The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-24
IN THE FOOTBALL WORLD.
CLOSE HARvARD-fALE GAMES NO
LONGER ~ FASHION.
speed and Versatility Two Leading Atiri.
butes OF (hadwick's championship
Elcyen-Elis First, hut the Others
Not SO Easy 20 Piace-The Scores.

have gone out OF fashion. For the last TX
years. including this year. there has not
been game IN which both sides have scored
OF the six games two were nothing -to-nothing
ties. and the rest one-sided. Instead of
finding the teams evenly matched when the
final game CONES one OF the two il in a class
by Itself Year before last II was Yale. last
year 1t was Harvard. this year 1t Is Yale
A few years back there was complaint that
the defensive side Of football had made more
progress than the offensive and that the
problem was to develop methods OF attack
that could cope with the defence. That
problem seems to have been enectually
.olvcd in the last few years. by come one
team, however In much greater proportion
than BY any other teHm-. Harvard ana
Yale between them hav. been alternately
developing an offence that the others nave
been utterly unable to withstand. II Is a
serious quest ION whether the nature oil these
Offensive tactics. with their back-oi-the-hn"
hat,ering rams and catapult formations.
calculated to leave trail OF -rrhWilhH mon
behind them, make for TIA" best Interest," OF
football Ten years ogo, when seven forwards
playrd in the line on the offence. much was
heard of interference and It's beauties. IL
was a dominating feature OF games. Now
more is heard of destruc'iv" tandem- and
vsdces on tackle for advnr cement.
The trick OF helping a runner by being there
20 pull and drag him aong has com" 10 the
front noticrnbly in late years j. !, q move
that calls for .quirkncs7 IN Gn'tihs 70 w
SPOT. concerted action and ,Eii II! genera
uorc so than tn. mas formations he
knack OF gettiny throuSh 9 holr and u, =
dodsins the backs which a." mn ,ndaIn
feature, and the three long runs loi tou,H
downs which Nal" maue M, year pE Nm,
meaus stand out " among the most prom l.
men, achiavemcnt- OF the seasons camyhicn
II meant unusual alertness by the III 'lCN"n
Ihi> alrrincss came to ne a.. men ~ a., WV IN
| liminary stages of it, Development was crlti,
c,,d for want OF alrrtness being eH ny io0lru
t tia ba aH ON G tumble hut these shorconnss
! we're sulendidly overcome, and " hon 1t cali!e
10 taking advantage OF opportuni,t, IN 'ita
bis gaines and doing tn" unexpected IN. halrr
1 team was a. proficient In tn" End az II had
| been inefficient in tn. beginning for N
stance, fac worked we Har rxard whn NM i,
| viii b. recalled that Yale was iooi,s1 ny ms
| ~elf-Sane play by one OF the smaller t"all@
| early in the season and scored against a.
! as delayed tackle hacE ply carr d
| ,h. d1v Just uS it did at Princeton, says on,
| critic. Tr"rc i a di!rrcnS" oil opIhlon HooH'
| how Ills II - i, .incered 80 tIat - bach can
break through so c!-auly. but all asre" that
" Set mere is no reason why Yale should rot
us. this play to her advantage KICKING
from close behind the line has been mat
! GOOD ne of AZ Yale before, more 30 thun ny
! any other college aud the wo.dcr i tiht !,
! has not been more general IN NJ nNr :,
! sharpe had il down ine year pior" W.. NM tn
! II j. not a great while since P,nnSNiNthia
! made smart use OF the quarter bach Kl' 4
! IN" other side is never looking Tor II, SrHin-
I nGiy. but sharp Nigilanc" + nc.ucd ,il ,l"NI :
/ iIr u'av IN Older TO retain the bali. Inc
| fake kick. used q few times by Yale thi' year,
wa- another move, that "orH,u WI, iIG,Gt
| fooled West Point badly with II ono" hnd dlI
indeed but -tldou. hut A. things turned
ont. ju-' al the right 'm., whl'h -l,oh " We" 90
umn. for the seneral-hp that wa@ dlreCl hs
| tha yaie nlays Therefor" in the matter oI
