The sun., 1903-10-31
IN THE FOOTBALL WORLD.

COMPARISON or FEE RIVAL YALE
AND COLUMBIA TEAMS.
New They Size Up Man for Man -ErinCetsn
W. CsTnel and Harvard ". lnalaae
Oshor Impostsnt Csasesss - rs-day's
Schedule Tacakies Drewu.
Man for man. tho Yale team looks stronger
than itS Columbia rivsls Of to-day. Opposed
to this IL the fact that the Columbia eleven
has steadily risen TO the occasion 90 far In
each succeeding game Of its schedule. As
succeeding opponents became stronger Co
luinbia became stronger, and In each oase
strong enough to held the opposition safe
The Columbia team to-day will have the sss-
soning that comes from the victory over
Pennsylvania to pit against the seasoned Yale
team. An esprit de corps 10 stanch as that
Of their rivals. and II 10 not to be expected
that the Yale men. win or lose will 70 up in
the air rs the Pennsylvania men did .thus max
ingColumbia . task last Saturday easier. Again
Columbia always has done well against Yale.
whether 1t WAS weak team such as Yale had
In 1899 or "A powerful team such as the Els
had in 1900. 80 In those intangible moral
real In effect than they seem under before
hand analysis, the Blue and White faces the
situation well on m the Blue. with all the
latters prestige. In brief. stage fright 10
no more likely to come to the one than to
the other.
Comparing the teams Individually. Yale
looks the stronger at tackles and at ends
At tackle Hogan and Kinney OF Yale are
big fast and experienced players and both
good ground gainers--no stronger or faster
than Thorp and Browne OF Columbia, perhaps
but moro experienced and members last year
OF team that was invincible Kinney Ia
the best tackle on the field at getting down
under kicks. But Browne and Thorp are no
novices and are good fighters, the latter In
particular being aggressive and stiR PROPOSE
tion on the defence. Neither has shown
the ground gaining ability Of the Yale pair
The Yale ends. Rafferty, and Sheviin. are
another competent couple. fast and fierce
tacklers Columbia adhersnts set a good
dsal Of store in their left end. Bishop. also
big, fast man. whose end has been turned
but seldom. and they look for him TO demOlsh
interference and hold his own with Shevlin.
generally considered the best eld In tho
country.
In the middle OF the limo the Columbia folks
believe they have something on Yale. Bruce.
the pivot man. is very steady and reckoned
more active than Roraback Of Yale. Neither
passes any too well. Stangland. guard. is
considered good enough to more than hold
his own with his Yale opposite. The other
guard position at Columbia Is causing some
uneasiness, as Tomlinson will not play. but
with Blo0mer not in the game Yale. with
Morton and Batche!der or Miler--the last
named light for a guards none too securely
ha al Aald ta 20 ot
and versatile--can punt hit the line. is speedy
and good on the defensive. Rockwell at
quarter is sandy. fine general and keeps his
men on the jump--the best quarter back play
ing to-day. Jones, the Columbia quarter
back. Ia Rockwell's equal az a general and In
grit and II he does not play to-day his absen ce
will be q handicap. The other Columbia
backs are heavy and can tear up an opposing
line.
SO far they not shown the knack Of keep
ing their feet and to keep going that the
Yale backs have. but have been improving
In these points Smith Of Columbia il as
good in defence as any back. Duell of
Columbia is not bad on the defence. nor Ia
Owsley OF Yale-on the contrary Owsley is
very proficient. Metcalf of Yale Ia very fast,
dangerous man In a broken field. much like
Metzenthin Of Columbia in his style Of play.
Either Bowman or Mitchell at full back for
Yale il 4 more reliable punter than Columbia
has. =
Much has been heard Of how well the Yale
backs work together. Mu1ed punts are much
less ukely TO Determine the result than last
saturd day, so concerted effort ts much more
attack has been hard and relentissss ali sea-
SON but not entirely consistent, though as
yet 1t has not been pitted against as good a
defense as Columbias. just what Columbia
can do in sustained offence. she has not, owing
TO the turns her games thus far have taken.
been call ed on TO show.
OF the other games to-day. the Princeton
Cornell controversy ranks next In import
ance to the Ysle-Columba debate. The
in brings together
enough TO keep the slate clean to-day. Cor
neils condition to-day is doubtful, II Co.'S
telo the crack tackle an and Hunt: the crack
OF Princetons practice have had the usual
references TO sumps and fumbles. but these
wards adversary to-day viii be the much
lighter Carlisle indiana ana the comng
Portable margin. stiil. the Indians always
eot at Harv rvard with much confidence. Buck
nell, after giving Princeton and Cornell
hard games is not in good shape for Penn
sylvanla to-day: A game which will be keen
and Williams. Inc New 0rk EnlverSity-
Lafayette game makes second local at
traction The schedule follows
Harvard VS.. Indians, at Cambridge.
Yale vs. Columbia. at Polo Grounds.
princeton vs. Cornell at Princeton.
Pexinsy lvanla vs. BuCknell. at Philadelphia.
West Point vs. University OF Vermont, at Yves.
Point
New YORK University VS.. Lafayette. at Ohio
Field.
Williams vs.. Brown, at Providence.
.FOrdham VS.. Delaware At FordhAm
r and NJ vs. Swarthmore, at Lancaster.
iehIgh VS. villa Nova. at South Bethlehem.
Hobart VS.. Hamilton, at Clinton
Rochester VS.. Colgate at Hamilton.
Syracuse vs. Niagara University at Syracuse.
Georgetown VS.. Columbian at Washington.
virginia NJ !. vs., University OF Virginia, at
Charlottesville u,
Michigan vs. Minnesota ht Minneapolis.
Nebraska VS.. Iowa at Iowa City.
Illinois VS.. Northwestern at Champloin.
The Yale football squad arrived here at
o o'clock last nj ght and put up at the Murray
I'M Hotel They expect to win to-day
hut nra not overloaded with confidence
There were more skinned noses and scratched
fuces than when they were here week ago
telling OF hard practice for the Columbia
game Head Coach Chad wick came down
ahead of the team. and so did Walter Camp
Mr. Camp Is on his way TO Princeton TO see
the Princeton Cornell game and get \ line
on the Tigers Yale is always bit nervous
when she meets Columbia, he said, and
( Columbia has the luck. One tumble by
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