The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-27
IN The FOOTBALL WORLD.
QUESTION NOW rs. WHAT WILL
COLUMBIA DO WITH OLD Ell?


Harvard aud Yale AniOyer's Work
There was enough open play in the Column
biA-Pennsylvan!a game to satisfy the most
ardent admirers Of that sort of wois, With
all the open play was plenty OF scoring, This.
however, cannot be construed into an argu-
ment that open play promotes scoring. for
The scoring IN Saturdays game WAS the re-
suit OF blunders. and such bhndcrs as pre-
vailed are the exception rather than the
rule In games OF this Importance. In spite
OF the absence Of a consistently strong Of
fence by either team and in spite Of child
ish handling of the ball. last Saturdays game
was the most interesting seen In New York
since the Yale Princeton game of 1895, II
the rules committee could figure IL out that
weakening the attack between the 25-yard
lines would mean more kicking, increase the
chance OF fumbing and lead up to more
long broken field runs. then II was a far
seeing committee indeed. Unquestionably
the greater the amount Of kicking the more
interesting the game--up to u certain point,
for continual kicking gets tiresOme-but
without the mistakes that followed last Sat
urday's kicking the game would have been
much less exhilsrating. A rather anomalous
state OF Affairs this, since obviously. mis-
takes are to be deplored.
Inc great QuestloH mere now IL. WHAT VIII
Columbia do with Yalei The victory over
Pennsylvania puts Columbia in line for lead
ing honors. and next Saturdays game be-
comes one OF the most important OF the sea-
son. Yale will not be in the best Of condi-
ton for it. but Yale's work against West
Point without the regular line show wed a fight
Ing spirit capable OF rising to the demands
OF the situation The substitute problem
Ct New Haven seems to be adjusting itself.
One thing tho Els will be- called on to do is
to scatter that splendid interference on
kick offs OF Morley's, interference simple
in design but good in execution. and to
keep IL from bringing the ball back to mid
field and then transferring the fight TO the
other sides territory.
1t does not take long to alter the football
complexion. Last Saturdays games still
Indicate that the Princetonians are in the
lead-nearer 10 top form than any Of the
others. The Cornell game next Saturday
will find them still nearer sometimes the
Cornell game finds them in as good form as
they attain in the whole season. But where
ch ange In complexion comes in is regarding
Pennsylvania and Harvard.
Things have a Harvard tnge now; a week
ago 1t was just the reverse. Harvard has
zen pracing since defeat: now Pennsylvania
has chance to show her recuperative powers.
Pennsylvania was a fine recuperatiya team
last year and has plenty of ability to be such
this year Pennsy vania is no weak team.
and II was no weak team that beat her last
Saturday. The costly faults can be cured.
IN '"S IN all G b the a aeta m Una. Was
the bali Weakness IN this detail beat Penn
sylvana last Saturday, though this does not
tina. 0,ngr%se PGnnsdyyons
ling football In the second half. Still Penn
sylvana can play better football than she
played last Saturday Her captain, Metzger.
says
"Our schedule this year proved much too
easy until Saturday. and this was ia great
measure respons bile for the loss OF the game.
" is necessary to have several hard games
in order to find out the faults of the team
and TO give the players sample Of the real
thing before big game comes along. The
trouble came from the fact that we did not
get sufficient praft!c" against strong teams,
play. Faults were brought to- light which
in a victory would be overlooked. and this
game, will do much to ala us In or four re-
hard The team IS. to man. determined
TO wipe out the stain of this defeat by doing
more than its best from now on until
In , victory in ali OF our remaining games
win not wipe out the memory OF this game.
but 1t will do whole lot toward placing PENN
athletic world. The players will now bend
avery effort TO win from Harvard two weeks
hence. and this defeat will aid us tremen-
dous lot in bringing about such a victory.
We are not discouraged, but are determined"
Here is what Mettler. left guard OF the
ward and Yale. says OF those two teams:
" Yale is away ahead of Harvard, Yale's
team is made up OF better players and her
our tackle. but Yale gained three or four
times as much ground AZ Harvard did We
az much ground against Harvard ar We did
against Yale. 1t has been said that lae's
centre was weak We ava not find it So. We
there that We made our gains.
The Andover Academy eleven is .pilinS up
points at tremendous rate. Its latest
ACHE vement was 81 to against the Harvard
freshmen. bringing the total for seven games
up TO 233 to opponents o me smallest
a college team. Tufts, An average OF slightly
more than 80 points a game has been made,
which is equivalent to five or more TOUGH
downs Same Ome nav ' nss So ,T Lul
and at this rate will make the seasons record
for Individual scoring The Harvard, Yale
and pElnceton recruiting stations no doubt
have M eye on Andoyer.
NewHork preparatory schools are not out
OF it or furnishing ammunition for college
eieyenN Four local school products ,,,t are
They are Browne, the left tackle 7. Thorp,
right tackle; Dick Smith, captain and full
back, and j. ThoIp half back, The Thorps
are graduates OF DE La sale. Browne comes
from Trinity School and Smith from co;
iumbia Grammar Brink" Thorne, the old
Yale captain. came from Berkeley School.
and last years Yale captain, Chadwick, cnne
from Brooklyn High School.
MlDpLETows, Conn., oct. 20, Wesleyan
will send her strongest team in It's best con
dition against Dartmouth. next saturday
The line is in far better condition than was
Thought possible "A month ago, The most
Important addition to the squad last week
was GOode, lie il IN old varsity man OF
three years standing who was kept out by
iii health He was tried az guard to-day and
helped make the line superior 20 the heavier
New York University team lie and stead.
as guards, With Schneider between them,
has been used this year North and Taylor,
"a tackles. opened up holes that let the whole
backaed through. The ends, Eyeester, Good
man and Onthrup, are the same last men as
ever. With substitutes IKE Brngg. Agard
dsplace the present men, the reasons for
confidence seem not misplaced. Hanlon
and Rogers hit the line for heavy gains every
time Their gaining s6iiitles are better
whom run back too far. The reason for
oonan y'f and Developed them slowly
The team should hold Dartmouth down
college has 400 pounds more Of weight II
expects TO wipe the earth with Trinity and
in the last game, that with Williams on N0vli
there ia reason to expect victory after u
hard fought game
rrwo old riynls In athletics De la Sale IN.