New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-10-21

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points on the Yale team at the present time.
ana though Hinkey is a wonderful man II seems
to me impossible for Yale 70 develop a nair If
ends that will be in the same class with Har-
wards ends on November "a Yale has had
weak end rushers for the last three years.
and they little better this year OH
erwise the line, though not perfect is in ex-
celent shape, and getting stronger on both the
offence and defence every day Back of the
line Hale Is putting up a positively hriIIia Mt
game at fullback gaining his distance renarka-
ply well and punting beautifully. Although
6oBdoln old not nave a strong eleven. yet
Hales work in the game on Wednesday was
incontestably first class. His line bucktng al
ways resulted in some gain. and Soma oF bis
punts were fifty and sixty yards long He also
kicked five goals from touchdowns In the game
a week ago against Dartmouth Yale attenontad
no fancy tricks whatsoever but contented her
self with straight, line bucking tactics and
made an excellent showing.
There is some question about left tackle in the
Blue line. Kunzig seems to be out of It, and
Boomer not so fit anticipated Hamlin
seems to be by all odds the best discovery for
the place. He played substitute guard last year
and 1 should not be surprised TO see him in the
final lineup. Sheldons work at right guard is
nothing wonderful but he seems to be eradu-
ally rounding into better shape.
Dartmouth, by the way, put up an excellent
defence in the game against Yale. O'Connor
made some star plays for the ew-Hampshire
boys. His work would insure him a place on
almost any Of the large teams. Dartmouth
seems weak at. rushing the bail this year, but
the line is holding in good shape on the de-
fence
WEAKNESS IN WOODRUFFS POLICY.
The Quaker eleven seems not to be quite so
its early work would indicate. My
own idea is that Coach Woodruff has been CIV
ing lot Of attention to the offence at the ex-
pense of the defence. The result has been that
the Pennsylvania men in the early games
against the small and weak teams simply kept
on the offence almost all the time and piled UP
big scores which really indicate little What
the Quakers will need badly in their big games
is a perfect system of defence, and the Brown
game against them showed plainly that this de-
fence had not yet been developed. Then too,
the work of the eleven is not as fast as It
should be, the slowness being very likely due
TO the fact Of CAPTAIN Hare giving signals from
guard. This is the worst position on the team
from which TO give signals. Quarterback is the
ideal place but if a guard gives the signals he
always seems to slow up the play of the whole
team
week and half ago Pennsylvania was in
a much further stage of development than Har-
ward, but for the last ten days the Quakers
81 en- to have stood almost stock still, and IN
less they improve rapidly from this time for
ward they are likely to find themselves below
the Crimson in the game two weeks hence. J.
Gardiner is doing some first rate puntfng for
the Quakers, but he is also doing some atrocious
fumbling. MacCracken and Hare are both kick
ing we'll and so is Graves. The Quakers, Ehere-
fore, will be IN much better shape in the kicking
department than they have been for the last
two years, and 1t probably will be about a stand
off for Harvard in that particular-perhaps
trtfe better. On the offence the Quakers have
shown much better interference but on the de-
fence they are not nearly well along as Har-
ward.
HARvARDs DEFENCE STRONGER.
The Crimson team has come up rapidly in the
last week, and there is some danger that the
men, as they did last year, will become salts
fed with the work they are doing and let up.
The improvement has been more noticeable in
Unrk at nv al
bia able to make no Roadway against the
Crimson line, and the centre of the arch has
stood much sitter than ever before. Moreover.
I understand that Burnett, last years centre
rush, has got off probation, and he ought to fill
the centre rush position as well as any man on
the grloiron ROBERTS. the youthful freshman
who tips the scale at 275 pounds, has been tried
out at centre rush, and has improved a good
deal II ne can be coached up into a good,
active, aggressive player he ought to be put in
at one of the guard positions, and then Harvard
should set to work to develop the guards back
formation. The success of the guards back
formation always depend upon the weight and
agility of the guards themselves, and if 2T5
pounds all in bunch gets started, IL will be
hard to stop il. The tackle position which
Graydon substitute full back, has been trying
to fill, is weak and is likely to remain so, but
HalloweH IS back at end. and Harvard has the
fleetest pair Of ends in the country. In the
Columbia game Campbell was the rock upon
which so many of the New-York plays broke.
He followed the ball without mistake Three
times he stopped Columbia's delayed pass for a
loss. He got down well under punts and helped
fensive work of the Crimson was first rate,
but the offence the team work was poor. The
interference on end plays was not fast enough
and the backs seemed to be still working too
much for individual glory
CHARGES WITHOUT FOUNDATION
Columbia were naturally greatly cha
grined at the showing Of the Blue and White
eleven against Harvard on October Is. Yet that
was no excuse for the charges which the Column
bia football manager, If correctly reported. made
against Harvard, and also against the umpire
Paul Dashiel Visiting teams at Cambridge
have always been wont to speak Of Harvard's
courtesy, and If this were lacking toward Co.
lumbia's representatives. it certainly must have
been without intention. When II comes to call
ing Paul Dashel names that is perfectly ridcu-
lous. Mr.. Dashiel is an instructor Of high stand
ing at the Annapolis Naval Academy. He has
umptred the Harvard-Yale and Yale-P Princeton
games for years and most acceptably He may
have made an incorrect decision; he could not
have made a BIASED one. Loyal Columbia
will invariably take their defeats in good part
better next time. AS a matter Of fact it looks
as II a crisis in the career of the present Co
lumbia eleven were approaching. The men were
considerably discouraged by several good
dropping out from the Blue and White rushline
Then came the bad showing at Cambridge. If
this is followed up by more weak work in the
pretty blue. But If the New-York men take
that hoped for brace in the game at Philadel-
phia, there Will be good prospects that the team
will pull itself together and wind up the season
with creditable showing
Cornell is gradually rounding into fair shape,
and unless she has further misfortunes Of
faculty disqualifcations or accidents, she will
be in shape to give Princeton a hard tussle on
November 3. Captain Starbuck is at fulIback
again. and will be in hardy condition by the
time the Princeton game comes around Centre
position has been unsettled, but Namack will
probably keep the place in Persons absence.
Cornell has already begun TO develop some trick