e not always effective. In the days two or
.srss wears ago. when Pennsylvania had a mag
.,acent eleven and all her rush line were as
'.-o,y "a oxen. the guards back play was sue
.s..,,,. HIT with weak eleven behind II It
~. useless against Harvard. Pennsylvania's
hos, gains in rushing were through couple OF
'~on executed tricks BY straight rushing she
gal
por,svlvania tried rushing the ball thirty times.
So, secured only fifty yards in all. In the pre-
,,ors half. occupying the same end of the field
,Jo-,,ard had rushed forty-eght times for
..,o, q, o65 Yards The Quakers did some fair
,,,n,ing in the first half. but Harvard was fairly
se,ure on her catches and the kicks did not
benefit the Quakers greatly.
THE ouAKERs NOT WHOLLY AFFABLE
The spirit displayed by the home players was
not especially gratifying There was too much
roughness in the line. even though II was con-
cealed from the eyes of the umpire. At one
time saw Pennsylvania player deliberately
Jerk of his heavy leather jacquard and strike
a Harvard player full in the mouth with It,
though the ball was not In play. The incident
q. the end OF the game wherein Overfled fig
ured as the puroiner Of the football. should not
he exaggerated too much, for II was probably
due TO his individual excitement more than any
thing else Charges have been repeated more
than once that neither Overfeld. McCracken
nor Outland was eligible 10 play on the team
this year. and It was stated that the Harvard
committee had made pointed inquiry on this
subject But in view Of the reinsurance OF the
athletic managers the matter was
allowed to be dropped
HarVard'S defensive
was IN strong contrast 10 her offensive play,
which was faulty. The Crimson's offensive work
was certainly strong but 1t loose and err
ratio at critical moments The forwards were
overeager and the fumblng OF the backs was
amazing If such work were done against any
eleven that was as strong as Pennsylvania was
weak Harvard's men might well trembe for the
outcome. Another weakness that made the
Harvard coaches shake their heads the
eleven's lack Of scoring ability shown in the
first half Several times Harvard worked the
ball well toward Pennsylvania goal line and
then seemed TO lose vigOr and snap, and the
play grew slow and sluggish instead Of contin-
ung quick and on the jump. 1t was this same
letting up just the goal line was being neared
that kept Harvard from making a touchdown
in the Yale game two years ago. and left 1t
tie instead Of n victory for the Crimson.
COLUMBTA'S METEORIC WORK.
Coumba's big slump in the Election Day
game with Cornell was by no means surprising
In its nature. though greater in extent than had
been looked for by even the closest observers.
The trouble with Columbia this season has been
the difficulty that is bound to crop up when any
college attempts to develop sport after it has
been dead for several Vars. Columbia has no
football traditions. and no large body Of players
trained along year by year from which to draw.
Her eleven this year consisted Of precisely that
number Of brilliant individual players shaken
together into a strong team. SO long as the
strength Of these Individual men endured the
team, we'll coached, would put up wonderfully
strong game. But the moment that these play
ers tired or that any one of them gave out alto
gether It was necessary TO substitute players
o. class several grades below. and the team
at once dropped 10 pieces. Just as chain Is as
weak as It's weakest link. so as soon as Captain
Wilson retired 1t shown that the whole
team was as weak as the substitute that was
forced to take his place. The eleven Columbia
men have been working too hard this season.
and they used themselves up early In the con-
test last Tuesday. l remarked only week ago
IN this column that It seemed to me that the
Columbia players. having been In so many nara
games were getting trained down to pretty
fine point and this belief was amply Dorne out
by the exhausted condition OF the local players
in the second half Of the game with Cornell the
Columbia team NAV again round into condition
and play good football this season, but II looks
rather as II the team had been more In the
nature OF a meteor flying across the 1ootpah
heavens Another season, however, II Column
ba keeps AT the work she will not have SUCH
meteoric career but will become far steaoier
and more trustworthy luminary. In oroer' nov"
ever to become a permanent factor IN varsity
football Columbia must adopt the same rules
that govern Harvard. Yale and princeton III
regard to the eligibility of the players. Ihis
does not refer TO their amateur status Out u
The question as to whether any players enter 'ne
University chiefly for the sake OF playing ioo.-
ball Harvard. Yale and Princeton se'''e 'n''
matter by ruling that no student OUTSIDE Oh 'no
academic department shall occupy pace o''
The university team until after one year Vi ie''-
oence at the university. The value OF SUN q
ruling is obvious, and should be In FORCE aho'"e'
year in the case OF Columbia.
CORNELL's STRONG AGGREGATION
These reroorL. 4, reference TO Columbia's