The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-01
RANKING OF FOOTBALL TEAMS
YALE, PRINCETON, HARVARD,
WEST POINT, TIE ORDER.
Difficult To Place Other Ele, ens-She,Iin,
bowditch. Hogan. kinney. Glass. DE.
Witt. Holt. Rockwell. Chadwick. bunker
and GraydOn seasons Best Team.

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plications that arise due to varying form
OH the part OF the different elev,ns and incon-
si-tenCirs IN scores Few persons would
rank the first dozen or o Of the Eastern tea ms
Just alike, but there i one point on winch
there viii bc no dissenting voice and that u
that Yale ranks first Yale IL the only Enst-
ern team that went through the season VIII out
a defeat and her total OF points l. Large.
though this in itself is not so significant Oh
account OF teams meeting different sets Of
Opponents The Blues victories over her
Two greatest rivals were decisive. Neither
OF them was able TO cross her goal line ana
no team was able TO do that at straig rush
ing. West Point did 1t once by blocking
a kick on the j-yard line and TUFTS did 1t
once Oh quarterback kick. No stronger
team than Capt. Chadwicks ever played
football and II IL doubtful IL any IA strong
ever played the game.
Next to Yale comes Princeton. Some
members OF the Yale team say Harvard was
stronger than Princeton. but the Tigers
made the better SO ing against Yale. Ihcy
did not gain as much ground az Harvard.
but they scored. their defence was more
stubbornly sustained and they kept ialrs
total down much lower than cid Harvard
only two touol downs were made In the
entire season against Princeton. willie clsht
We're made against Harvard one each by Bow
dOin, Wesleyan, West Point aa1 Dartmouth
aud four 10y Yale. 80 lorg as the teams dill
not meet to test their relative strength the
results Indicate that PIiAc.tons dci.usiv'
strength more than offset harvard's Offensive
superiority. Harvard ranks third and West
Point fourth. Harvard having beaten N'st
Point, Had tAc Army met Princeton there
would have been "A better molu- OF comparing
Harvard and Princeton and II l. by 10 means
sure that Princeton would have beaten u.
soidlprs. In tue Anna polls gam" tie West
Point attack was the most consistently strong
nj ANY t,li 80 "a :
vas tire only o" encountered by West Point
tu!t prevented sustained gains.
prnnsylvani deserves to BE- ranked tfth,
OIL account oi her sttl game gtinst Harvard
and her splendid Drac" which beat cornell.
Remembrance 4 Is trus, was n,a,"a I Ry Sn'
but Tn" form the Quakers displayed on
thanksgiving Day. their ilnal game, prob
ably would nave won tor them the three games
they lost. teams ilnal form must BE- con-
sidcrrd II one undertakes to 80 deeply
into scores mnd. throughout the season Ice
iiuds hlM- If IN a perfect quagnir" ol cdlcn-
latiOns FOR instance, Pennsylvania was
beaten by Ahnapoi.s. who was hratrn BY
Pennsylvania. Also. Lehgh beat Lafayette,
who beat Brown, who bat P'nnsyEan,a,
%"2 T these n@s is mpos.6t. 80 one can
consideration chiefly how he thinks one
team would do against another with both
at their best.
Cornell and the Indians both E met PSnn-y5-
and Cornell lost the Pcnus ylvanis game.
while tine Indians Won theirs Besides. tn"
Indians defeated Cornell, which ranks Carlisle
nell Was victorious over the Indians and
had strong team. on thus game alone
PENNSYLVANIA beat Bucknell and the victories
OF the Indians over Cornell and P"nnsyl-
vana entte them TO higher place than
eighth, which y assigned TO Buckneu. FOL
loving Blu, ku"i come Amherst, Dartmouth
Annapolis, Lafayette, Brown. syracuse. Co.
lumbia and L.h,sh IA the order named. syria.
