New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-02
development Only the coaches know ens ea10
but anybody can see the fact

but anybody can see the fact
Il IS hard 20 SCI why Annapolis should -
playing such a vastly Inferior game TO West
Point There were reasons for expecting to
soldiers TO win the annual match this year. but
not for anticipating such completes falling o.
In quality as the navy Il displaying. Penn
State rolled up a total Of II points and shut n
'mIddies" out and all accounts agree that never
has Annapolis shown such poor article Of foot
bail II appears a certainty that West Poinf
viii triumph decisively on Franklin FIELD Far
all that the soldiers played poor footoal On
Saturday. though they won easily from YER
mont Possibly the ven fact that victory ovE
her fnveterate rival seems more certain tnao ever
before had much 70 do with the deterioration %
West Points game. but there's no doubt that
West Point Of 1902 Otherwise Harvard would
almost surely have been taken into camp.
Next Saturdays games win b Of nssrsse
with one exception. only because Of The tact saAs
they will be the last before Yale and Prince
ton meet The Tigers rnal practices match
will be against Lafayette. while Yale WIN ash
Wesleyan TO try her out The chief match %
the day viii be that between Harvard and
Penn and on the basis Of ths Coiumoia-Psnn
match. Harvard ought to Win. put thers are
reasons for thinking the Columbia game al
unfair measure OF PENIS ability. while her big
score OF Saturday against Buckneu musk %
taken into account. Penn's Development th1
containing much good and much bad one
thing f. sure-if Harvard does not win frorn ths
PhiIadeiphians the gate receipts VIII % eae
best reason FOR playing the Harvzrd-Ys1s
match
Doubtless the play By which Bowen. OF a.
Carlisle Indians scored touchdown asafnse
Harvard, carrying the ban tucked under the
back OF his jersey. viii cause SONS discussion
Il was the first time. FAR as the writer know.
that the trick has ever been attempted There
Is nothing IN the rules OF football toroidding .
player to carry the bail that way. He could
carry Il n his pocket Z he had one big enough
The only thing that could tnvalidate the play
would be the substantiation OF the charges That
IL followed a forward pass from the quarrsr-
back. but this. II proved. would rot rule out the
play itself. The writer did not witness the
game. and accounts OF the play differ One
made the run The other story - that John
son. the Indians quarter. caught the ball aad
tucked IL under Bowers sweater, and thAe
Bowen made the At any rate, as soon a.
the bail was caught the entire Indian eleven
closed around the man who caught 10. and e
was impossible for umpire or referee or spec
tators 70 Just how the ball got Under ms
runners jersey As no forward pass could De
seen. even II II occurred there could have been
no justice in disaIlOwtng the play. II was .
crafty trick. and IS the sort OF thing impartial
spectators enjoy seeing. Whether Il VIII ever
prove valuable In big match game - another
question In all probability II viii De ruled QUE
before arorher season
The Indians. by the way, showed more NV
strategy than all other teams together have
shown Their trick Of suddenly sending three
forwards back from the line and having their
places taken by the three backs Is calculated TO
confuse any offence. Il certainly dfd confuse
Harvard who found Il difficult thing 20 real
lie promptly that backs had become forwards
and vice versa Under the most expert coach
Ing and with sufficient drill this IS a trick capa
he Of being made into a formidable weapon In
the hands Of a high class team. though X OVER
worked it might result In dangerous confusion
1t will be interesting 20 see whether Il Is nnads
Use OF IN the Yale-Princeton or Harvard-Yals
Games THE UMPIRE