deceptive plays. Yale, gu,lible 20 All arpI,at :
ances most OF the sea,on WAS more adopl
| than the Others at the itnish. ~ .t'auN
! thing such plays nre useless. but rssort"d To
inirrqu.utly they sor"tirnes y,.ld me gam
Yalc's defence, which has been -tro IRON
th,, Outset. stood the sevcre-t tests = lpor
it. % lar rs Roadway throush me IN 1 TTIni
exception was in the Nest Point game hen
blocked Kick gave the ball TO West rom
on the 5yard line and three IHi f,o car NJ tr,
tho weak spots In the Yale line. before th'
seas ended there was great diHHer" ,ii,,
more Roadway through Yale's defence thal
any other team and gained more con-, en-, N'
ground But even her ongncT IN. I,f iron a.,
bah bali over ' the goal li", With az o, YALE,
strength in the line much credit for ne ,tlt
defensive backaeid Of The veal. Ygl" p ha,
ia Chadwirk, Metcali Rockwell End Bow Bow,
man quartet of peer,e,o taeklero sha' nt {G"r
Ynrd nj no time wa the equal Of Yale in de
fence The play Of Il" two t;a hesp b aVI,
more attention to defeno" and less TO oflcgc'
INN Harvard some experts contend tina
defence l. harder to teach than offence. henc'
m "Ur for N man va" excelled only in ono po,i
ton in eleven and superior ~ nearly rN,i
ono OF III" other ten potionS; ,ne IN 1"". .e
| Of development 49,.
Conspicuous among the publications tha
won tie Harvard game FOR Yale Vas ne
speed Having more speed than Harvard
her PLAYS had more impetus. Coupled viii
this was great VARIETY OF n't,,E, ~ W.
in the opinion OF John Hail. end on the YAH
is,7tcam more versatile than Gordon iiroWn
ie2o'esm Frank su,Mrwpt'n s ,s VIE S team
of 1000 while il is generally conceded that tn
Harvard team this year was stron ger q a.
Yale team on a plane with the Yale. team
OF 1900 !. high prai-" ent |; 70 place II on =
ddm nnCd WY" H. T," 100 and lie Harrar
1901 eleven have been considered top-r otchcr>
but not Il few. experts rank thsds'ck az
SrGgaion rlS " iDn g Tad one ONE could n
in q days travel. Chadwick has proved
brilliant leader, TIE cho,oss'nS , OF ms sue
expiring sridiron scnson, and that i, inl
/ the champion But TO rapk the s,, 4'nc
presents confusing tancle one, OF IN
| first questions to Hri-N l. whether Harvar
or Princeton il tho stronger There i con
siderable difference in the scores Iokn
the figures alone into con~ltcration. Prince
ward could not stop Yale inside Of the 5-yar
line, but Princeton could md did on IN
other hand. Harvard'S attack ieooardnc'
Yale's goal line far more than Princ,t
, and Yale was together better nnd condurte
| a more furious assault against Harvar
than AGAINST Princeton. Harvard being IN
last game OF the year. there was moth IN
for Yale to hold back. for The Princeto
team was the steadier In the fac" Of n sup,
r,or foo One might speculate until doom
J dav on tho Respective merits Of Harvnr
and Princeton without coming to q sati-
factory conclu,i on. Again, where v We
Point to b. ranked7 The soldiers were III
: only team Yale met that she did not bca
West Point has yet TO play her great ran
and the question may be easier OF solutio
after the sct-to with ANNAPOLIS
tho Harvard and Yale teams, next tal
5 Princeton is better of than either OF th"'
in this respect Graduation Will depri'
E Yale Of Goss and Holt 30 that i will be na.c"
sarv to build M new centre.nnd 'hat
: wick Half n dozen or more OF this year
stars viii remain for nucleus for 1908
; Harvard, barnard SuVdon., BowditCh. ke
. OF 'o3 But Harvard always has an abu
. ! dance oil rood material
/ The football season winds M next Satu
= dav with tho Army-Navy game on Thank
{ irwin, nav Cornell and Pennsylvania "
t play their biz game and on tho same da
:, i'm New York. Columbia and syracuse "
y; meet Scores;
!. Harvard. 1874; opponents, -; Yale, 2sG; OPT
ncnts ~ IrincctuG. ii opponents, II, Fen
: a npt