The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-21
IN THE FOOTBALL WORLD.
TO-DIY,S LEADING BATTLES ARE or
SPECIAL INTEREST.

All Of the leading Varsity eievens in
the East will indulge In games OF in
terest to-day. The more important are
the Yale Wisconsin and Harvard Brown
matches. although Columbia will play an
tnportant game with Amherst at Man
haitian Field. That the Yale eleven will be put
TO n thorough test no football Sharps doubt for
hn instant. Phil King. princcton's great quar-
ter back Ave years ago. has been coaching the
Wisconsin eleven. with the result that it Ia one
OF the Vests most formidable combinations
Like the Wisconsin crew which treated rowing
men to such hiR surprise at Poughkeepse
last summer. the Wisconsin eleven IL made up
e. lot OF powerful young giants who hnve
made big strides in football during the past
three years. Capt. " Pat" O'Dea Ia considered
the crack punter and goal kicker OF
the West and his achievements against
Yale will be watched with particular
interest. Nobody knows exactly how strong
the Badgers are. IA they have not been seen
yet by Eastern critics. but Yale is taking no
chances and will place the best eleven avail
able on the grijirou That will afford an ex-
cellsnt chance for Harvard and Yale coaches to
get line on the Blues actual form and pros
pects. Since Brown University played a draw
with tho University OF Pennsylvania. the
Providence men have been cracked up as one
OF the best minor college teams in the country.
But the Quakers' defeat by the Indians II week
after the tie with Brown robbed the latter OF
some credit for the draw. The great Harvard
team will probably dispose Of Brown handily
this afternoon. but whether the Cam bridge
men will be- under the Same pull" that kept
them In check up at West Point remains to be
seen. Columbia will meet one OF the me m bsrs
OF the New England intercollegiate Football
Association. Amherst Sanfords men are in
exceptionally fine trim Just now. and feel con-
I,nt ,Nfl nvip. No Mae lima. Lao
II Columbia wins decisively. it will further
increase the confidence Of the players who now
believe they are strong enough to give Yale
Cornell Dartmouth and the Indians some hot
football Princeton's Varsity will visit West
Point and should have no trouble In defeating
tho Cadets. who are not so strong as usual this
year. The University OF Pennsylvania may find
Lafayette hard proposition to solve on Frank
lin Field while Cornell is not expected to have
trouble thrown in her way by Lehigh. Many
other battles OF lesser Importance will be
fought in various parts OF the country.
The success OF the Indians by the way il OF
course due principally to coaching. and Just
now number of Yale men are dividing honors
with the redmen's latest instructor. Warner OF
Cornell 1t was Vance Mccormick. Yales for
mer captain and quarter back. who was the
first to bring the Indians into notice. The In
dams became greatly attached to Mr.. McCor-
mick. and even now they say he was their best
coach. 1t was Mccormick who brought out
the sand and pluck that generally prevails at
Yale. and as he drilled fearlessness into the
nations wards they obeyed his commands TO
the letter. After Mccormick got through. the
Carlisle eleven passed into the skilled hands OF
W. o. Hckok. laes big guard and heavy
weight athlete Hickok proceeded to develop
the rush line which soon showed signs OF mar
NeOus Rtrpnpth. both in offence and lpfanca
II was under HlckOk that the Indians began
to worry the big 'Varsties. and in their games
with Harvard. Yale. Princeton and the Uni
versity Of Pennsylvania the Indians became
70 dangerous that the football world realized
that 1t was only n question OF time before the
Carlisle eleven would he equal to some OF the
best. Hckck gave up the position OF coach
u year later to Billy Bull. one of the finest
kicking full backs who ever put on a Yale
Uniform Bull saw that Hudson. the Indians
quarter back. was something Of natural
kicker. so he took hold OF the little redman
class by himself as fled goal kicker. Bulls
coaching improved the Indians play so much
that that, they began to score against the Big
the effects Of their terrific tackling and
line hitting. Bull also taught Bemis Pierce
and they picked up the points with rapdity
Last year another Yale man. John Hall. who
played end on the victorious eleven OF lSD1.
had charge OF the Indians and he proceeded to
develop the ends to such degree that the
score score Of Oh to d. When Warner ' took hod thl
fall he WAS compsllei to fill the places left va
cant by B B Go S S who was lbs .s
half backs Cayou and Jamison. But there were
Eenty OF eager i candidates. TOR the vacancies.
tenn OF play and soon made the big tackles.
Whseock. and Hawley Pierce, engines OF de-
These two men are six. rooters and weigh over
POO pounds each. besides being the hrainiest
tackles hey have proved OF imm nsa advantage
10 the Carlisle eleven as th-y have invariably
In Rogers and ScEes the ind i ' have two
very fast ends. but Ogesby. Msrrinan and
a5 ss1 sS br good in all drnr
all. has been developed into a splendid guar.
H n, SO 20 has ,S 2cot5 smith makes hne centre
ha. lunch Of acs' hall lacks in san e4 Miller Tier
aud Johnson. Metoxen is terrific line-buc
eahii'y to keen h,s feet and throw on
since. the, indians first began meeting
kick Hudson has Kicked close to ten goals
from the H. Id 30 lar this year and Is not yet
through. He is very modest and says he owes
has. therefore, rounded oY the rough corners
while the Yale men mentioned above are en-
titled 70 the primary credit at establishing the
ground work. The Indians themselves de-
serve Just as much rrratse for their patience,
pupils.
CLINTON, Oct. 2O.-The team Of Hamilton
College ia not in the best condition FOR to- NOR
rows gam" against New York University ow-
ing to injuries received in the contest with he
heavy Rensselaer, Polytechnic eleven on last
Saturday. Though Hamilton won by a scora
q - t." u the line was badly used up by the
fierce rays ol the Rensselaer, back5 shepard
aud Ward III" two guards. have been laid of
during the week. Drummond. the left tackle
has q oroFen rib. and keough the full hack
Is suffering from similar injury. Half back
Mason has been our Of the game with a
sprained ankle. cons, qu-ntly the practice this
week has been largely with substitutes The
principal weakness shown by. the team in last
Saturdays game was its inability to stOp
QUICKLY the straight bucks and mass plays
through the line. Coach Swcatland has de-
voted much of the practice Of this week to
plays Of this kind and he cNpects that the line
men will h"uble TO break them up more quickly
in the future. The team also had the appear
ance last saturday Of being slightly stale but
a. the practice his week has been light it
should be in better condition tomorrow.
PRINCETON. Oct. O-The Tigers were nut
through only the lghte,t kind 81 practice
against the second team this n'trrn pon in pre-
paratiOn for the game with West Point to-Inor-