The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-17
IN The FOOTBALL WORLD.
HARVARD AND YALE Roth NEED
MORE STEADINESS.
The Blues line as Compared With That
of IOOO-Good Outlook at Princeton
for Next Year -- Gossip About Last
Saturdays Game - scores to Date

SbNuTuus suUF ~VSTes 10 DNVe.
Now that the Nale-Prnceton game is over
one readily can see that II Princeton could
not get over Cornel's goHl line sh. could
not cross the Yale limo. qua Red ~ II was
by stronger rush line. II was very difficult
10 get lin" on the two teams to compare
ono With III" other. for they met an entirely
different set OF opponents Nevertheless
ther. were not wanting those who figured
that " Cornell could rip through Princeton's
defence a she did Yale could and also that
II Cornells defence could keep Princeton
from n touchdown Yale could do likewise
Nnle's defence. with those occasional eN-
ceptions that happen 70 the host team ever
produced, has been consistently stanch all
season and il turns oui that Interference
for swinging end runs and the ability Of one
man To boot the leather great distances we're
weak foundations on which 10 build hopes
of victory against team that had the more
substantial liue-sma-hing method Of advance
ment 10 count on. The Yale ends moreover
under the fine Italian coaching of Frank
Hnkcv. came mp remarkably well and were
able to nullify tho length Of DeWitt's punts
and more because Dewitt often kick ed
too far for his own ends Again lale's SUI
periority in the line knocked tho spots out
Of Princetons interference before the runner
could roach tho line.
The Yale attack has perhaps been under
ThItu because tp1Siupll' Inc tTuesN tllUR
said about ia. Harvard and Yale teams that
are 10 meet next Saturday to decide the
championship of IN" East is that both nre
unsteady Wales play against Princeton
although an Improvement on anything that
had gone before. was conducted in streaks
to more or less extent In view Of n
better word II may be said that Yale
needs ~ solidfy her playing. especially
the Offence. much more before meetin z
Harvard. and the same is true Of Harvard.
and more so rs applied to her de-
fence. With the ball on Princctons 2-vard
line and taking Yale's general superiority into
consideration. there is little excuse for the
lapse Of power that enabled the Tigers TO
hold Yale az that point No Yale partisan Il,
however, will beRrudge Princeton thar plucky
stand. Such moments Of heroic resistance
by weaker teams are a fitting solace for the
greater disappointm emit
Figuring on the yards gained and the
amount Of time Yale had the ball. Yale was
a better team than Princeton than IL to 5
Figures that come nearer TO representing
. the relative strength of the two teams are
is to S Penalties for OF side and holding
alone kept the Blue from making another
touchdown. Yale men believe that with a
couple more weeks Of development their
team would be as strong rs Capt Browns
1900 eleven. Indeed. impartial critics at
Saturdays game say the line is as strong
now. On the ends the present line Ia stronger
than was the case with Browns team, Rafferty,
and Shevin being faster men than Coy and
Gould and having the weight The tackles,
Kinney and Hogan. hardly can be rated the
equals Of Bloomer and Stllman. but Kinney
more than fulfilled expectations by his good
work against Princeton. Hogan was known
quantity. and while he is an able man
on the offence he is not the equal Of Boomer
OF stuman Oh the uelencf ',lI'ihau u,u
urtll hi. senior year. and Kinney ms a fresh
man is more promising than S,illman was
At the b.SinninS Of his Yale football career
Any doubt as to the ability Of the Sam
sonian Glass to deport himself up che mark
in . hia game was dispellcd in SATURDAY,
game Having met a formidable adversary
pe eSSs af S, @ MaGnnr of CORNELL T"
"a ,h., snd DeWi,t az line pIayer ,s NOT
a.d g rn aus as he ia a, Kicking NAM think
Glass as GOOD AZ HeHe'''nser or Brown
He will have harder proposition TO stack
snnther player who did better than was eS-
EeSted BY those who saw, saw him in the We,
he ha! il in him il ne wakes up Holt. al
centre is bigger and stronger than Olcott
,ha ,ooo centre The latter though was a
SPLENDID fighter and like Lewis OF Harvard
Bull OF PENNSYLVANIA and Boyers OF West
Point made activity and aSsres-ivene-'
a.
Rack of the line the absence Of Hale gives
the nref.rcncs to the laOo quartet But this
v.,r's LIGHT backfield works together well
II Ma. n shrrWd move on the part OF the
coaches IN NM Blackwell M quarter a nd Met =
IF ~ bHn hack RockweIl ha- uIliCksned
m rho whole team and he is a cool and clear
lighted young,ter. II j. characteristic of
capt Chadwick that he plays hi, best in hi,
bjr games The backnetd has speed and
GOOD deoI Of mower for the weight hut the
i,,rvord hackfsld also has spaed and more
weivht III, eynert. unite i'm saving that The
Mud aie game Looks to he an even
hing MI Gouch toach William. of Penn
sylyanin pick, Yale to win The squirt which
ii,rvard .howcd in tho closing moments
Of thn p,rtmotith game argues dangerou.
rohu;tirs mi suuri- arc not The Who'll.
,"irW nnd Inc tean that rl,vs the .teadirr
,,ar,. nnx, saturday .t,nd. Tho b,tt.r chance
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" I, Warvnrd isn't fast a. the d.uce ne,t
Saturday sh, viii lose .aid A Harvard man
"'',T VA, S Nmn zoo, Tnr tn. Rim. win watch
,h ~, fav Gou,s iro|.cdings ,yith so'nn
rnxi,iy to see low ihr phvsical condition
. ~ 80 n,.n 40 AZ, ar tho hard tussle In \aw
Ja,sa, Tho whole Milo loan vent IN mo
Undson rcsterdav for "A change of scene
.Tbev n =. sonIrwhat sore and stif after the
-,n'c ""said ,;orrL uinkav V,st rrdov hui
thtnk EaGertv's injury was serious lie
,.n. nnra i o, nod an FOR IN. time Than
,nXthinr elsa
Sal, ussd a rIose formation with good
.oe", an :, ,urdnv This is n nI1 ,hat necd.
norer aud , mick auulrn,ion Of il 10 be- of
Am. usa annarn,,iv ynle md the uuick-
moss and is ifnproNiny in charging
!, i. In ordar Ia Iook forward IN ueNt yoar
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