Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-10-26

berlain, Cochems, Lyle and Andy O'Dea
stopped over longer in the east and
Wilmarth will stop in Chicago a few
days.
From far-off California, Frank V
Cornish of the class of 90, wired Pres
ident Adams the congratulations of the
San Francisco alumni, the president re-
plying with the thanks of the varsity
to her loyal and enthusiastic children
on the Pacific coast
Pat O'Dea's Opinion.
Yale defeated US to 0 and l am
willing to take the blame for the only
touchdown that was made" says Pat
O'Dea in the Chicago Times-Herald
Il should have got Richards as he came
down the field and it is the first time
that a man has got by me under sim
liar conditions. AS it is, however, Ill
over, l look back with equanimity, if
not with entire satisfaction on the re-
suit. We should have won without
doubt. In the first half with every
thing against US we held Yale safe and
kept her from scoring. The wind blew
strong from the north, and as l had
to punt directly against it, it can easily
be imagined under what handicap we
labOred
In the second half the wind was
with US and | was able to more than
| keep even with Mcbride in punting
Mcbride seemed to overdo his style i
! kicking over the side lines, and several
experts from nearby colleges with
whom | talked after the game seemed
to be Of the same opinion. Mcbride
even near his own goal, would kick The
! ball over the side lines, giving mis-
ends absolutely nothing to do but tt
stand and see the ball roll over L
seems that in the first half he SHOULD
have punted the length of the field i
possible, and | expected this, and Viii
marth and myself were on the lookou
in that location. Invariably, however
we would find ourselves chasing for thu
side lines on most Of the kicks.
There is nothing but praise for tn,
Wisconsin team as a whole. Ever,
man did his work we'll, better, in fact
than the coaches had reason to expect
The boys, it is no use denying the fact
were nervous at the start. The simpl
fact of lining up against Yale wa
enough to make things creepy. Almos
at the very start, though, ThOma
fumbled the ball on the kickoff, AM
this gave us the coveted opportunity o
getting the oval. 1t is true we did no
keep the ball very long, as it was hes
to kick it even against the strong wind
but it wore off the stage fright.
would be hard to make a critical com
parisOn of the different members of tn
team. Yale undoubtedly has a stron
team, but | don't think that the clever
is better than ours"
Milwaukee Opinion.
The east realizes today, perhaps bet
ter than the west that it fails to out
class the western athletes and of al
the eastern universities, Yale know
this best. Wisconsin, on the othe
hand, has learned something of tn
earnestness which is a forerunner @
victory. They have seen the characte
of the eastern play, the attention to de
tail, the almost fierceness in the pro
lection of every avenue Of victory O
defeat, the suddenness of every on
slaught and tenacity in every opposi
ton to reverse. Today the Wisconsin
men are better football players to tina
degree that experience improves ever
man, than they were before they me
Yale and an experience with Yale is n
: small lesson.
Having come so close to victory an
yet missed it, the badger players wi
: feel more regret than their hearties
sympathizers. The players will fee
that just a little more exertion on thei
prt might have changed the story
Perhaps so, and perhaps not In bot
east and west the team will be judge
by its days play, and on it's genera
work it can hold it's head up with Yal
or any other football aggregation o.
the continent 1t was a great battl
and this could not have ben said ha
either side been weak-Milwauke
Journal.
A New Haven Dispatch.
New Haven dispatch in Chicago In
ter-Ocean: Yale luck, which has beer
notable in many important football
battles, came to the rescue of the wear
ers of the blue in the last half of tn
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