The Washington times., 1903-10-19
YALE ELEVEN LOOKS
TO HOLD OTHERS SAFE
Princeton Seems to Have
: Second Best Team.
HARVARD SQUAD DESPISED
Pennsylvania, Cornell, and Columbia
Each Given Decided Preference
Over the Crimson.

Now that the football season is about
half over the gridiron sharps are begin
ming to ask themselves the question
Which teams are the strongest in the
East? 1t is generally conceded that Yale
occupies, for the second season in sue
cession, the envious position of first
place. Princeton looks second best, and
1t seems a tie between PENNSYLVANIA.
Cornell, and Columbia for third place
Everybody has practically thrown
Harvard out of the running this year.
Yet so uncertain is the gridiron game
that before the end Of the season Har-
ward may be conceded to have the sec
ond best team of the year. Harvard Is
training for the single purpose of beat
Ing Yale, and she may be strong enough
by November q to give the Ellis a much
harder contest than she did last falI.
when she was beaten by a score of q
too.
Harvard has more than a month to
improve her position IN the football
world. Her defeat by Amherst, q team
that Columbia simply toyed with last
Saturday. Is the reason for the low opin-
Ion Of the Crimson that followers OF
football now have. II seems at the pres
ent time that Pennsylvania will triumph
over Harvard this year Should Penn
sylvania win 1t will be her first victory
over the Crimson since 1897.
Quakers Doing Well.
The heavy Quaker team has been
doing great work this fall. and seems
to be constantly improving. Harvard
has her work cut out for her to get
her eleven in shape to meet the men OF
Old Penn on November 7. Just how good
the Quakers aIe will be seen in New
York next Saturday. when they line I'D
against Columbia
The New York students have beaten
every team they have faced this season
with such consummate ease that the
Quakers will have TO play a high-class
game to stand any chance Of success.
Before the Amherst contest the Co
lumbia men felt confident of beating
the Quakers. They are now absolutely
certain Of it. No team has bSen able
to make n serious impression on the
Columbia line
In fact. many persons are beginning
to think that II is almost as good as
Yale's- Pennsylvania also has a first
rate line, so IT comes down to the ques-
ton OF which has the better backs. Co
lumbia is undoubtedly superior I'm this
respect, and what Is more, she can put
substitutes behind the line. except IN
the position OF quarterback, quite as
good as the regulars.
Columbia only has two or three good
substitutes for the line, however and
in hard, long contest, such as the one
with the Quakers, this may prove her
undoing. Whether the Columbia line can
compare with that OF the New Haven
team viii be seen a week from next
Saturday at the Polo Grounds. New
York. Should Columbia get the best OF
the college from the city Of Brotherly
Love. which has a knack OF turning out
pretty rough players. Yale will come to
Gotham with some misgivings.
Princeton Is Fast.
The followers Of Priccet believe
that their speedy aggregation OF players
has a fairly good chance of defeating
the Ellis this fall. The Tigers are GER
tainly playing a better game than they
did last year, especially on the defense.
Yale's line is not near as strong as 1t
was in 1902. and this fact has given the
Tiger rooters great encouragement.
In the Princeton-Yale game last year
the Tiger backs could do practically
nothing against the giant wall of blue.
Yale's line has been plugged for good
gains at every spot this season, and
there Is little chance Of it becoming as
invulnerable 70 a first class attack as ii
was In the championship contest last