The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-10-24
ON THE GRIDIRON.

Here's an unusuai state OF affairs The
football championship OF lsaL OF the east
so far as Jhe snarl OF the confusing re-
suits will permit of satisfactory deduc-
tions. may hang in the balance when the
Army and Navy meet in Philadelphia on
Nov. 2s. West Point has trimmed Yale.
and Annapolis has played Princeton: SO.
II Yale should beat Harvard. the only
team which has beaten West Point. the
Soldiers and Middies may toe the scratch
with records that entitlc them To cham
pionship claims. What will happen TO
them in the meantime may make a differ
ence.
The sting of defeat is painful wherever
encountered. but there Is no reason Whit
ever for Yale TO feel discouraged as 70
coming games. Yale. however. needs
polishing in several OF the details OF her
play West Points protection for the
punter in Saturdays game vsas splendid
and contrast TO Ysle's. The Yale
offence was the best seen at this time of
the year In many day.
Siangy persons would say that Columbia
is up against it, so far as her game
with Yale next Saturday In New York
is concerned The local team on present
form will not do. That was definitely
established by walloping which an in
ferior eleven like that OF Pennsylvania
gave them Saturday in Philadelphia, In
ferior is applied advisedly. for the
Quakers lost ground steadily throughout
the game and gained only when Steven
son managed TO slip around Muir for long
runs.
It Is expected that the Yale pract,ce
Tor the coming week will be the stuTest
the squad has had this season--The Yale
student body and the players have pretty
Well recovered from the welting the Blue
got from the Soldiers Saturday and they
are now turning their attention 10 .ba
fale-Coumbia game. shake-up Is ex-
pected as one Of the results of the defeat
py west Point. The coaches had a long
conference over the situation and al
though they are a bit dishcartenea over
Ysle's defeat and the unfavorab,e orao,
IL is liable to have on the men for the
next few days they are OF the opinion
that yale pluck and perseverance Will
turn out superior article OF football
when IL comes time to meet Columbia
The Red and Blue football warriors who
participated in the game Saturday arainst
ooiumoia university rested quietly over
the> Sabbath. Pennsylvania was very
fortunate IN having ell OF her players
come out or Saturdays contest with no
serious hurts.
The weeks practice will undoubtedly
be mostly scrimmoge work OF the hardest
Kind against strengthened scrub eleven
The Varsity squad. together with the
coaches and rubbers, will leave PhiIadeI-
phia Tuesday evening, occupying two
private sleeping coaches on the Colonial
express 70 Boston, where satisfactory
training quarters have been secured
The Tigers were considerably encour.
aged by the big score which the team
rolled UP Saturday against Lehjsh How
ever, the game showed that there Is SIN
a great deal OF work cut out for ,hs
coachers for the next three weeks. During |
that time the efforts OF the Tigers, In.
structors Will be directed TO strengthen,ns |
the defence. The attack seemed verY
strong. and Or. Newton. the IebIrb |
coach, summed up the Tigers WORK by |
The remark: Princeton has the stronys.,
attack and the poorest defence I ever saw
her have"
On Saturday night with yelling ana
singing, the cadets celebrated their vic. |
iory over Yale, dancing around a higb |
bonfire In which blazed Yale flag en- |
olazoned with picture of a footh,,,
player. The officers OF the post Too
oined In the celebration and mingled the,r
'ells with those OF the cadets. Coach I
Sovers said today: Nest Point won as
airiy from Yale rs did Princeton last
'ear' and In much the same manner