New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-12

now they are not afraid of them any longer
Why should they be? They get the same kind
of training from coaches who have harmed the
game at the hands of it's masters. wherefore
they go out to win The days OF their Stage
fright are over; and there can be no question
but this element of stage fright In teams sup
rosedly greatly their interiors has oltulneS
been of inestimable value in gaining practice
victories for the larger eevens.
Reports from Harvard have not at any time
this season been particularly encouiashe'
Though she won week ago from Maine 9ta'o
College it was by the narrowest KiIlo Oh ma
gin, and for a good part OF the game heI ~
was actually played to a standstill. An attempt
is made to excuse Earvard's defeat by oescriolie
IL as a fuke. but this apology will not noio
,,-.+ar Even grant the actual scoring to nave
,,,r.olan of the nature of a fiuke, the lnparudi
critic must still arrive at the conclusion that tne
,,,aarers of the Crimson were consistently out
played by the snappy. aggressive team I'm
Amherst and on their own GROUNDS at tiia''
of course the weather was vile and the oali'ds
slippery as an eel which may account lor soo0
deal of the fumbling but when all allo" ahoe'
were made Harvard's weaknesses are ali 'oo
annarent. Her men did an inexcusaoie amount
of fumbling. her forwards lacked aggresslVeleS''
when her backs hit the line they found no open
ing. and last but far from least Har'a[o nos
81 deve1oncd no punter of consequence All
these are grievous faults put there 10 S
80 renair them if the material is capable OF de-
" on,v time can show whether the
candidates are capable of the necessary I'M
.-oa,,,en+ Yet so early in the season things
-, b1acker for Harvard than in any season
for years. ~.
princeton's performance in the game with
Brown bears out the statement OF the writer
that the new rules intended to foster the open
~ cumming game give the Tigers better chance
than they have had in several seasons 1t may
he true that Brown is weaker than last year.
and that Princeton's high total is therefore not
asnec;alIv significant But nobody of impor-
lance could see the match and fail to conclude
that the Tigers have already perfected an Of
faneive STYLE of play that is fast, accurate, ag-
gressive and hard to stop. From Burke. Vet
tarlein Hart, Foulke. McClave and Moore
princeton can select a backfeld that Will run
off plays fast, snappy and powerful Inc
ground on which the game was played was SOFT
and muddy driving rain swept across IL
from the northeast, the paH was SICK
and Shiny yet the Tigers made only one
tumble and that was on pass from
oo,+ra Not a punt was muffed, while
the goal kicking, despite the high wind was
accuracy itself. Princetons formations were
rvnrars followed the interference well, started
quickly and ran fast. Foulke in particular has
vastly improved over last year. and ran punts
hack in a way to remind one strongly or DE
carues at his best. De Witt made the only
goal from the field he tried for The Dig guard
ran with the ball several times. and showed
chat he would be harder TO stop this season tnan
o,,ar before Yale may be certain, too that he
u,I, o,tnunt the best that New-Haven can put
forward If Yale can show good backfeld
&c the Tigers will exhibit in the great game or
November she will be doing more than now ap-
nears possible. Ex-Captain Davis is as good at
end as ever while Reed is tower OF strength
~ tackle on the other side OF the line. Prince
TOMS present problem is to put sufficient back
hone into the centre of her line TO hold it against
the assaults of the Blue If she can do that. her
chances will be rosy. There is no question
whatever her attack has even thus early IN
the season reached high state of perfection.
Yale had an unexpectedly hard game on sat
urday. although her opponent, the Springhelu
Training School team. is not the possessor vi
d particularly dangerous reputation ana was
playing its first game of the season Inc NiS-
itors made gain after gain through those ga
ceptionally able tackles Hogan and hiiiiie ~
and. IN fact, the entire Yale line appeareu ~ J
a little out of form. and the eleven as Ttoro
was kept on the Jump from start to nhlsh. ~
is nothing in all this however, 10 ala ' ~ -
Yale coaches particularly, though th eIe Einnev
stimulate their energies. Hogan anu 49, $3.50
have demonstrated many DilteiiS e.
field that they TO be relied uIoh @ -
sistent. aggressive and powerful 'a 1890 ~ the
whom IL is hard to equal on any T,t-.or 80
country shevlin and Rafferty, ana biooIlleI, .oo;
are men To gladden. the heart Oh ais nv
coaches however censorious they may oe. Ihe
fact anneare N he that Yale is now experience
ing her annual stump. Her coaches VIII ootIpt
less proceed on that theory. he'