The sun., 1903-11-07
IN The FOOTBALL WORLD.
PHILADELPHIA HOLDS THE CEN
TIRE OF THE STAGE TO-DAY.
Comparison or the Harvard and PennsSi.
vania Tcams--Feeling strained by
Protest Talk-BOth Eleyens Erratie
Other Contests on the Schedule.


Other Contests on the schedule.
Philadelphia holds the centre OF the stage
In the football drama to-day. Harvard meet
| ing Pennsylvania in the first OF the four
biggest games in the East. the other three
being iale-prlnceton. Harvard-iale and
| Army W.. Navy. There Is little cho.o. ~e-
tween the Crimson and the Quakers in form
| shown so far, both having been uncertain
| and unsatisfactory. or the two. Harvard's g
| playing has been the less consistent but to
| onset this IL Is believed the Harvard team
| has the greater possibilities II IT can get to-
| gether and strike the gait Of which its material
| indicates that it is capable. The Quaker
| team in its only big game thus far. that with
Columbia. showed pronounced tendency
! to tumble and otherwise go up IN the air
| Harvard adherents think their team will
| be cooler than the Quakers to-day. but. on
| tho other hand. the Pennsylvanians say
| the buptism of defeat received from Colum
| bla has had the purifying effect needed that
there Will be no more games lost through
becoming ratified. and they say their ma
terial Is ms good liarvard's. Whatever
| energy and unison have been shown by the
| two teams have In each case been largely
spasmodic, and neither has shown the sus-
tained strength in defence that Yale and
Princeton have. Unless one or both teams
take the sudden brace that sometimes comes
to teaIns-football teams in particular
to-day's game promises to be II good deal
OF a scramble, with mistakes by which the
more alert side will profit.
Harvard has bigger ends than Pennsyl-
vania. men more useful in breaking up in
reference than their lighter opposites and
Just as fast. but no spryer in following the
ball or heading off plays. The tackles are
pretty we'll matched in point OF size and
aggressveness. while in the centre Pcnnsyl-
vania's trio has displayed more steadiness
and more ginger than Harvard s three middle
| men. Harvard certainly has the better OF
the situation at quarter back with Capt Mar
shall playing there, Marshall Is a better
general than the Pennsylvania quarter.
heavier. more experienced and one Of the
best men In the game at running back Kicks.
Nichols of Harvard a very fast half back.
also is an adept at running back kicks and
Just as fast in scrmmage work. However.
Smith OF Pennsylvania can bring back kicks
with a rush. and he is the hardest line plunger
on either team. valuable and dangerous
man and one who can stand lots OF work,
Hurley of Harvard and Drake of Pennsyl-
vania are both fairly good men In the second
ary defence. Schoelkopf. the Harvard full
back. Is of the heavy line breaking sort. and
Bennett OF Pennsylvania. il he plays is about
as good and handy all around man. If Rey-
nolds PLAYS behind the line for Penusyl-
vana he will tighten the Pennsylvania back
field but strengthen the kicking department.
He and Lemoyne OF Harvard can boot the
ball long distances. In the way of handling
kicks the Harvard backs have done much the
cleaner work. and If the Quakers are TO cope
with them in this regard they must needs
have improved materially.
Yale plays Syracuse to-day and Prince ton
meets Lafayette; Neither Eli nor Tiger
expects more than good practice. AZ
WASHINGTON
between the Indians and GEORGETOWN is
likely to BE- one OF the best of the day The
schedule follows:
Harvard rs. pennsylvania. Ct Philadelphia
Yale vs. Syracuse. at New Haven
1taef' Wsst Point Ms VS. sh Manhattan. az wes, Point
Annapolis vs.. Washington and Jefferson. at An
Eew York University VS.. Haverford. a. Haver-
Indians VS., Georgetown, at washington,
Dartmouth VS.. Amherst. at Amherst.
Brown VS.. Vermont. at Provldcnce.
i,ucknell VS.. Gettysburg al Lewisburg.
Wesleyan VS.. Trinity, at Niddletown.
r and NJ. VS. Jefferson Medical College, at Lam
TUFTS VS.. Massachusetts state. at Medford.
Yale Freshmen VS. Princeton Freshmen. at New
Haven,
There is much indignation at PENNSYLVANIA
over Harvard,s action in objecting to Smith,
aeFs ,ss ana g4o2nd zen Of G ha pn
sylvania authorities have Investigated fully
the cases Of these three men. have pronounced
viii surely play to-day. What effect the play
ing OF the men ,. will have On On future relations
mains to be seen but It has not made the re-
lations any more cordial. There also are said
TO be differences regarding the officials named
and con.
PRINCETON. N. j. Nov, 0.--The Tigers had
secret pra ctice again to-day. 1t was learned
that Kafer and Foulke would not be in the first
lineup against lafayette t9-morrow, hut
NH afe 2ed sr KR Fl IS ans to sas
the egular backs much as possible for the
hard work Of next week with 5; It's culmination
il the fTst llne.up but xill 81 civ, way to craW
sgh ana was tSossht 70 Sns Svs
him charge TO get get in ,5s perfect shape again
A,''el the game e' to-morrow. unless the Visitors
sE M IA SrS 5Ssf SsgS
fore part of the season will take his place.
bradley will take the pivotal position with
pa ce at left end, Cooney at left tackle, Dewitt
at right guard. Reed at right tackle and
Vetterlein at quarter.
NEW HAVEN. Nov. ,e.-The long expected
Roraback and Morton we're laid on ihe shelf
pends entirely upon the game Tomorrow
with Syracuse, when their places will be taken
by Miller, the crew man. and Batchclder
Through the season Roraback and Morton
Miller weighs less than 1870 pounds, is man
Who can get the bnll away and still attend to
his opponent Batcheldcr asserted his right
to place In the line when ne was called on
| to take Boomer 8 place. The rest Of the Yale
line will remain intact. except that Bsscll will
take Hogan S place, as the, coaches do not wish
to rick playing the latter, because Of his weak
guard. Rockwell was allowed for the first
scrmmagc to-day and played snappy game
Aside from quarter the entire backied will
be chosen from the substitute string for the
Syracuse game. Metcalf is still unfit for
duty, o,wscy cannot possibly play and Bow
may be kept for the Princeton contest.
In Wall Street yesterday betting upon the
bis. football games was quite lively; George
offered to bet 81 900 to 5000 that Harvard will
defeat Pcnnsylvanin in to-day's game at
Philadelphia. Small bots on the same game
were made at even money, Even money was