The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-10-23

with the good material at hand VIII work
the Pennsylvanians OFT Of the slough OF
defeat remains to be seen. but those who
make a study of the game are skep:ica-
indeed. Z
GOOD MATERIAL ABUNDANT.
One OF the brightest textures of the sea-
son thus far has been the recrudeSce:ce OF
the game Us 1t should be played ut Cor
nell. That the Ithacsns have WORKED out
OF the rGt. az least To n considerable e@-
tent. Is plainly apparent from theIf early
play. Here aga.n there is p.e1JY OF n1c
material. much OF Ii from the freshman
class-men WHO have been attracted t.
ithaca by the announcement mat Glenn
S. !"POD"D Warner. the wizard OF foot
oall. Who did 81 much TO sIaks the Ca
isle I.d!2rs respected on the Crt3iTCn. hGd
returned TO work for his anna mater.
Eeve- II very heavy team. Cornell has
been obliged to depend on speed in Ter big
knows how 70 teach perhaps hettc. than
Any o;1er zach
War9e- knows straight f'e;haii fraa1 the
ground up ard fancy fG",p.i ~ wc.L. He
Is known frr MS trick fo-Datin?s .-p!a
cois, 10 coast. and soTe ~ ;47sr NV
iorke-: viii have an oppo-tu1i'y =" Wit
ness when Tic i-!t'car- net CO-uuip;a ~
American League Pax.
TIE SITUATION at 1~oifaht- d~r=Ti;e a
'ccssiSHal errlr s"Lsnf "a - "f. i
litht. In6er tie car ful hsH! n y; ?
-Nsaf - Aft- Il has % =lH-s+' ~ -sNfNa
Progress. but sio-io- hz- shown "a the
Dast TIA - : rrss'.r 81 the ar of brig
ms MS ta.zn NJ - to- Ig;c' 10Y the zig
allowed themselves /" - discouraged ny
occasional l-rsss. Columbia has had coz
siderable difficulty in finding 4 ,ai= Of
erds v.no could class with the extreme
v-rs Of itc othe- big college sievens.
and the k'ckiue AND handling ~ tire team
en- the field have been poor. TEesc have
always bee" ct "rGHi~- -'f'E-
side. and Il they can be solved IN time FOR
ne dig EsTes IN - s.te =ri VI t.
VIII have done vel indsei even Il Gefsat
10 tie COTTON % TIC loci elsvo0.
On o. ths plaasan futures - tho sea
know a. the "TiHcT cEiiese" tcar@s.
Among these tire -iyaiTy IS cutie as IL
tc-re as among the great rnive--iti5s.
sometimes going To sie lengths ~ extreme
bitterness.
DARTMOUTH PROSPECTS.
Dartmouth. The New-Hgrnpshire college,
with the splendid record OF last wear to
look up 10. has already shown up strong
~. though at present II seem1 hardly
likely that the lark green Eill again sue
coed il defeating Harvard.
william amherst. Holy Cross. Penn
best drop kicker on the erid:ron this seq
SON In fact. only two OF the minor
seem hODeleSSiy out OF i. IE"Se
are Brown and New York University. Tine
Providence men are far below the stand
ard set in the days Of Howard Colby and
Davc" FultZ. They were beaten right at
the seasons opening by one of the least
of the colleges and their late
future looms UP DARK. t-deed.
So much for the cams. Now FOR the
play of 1919. Under the new rules
every field general and every coach has
an equal chance with his rival. the rules
as tested so far nave not permitted Of any
special play fitted to e special type of
man. such as the guards back" Of years
ago and the tackles back as played two
seasons ago.
Followers OF the early game. nav. seen
the simple run from the ordinary beck
field formation. a modification of the
tackles back" less dangerous than the
old formation: the tandem on tackle and
guard. the tackles shift" vet to prove a
success; the quarter back kick.
he quarter back run. the double pass.
dci2ycd mass. the Swing SHIFT" AMI
Just plain ordinary line %piunging-
Such was the repertoire OF nearly every
lp-to-6ate coach at the opening of the
ter back run. while GOOD against men or
consequence in one Of the big annual
matches.
CHANGE IN FLAY. |
Trick plays. real and so-caiied. will
hardly be In evidence until the last big
games OF the season. and these are al
Ways Of doubtful value. The flake kick"
s so well known that It no longer can be