The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-10-03

struggles when the time comes for the
giants OF the checkerboard to clash. But
| there is one department i'm which the
present season seems lacking. Absolute
ly nobody has come 10 the front who
gives promise OF bringing the kicking
| department up to the DE Witt and Nit
chell standard.
Harvard has begun her season well
and IL Is next 10 a certainty that the
| Crimson will have no such in-and out
season as last year. The coaching stan
is doing things on a more thorough basis.
! They are fond OF tandems at Cambridge
and this year the diagonal tandem II a
form OF attack being developed.
! Noticeable al Harvard II the group of
| heavy men trying for the centre. Four
OF them, Parker. Wieder. Cunniff and
! White aggregate $50 pounds and the
! tallest OF the weighty quartet is under
six feet. For the pivotal place Cunniff
/ is the most likely man just now.
Things are looking up some at Yale.
\ The chief source Of worry is TO get a
| scrub team strong enough 10 key up the
varsity, and there is more truth than
wolf I'm this story from New Haven. There
has been no big influx Of preparatory
school material at Yale since 1902. Still,
the situation has improved since the prac-
tice began
Bill Edwards, the Princeton coach was
asked the other day IL the Tigers would
be as strong this year as last THAT is
expecting a good deal" he replied. 1T
is hard to fill tho PLACES OF such men as
De Witt, Henry and Davis. Still. the
material is good and the team ought TO
be strong
or the Dickinson game Edwards said:
"One can scarcely recall a game which
seemed lOoser and when less football
knowledge has been shown. The only
redeeming feature was the pushing and
pulling by Princeton men. They seemed
10 help the runner along better than any
Princeton team has in past seasons"
one fault shown by Columbia last Sat
urday was a lack OF unison between the
line men and the backs. 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 is as promising
tackle as there IS on the field this year
But the want Of harmony was only occa-
sional. Consistency cannot be expected
in every play at this season OF the cam
paign
George Brooke says OF Pennsylvania
that the possibilities OF making n good
showing this year are better than they
have been for some years.
In the West Point-Tufts game last Sat-
urday the cadets made small score but
not small considering the little practice
they have had. They tackle Harvard a
week from next Saturday.
As TO the game between Brown and
Maine on Saturday. the local team will
have much to do TO put itself I'm condition
10 meet Dartmouth successfully The
team playing the game on Saturday was
not the best that Brown can put forth.
and the weak points will be eliminated
during this week OF practice.
1T is hoped that Higgins Winslow and
Walsh viii be In the next game played
and II they do there will be much inn
provement In the playing From the con-
rast IN the scores on Saturday Brown
does not seem to be in class with her
chief rival on the gridiron. and the
pessimistic ones are beginning to see a
duplicate OF last years result There iS
room for much Improvement and the
coaches for this week will be hard at
work trying to remedy the faults.
Savage seems not TO have gotten into
form as In the past and both he and Me-
Gregor were weak on Saturday. The back
Held also was erratic. Good stifr coach
ing ana the return to the game OF tha
men now out will do much to strengthen
the weak points. however