The sun., 1900-11-01
IN THE FOOTBALL WORLD.
HARVARD avn PENNSILvtNIa
TEAMS TNDIyIDI COMPARED.
Ou.ker. App,ar to Have the More Powerful
Rush Line while the Crimson E'eels In the
BACK Field -Bettins On the came az Even
1.,.,Co..io Of the Big Varsity Eirvens.

r.o,s football game TO be deci:"i IL 'aihbrldge
ON SATURDAY we're laid at even money yes
tariay on con iitlon that all "i the QliaN"r,
,laysr. v,nll be declared eligible, The two
ssysn. have been pick" 10 pieces by the critics
,yth the re.ul, that. all things con-~ereI. Penn
.I.,ria 4. though, 10 have good chance to
-, Taxing tho two rush lines, man for man.
,ho ou,ker, ,rprlr to have an advantage.
At the en- 4, Harvard has a couple OF lncom-
,arable .rar- In campbell AMI Hallowell. who
were at the hca Of their class last year. In
80, no Varsity eleven this year can show
the eIualS oi these two players. Pennsylvania
however has two spec ~ EMS IN DAVIDSON
AMI W Gardiner. who have been improving
RAPIDLY in the last two weeks. At the tackles
PENNSYLVANIA has Zimmerman and Wallace
The latter is one of the best ground gamers
H. the country an has been systemat!caly use
with Hare ami McCracken for most Of the
quaker. gain, all this fall. zimmerman i
a steady pla,e or of ordinary ability. He will
have to face Harvards best tackle j. Law
rance who ha, attracted the attention OF the
.r.tics ever since the season opened. On
form 1t would appear A. II Lawrence wa the
better PLAYER, for he hss outcIasscd all ot The
men who have faced him 80 far Opposed 10
Wallace will be either Graz don or Eaton, neither
of whom j. Thought to he a match Tor the big
Quaker So that II Will not he AT all surprising
III Penn y lNunla 'ti'N most on NtT a'la'h" ~
Harvard left tackle. Harvard's centre men
ase late IN getting into th" right gal. Lea AZ
left guard ani Sargent q, "entre are rev men.
with little exrerieu,. ~ iir n big games are
concerned. Lee will he faced 10y Teas who
has been great' improved IN details by Coach
Woodruff. Mctlu-krN. Penns, lVanlas centre
hl, seen service before and has been playing
a very strong aggressive game TINS year. lie
10 faster aad ha- more dash thaq Sargent.
tlOlgh the latter shows powerful defence.
Hare. PennSylvania's star LEFT guard and cap
tain, will meet Burnett. who was llsryard'>
centre last season. Hare IS TAR and away
the best guard in the colleges, his principal
strength lying in his ability to buck the line.
lie is fa1t and covers the entire Held when
a good puntar and place kicker. Burnett
- a big rugged fellow who puts ~ hard de-
fence but in II" iiaeSsr OF the game he IL out
"lassed These comparisons show that. bar
ring the ends and one tackle. the odds III the
rIsh line appear 10 be IN favor of the Guakers.
Stii. the advantage i not SO great that Penn
rrlvanias line eau be- regarded as a sure-thing
wirner
backs in DAILY and Graves But in Daily. Il ryard
has the better a-arIEud PLAYER in point of
abi ity to IN back punt Ia broken felds, drop
ii king. ti'klng. Interference and head work.
"a fact p1y /, tn" best quarter ba * IN ins fed
aiready id TadS hi. mark IN as pun'rr ter aud aud
T., con -iderrd b. mauy critics, 90 be- IN a
hest half b irks, 81 in and Kendall are conc ed"d
10 be better plaIer' IN a.monr every r"Insct
Gardiner SaNiu and Krnda'l hlv. played IN all
OF Haryard,- b,; game. dirlng the past two
YET 70 TAX" part IN a renl football h'tt'" Penn
svlvania'- halves. for that MATTER have not been
noed much ,hiI var for sr aGnd -EainlnS
rush line to take 'he places Of Hare and Wallace
when the latter lw" are placed IN position i"T
the guards back lniertsl"n'" Sn~ia n0i
I. hand. noted
ability to skirt tho end. and Sawin il a hr>t-Cla--
drop kicker taGh team, has a heavy linz hpci"r
for full back Ills OF Harvard has always been
rn piCuou- ~ this ~tyl" of play and 81 has
MctrsShen Of renn.yiyania The latter !,
IN allround play but tllI- l. help To hIs eleven
because of his ability TO punt In iun'bnc, by
Harvard has Ellis Daily and Haowell all of
whom are good while Penn-yvanIa has Graves,
above the required ayeragc Whil. the Quaker.
