The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-03
IN The FOOTBALL WORLD.
POINTS or PLAY IN LAST SATUR.
DAYS GAMES.
Good Grounded aiming Ability shown BY
Leading Teams-Tackies Are None
Too StronE-PrInceton and the Itha.
cans-The Outlook u Harvard and Yale


Too StronE-PrInceton ana the Itha.
The games Of last Saturday showed OF the
Harvard, Yale and Prin ceton teams that all
three have In them possibilities for a good
deal In the ground-gaining line. Their rela-
tive ability TO advance the ball will be tested
within the month. The games also showed
that while the possibilities are there. there
must be more consistent attack developed
before the Eround-gaining ability can be
rated as reliable. The matter of play must
he taken into consideration In reckonin e
on last Saturdays games and when one
tries to go into detail so many points nrise
to make the situation complex that that one
Is likely TO get swamped In his calculations.
For instance. Princeton scored twice on Cor
nell. yet was unable to make a touchdown,
the scores being largely one-mnn efforts:
Yale played a sleepy and fierce game in
turns and the defence. though too stron g
for any consecutive gains against 1t ~avered
and gave way Just when II should have been
stron gest. This was In direct contrast to
Princeton in a similar situation against Cor
nell. yet Yale did the more consistent line
breaking And Harvard. though winning
easily made several blunders that would be
Injurious in a close game and her game
was a mixture OF looseness and power. Had
Yale and Princeton would probably have
been even. with Harvard able to beat either
one OF them. Yale displayed a stron ger
defence against West Point than Harvard
did and gained as much ground. though
not as aggressive But what Yale did last
saturday Harvard had done two weeks be-
fore. which. allowing for no little improve
meht by West Point. would indicate that at
this time Yalc's problem OF Improvement
is serious
The tackle question always Is a serious
one with football teams. IL Ia essential
that these positions BE- strong and and there IL
not In any OF the big teams about here a con-
dition at tackle that warrants a feeling Of
anything akin to satisfaction. There Ia no
such pair of tackles playing as Cults and
Blagden. Boomer and Stillman or Hille-
brand and Church. Yale has a shade the
better of 1t over Harvard and Princeton
al tackle at present. but Yale must needs
get more life into her tackles or the green
Princeton pair will get the jump on them
Nale's pair is comparatively green, for that
matter. as Kinney is freshman and Hogan
junior Princeton's victory over Cornell
on Saturday was fne thing for the Tigers
spectacularly. vet a close follower Of footb
who saw the game said Cornell smashed
Princeton's defence viciously at times and
that Dewitt. who did such wonderful work
by Capt Warner of Cornell Princeton's
defence was uncertain and uneven. yet there
is much encouragement when that defence
IL good enough to hold the other team within
plunge or two OF the goal line
"Princetons offence" said this critic. was
made up largely Of end runs. and that. with
her kicking game was = big share OF her
stock In trade. The backs were very quick
In starting and very fast and the Interference
in
and broke up the Interference Needless to
say that II a team does that right alona to
Princeton II will play havoc with the Jersey
men. Except on the ends | could not see
that Princeton outplayed Cornell In the line
The Princeton backs were faster than Cor
nells but no better in plunRina. l was
much impressed with Pearson's playing at
quarter back. and think he will Ill Burke's
shoes. Cornell should have rushed the ball
more and kicked less. for Dewitt outpunted
Brewster nearly every time. The Cornell
left wing was particularly strong While
the game was on l was under the impression
that Princeton would have no chance against
Yale. but my views we're changed when
heard the West Point score. II the game Is
close and Princeton has the ball around
Yales thlrty-yard line Dewitt will win for
Princeton with his kicking
The West Point-fale game was not spec
tacular one. II was hard. grinding work.
with the teams IN Close contact for the most
on both Harvard and Yale will form one Of
the most no'cS 9rthy featufes q the season
pli-hed The cadets are SO quick on the
charge and such sharp and hard tackiers
that these two accom- pishment- form no small
build they also have strength and do not
convey that suggestion OF burliness that
their big opponents do They are more cat
Tagging spryness that helps them out TO a
considerable extent II would be interest
ing TO ace how their sharp tackling would
work against some such expert exponent Of
the straight arm a. Weekes OF Columbia The
tandem formation that the cadets used a & ainst
san Wa Vest sa had ' not oy Tho MssH
behind IT, II there IS a vacancy in the Rig
-Four this year the West Pointers must be
BY Harvard by close score and tied Yale.
SO that nov IL depends on the Annapo liz
game whether they can show form in their
place with the, leaders West Point ap-
parentlv IL bothered by the unaccustomed
surroundings q Franklin Field, Just as visit
so than Annapolis Is bothered ~ Philadelphia
on form the Annapolis team looks like a cinch
for West Point. but al teams get their hard
all-important game might prove disastrous,
despite manifest superiority at this stage Of
the campaign
1t nsy b. doubted whether there ia "a much
difference in quality between the Harvard
and Yale backs as has been asserted The
only pronounced superiority Of the Harvard
back held Ia at full back. whore Graydon Ia a
much better man than Yale has produced
H"is bigger and faster and stronger and harder
to stop than anybody Yale has in sight
With Bowman or Ward kicking for Yale there
Is not much difference n the kicking euma
Bowman has distance and accuracy to his punts
and sends bail that 1t not easy TO haudlr.
but he Is slow and seems to Lack confidence
Ia his line TO hold for him After last Satur-
day there IL some reason for that want =
confidence. for a blocked kiCk NJ ight be- par
doned In schoolboy team. but for \ to happen
TO cham pionship honors ia too much.
Before Yale Rrasped the seriousness OF the
situation the ball was over the line therefore,
there IL need that the Y ale men be made, 10
realize that they must be more wid'Hvake
and alert and that Their respon ibilltieA are
such that they be wideawako all the time
and not In fits and starts The material il
there to make Il team as good as the beat but
to do that the game must be played for all
Their" must b" no relaxation In the fighting
Tia" Couchcs have no easy thing to bring the
team up to this pitch In the two weeks that
intervene between now and the first OF the
crucial contests However. wonders have been
accomplished In the last two weeks at Yale,
as witness the great brace made In that period
bv Rodgerss ~ eleven
that showed ned of a bracin1 tonic In the
West Point Rhmc u Wa lalc's left wing.
Shevlin. at left end. was not the weakness
The trouble was further in Hogan and
Goss were the weak defensive spots and
Coach Lewis OF Harvard remarked when the