The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-03
IN TIE FOOTBALL WORLD.
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS POINT
TO HIGH GRADE OF PLAY.
No star Kckers in sight, However--How
Harvard. Yale and Princeton Are
Pr0sressing-Walter Camp Speaks Well
OF Columbia--Q uakers and West Point.

Inc developments IN IoOtDau blnce tho
practice began point TO a season with higher
grade OF play than was the outlook two weeks
ago. This Is true because OF material that
has put In an appearance since the first days
of practice. The probability Of the bigger
teams being better matched than usually
still holds good. There will be some heroic
struggles when the time comes for the giants
of the checkerboard to clash. But there 10
one department in which the present season
seems lacking. Absolutely nobody has come
TO the front who gives promise OF bringing the
kicking department up TO the De Witt and
Mitchell standards very high standard
indeed. Le Moyne Of Harvard, pro missing
punter last year, but spoiled by too many
cooks, has not been out this year. and Bow.
man OF Yale Ia on the Injured list. Hoyt
OF Yale kicks well, but has yet to show varsity
worth az a back In other respects. and Roy.
nolds Of Pennsylvania 10 one OF the best OF
this years kick ers as Is Torney OF West
Point
| Harvard has begun her season we'll, and
| II is next to a certainty that the Crimson Will
have no such in-and-out season as last year.
The coaching staff Is doing things on more
thorough basis They are fond OF tandems
at Cambridge. and this year the diagonal
tandem ls a form Of attack being developed.
All the tandems are pretty much the same
thing. In 1908 II was the Empire State
Express" which Yale wrecked In hurry.
and last year II was the -four-ln-hand.
Harvard and Yale used tandems against
each other as far back as 1903 at Springfield.
The success Of the tandem depends on the
men in lt--and the men opposing II.
Noticeable at Harvard Is the group Of heavy
men trying for the centre OF the line. -Four
OF them, Parker, Wilder, CunnlR and White,
aggregate 500 pounds. and the tallest OF the
weighty quartet is under feet. For the
pivotal place Cunnih Is the most likely man
Just now. He recalls the massive King In
activity and aggressiveness. There also 10
formidable group trying for tackles-Derby.
Squires. Meier, Brill and oyeson. 1t Is
fierce array Of talent physically. but whether
this line OF beef can get the quick. hard charge
say OF the 9s team-remsins to be seen.
Less Is heard Of the ability OF the Harvard
ends: there are no Campbells. Hallowells.
Bowditches or Cochranes In sight. The back
field is fast, with the quarter back position
most dubious.
What N light be called the most modern
of tactics in offensive football Ii the shift,
which play has been used more or less by the
Indians for a number of years. The Red
skins sprang II on Columbia several years
ago. and Pop Warner of Cornell, then
coaching the Indians devised 1t. Yale Is
working on variation OF this play this season
Trust the Ellis for being up to date. The
shift contains no more power than more
stereotyped formations, but Is likely to be
confusing to the other sde-and to the side
trying II unless smooth in Its workings.
Things are looking up some at Yale. The
chief source OF worry 10 to get q scrub team
strong enough to key up the varsity. and
there is more truth than wolf" in this CRY
from New Haven. There has been no big
influx of prep school material at Yale since
1902 Still, the situation has improved since
the pra ctice began. Cotton, u big Nebraskan,
...I~ ftx,th la har knv
the 200 pound pitcher. and with football
experience, and Hockenberger. lively fresh
man, have come out to bolster up the scrub,
or college team. Then there are kineon,
Smith, Erwin, George and others TO help
the scrub and hope for the varsity.
No team that can number Shevlin. Rock
well, Hogan, Bloomer. kinney. Owsley.
Tripp and Roraback In Its ranks can be set
down as other than formidable. The two
games played have not tested the defence,
save to show once or twice that moro alert
hess Is needed. The play has been loose,
but there Is time TO weld the power together.
But there 10 more fumblng and looseness
than there ought to be with veterans. The
p ter do not believe shevlin, viii be kept At
doms hack a hands as Me ssoppn na pays reassd
at tackle and end.
Bill Edwards, the, Princeton coach. was
su good t deal. he 1episd. 1t is hard 70 fi
s snd P pays q st fos the gn G good
the team ought to pc strongao OF the Dick
nson game. Edwsrds says; 81 One can scarce zee
less football knowledge has been shown.
The only redeeming feature was the pushing
pulling me Cy onT Better tsS asS
Princeton team has In past seasons McCor-
mick Kicked well, and while the punts were
not long they were about the right distance
Pushing and pulling mean a good deal
Psy hs i'd e S ss1 a as
lighter and easier teams. whether this is
doubted, The Princeton schedule last year
"a Fl ., S ss sss' g
sembles that at New Haven In one respect:
Both teams have a good string OF quarter
tsn' ikoeETell. f owsley and Hutchinson 1t
Walter Camp writes as follows of Columbia
lols alve,es Is n.niss; that GS Z, y, has has
in .he 6rst lne Up ss1ns, an outside eleven. has
t Rsm IN oesbsa dscdedy reasese
prove good deal Of puzzle to Columbia's OPP
p9nents this season He has experience, speed and
good mead, and Is llk ely TO be alua6le Through
The assist snee and two OF three ole PLAYERS
a good deal OF beating.
Praise from Sir HUBERT One fault shown
by, Columbia last Saturday was lack OF
The men behind the line started quickly. but
apparently did not go as far as they might
have. An exception was Thorp. who never
stopped going, and who H. as promising
tackle as there is on the field this season
But the want OF harmony was only occasional
Consistency cannot he expected In every play
at this season OF the campaign number
Of times all hands got into the play well and
helped the man with the ball, The team
followed the ball well, and the ends were down
under kicks well, but boxed badly couple
fenslve work OF the backs was not good. but
quarter back runs. An the whole the Column
bia team shows more self-reiance and finish
than year ngo.
George Brooke says OF Pennsylvania that
the possibilities OF making good shown"
this fall are better thnn they have been for
come years" in the West Point-Tufts game
last Saturday the cadets made a small score.
but not small considering the little practice
they have had. They showed the same az
gressiye defence. they always show-sharp
breaking through and hard tackling. The
Soldiers seem 10 know defensive work intuit-
lively. They tackle Harvard q week from
next Saturday The harder the game the
harder they play.
College opinion on the Columba-Wesle
Dnme Ia that the Blue and White will have