Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-26
Some Upsets that Bet the Wise Ones "a
Thinking Real Seriously.
Pennsylvania NO LoNGERA A "BlGn TEAM
ouakers Beaten Twice within = Week
ny EIevens from MinOr Colleges
ana Cornell Set Back
by the Indinns.

tlVlcioTc, unleES the indians nave been
.tAfy much underrated. Cornell has taken a
DECIDED slump. Poor old Pennsylvania can
hardly longer be classed as one Of the big
Four" After the bad season Of last
year and their defeat by Brown last
Saturday and by Annapolis Wednesday
THEY seem thoroughly demoralized and
only a miracle can bring them back
into the running this season. The
games of Yale against Pennsylvania
State. Princeton against Washington and
Jefferson and Harvard against West Point,
which were played last Saturday, brought
out no new points about the same merits
and weaknesses being shown which have
appeared in former contests. Taking the
showing all around the season. at least so
far. seems to be a bad one OF the great
teams, who are being pressed unusually
bard by the seeond-rate elevens.
In the arena Of western foot ball the
most important games played up to yester-
day were OF course, the contest between
Minnesota and the Corn Huskers, which
resulted in the unexpected defeat OF the
former, and the fierce battle between Chit
cago university and Northwestern In the
latter game both sides displayed good
form aud. while Northwestern's chance for
championship honoFs was killed, Il was ap.
parent that they will make a good showing
In some OF the later contests. Nebraska's
victory came as a surprise to the foot ball
wiseacres Of the association, Of which the
Corn Huskers are not members. II is
now admitted by those in the know that the
university team is better than several OF
the nine aggregatlons in the association.
The Gophers are very much cast down at
their defeat. Michigan's game against
Notre Dame was the first hard contest Tor
them OF this season and, although they were
not scored against, they are thought to
have shown up a considerable weakness in
their defense. The Tuesday game between
Iowa and Simpson college seems to have
cast gloom over the university rooters.
Although the smaller college was defeated
by 10 to 0, yet the playing OF the univer-
Sity is thought to have been miserable.
Locally. the Crcightons have made much
the best showing by their defeat Of Doane
college in the fast and hard fought game
Saturday. The High school were defeated
in Lincoln. 80 to 5. and seem to have made
rather poor showing all around. The
Omaha Medics have been working hard
and drilling conscientiously and their work
is improving rapidly.
1t is rash thing to make predictions by
scores. He who Judges from the printed
tally OF the play is almost certain to be
wrong in deductions. While the squads OF
the great schools are apt to develop slowly
and show up comparatively poorly in the
early games the smaller aggregations, on
the other hand, can develop more quickly
and are more easily brought to a point
OF excellence for some game with a
superior team which comes early in the
season. thereby showing form which
they will not perhaps again display and
giving the impression Of a weakness in the
play Of the big fellows, which is only due
TO their slower preparation. He whC
would keep a line on the ability Of thC
foot ball aggregations must see the scores
made.
The fairly regular annual slump seemi
to have been on at Yale for the last weel
or two and the coaches are not sayinl
much and considerable secret practice Il
going on. 1t is a team OF big. strong mel
and is slow to work up. but II properl!
handled so as to bring out its latent speed
It may go a very long way indeed. 1t Il
still too early in the season to say. Ii
the Philadelphia Press. Pennsylvania
head coach. DIR. Carl Williams has mad
the following statement:
AT Yale until now II has been good old
fashioned foot ball. three men behind tn
line, few signals, quick openings and
line smashing game. This Is the best pos
sible method for the development OF tn
individual. 1t means at first low score
and the slow development OF the team
but when you have good materia
It insures in the end a consisten
and powerful team. both In the attack an
on the defense. Such a method, however
could be safely used only by those team
In possession Of men strong enough in thei
individuality to win the earlier games with
out resortlng to the more powerful sys
TENS OF attack. With her abundance G
hrst-class men Yale could we'll AFFORD {
spend her time upon the principles 9
hrst-elass foot ball. thus laying a soil
foundation upon which later to build
more destructive machine system of Rt
tack
This plan, believe. will win for he
the Harvard game. Harvard's team
being developed more rapidly and, Will
the line material is heavy II Is green an
probably Is not receiving the trying OF
that the line men Of Yale are getting tn
back heid In Individual ability is bette
than that Of YaleH
Harvard displays strong ofense, wit
. slight slownsss at lining up and a wea
defense The game with. West Point Shove
that the concern which has been felt
Harvard In regard to the line is not uI
founded. With the exception of BowditC