The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-10-29
FOOTBALL.


Brown lost the football game to Prince
ton Saturday. and with II she lost the
best opportunity of defeating one OF the
Big Four that she has had In years.
The score was certainly disapnoint-
ment to all of the teams suppoi lers
Princeton was admittedly weak. AID
Brown had what was supposed TO be
her strongest team in years. But. the
line that held Pennsylvania In check tor
thirty minutes and prevented Chicago
from making but one first down, was
ripped and torn in pieces by the Prince
ton backs.
1t is hard to assign a reason for such
playing. Tim" Sheehan probably hits
the keynote when he says, This Is my
third year on Brown team; bur never
once before have i seen the team, as a
whole. play such listless game. Not
man on the team played the game that
he was capable OF playing"
Now, why was this so? Why were the
Brown forwards bowled over so easily7
Why did the Princeton guards and center
get through many times to down a
Brown back for loss Why did Wade
act as IL he were lost at seai Why did
Kimball take the ball. and. instead of
hitting the line on the~run. walk up as
far as the center. and lay DOWN Where
was Browns interference? These are
questions which cover the vital points Of
Saturdays game.
Brown. by her record this season, had
led her supporters TO look for almost a
victory over Princeton. Her playing at
the start, when. inside OF five minutes,
she scored on the Tigers, raised their
hopes 10 confidence.
Her playing during the last three min
utcs of the game, when, taking the ball
at the middle OF the field, she bucked the
Jersey line back for 80 yards. was
sample OF what she might have done. But
1.F lntYtta "a tha rov ffall haa
out Tim" Sheehans remarks.
One cannot say exactly that Brown
''quit." The little pickaninny who runs,
with hair on end, from the hoodoo man,
cannot be called a 'quitter;" but he can
be called something else. Brown has
never yet gone into Big Four game with
the idea OF winning. IL Is always. How
low can we hold them?" They have al
ways considered il an impossibility 10 de-
feat Big Four team.
IL was not MATHS, Pell or Dana who
tore the Brown line in pieces and who
stalked through Browns defence like a
moving machine through the tall sit
was the black Jersey with the big yellowP
on it's front that did the trick. Let the
Princeto nteam, with it's same individual
men. come here next Saturday disguised
as Boston College and Brown would prob
ably win by a big margin.
IL did not need an experienced eye 10
= two teams. Princeton was all life and
excitement, on their toes continually and
pushing, tuggirg. pulling each other along
10 the very last extreme. Brown took
things es a matter OF course, and tried
10 hold her opponents at low score.
Whenever Princeton sent play there
were eleven men In II everyone working
with all his strength. A Brown man,
time and again would take the ball. and,
with very few exceptions, go into the
line entirely alone.
Now there Is a remedy for this last
fault. Coach Robinson is an excellent
man personally, and thoroughly train
ed football coach. But "Bobbie" cannot
do II ALL He must pay attention mostly
10 team work, and alone and unaided can
not give all the men the necessary in
dividual coaching. In other colleges. big
and small, the head coach always has
half-dozen alumni with him all through
the fall. who give the players individual
instruction as TO their own individual
playing Now, where are Browns alum
nj? Happy Hunt and "Daff" Gam
mons have been on the field twice this
year. Charlie" Millard has been here
once Excepting these instances not n
Brown alumni has taken interest enough
In his team to spend few days drilling
them. Where are Browns alumni foot
ball men? They are with Homestead,
Latrobe, Duquesne, etc, playing for
money which most of them don't need.
Get them to show their loyalty TO Brown
Sy coming here before the Dartmouth
game and building up a team that Will
play football
When Brown realizes that ''a mans
man for a that" that ~ is the individ-
ua' not the college. and its poor record
against whom she Is playing; when she
goes into a game with that aggressive
ness that characterizes other good teams;
nj xyba har oil 1pf wi hn xxfl m
come here and take an interest In the
success OF the team, then, and not until
then, can a Brown team look forward
with hopes OF beating one OF the Big
Four.