Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1900-1903, 1902-12-01
ON THE GRIDIR0N
A Little Review of the College Teams
Work This Season.

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in order to rank the teams. all unsatls7
factory task at the best, owing 10
the numerous complications that arise
due to varying form on The part Oh the
different elevens and Inconsistencies III
scores. Few persons would rank the
first dozen or so of the, eastern teams
lust alike, but there IS one point on
which there will lie no dissenting voice
and that is that Iaie ranks fllSt. 4 ale
Is the only eastern team thar Went
through the season without defear
and her total Of points is large, though
this IN itself is rot SO Significant on
account of the team = meeting different
sets Of opponents The Blues victor
les over her two greatest rivals We're
decisive. Neither Of them was abe 20
cross her goal lire and no team Was
able to do that at straight rushing.
West Point did ii once by blocking q
kick on the 5-yard line and THfts did
it once on a quarterback Kick 10
stronger team than Captain Chad-
wiclz's ever played football and 1t is
doubtful il any rs strong ever played
the game.
Next to Yale Genes Princeton. Some
members Of the Yale team say Ear-
ward was stronger than Princeton, but
Il
against Yale They did not gain as
much ground as Harvard. but they
scored, their defence was more stub
bornly sustained and they kept Yale's
total down much lower. than did Ha.-
ward. Only two touchdowilss We're
made in the entire season against
Princeton, while eight We're made
aga inst Harvard, one each by Bow:
doin, Wesleyan, West Point ana Dart
mouth and four ny Yale. so long as
the teams did not meet to test their
relative strength the results indicate
that Priceton's. defensive strength
more than Offset Hargard's offensive
superiority. Harvard ranks third and
West Point fourth. Harvard having
| beaten West Point. Had the army
met Princeton there would have hcen
Il better means Of comparing Harvard
| and Princeton ana it is by no means
sure ti'at Princeton would have beaten
tho soldiers. IN The annapolis game
F! the West Point itfaci1 was the most
consistently strong of any teams ex-
| cept Eale's. Yale'a defence was the
| only one encountered by West Point
| that prevented sustained gains.
Pennsylvania deserves to be ranked
! fifth, Oil account of her stiff game
dGitIlet IldENsltu ANA llSE SpLSlitai0
| brace which beat Cornell. Pennsylva
! min. it is true. was beaten by the In
dams, as we'll as by Annapolis and
Brown. but the form the Quakcrs dis
played on Thanksgiving day, their fl
nal game, probably would have won
| for them the three games they lost.
a team's final form must be consider
| ed. IF one undertakes to go deeply
Into scores made throughout the sea-
son be finds himself III a perfect quag
mre Of calculations. For instance
PENNSYLVANIA was beaten by Annaro-
l;s, who was beaten by Columbia and
Columbia was beaten by Pennsylvania.
Also, Lehigh beat Lafayette, who beat
| Brown. who beat PENNSYLVANIA, who
beat J.ohigh. Reasoning at length
along these lines is impossible, SO one
can only reckon i'll q general way, tax
I iIlr into CoSido-ation chiefly how he
! thinks one team would do against an
| other with beth 1T their best.
| Cornell and the Indians both mot
| PENNSYLVANIA the only team which both
played, and Cornell lost the Pernsyl-
vania game. while tho Indians won
theirs. Besides. the Indians defeate,l
Cornell. which ranks Carlisle in sixth
place. with Cornell seventh Buckneil
was victorious over tho Indians a-,d
had strong team. On this game a1crc
Blackwell ranks ahead of the India
but PENNSYLVANIA beat Bucknell and
4 the victories Of tlc Indians over Cor.
roll and PENNSYLVANIA entitIe them to Z
:. l.higller place than eighth, wllirllsi is as
signed TO Pucknell. Following Buck
re1 comes Amherst, Dartmouth. An
naDoiis. LAFAYETTE. Brown, Syracuse
: Columbia and I1ehigh in the order
+: named. Syracusa beat Amherst but
owing TO Injuries did not improve anl
: finish as strong as Amherst.
The selection OF the best clever
+ PLAYERS from the eastern colleges is an
other matter calling forth much diff
: ference of opinion. Following are :
!, first and a second team:
First tcanl-Sheylin, Yale, and Dew
ditch Harvard ends. Hogan. Ya'e
and Kinney, Yale, tackles: Glass, Yale
and Dewitt Princeton: guards. Hot
Yale: center. Rockwell. Yaie: quart ,
! heck Chadwick Yale and Bunker Yves
! Point half backs; Graydon, Harvard
!, f1lli back
. Second teanl--DaTis Princeton. an,
A1etzger, Penns. lvania, entis: Graves
: West Point. and Sheeaan. Brown. taci;
!. leg, Co.'S Yaie, I'd Warmer. Go,npl
: guards; SIcCahe. Pennsylvania. center
DAILY, West Point, quarterback: Met
: calf Yale. and Eankas. Colunlhia
/ half backs: Bennett, Pennsylvania. FIJI
d back.
8 The FIST named team is the S rsne
\ est aggregation that could be put Il
G eether, Possessing the Elost all-aro1n
= ability.
3 Philadelphia. Dee / .- The Wes
q Point eleven defeated tie navy d
!. Fran'.sin field Saturday % t. s. I'll
2 firss half ended with the score Il i
to III favor of tho soldiers The
: made two tauchdowne. nei her I
f which raenita1 in q al. While til
= sailors sccrad 4 touchdown on 4 SCI
: satiorai rt7n Of siytw-twn yards Ii
. Strassburecr and freed DAILY Of we
:. Point back cf his eN-a gaal limo for
= snfe+r- IN he sacord ha'f the goal
!, fllo West Pointers never was in lai
j ger. while they duplicated their ~
= fo;-slance in tile FIRST half and kicks
:. both goals.