New-York tribune., 1901-11-18
on THE GRIDIRON.
IN GREAT FOOTBALL IN THE YALE
CONNECTION GANIE-CONDITION TOLD
OUTLOOK FOR THE YALE
HARVARD MATCH.

70 cannot truthfuIIy be said that Saturdays
xoleP-inceton game made any notable eddi-
.,,n 10 the science CT strategy of football. Nor
,o,it be said either. that II brought those feat
-ss Of the game already well known and in
,rlca+ed these many years by football coaches
.nanv higher degree Of perfection than had al
-ss5v been seen. Indeed. II must be said that
N. winning eleven played only average foot
,sn That they were able to DO that surprised
t-a men under whose tutelage they have been
su this fall mora than II did anybo else, Tor IL
Euo secret that when the Yale football material
rss looked over in September IL seemed impos-
s5ie 10 build up a team that could hope TO
sscape defeat at the hands OF Princeton This
view was not altered by the earlier games Yale
rlared She showed q raggedness Of attack and
sipshod defence, together with a !anentabie
tendency 10 tumble, that boded ii for her
.rture But the usual Yale brace" arrived on
schedule time. and Princeton's defeat resulted
Princeton IS entitled 10 couan1iseration On the
score of her hard luck. Had Dana, Mills, Pell
and Meier been in lighting trim during the last
.en days OF practice, and able TO enter the Yale
rsne fl 10 do their best. there might have been
another story 70 tell. The material the Tigers
had from which 70 build team was certainly
superior 10 Yale's, but accident interfered so
seriously with training and practice at the most
critical period OF the eleven's development as TO
result il fatal defect OF organization The III
condition Of the wearers Of the Orange and the
Hack IS sufficiently indicated by the fact that
anIy four OF the players who started the game
uiaye6 out the two halves. The fact that Yale's
players went into the contest SO thoroughly ft
is another significant tribute to the cunning OF
Nike Murphy, who. one might almost say, is
The best man on the Yale eleven
aside from physical incapacity. the thing that
beat Princeton was fuEnbitng- The first touch
down directly due 10 tumble when Prince
ton had the ball only q few yards from the
centre OF the field. When next the teams lined
u Yale had the bail al Princeton's 11-yard line.
from which point she bucked Il over The
second touchdown followed a muffed punt by
Foulke Swan was on the spot and fell the
ball. and Yale bucked II over the line as in the
first This all goes TO show what was per-
iectly apparent before, that the n:uffer or the
fumbler should have no place on a first class
football team OF course, the surest catch will
offend occasionally, but coaches have shown
curious tendency TO tolerate the presence on
team Of e man who is as likely as not to muff
punt. Princeton paid dearly for this
Saturday.
have no intention OF disparaging Yale's VIC
tory. There IS 70 question that she deserved It
Her game was IN every way superior 10 Prince
tons but despite Princeton's crippled condi-
uun. she might have been able TO get lie but
for these fatal fumbIes-
There were no features OF team work In Sat
urdays game that call for extended comment.
Yale used q fake tackleback with some sue
cess in which the tandem plunged at one point
Il the line, while the with the ball hit an
other But Yale's touchdowns were made by
battering steadily away at z line that yielded
Constantly before the attack. De Sguiles
prised everybody by outpunting Dewitt, who
went . pieces badly in this department Of the
game. Hart justified all the good things that
have said CT him. and the I ale coaches were
wise in reconsidering their determination to re-
tire him 10 the substitute list He is q born
football player. is a sure tackle. and always fol-
[-E,z
several occasions Saturday by being the
spot when Il was funbled- The great individual
surprise Of the game was the really brilliant
work OF Swan, who far exceeded the best form
he had shown in practice. He outplayed Cap
tain Gould decidedly. though the latter was
neither as fast nor as sure as usual Glass did
not seem 10 be much missed AS only Captain
Gould. Olcott and Goss VIII be graduated this
year. il looks like q strong team for the Blue
nsxt season
And now for the Yale-Harvard game next Sat
ardsy. Harvard's football advisers are reported
70 be hopeful, if not exactly confident, but if
:hs Crimson wins there viii have TO be a big
Improvement over the form shown in the Penn
sFlvGuia game. OF course II was easy for Har-
ard, but that proves nothing. fer Penn's game
sas too poor for comment In the Penn game
AzrvaTd's line did rot play with any conspIcu-
G1s organized cooperation They stopped about
Hery Penn rush. but all they had to do was 10
Sand still and the light Penn men bounded OF
Z handling the ball. the Crimson did poor work
H2rTarC-s game with Dartmouth was encouTag-
1s Tor the TWO touchdowns made by the hano-
Yer!ans were the result OF blocked punts, and
harvard had only about half her varsity play
es IN the game The most encouraging feature
sss the absence Of fuubling, but II is one thing
2 handle the hall cleanly against a much fnfe-
for 1ee when there is no intense nervous strain
upon the players. and another 10 be steady un-
Der fierce attack
The centre Of YaIe's line will outplay Harvard
al probability, excepting at right tackle,
Where Cuts VIII give Goss a tussle. If Swan
Pays al ali as he did on Saturday, Captain
campbell win be showed under, while il should
= close II between Captain Gould and Bow
.c'sh- De Saulles outclasses any quarterback
harvard can possibly put in the field, but the
e.aer backs VIII be pretty evenly matched. Ker-
q is pUnter OF parts. but De Saules can
s.al as vel. II not better. The Blue VIII be IN
.slect condition while the experience Of pre-
.@0s Harvard teams gives one the right TO ex-
- mat this years eleven will not be as well
iSslned as Yale The Ellis did not suffer IN the
teest nom Sa turday's game, and will all be as
haEd nails on Saturday Harvard, on the
ssSSsalFary Seems 10 be babying her best men con-
nssuaoly as most Of them only played part
me llrne in the Dartmouth game There Is
tie ,os medium between overwork and too Ut
"ofk Saturday viii show whether this has
nj ny the Crimson coaches
- amusing 10 read the gloomy expressions
= eIlran, head coach Of Yale, after the Prince
'0n game. He thinks Yale must play 80 per
49, oettef football 20 beat Harvard II any
ha sG4oaght Mr. Stillrnan meant this, Il would
Is --.ggu4ous 1t is obvious. however. that he
-bs.eiy trying TO discourage overconfldence on
rsnlt aaft OF his pupils, which is surely COM
"enoahie object
oenclton told in the Cornell-Colunbia game
- st as much as in the contest at New Haven.
bosen3nia bssS made fairly good stand in the first
abss,,ot out fel an easy prey in the second The
cord - % Weekes was severely felt but he
fas-e- not nave saved the day. Cornell played
LII c.--ra-