New-York tribune., 1900-09-23
n THE FOOTBALL FIELD
re COLLEGE SEASON UNDER WAY
aGAIN-RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
AND COMING PROSPECTS
OF THE SPORT
OF THE SPORT.

- football warriors, mighty men Of battle ara
.rn heard abroad in the land. The last vel.
As seen the return OF aspirants for aeetfne
,,5,ban honors 20 many OF The leading college
snpuses. and already the wedding out process
: beganH'ng al Harvard ana Yale. at Prince
=. Pennsylvania and Cornell, while the Column
Z. candidates have been at work for two weeks
interest in college football seems 10 way ar.oa
s.h season. and just as the annual retprns
s,u & larger freshman class each fan ~ er
- leadinE colleges. so the interest and axcfta-
-srt in football gain strength as each seaso,
as around. This year the ordinary interest &c
=. heightened by the fact that last sesso,
,sss in such an indefinite way. so far as se,-
- e The leading teams were concerned
p-1es.on's glory was greatest because she v-or,
ric,o-v from Yale. even though il was in the
* forty seconds Of play ard by a single point
- Princeton suffered one defeat in the course
ne season a. the hands Of Cornell and Har
,z-5s record was the cIeanest Of all the COL
-ges for the Crimson did not suffer a single de-
AT uor did II come even in danger OF defeat
Ri Ea-varls otherwise brilliant glory was
--sstlv dimned by her failure TO score on Yale
rs na5e an indecisive and irgIorious ending
H. whole Harvard season The Tigers
sz7e6 first place. owing 70 their victory over
r.. Harvard thought she had almost as good
a-ls. and nobody can say which had the bet
- tsan. Yale. too felt that. while Princeton
r- ths margin was 50 small that the element
lusk entered largely into the contest. Conse-
ygzty. on the whole. while the season was a
Il .-miz1t one 81 far as the playing is concerned
i ---re was rather zn- unsatisfactory feeling
-7rE al The big colleges as TO the relative
/ ..r6ng of he eIevens. It Is for this reason
r ths teams are taxing up the work Just
/ -ss-e t5sv iet- IL OF al the close Of last sea
N ana -hey are going al the task with the de-
.z-fnatior of gaining q decisive victory OF
s going down into defeat fer lie games are
/ arez- more unsatisfactory than outright lick
Il
iRT WITCH THE DROP KICK PLAYED
/ 2 -u-a as 70 The actual outcome CT last sea
4 n point # victories and defeats. As 20 the
rslorzeI- # football as sport last year. II
~ r proper 70 add q word The most sisnih-
2. feature = last seasons games was the de-
,9us-- Il accurate timely and decisive drop
s-g Every one VIII recall Sharna's Won
a-s-l drop kick for Yale from the 4S-yard lire
E.t seemed 70 give the game 10 the Blue but
4 rzch Tas Offset Just before the Close Of the
1 ane by P1e's equally remarkable drop kick.
tch brought ou- the Tigers one point ahead
4 2 thls contest. then. i vas successful drop
III which IN uinery-rlne cases ont Of o-= hun
-si would have spelled victory for Yale. and
| zss drop KICK in turn which turned the tide
1 n Princeton. CoraeT's victory over the Tigers
/ n-s- IL -he season was also due. Il remember
/ z--ht n 2 drop kick and al football lovers
rr remember The brilliant and effective work
-eh L---s Hudson. the Indian quarterback.
z-e-n=5 time and again with this same style
pay Moreover these drop kicks were not
.z-hzzz-5. not simply accidental, but were the
81
-ss Development q last seasons football was
7z1-i-g. few years ago il seemed as If
tr-azu had nothing 10 do with the foot AZ all
cz ras played entirely with the hands and
s- I has aow returned 10 It's proper sphere.
EBr5s 4 Yale. showed IN The Harvard game
71s- scientific pur-iag can accomplish BY
aasns q L h put on The defensive Z superior
AN 70 his own and kept them the-e. guessing
e fully half the game There Is no doubt that
ts draw which resulted was due TO this punt
a s-l-I thl-d development Y the sport last
M vas in buiL5ing UP Al aggressive defence
ussd 70 b considered a sufficient defence for
q z eleven 10 stand dogged and persistent.
agzzst rh= ors-aughts OF the foe. This theory
rs bezu abandoned Now q successful defence
zss1s stone wall with springs behind H. every
ste15=r leapirg into activity the moment the
a. Is SNAPPED = sluggish defence IS out Of
IL NV ia 90 ltAL ---1N
i=tsnce which again saved Yale so much terri
.Ty il h=r Harvard game last year.
MAKING WEAK POINTS STRONG
z thzse cz= points as to the outcome OF last
EszsgE and as 20 the Development 0t football
q spe-- BE- Borne IN mind. II FiH be easier TO
Understand --1 size W the work Of the Dig
zz-s this year from the very start 50 far as
1z-=r-al Is concerned. al the leading eieTe1s
rar-r --7 me- n q
81 e g them seeming 70 have such an abundance
s Te-=rs-E IS II cvershadQT any q the others
4 var each team VIII undoubtedly seek TO do
q r Via LLCleES Of veterans al ltS cc-l4
q -z11 % make strong the weak points q
& 1 season while keeping uD 70 STANDARD al
& - excellent --5r-s Of that year Yale. for ln
-a-ce. Ezs already set 10 work 10 develop
& ---1t par = End r-1sLers- she has been weak
Il Z nose points for Two years past ana has
--I1l-1e- o. make them strong this year. Cap
.1 a-s9 seems 70 favor Nety Hz1
q @sL He'd The only particular reason thaI lhe
e--'-s-aaCE formation OF the Caakers " as 50
4 sag sGccessfl- for several seasons was tnat
---sy Ea--a simply put : big bunch oi tre-
Il +--g-sr heavy men tack OF the Inc, ana
-tI tEey rrce EC- started nothing could STOP
- Captain Brown q Yale, evidently De
1 - ---i Il s-u compose your bleA TO - %
! -z-fE 1eL io the hrst place II VIII answer every
4 --Blse Jus as weu as bringing back heavy
II - -r-1 --l rus1 line. II = with this IDEA IN
II that D. is trying Hale, centre rush Of last
4 1@-n as Lz-r5acE L = quite probable that
= change may not be permanent. for il VIII
4 p sDap' 20 LevelcD for centre rusn as good
- lively q man a. Hale proved. There are
4 ~ three other heavy men. hoWeTeF.
1 - Japan Brown il testing carefully behind
Ie oI- MS greatest loss VIII. q course DC
( aalfa-z. T1- -here g no one thai can touch
4 ---sp-a-- Mcbride fOr Z moment II puntlng-
WHERE HARVARD FILL Down
Ile CHEZ weakness that Harvard VIII try 4
t--.1-e ---s y1a- ty I think. that apparent
E q get rzere~ " hlch seemed 70 possess the
! ~ last as &, was aboEt 10 grasp victory The
@''srl eleven was capable II playing the best
! --a-- 81 The country yet tksre vas something
1-S which kept the Crimson from scoring
- FitL-l 2 few -ur hes Cf ttz enemy 3 goa!
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