Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-02
GOSSIP FROM The CRIDIRON
Astute Diplomacy Of Coaches and an Ethical
View Of the Matter.
EASTERN TEAMS SHOW MUCH PROGRESS
Comparative scores Look queer, hut
h Yale, Princeton and Hnr-
ward EIevens Are All In
Splendid Form.

Splendid Form.
Two gentlemen, connected respectively
with the Nebraska university and Haskell
Indian teams, namely Coaches Booth and
Outland, are clearly not receiving such APP
probation from the public as they deserve
OF account OF their craft and gridiron
diplomacy. Now. at the Saturday game
down in st. Joseph, where Nebraska took
~ points from Missouri, Coach Outland
OF the Haskell eleven oficiated as umpire.
undoubtedly with careful impartiaity and
justice; and also, where the Indians laid
low the Wsshburn team, there Coach Booth
OF Nebraska umpired. Naturally, then, Ne
braska devoted itself TO plain and simple
foot ball without artince. which. perhaps,
accounts for the small score against Mis-
souri,, and Haskell did not go far afeld
from the oid-time line buck and run around
the end. This practice among the western
schools Is much to be deplored. Undoubt.
edly these two acted officially in a manner
above reproach. but they should not have
acted at all; there were plenty OF others
who could have umpired these games fully
as we'll and as impartially, and who would
have been free from tho drawback attendant
upon these too much interested gentlemen.
a comparison OF the scores made In some
of the more important games played Sat
urday, October 26, with the results OF games
between the same teams last year, may be
Of interest 10 those who follow the sport
in the eastern and western contests. While
Chicago university defeated Illinois in Chi
cage Saturday by the score Of 6 to 0. last
year the result was a decisive victory for
Illinois, the score being "a to 0 in their
favor. Last year Michigan defeated Ohio
State by only 21, ms against Sc TO 0 this
year. This time Wisconsin got So from
Kansas, while Kansas was not getting any
thing, but last year made ii 80 TO the 0
OF the Kansans. This season. Minnesota "a,
Iowa O; last year the same teams stood,
16 to 0, This time IL was Harvard 6,
Brown 0; last season As TO 0; 1909, West
Point 2S, Williams 0; 1901, $50; Pennsyl-
vania g., Bucknell 8; 1901, 60; Cornell 81,
Oberlin 0; 1901, 29-0. This year Purdue
only drew 3 to 0 from Case, as against %
last time. Notre Dame beat Indiana this
year II to 5; last year IS to .: Nebraska
took II to o from Missouri; last year,
81 to 0.
Previous TO yesterdays games the east
ern teams had scored on their opponents
anu Utfu HtbItu Ou ho lbllONNs Aldi Nuih
1874, opponents 70; Yale 2O9, opponents 6;
Princeton 149. opponents 3; Pennsylvania
1913, opponents Il: Columbia 17S, opponents
81; lafayette 1863, opponents Is; Indians
146, opponents %; Brown 20, opponents %;
Syracuse 90, opponents "a; Amherst "a, OPP
ponents SO; Williams 6. opponents 1O5
Wesleyan 80, opponents %; Bucknell SO
opponents 80; Georgetown 70, opponents ga
West Point so, opponents IA; Annapolis 30
opponents "a; Michigan 419. opponents 6.
This is what Captain Barry OF the Brown
university team has to say in the Boston
Herald regarding Yale and Harvard:
"In forming an estimate of the relative
strength of the Harvard and Yale teams, al
shown in the games against Brown, l thinl
that Harvard is much stronger in the bacl
field. Graydon hurdled in fine style anC
the whole crimson back field moved wei
together. except on one or two occasions
when the interference got balled up. Har
wards backs are heavier than Yale's an,
this weight behind the line, with a fas
set of backs, Is a very important point.
THE Harvard ends did not appear to b
in very good shape today, but they ar
undoubtedly much stronger than the Yal
ends.
From tackle to tackle, I think that Yal
Is much stronger than Harvard and as
team Harvard does not begin TO work to
gether with anything like the spirit tina
Yale has shown this season. The Harvar
men just give one push and let It go a
that. instead OF pulling and hauling alon
for every inch. thereby securing create
distance on rushes.
"The Harvard line did not have the jun
TO them that Yale has and 1t will requir
a whole lot Of hard coaching to bring tn
Harvard men up to Yale's standard {
quickness. The chief trouble seems to b
that the Harvard line men do not NOV
together"
In it's game with Syracuse, a team we
ranked. for speed. Yale showed that It hs
been making much progress in offense an
almost as well in defense. The team ha
now developed so far that simple forms
tions have been dropped and complicate
plays introduced. The Princeton Columbi
game, which showed what a team can d
by pronounced superiority at the ends
its line, has increased the feeling of dis
satisfaction and uneasiness felt at Yale
regard to the weakness still evidenced /
Its end men. despite Improvement mad
me present ends nave the advantage
breaking up interference possessed
heavy men, and Wilhelm, who has bee
moved from behind the line. is said to be
very swift man. in addition to his weigh
II allowed to play, IL is not unlikely tn,
Rafferty, will replace CONN at right en-
Hard coaching will accomplish wonders ar
Yale has always been lucky with dri
masters.
although earlier in the season Yale WI
thought TO be more sure OF it's final makes
than either Harvard or Princeton. no,
since the recent shakeup, 1t seems to hay