The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-11-30


last year every one thought that the era
OF prosperity had come for the football
history of the team up on the hill. There
could be on better legacy left TO the COL
Iege In athleticc than the career that
place Brown among The eastern schools
In football prowess. as was done by the
class Of 1903.
In consequence of the great prestige
given by the playing Of the team last year
II was hoped that some such would be the
tale told at the end of this season, but
the best result has been a lamentable dis
appointment. The result of the work this
year demonstrates conclusively that the
new theories that were advanced as 10
the needs of a team In training and the
best way to make successful team are
all wrong and II is up TO the college I'm
the future to Sc that II Is not tried again.
II was asserted last year after the de-
feat administered 10 Brown by Dart
mouth that the fault was with the system
of coaching then I'M vogue and the heavy
work that the team was made TO do be-
fore entering upon the contest that was
supposed to be the one great fight OF the
season. 1t was advanced that IL would be
better to have light schedule with teams
from second grade colleges ana work up
to the final contest than to play with the
make as good showing as possible against
the greatest odds.
What excuse the system In vogue this
fall has cannot be seen. or the players
upon the team last year there were eight
left TO form a nucleus for this year and
the Freshman class brought In number
OF new men that would have and should
have placed Brown where the team of
last year left her. This was not done and
the whole college can see where the trou-
BILE lies. II Is up to them to see that the
fate is not repeated.
The team began the season we'll by de-
feating Colby $50, the same score that
Amherst made against this team at
about the same time of the year. The
next game. that against Wesleyan. was
fairly satisfactory, and resulted I'm n
score of Ito. Against Princeton Brown
played a good game. but the slippery
field caused the orange and black to win
by go. Pennsy has not a strong team
this year. but at the time Brown played
her she was at her best. and the result
was a score OF 800 against Brown The
Harvard game, the last OF the Big
Four contests. was another disappoint-
ment, for the team lacked spirit and
enthusiasm and poor Judgment in the
choice OF players produced a score over
whelming against Brown. the result
being. Harvard 2s Brown Q.
IN inc next game bTOWil toOh Il utClueu
brace and for the first time I'm the season
played a crcdtable team game. williams
came to Providence. hoping for and ex-
pecting a victory. but the Brown team
was too much for the boys from VIII
Jamestown. who departed with score of
22-0 against them, five points more than
the Dartmouth team had been able to
score. The Vermont game was also
creditable and went to Brown by the
Of tn A nj al
a good game, but carelessness at critical
times told heavily against the Bru-
nonians and Brown won By the score
OF 1875.
Even at this late stage. the students
Sa sxe tSp the was only
temporary and that the team would rise
10 great things on the 26th of November;
But the 26th has come and gone; and
ing defeat In Eastern college football.
This final defeat was the keenest disap-
pointment Of all. and It is for this reason
that the whole season, planned with the
purpose OF defeating Dartmouth, must tc
regarded as a practical failure.
The team had lost BY ssosraa graduation na,nl ana
Cobb and shaw. and of these the only
man who could not be replaced was
Barry. No one developed who could In
freshman class produced men who were
certainly equal to the other men lost.
MacGregor and Fletcher have proved
themselves the equal of Shaw and Cobb,
and Leland has been substitute such
"a was not known a year ago. Higgins
has been the equal of Sheehan. and
Schwartz has proved himself the best
quarter the college has known In years.
The nuclest for the present team was
made up Of such popular players as Col
ter Schwin. Webb. Hascall. Savage and
Russ Chase and Scudder, who played
in many games last year. have been
benched nearly all season. and the same
has been true OF Hickman.
Moreover. since II was maintained that
the team was overtraned at the Dart
mouth contest last year, tho fact that
many Of tho men were not allowed TO
come out until late In the season gave
the Brown men strong hopes for grand
finish with all the men In perfect con-
dition for a hard battle. That all the
men were In god condition physically Is
shown by the fact that Dartmouth re-
uuired more time out than Brown. and
that individually the Brown men played
fine game Yet the team work was
weak and was weak all season. The
Brown team did not seem TO develop.
and II played about as good a team game
in the first part OF the season as II did
al any other time. II was this that was
responsible for the total OF aS-l61 points.
with the larger end of the score against
Brown