Amherst
not Improve and hnish as strong as Amherst
The selection OF the best eleven players
from the Eastern colleges IL another matter
calling forth much difference of opinion
Following are a trst and II second team;
Fist Ieam-Shcyln Yale, and Bow ditch. hsr-
ward. ends h SAN ale. anu kinney, ale tao AIcs,
Glass, ale, and Dewitt, lrnce'on. guards: Holt.
Yale. centre. iwckMeli, iale. quarter back; Shsd
Graydon, Harvard, iull back.
second lean, DAVIS. iHnceton' ana Metk s
han. Br WI. 'acsics: GosS, Yale and MarIsr.
Day, IVES, Point, quareF6scA, letcalf, Yale, and
NrckeS, columbia. half hacAS bennett fenhSSi'
vania, full back.
The hrst-named team is the strongest
aggregation that could b" put .toeetner.
Possessing the most al l-lround ability, Not
a few think Warner Of Cornell enttl to
VAS better than Dewitt. bit not enough
So TO give him tho preference when De Wits
Glass is prominently IN" best guard of the
year and anybody who could fac him and
then go back and punt as we'll "a p"Wt't did
earns a place on, the team. Dewitt, At
tended to the double duties pretty well and,
moreover, ~ such an exceptional dron Kicker
that he cannot be- left of the team II War
ner were put IN his place Il would be neocs-
ssry TO put DAILY at quarter in order to have
,he, benefit, Of paly's skill IN puntlns and drop
| kicking. DAILY, however, Is not needed with
kicking. is fully DAYS equal and in. some Of
IS quite as good a general as DAILY; a shGd"
better in defensive playing and drives his
! team along at greater speed than any quarter
Good ends srr numerous ~, season. but
| the four mentioned a. the matter Of playin;
the position as II should be played from first
best end OF the year. although 4 freshman
i ,sG had nfaT; be 10 nsry S4s
son. Like BoVditch he Is hard to fool. and
/ DAVIS and Metlrer are lighter men, but
speedy and sur" and hard tacklers one
H Hr h"' bs 40 os"n and Kinney
/ were the best offensive tackles OF the sea-
| son and mad" more ground az carrying the
ball than amy other two. besides doing good
work in the orrn. There. may be tackles
| Who we're steadier on the d-f.nce than logan,
nd do Sn abv o sc DS an extent
barring his side partner, Kinney, Kinney
| was stone wall on defence and the best OF the
tackles e getting through and down the
Graves OF Nest Point was not far bchind
| en- or OI IN" 1hl men. he IL an exceedingly
| busy man In games, gets Into all the plays,
l. a vicious tackl"r and always following
| the ball closely. carrying his 200 rounds
| Shechan of Brown l. si1-footer. one OF the
| hardest mon on the field to stop wren lc
has the bal, and just as active a player rs
| the other three tackles
| The guards OF the season contained num-
| hor of tig'l-cllss mon. among those not
| already mentioned being Hunt Of Cornell
| and Barnard and A. Marshall OF Harvard
| Glass was tie star, and NJ making roles for
| Ills backs and breaking through and stopping
| plays by the other side lac Was the best IN
| g." country His ability is too we'll known
| say that there never was better guard and
| only on" or two ~ good. Reference has
| been made TO DE Witt and Warner and as
| for Cos II may be Jid that II he were played
| In De WITS place the eleven named would
| not be weakened except in kicking,
| Holt, AZ c"utre. played tho st"adi"st game
| OF the year, and on the whole lis passing
| was abov" criticism, particularly In ialc's
two big Gam"I. 10 c,ntre, ne faced was
| though lighter than -" general run OF CEN
| gr'ssivencss and braced up the Pcnnsyl-
| yanii line not n little. Golfer OF Brown and
| Bowers Of West Point were other centres
| NLo dill tirst-class work
| Behind IL" liz" Chadwick OF Yale was the
hardest line brea kor Of IN" year Tor Ma weight
| He sticks to his Interference beautifully,
| takes opcnings with prcci, ion. l. hard TO stop
| and \ fine defensive back. Bunker, wto l.
| picked for the other half back, l. a heavy, but
| tie T. tirelo~s, and Ike Gliss, player OF un-
l. 4 I.