The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-11-08
GRlDIR0N GOSSIP.

Columbias victory will go laundering
down the annals of her football history,
but the wallopings she got from Penn
sylvania and Harvard will not be forgot
ten for a while. either.
Truxton Hare will be remembered as
one OF the greatest football players that
ever stepped on college gridiron, and
his praises will be sung long after other
prominent heroes are forgotten.
Harvard has asked Bowdoin to play her
a practice game the week before the
Harvard-Yale game. No decision has yet
been made by Bowdoin with reference to
the matter.
West Point defeated Rutgers on the
grounds at West Point yesterday. The
cadets made three touchdowns and kick
ed a goal from a fair catch from the 25-
yard line. Rutgers did not score. Final
score West Point g. Rutgers 0.
John Outland. captain OF Penn in 'es.
and the 1900 coach at Franklin and Mar
shall, has been obliged TO resign his DO
sition and return to his home in Beloit,
Kan, where his brother is seriously i'll.
Coach Warner of the Carlisle Indian
team attended the Yale-West Point game
to get few pointers for next Saturdays
contest. He watched the game diligently,
and then said that Yale would have TO
develop n better Interference TO be allie
TO NOV down the Carlisle team in the
fashion II was downing the West Point
ers.
Inc coaches down at old Nassau have
rafts of work to do 10 get the Tigers
round into shape for Yale a week from
Saturday. Two defeats in four days can
not fail 10 have a demor,lizing effect on
the eleven for a while. but Princeton will
undoubtedly have a team on the field to
face Yale, and one which the Ellis will
have nou sinecure to beat.
Lafayette is not overconfident since the
great game she played against Princeton,
now that Cornell and Columbia have
taken few extra twists In the tigers
tail. The eastern team, under Coach New
ton, will meet George Woodruff's pets
Saturday, and unless the Quaker team
has come round since the Sd more hard
luck tales may emanate from Philadel-
phia.
Edwin Clark. structural engineer of the
Bureau of Building Inspection at Phlla-
delphia, has Inspected the football stands
erected on University Field, Princeton.
and has certified that they are entirely
safe. He further states that the work
manship In excellent in all details and
that the stands are fully adequate TO
Withstand the strain which the large
crowds OF November II will place upon
the structures. A crowd OF over 10000 can
easily be handled by the new stands andl
is expected that fully this number will
Journey to Princeton TO see the annual
contest between the Orange and Black
and the Blue.
In proportion as the season advances,
IL becomes still more difficult to estimate
the respective chances Of the three teams
Of the Tricollegiate League Williams and
Amherst are continually making better
showings than Wesleyan. Williams
strongest point Is the line. All OF the new
men for line positions have done good
work. IA have also Simmons and Hatch,
who played tackles last year. Jseckel,
Graves and Lawrence have played espc-
ciaily we'll i'm the more recent games.
Legpctt is exceptionally well fitted for
the position OF quarterback, and manages
the plays with remarkable skill. Wesley
ans lire, on The other hand. seems tie
most vulnerable part OF the team. Inglis.
az fuilback. has done well, especially in
tho Yale game. In this q 4mo. however.
the team. "a n whole. made very poor
showing. Yarrow's twenty yard run was
the best play OF the day Taking all things
into consideration. ~ may Justly he said
that the championship contests. this fall.
which begin Rext Saturday with the
Williams Amherst game. At Amherst, Will
be unusually close. Although nothins
definite can be determined by a oompari-
son OF scores. yet on tho whole. Amherst
and Williams seem 90 be about evenly
matched, whilo Wesleyan falls a little