Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-26
ON THE GRIDIRoN.
Resume of the Causes That oyel ,. wheImed Haryard.

Yale's magnificent foot ball triumph on Saturday will always be rerlell- bered as the revival of her prestige on the grid'ron, after. q series of sStpacSss and disappenitmcnts extending through the last six ycars. In the 'SGs Yale always fad great foot ball elevenS, eomposei Of EIg, heavy men, wno swept all before them. Since a1S04 sire has had to depend upon Comparatively small and young players until this sea son, when the same kind of material that was to be found fifteen Teafs ago loomed up and was hammered into winning form bv the coaches. There must be considerable truth in the statement that Mike AIurphy's train~ ing methods are responsible for many of Yale's successes. for during the time that Murphy was with the University of Pennsylvania. the Blue eleven, barr ing the to o victory over Princeton in 1897, did not win with it's former impressiveness. Murphy has been con- fdent that his eleven would win tie championship and his prediction or a 30 to , score was merely in line with what he has believed all along. The coaching at New Haven has been widely divided between Frank But
  was Butterworth who coached the eleven of 1897 so that it vanquished Princeton when the Tigers were to 1 favorites. These two experts have received assistance from Bill Rhodes. Jim Rodgers. Burr CnanDerlin and others. but there was no invitation to George Sanford, the Columbia coach. while even Frank Hinkey. it is said. was not asked any too often to visit New Haven. The palm, there fore. can be awarded to Butterworth and Mcbride, though the former is en- titled to a greater share of the praise. In the triumph of the Blue, however. Sanford may be considered to have had an indirect influence upon it. for it was the Columbia eleven that made Yale appreciate what overconfidence means. and also played the closest and most interesting game of the season with the champions.
 That Harvard's eleven was over trained on Saturday there can be little doubt. The appearance of the men showed it, in the first place. foot ball player in perfect condition usually wears the glow of health on his cOunte- nance. The Yale men were all red checked and healthy in looks, while the Crimsons were sallow, thin, and in some instances really emaciated. Their condition accounted for their weak play, both in defense and attack. Their movements were lethargic and they lacked ginger. No foot ball critic would say that the Pennsylvania eley- en this year is inferior to Princeton. The Quakers were beaten cut of their boots by Harvard because of the fine team play and lightning speed. Har- yard also had the strength in that game to put nearly all of the Penn sylvania men on the hospital list, which showed that the aggresSivenesS of the Crimson, eleven was due to splen- did condition and unlimited dash The present Pennsylvania team could have beaten Harvard last Saturday. So could Columbia. for that matter. ii Sanford's men played the foot ball they showed against Yale and Prince ton. It may be set forth that Har- wards rush line was battered up just as Princeton's was. but it must be re membered that the Cambridge line against Pennsylvania was stone wall stopping the guards back play, which has always been successful method of attack against ether teams. Har- yards players were stale. on Saturday
 
 slow in starting and played without life. except in the second half, when the substitutes came in. It was ad- mitted after the game with Pennsyl- vania that the Harvard players were allowed to break training and that slump ensued which alarmed all except the coaches and Trainer McMasters. The effect of this change of condition was felt for it turns out that it was impossible to get the team back into the right kind of form. The men. too, had no hard games to play after the victory over Pennsylvania, willie Yale in the three weeks before the Harvard game met West Point, the Indians and Princeton. ~a