Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-29

Cohceied TO outclass the other eastern
elevens.
Natural. however, as it was for defeat to
come to Cornell and at the hands OF the Chi
cago players, a new era is opening in the
foot ball world Slowly and laboriously
have the western colleges labored to learn
the game of foot ball from their more ad-
vanced eastern confreres, and the day is
da"ning Just 1t has throughout history,
when the pupils are waking up to the fact
that they are the equal OF their tutors That
Chicago has triumphed over Cornell does
not mean that she will necessarily vanqulsh
Pennsylvania or even defeat Brown this
season, nor does it imply any reason to be-
lieve that the Cornellan and white shall
not wave vctoriously over the maroon an
other year, but 1t arouses the east to the
realization that foot ball is being played in
tho west and that foot ball of as high an
order as the eastern game.
A national intercollegiate foot ball cham
pionshp viii be a hard thing to ever decide
owing to the strenuous exertons Of the game
which make the number Of games to be p,ayed
of necessity very lhmited, but as time goes
On 1t seems certain that we shall see games
played between California or Leland Stanford
or Berkeley, as representing the champion
ship OF the Pacific coast; Chicago or WILSON,
sin, representing the middle west, and
Harvard, Yale, Pennsylvania or Princeton as
the eastern champion, Such a schedule will
take some time for its development and will
necessitate first of all a restoration OF
harmony between the four big eastern uni
Versities the present state Of affairs being
such that not even can we have an eastern
foot bali championship. With the method OF
graduate coaching now so generally in vogue
which takes the star players of the big col
leges all over the country as head coaches,
1t is clearly impossible that the east will
tura out much longer teams superior to those
OF the middle west and the Pacific SLOPE
Chicago has reaped the first great honor of
hard work through which 1t has put the
team for the last five years, and this year
the Maroon will probably take rank in
higher class than ever before. Cornell was
badly managed this year, tits true, but tts,
sound defeat which was administered to her.
l'-6, and the general all-around superiority
SHOWN by the Chicago team, make any at
tempted excuses on Cornelrs part unsports-
manlike 1t is one of the best things for the
good of the game which could have happened,
as 1t viii serve to increase the exertions of
the western teams and will teach the east
ern elevens that they must look to their
laurels when they run up against the Drawn
and muscle of the west
For the last six years the Carlisle Indian
school has been turning out a wonderful team
OF foot ball players and giving the "big four
the hardest kind Of a tussle to win from the
ileet and brawny redskne Tima and time
again have the Indian players crossed the
goal posts of the big ones playing the game
with fierce dash and reckless abandon
characteristic of their race. On the very
same day which saw the hardened triumph Of
the Chicago players and the discontinue OF
the Comedians by the shores of Lake
Michigan, brought TO the doughty Indian
eleven the success SO long and earnestly
strive0 for, victory over one of the big
four" The Indians certainly made their
debut on that occasion, if not before, and are
worthy of much praise for the splendid
game they put up, fairly outplaying the
Pennsylvanians on all points,
Allusion was made early in this article to
the big five" and mention of Cornell as
tho nth member. What are we to do now
with the Indians? We must wait till the
end or the season, watching developments
closely and at the end the Indians shall get
thelr deserts. Without question we are at
the beginning Of new foot ball era-we
nave been surprised already this seas5n-who
knows what other surprises may be in store
for us?
The third great surprise in the foot ball |
arena came when Yale won the game with |
Wisconsin by a mere scratch. The final |
score, to 0, gave the followers of Old
Ell but little room for rejoicing and only
strengthened the growing belief that the |
time is not far distant when the big colleges |
or the east must recognize from sheer force |
OF necessity the fact that their western |
contestants are "foemen worthy of the |
steer. In that game on the Yale gridiron |
Wisconsin did more to advance the opinion |
or the eastern public concerning the
proWess OF western foot ball organizations |
than was ever done before Captain |
ODay of the Wisconsins was not at his
best in his phenomenal kicking ability. |
failing to make several goals from the |
field, but his well-timed kicks never failed |
him when the ball was gaining dangerous |
proximity to the Wisconsin goal. In |
speaking of the struggle Captain o'Day |
says:
Il am willing to take all the blame for |
the only touchdown that was made. I |
should have got Richards as he came down |
the field and 1t is the first time that man |
has got by me under similar conditions. As
1t is, however all over, / look back with
equanimity, II not with entire satisfaction.
on the result. We should have won with
out doubt. In the first half with every
thing against us We held Yale safe and
kept her from scoring"
On Tuesday next the inhabitants and
guests OF Omaha will be treated to game
of foot ball that will be foot ball from the
time the teams enter the field until the
referee calls time at the end OF the battle
The Omaha High school foot ball team hav-
Ing played itself out OF its claes, and hay
ing failed to make a match with the Uni
A a N uHB~ n n - .