The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-04
N THE FOOTBALL WORLD.
u,ETlRD A STRONG FAToRITE OYER
PENNsYLVNNIi.


oioto on the result OF the big game with tho
i'nIy.r,Ity OF Pennsylvania at Philadelphia
,o.d,v on form and considering the work
.,,hs ,Iynl eleysns this year. such price In
~ hating appears to be consistent Those
-. b,ys aeon both Harvard and the Quakers
r,,v the Carlisle Indians this fall are confident
,h., the Crimson eleven 10 In shape to defeat
nd Penn with an impressiveness that will DO
honorable. But as The Sun has already
,oin,sd out, the Harvard coaches are guard
-. .o,lnst oysrconndence on the part OF their
",.,sn for they realize that Woodrun's men
h,vs taken a remarkable brrc" n the last two
w,.k. and will play desperate football against
IN. Crimson. Still as the two elevsns will line
m comparisions both individual and collec-
,i,, show that Harvard has the more power
mi team In almost every respect
rating last years arvard-Pennsylvanla
came into con deration. and the fact that the
pu,kers. in spite Of their celebrated guards
h,cr Interference" were beaten at Cambridge
,n,o a. IL appears to be In line for Harvard to-
,op.st the trick as the Pennsylvania eleven Is
.rrnos.d to be much weaker than last year.
,hIIs Harvard Ia rated on the same scale with
,h. CHAMPION eleven OF twelve months ago
r,o,n vhat has been seen OF the two teams
football critic. agree that Harvard has big
advantage In the back field. There has been
no,roube at all about its makeup. except To
nick out two half backs from list OF clever
rl,rer, unusually large in number
On the other hand, Pennsylvania back Held
b,s b.en an uncertainty and a source OF worri-
mont all the season. Ths backs. as originally
selected by Woodruff. possessed no driving
ROVER. and consequently could not gain
ground By an entirely unexpected shitt
Woodruff strengthened this weakness by rlac-
l..1f - al NtnV,
another heavy man. at quarter back. They
Played in these places against Chicago. and not
much iault WAS found with them With David
son at full back and either Kennedy or Smith
At tho other hall with McCracken the back
N.d doe. not compare favorably with Har-
wards. for the reason that there is no puntsr
on the team not excepting Hare. who can cope
with Reid. Hallowell or DAILY.
Woodruff 10 a stlcker for mass PLAYS. and
with two hsavyweights behind tho line like
McCracken and outand. who can look for able
assistance from Hare and overhsld in the rush
line. Harvard will probably be subjected 10 n
severe attack In the shape OF the guards bacg"
rlay which Is still the stardhy OF Pennsyl-
yanias coach But Harvard broke up this rlay
last year and Lewis has devised an improved
defence TO meet II this year The Quhksrs are
weak In efficient substitute backs. which Is a
point not TO be overlooked.
"
faster rush line, Campbell and HaIovel are
considered much specdier than COON he and
R.ugenbe OF -nnsylvania. TIL. late play
ers have had no experience at end before this
year and arc consequently handicapped, al
though they have learned RAPIDLY, Campbell is
the heaviest end in tn" co.egs but also one OF
the swritest In getting down under punts. He
Il big and powerful, which enables him tO break
up Interference In comparatively EASY fashion.
Halloween Is a veteran and has no superior.
CLINTON, Nov. 2-To-morrow the Hamilton
College football team PLAYS tts hardest game Of
the season Hsalnst the tari.le Indians, The
only man Of the regular eleven who is unable
70 play being hall back Dunn. H. had three
again mi. year. The week has been devoted
mslnly, to sigma practice snd the learning 81
strengthened the defence. where the team was
;Eeasss Ui and , has spent much tine in deyelop-
Indians vii! be played in ttica' " WV" '"'
HAsovEa, Nov. 3,mThs Dartmouth football
team. now constituted. is practically as IL
being no hope that tho injured men viii re-,
IsmsthLng games The season to date has
been disastrous as regards Injuries to players.
row =: sa% pSv we sSsa :nS%
snnns yo g %Ss Inn games q the year
aid on by injury. has been in Boston consult :
lug tho best medical authorities. and receive.
no ecouragsment that he can ever play LgaIn
Satisfaction OF everybody but he i not equal
,oJenniDgy stictney IA PLAYING the other half
pace ., T'Wn%rishtEh sustained ia broken
hut only partially recovered from his injury
II lisa question whether he will be able 20 play
the entire game Saturday. The remaining
games are with Harvard. Columbia and Brown
MrppLETowS. ct. Nov. 3.-Thc footba!
schedule OF the Triangular League. composed
o, Amherst ne IL,
lows:
nov ll-Amherst W. wiilismsGt winamstovn.
nov is-%,,l.ysn vs. Amherst at amherst.
Nov. 2o-W!lams vs.. Wesleyan at Middletnxn
The greatest effort, wi be put forth by wss-
leyan 70 win the football pennant. In making
games with the large col eyes were exc'uded
from the asst part OF tho season so that the
tam would run no rick OF beng crippled. In
games The fact tSa, Williams 'S Won 1saf iRs
The TrSnsunr SrTns n %.., aio
track athletics, at, Amherst. has stirred
W Wssisyan 70 do her utwos, in football.
and her chief desire is TO como out Victorious
r ht sI S.a ns IS Bsyins with dash snh spar
this season. The terrific pnce which they Get
s,peih'aIlIy spcoaTasins to those who have
which the team has passed through tha early
mart o. the season Tho team is T., good share
81 f"' "'H coIlect'Nely ~ wei rs inilrldu e
NEw HAVEN. Nov. 3-There were thirty
minutes Of secret practice to-day at tho neld
Principally IN trying some new formations
when may be used against West Point to-
morrow; ". c. Rhodes. the old Yale tackle
gave 10 francls and Hale the benefit Of hard
gTnaching, and hinkey worked with the ends
ihtte was no omen practice, Twenty seven
Gayers and coaches and ruhbers loft New
Hasen on the O'Clock train this afternoon for
Aew York, Tho University eleven will con
.nus on 10 West Point tonight, hut tho sub
s,,ptHv and the rest 81 Tho squad will remain
stthe MURRAY Hill Hotel until morning. going
MeI P9lnt BY early train. The line up 10
ITHACA. Nov. 3.-ThAt tho practice Of the Cor
heuio9tOall team this afternoon was one OF the
naIuest OF the season, the men hra agreed, and
hN the result was decidedly encouraging il
we verdict Of the coaches. In a downpour OF
IAN ne varsity was lined up against the
,seruo eleven for one fifteen m mute half
..pn1weu by ten minutes OF hard p'ay against
mrreshmAn eleven. Thusslg was the on alb
sentee, though Alexander was not used In tho
ne'up Ihr, work resulted in slight injuries TO
.No OF me Nnraity eleven and TO one OF the
.crnh Big Bill Caldwell gave his kne. a bad
,.ttSsln. hut soon recovered from the effects and
WI PROBABLY br In his usual form by sunday
,Nmeh ~" tenn departs for New York FolKpr,
Wy thckI", Was thrown down hard and handled
ssotoughty by the scrubs" that he was forced
20 Ithye the ll'I h,I1