New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-11-29
COLLEGE FOOTBALL TO-DAY
COLUMBIA VS.. CARLISLE INDIANS AMI
QUAKERs VS. CORNELL

Two notable Thanksgiving Day games of foot
ball will he played this afternoon; one on CO.
Iun7bia Field between the Columbia University
eleven and the Carlisle Indians and the other
on Franklin Field, Philadelphia, the annual
struggle between the University Of PENNSYLVANIA
and lFneI-
Philadelphia has had her Thanksgiving Day
game q football without interruption for many
wears past. for before the Quakers began to play
Cornell on this holiday, they generally used to
nIav Harvard. New-York, however. until last
vaar. had a let up on Thanksgiving Day games
and there is no doubt that the annual struggle
be-veen Yale and Princeton was greatly missed.
E7or +his reason there Is sure to be a big crowd
= football enthusiasts Columbia Field this
az -arDoon The managers are counting on not
loss han fifteen thousand spectators at the least
within the nclOsure and there are always at
least az equal number who take advantage OF
the topog. Apply around Columbia Field and see
the game 70 nothing. The attendance at Phila-
| delphia IS also sure TO be large, for there has
been no game c: first rate Importance in football
plaved there this season, unless the Quaker-Ind-
ian game be considered as such.
So far as the outlook for the Columbia Carlisle
Indian game to-day Is concerned. it IS really
toss up. Columbia has done little match
playing in the last few weeks that it has been
impossible TO get a line her work. Credible
reports from Coach Sanford ard from men who
have watched the play OF the e that the
eleven are IN first rate physical condition, and
are playing stronger, more ager and more ag
gressive game even than the one which they put
up against Princeton. The i'll effects however.
Of playing no hard match games for some weeks
before the final contest have been shown il the
case Of Harvard. and the Carlisle Indians ere
counting confidently to-day Columbia being
rather soft and not up on her toes. The red men
a year ago to-day fairly overwhelmed the Blue
and White by score Of 40 TO 0, and this will
be the wind up OF the season for both eleveEs,
the visitors will make most strenuous efforts TO
pull out a victory. The favorite formation Of
the Carlisle eleven is the wing shift--that is &c
say. one-half of the line just before the ball is
the line and forms a whole Of interference
Tor the runner with the ball. The scrub Colum-
bia team has been working this formation the
varsity for the last four weeks and Coach Sam
ford's men feel confident Of their ability kill
this formation. The Indians likely to be
rather stale in their work toward the end Of the
season. and the ordinary football expert would
be likely call Columbia victory for this af-
terroon by a narrow margin.
The Quakers are a 70 favortte over
Cornell and these odds seem fully justified. The
Pennsylvania players fell into the Slough OF
Despond anG of poor playing directly after the
Harvard game, but they seem 10 have emerged
from II and have been doing much better work
in the last three weeks. The chief weakness OF
their play is that they rely TOO much upon the
guards back formation. Yet against eleven
that IS unable TO cope with this play It is exactly
good as half dozen different styles Of work.