Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-07
FROM SPECTACULAR PERCH.
A REVIEW OF. THE SEASON..
Yale, Never Beaten, Clearly the
Champion of the Year Among the
Big Northern Teams-virginin, In
the South, Lead. Her Rival.-com-
parative Scores.
pnrative Scores.

season. and the heroes of collegiate life.
nursing their honorable bruises and rev.
erenced by all their fello y-students, must
now descend from their spectacular perch
and get down to good hard work and
study like the pale, wan burner Of mid
night OIL commonly known as the plug
ger. This is the only means of keeping up
in his classes.
The season has been one of the most
successful in the history of the sport,
and has COMPOUNDED those prophets who
predicted the decline Of the great col
lege game of America. In point of pub
lie interest and patronage, participation
of colleges in the sport. and in the pauc-
ity Of serious injuries sustained, the sea-
son has been one of the most successful
ever known. Few of the men who have
had 10 retire from championship games
have been hurt seriously, and We, in
almost every care ready for game next
time. The game is hardly more dangerous
than wrestling. to which no OBJ
ronents of football. But whether
harshly criticised or commended. the
game retains it's hold on the collegians
and the great mass of the public is being
educated to a comprehension and appre-
citation Of it, and TO an enthusiastic inte-
rest
YALE CLEARLY CHAMPION.
is clearly the champion, never having
been beaten during the season. The near
est approach to {. defeat was when West
Point played the blue eleven a drawn
battle. each team scoring six points. Yale
was not in championship form when she
played the cadets, nor did she play the
best team she could put in the field. Be-
sides. short halves were played. leaving
no time for more scoring. Harvard later
defeated West Point. and Yale in her best
form defeated Harvard. On their records
it was hard to compare Yale. Harvard.
and Princeton. though Yale is clearly
champion. In thu championship games
Yale beat Harvard % to 0, and only won
from Princeton !. to 5, thus emitting
Princeton to rank ahead of Harvard It
is doubtful, however. if West Point does
not rank ahead Of either, having teen
beaten but once ard having subsequently
tied the seasons champions. Yale during
the season defeated Trinity, Amherst,
Brown, Penn State College. and Bucknell,
and tied West Point
PRINCETON AND HARVARD:
Princeton defeated such teams as Lee
high, Swarthmore, Annapolis, Washing
ton, and Jefferson, Columbia. and Cor
nell. and was beaten only by Yale.
Harvard defeated such strong teams
as Amherst Brown. Carlisle. West Point
and Dartmouth. and the University of
Pennsylvania, being only beaten by
Yale
West Point tied Yale and defeated such
teams as Dickinson. Williams Tufts, anu
Annapolis, and was beaten only by Har-
Yard II to 6.
Next comes Pennsylvania, once a proud
member Of the big four but this year
rank second rater. with the most frregu-
lar eleven on the gridiron. Beaten by the
naval academy, by Brown, Buckneil: Car
1S-~lY a n
rallied enough to end the season by de-
feating her old rival. Cornell, by mar
gin of one point, after Cornell seemingly
had the game safely won. Pennsylvania
defeated Lehgh. Fem State College, Co
iunbla Swarthmore. Gettysburg. and
IIaverford.
CoRNELL's RECORD.
Coruell's record is almost equally
cheGuercd and contradictory. Early in the
season the Ithacans were beaten by Car
isle 90 to g. and later by Princeton Go
to o., and finally by Pennsylvania az to
~. The eleven defeated Il number of
weaker teams Altogether Cornells record
is very poor.
Lafayette and Lehigh both made very
strong records for the season, but La
fayctte weakened toward the close. La
fayette beat Gettysburg. Georgetown,
Brown, Washington. and Jefferson. and
other teams. but lost to Annapolis, Cor
nell and Lehigh by close scores
Iehigh closed the season by defeating
Lafayette: was beaten by Pennsylvania
and Princeton tied Annapolis, and de-
feated the University Of Virginia ga to
66).
Annapolis made the poorest record in
recent years losing to Georgetown a
to o., Dickinson &c to o., Penn State Col
lege &c to o., Princeton al to %. Buck
nell (23 to o., and West Point (23 to -.
but defeating University of Pennsylvania
G. to - and Lafayette az to I'D.
VIRGINIA THE CHAMPION.
Among the southern teams the Univer-
sity Of Virginia., despite her erratic re-
cord. is the champion Of the bunch, with
North Carolina second and Sewanee
third. Virginia lost but one game during
the season, that to Lehigh Ga to 81, tied
the game with North Carolina az to ~,
defeated ST. Adams. Washington and
Lee, University of Nashville, Kentucky
University, st. Johns College of Mary
land. Davidson College of North Caroll-
ma. and Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
North Carolina defeated F'urman Uni
yersity. Davidson College. Virginia Mill
tary Institute, and others: tied Virginia
Polytechnic Institute and North Carolina
Agricultural and Mechanical College,,
lost to Georgetown az to %, ana ended
the season by tieing Virginia. Her re-
cora is nearly as SOOO dS vi Sillld q ouI
not as good quite
The Virginia Polytechnic Institute has
about as good a record as any southern
team except perhaps the University or
Virginia. and about as good as that.
The cadets tied North Carolina defeated
the Agricultural and Mechanical College
of North Carolina, which later tied the
University of North Carolina; wiped up
the earth with Georgetown t2S to %, and
was beaten only ~ Washington and Lee
University and University of Virginia,
the score being 6 to in each game.
" NJ Us POOR RECORD.
The Virginia Military Institute was
beaten by University of North Carolina.
,y GEORGETOWN, and finally smothered by
IFS old rival. the Virginia Polytechnic In
stitute to the surprise Of everybody, for
the public. and even the opposing team,
expected close game
The University of Virginia. the Virginia
Po;vtechnic Institute, and the University
of North Carolina rank pretty close to-
rether. with little from which to award
any one Of them the palm Of superiority.
ia winch each has some claims. Sewanee
University Of the South and Vanderbilt
and Clemson College all made good re-
cords for the season.
Perhaps the best record made by any
team in the country was that OF the Onl-
yersity of Michigan, which was never
beaten and rolled up an enormous total.
its closest game being with Chicago Is
to o. It is impossible to compare the