The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-10-16
IN THE FOOTBALL WORLD;
coluMBrAS CHANGES A0aINST KnH'
x.Rn .RE GENERALLY
,,,.,,,c. That Umpire Da'hlell Acted .n'",,y
n,'ooa,ssd Yale Ha, a star In Hale
ns,.ton. zig Handicap GOSSIP

-prneeton's lis hano'oAP "
c.,,,,Ai, Managers statements re-
g.rdIny the treatment acootdou w huiIoIs
~ Carhrdse on last Saturday has surprseu
~is1a man IN view Of the Crimsons hao''uui
snort,manshlp and fair play harNuiu meu
bsro and IL a hard matter 70 DeleVo tnuI "
= n wrong va, done and hope that the
Ca,,mhla manage was misunderstood Nv
Coh,,nnia's football Headquarters yesterday
- would say anything further on the
81, hut several Of the Leading spirits ex-
s.s.d regret that a complaint OF any klhd
-. ,,,nd la way into print. Harvard never
49, hsen accused Of unfairness before IN
Sac, tho Crimson has had many
,oo.ons for complaining against the treatment
.,,snded by rivals, but always remained
liant. except in the case OF the Hinkey-Wright-
,ngton episode at Springfield IN 1884 when
,anporarily severed tho relations between Har-
ward and Yale. The fault found by Columbia
with the rulings Of Referee Crollus ana umpire
Dashlell also has caused unfavorable COM
ment. Dsshlell Is chairman OF the lntercol-
leRlate RIDES COMMITTEES, and always has been
consldared the best football umpire In the
country. lie has OBLIGATED at al the big games
for many years and his rulings always have
h.en pronounced Just. II ia doubtful II Dash
ieI aver was At a loss for a proper decision,
eyen I'm the event Of the complicated plays.
He knows the rules. for he helped TO frame
them and has been a sticklcr for their enforce
ment. That Dashiell would intentionally wink
at undertaking by Harvard In the shape OF
out and out smuggling. while he penalized Column
bia for a similar offence. is a hard matter TO
believe He may have made an error In ruling
of the wrong man, but that Is excusabIe.
While Coach Sanford refused to say a word
about the game and the unpleasant features
49, a. gf..I al fh,V 81. Ian1nral tha
statements regarding Harvard that have been
made public. According to gossip around
Columbla's quarters Sanford is not at all dis
oouraged. 1t Is said that he made the remark
that II Columbla's back field had been able TO
handle Harvard'5 punts with even an ordinary
degree OF skill the game would not have been
a walkover for the Crimson. Sanford is said
20 have made tho additional statement that In
point Of physical makeup there was no differ
ence betwe cen the %elevens, but that an attack
Of stage fright as soon "a the ball was1kicked of
by the Crimson made the Columbia noyices
would have with the Cnlyerelty OF Pennsyl-
ygnia next SATURDAY, Sanford merely said
will do the best they know howl
It has developed that Yale has one Of the best
line buckers in the arena In Perry Hale. In
fact, good Judges say that he ; In the class
established by Frank Butterworth and Brink"
Thorne. Hale is one OF the heaviest backs
PLAYING football and Is a man Of remarkable
endurance. The Yale coaches have been work.
ing him constantly and he has shown such
steady Improvement that there is now no In
tention Of taking him out Of the back field and
placing him at centre rush, where, lie made a
men who saw Yale line up against Dartmouth
on last saturday were surprised at the beef and
weight Of the Blue eleven. They said that they
had not seen a more bulky rush line from New
Haven In many years and they we're partiCu-
larry impressed with the vigorous play. o. tho
team. There was one noticeable defect, how
ever. The punting OF Sharpe was slow and
ineffective.
SO far an unusual number Of players have
been disqualified for smuggling The officials.
as a rule, have been vide awake, but there
Is room for Improvement 1t might not be a
to the referee, as well as the umpire, 10 di--
CTse for the use Of ffsts In football and the men
who indulge In this kind Of rough play. should
not be permitted to wear uniforms II Is often
the case that puRnaClous players wait until
the umplre's back has been turned before they
land their punches, hut, with the referee On.
this kind could not escape punishment There
Is bound 70 be -cranping IN football games
men on the cleyens. but they should be curbed,
not Only by the presiding officials; but also
by. the coaches and captain Clean foot
ball Il popular, but when The methods OF prize
fighters are employed II Is time to call a halt.
West Point and Annapolis have both shown
strength this fall. The Naval Cadets In tho
battle With Princeton surprised their friends
and aroused plenty Of enthusiasm. Last years
defeat AT the hands of the Military Academy
must BE- wiped out. they say at Annapolis,
and when tho eleySns meet IN the final game
may expect a hard aght' The friendly feeling
between the Army and Navy shown at tho
game a year ago was sufficient TO make this
evcuta fixture and IL can be said that when tho
academies line up again there will be one Of the
most picturesque struggles Of the, season,
The West Point eleven Will meet Haryards
Varsity next saturday and the young soldiers
viii be we'll tried out, II they can hold tho
record made by Columbia, the West Pointers
will have increased confidence.
Those who. ara wondering what ia the matter
With the Princeton Varsity should not lose
sight Of the fact that the coaChers have been
q" The "ricyem hat defeated Yale last NoySm.
her. chiefly because 81 POe's fortunate goal
from the hcld in the Last minute II play, few
erdiron: Edwards and Craig, tho giant guards:
Booth, centre rush, Palmer and Poe, the fleet
ff eeaaSS;v ii InsGbucEins HfaGiff f back o1 and WNRYaaSSfiSeir. ttRRSs
clever full back md runtcr, are no longer av9ila-
bic, and The eoac4Cs have had plenty Of work
that n big VARSITY eleven loses nine regulars
~ a time, but In tho, face q this handicap tho
their eleven is gradually rounding into form.
College team on next saturday, th"re will be
a feeling Of Intense rciei az Old Nassau The
LAFAYETTE eleven Is thought to he fully as strong
rs that of last wear which defeated old Penn
by q - o. 1t will he recalled that the 1ip RS,
with all Of their stars In their lineup, defeat d
Lara, ctto by - g. d in a gNwc thut was r~oylets
with hard PLAYING. The Easton n on this SON
son have demonstrated about the -lmc, strength,
but aS Princeton l. not Yet m form the Tigers
will he forced 70 play much better football
than against ANNAPOLIS In order 10 win. Lafay-
cites team &, heavy and plays a dasLing game.
The men are for the most part veterans and
have been well coached.
Because 81 charges 81 profession alism. Har-
ward las lost the services Of n promising quar-
ter back in Sherlock tie made hls mark with
the En- glish High school team Of Boston and
PLAYED against DAILY, the Harvard oaTtain,
while the latter was on the Boston Latin school
eleven Last summer Sherlock was on a
baseball team. the members Of which received
money for their services According 10 the
stTirt moaning Of the amateur nIle rs II Ia en-
forced AZ Cambria 70. he has been declared
from playing football CAPT DAILY, by tho
way. has a broken rose, which he received
in the game with Bowdoin. 4 rubber mask.
however, uas made 1t possible for him TO con-
tinue IIaying
The University Of Pennsylvania eleven has
more good puHtor1 than any OF the other big
teams. CAN'T Hare did the punting last wear
aud did II well. BIT now he ms more than met
his match IN Quarler Back Graves and Half Back