depend upon Hare for place kicking and Graves
tqr goal, from the field. Harvard can cali upon
big Burnett for place kicks with DAILY and
Sawin for drops.
The difference in the style Of play used by
the eleven Is marked. penysvlvania relic,
almost wholly upun line bucking, a. framed
ny by the celebrated guards back ,interfcIence,
"cedei in stopping thi'. play with a specially
constructed defence. aud this year the Crimson
and heavier than Harvard, ard for thai reason
ey sy. are wb nrr GnRaSr {" fsnf ns IN mas.
"iusvely for hitting the line, most of the Grim
sons gains at critical points are made around
has been n speciality at Harvard since the new
era of football and has been. on the whole. a
success.
To THE EDITOR OF THE srN-Su IL ycur
town. Conn evidently OF We lcyan inspiration,
smIing that W-s'evau was beatcn by Trinity
s sa'sfday 3eg%pSf She had h rolled up large
,ears and was hence overconndent The exact
SEQ e. Of the games between these two colleges
curing the peri mentioned were:
l6S6, Trinity. 4. WESLEYAN. :. Wesleyan. e; Trini-
, w ~ s Mssr,2n 1P!IW ,IS,@ .ccGGd GAM
s5 Wey%HaA T9nty ~. wsslSySn Mr,ieS1n
trinity 8, 1898, WESLEYAN; i! Trinity, c, isa6,
~. iSa,. We,lsyaa So. inni,. az, O. . 1919, 'e
Unity. ) Wesleyan .
There IS but one score IN this list hich can !
fairy te called large, that of syS II may be- ,
interesting 10 mote that during the same er.od |
irlnit, ha. won seven baseball games from |
rivalry bctw en- thes, colleges has been a spec |
,aele OF pecgliar 'mleres, TO me college world
very S y"s Ser a wseyas q pic ss "at DF I'm n
ssJ-TriItv's i?3. ne,peCirullv.
JANIS ALBEE1 WALES, Trinity, 'Ol.
TRINITY ,Oli.EGT, Hart '0rd. Unu., oct. 80.
rRiNcFIo>. Oct 2 rrncclon's under
graduate. turned ou IN body hi, afternoon
- watch th" lager ~ work and Incidentally
70 practise songs aud cheers Tor the coming
contest with cornell Aud what they saw
imply repaid th.m for he Inconvenience which
they experienced on account Of the cutting north |
wind. which swept down the field for Prince
tons VARSITY lut up an article ~ otball the
equal Of which has not been seen here this year
In the last twelve minutes Oi play III" repre-
scntatiNeS ri TIA" Orange and BLACK rolled up
% points against the strongest scrub that could
be picked and four touchdowns are included
In that score 1hnnow stands are now COM
pieted They will seat 5000 persons aud the
management eypect. that big crowd Will bc
on them next SATURDAY.
ITuAc,. Oct. 81 Cornell, chances Of hest
ing Princeton III the coming contest on Satur-
day next have materially decreased now that
n Is learned that Alexander will not be able
To- play In the game. AeNanders injury il
more serious than was at first expected. and |
the big right tackle will not be allowed to don
hls uniform on that day. The secret prac-
'ice has continued. and the gates we're ko
- close that not even any Of the students we're
allowed 10 witness the practice.
CAMBRIDGE, Oct. ~ Harvard had varied |
and encouraging practice thi, afternUoi There
was Nduri running signal practice i"r the
backs. n sharp lineup for the lnrin"n in whl, n
ihcy We're put Opposite n machine To test th'm
as to slnwn"s>, considerable practice IN TeceIN-
ing the Kick on and getting The ball for punting |
ana nnallv n IL teeu-iIluuto game 10 practice |
he ONO Ia, tl 80, |