The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-10-05

Written FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIc
According 70 Coach Caldwell ~ the
Iar-cE-Sius team. Eastern football. eiev-
ea- with 80 exceptions. are likely 10
make hckilE more GA feature this season
than t1sy cid last year While hi ten
desc on some leading college eieveus points
70 d prevalence o. mass plays. TIE outlook
he brighter II i Ecki1g game W-th open
1GraationS : followed
Caldwell played Tor three years on The
Cornell team and later coached several
Terms IN Pennsylvania he vas a; Cornell
EEu the so-caikd Cornell system VI
pay was first adopted. a system which ne
- following IN bis training instrccfigrs rl-s
gear In sizing " the Eastern situation. h
stated thar Harvard's chance again aEsinst
Sa.s this year clearly lay in piayzs q
k-ekiEs game.
~Taae has devoted al her energies 70
developing d Tremendous iire.' said Caid-
vel. and I believe IN uzss plays she wAl
h the most dangerous college IL the vouu-
uy- With uiS men ike Glass. Hogan and
Others in her line. an sveraEe OF ~ pounds
VII easily be made exclusive O. The back
field This lire 3 seasoned ard e-xperiancet
and no other college Il the East has any
thing 10 compare with IL
TALE Is on OFFENSIVE
Naturally. under the cl-cunsta1css. Yale
IS csvoting great time e offensive plays
lnvOivinE Work by tn lire. ard utII place
dependence In fairly crushing the opposing
force AZ her me1 are all adeprs AZ rh@
game and have ali had hard football train
ING sle should be the best college n the
East AZ tbs sort OF work. In mere 1orce.
mass Snd strength OF line the college IS il 4
-Puneetan and Harvard are probably
&igfty nEhter than they we're last year.
ETen II Harvard gets some heavier men IN
her team. there Is TO chance that she vii
be able 70 furnish a line able 10 successfully
oppose that Of Yale. Her policy. the--
NGEa E4M clearly h n f-n-raza 49, anaaH
70 favor open formations and to plzre DE-
peacence on her ends and backs
I think yea viii find This : made the
feau1re o. the game as between -heSe tao
teams this season Harvard has always
Paid great attention 70 having rss and
strong e1ds. This point seems 70 Be special
t@ed this year even more than before Her
ooViouG hA Is 10 develop 4 different srYte
pay from that OF Yale and a style that.
VII neurr1nze the weight in TaIs-s ltnf. or
else make this weight q no avail
IN defensive work Harvard Fili have a
me. Al EuardE. tackles and center. fairly
heavy. but not anywhere near that Of Ye'-.
Yale VII Be strong in offensive work AMI
Aarvara oe5eye VII have 70 develop
orOm the mass q men in her opporsut's
front division But when Il comes 20 Or
1ensiEe work ] think Harvard vii h found
Her fast sHdS can carry the bali around
that line BEFORE the big men get S;arte#aHi
Is striving after Her punting division
seems TO ee better seasoned than that OF
lEAEs ana 4 E9AEL not &c SURPRISED % sc
some sensational pays made from fhe fed
Ills year. It IS pretty certain that Hsryarf
vii Try for red goals frequently in me
OLD SYSTEM AT CORNELL.
Ar Cornell. the regular system Of the
last few years Is being foBoWed This Styis
consists OF a mass and revolving pisy corr
lined. directed mostlv against The tark9-z
Of the opposing line The PLAY requires erls
back and guards back and brings the back
GFid entirely into pay
Its revolving feature is the main Point
about t. The idea g the system i 20 con-
ceutrate the weight Of the men IN a mass
play against the tackle. the Play 70 Dc
adaptable 20 = sudden shift along tHs isas.
way. The force Of the mass viii carr The
Cornell men through In case the tackles
Sianttng direction and does not stop Il +
pretTy certain 10 gain a yard OF two in it,
circular sweep. at leas
1T Is a combination q the old revolving
wedFe IDEA and Tire concentration q mss
pfavs and Is remarkable chiefly Cor The
lumber Of men usec IN its construction. Tbs
- th.T ~zn H. hraurhf behind zf~h
nlzy viii break through almost any line IN
les exceptional means 10 strengthen that
Cornell therefore. will incline 10 the
m~aS-pIay idea IT Is hard to say What the
University q Pennsylvania vii % this sea-
son. bot ! believe that II + m1re likely 70
follow a kicking game than 70 depend alto
refher upon mass plays Probably a CON-
htHstion OF the two vii Dc pseo aecot@ihs
10 ne AENLH ~ IT'S <@&
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Speaking Of the University OF PennSyl-
vania. ! recall q game on ThanksEfvtng Day
about I'VE Years ago when more interest
vas manifested IN a contest than ! ever
saw displayed before Il vas the annual
game at Philadelphia between Pennsylvania
and Cornell ard the grounds were simply
rzckRd with people / think tnere were
close 10 $50 persons OF the grounds The
day was intensely c5ld- hut even seat n
the stand was taken and the sides O. the
deld. which was a sheet Ct Ice were
crowded
Soon after the game opened. q duvtnS
Hind and snow storm arose and TIE snoW
fairly poured d0Nu. concealInE the pays Al
staeex- Il showed several Inches n fhe
cogTSe " the afternoon and the ground
was covered In q few minutes Yet scarcely
4 person left his seat and TIE game Was
seen through by The spectators.
AS q contrast to this I can recall a game
I played IN the summer with The hasehzH
nine- We were taking q tour through what
Is known a. tho Coal Oh District IN Penn
EF9rauia- ard played az 3 little town =
Pennsylvania Local pretraice
amen vas sgch Inst hrEt base Vas near
the ropes which kept back the sPeetAtSf@