New-York tribune., 1904-10-31


In the mere matters OF weight and sDength
that any team has developed In the history of
IootoaA- o, understand that their average
weight is 2ol pounds, and Neal weighs only
11O at that Add TO this ponderosity the well
known aggressiveness and fighting strength
of such giants Hogan. Kinney Bloomer and
ShevIin. and you have a total of power we'll
nigh amazing. II Yale's team fast
it is powerful there would be no eleven on the
field At to compare with Il this season. but the
West Point match showed that even such power
as Yale's cannot always be made to win. and
may be made to overmatch mere strength. even
when the latter is skilfully handled II Prince
ton or Harvard beats Yale this year II Will be
because Yale has sacrificed speed to power.
The developments OF the Princeton-Cornell
match did much to indicate that this years
le-Princeton game is 10 be a contest between
weight and strength on the one side and speed
and strategy on the other. The Tigers coaches
have apparently come to the conclusion that
Princeton cannot hope to build up such line
smashing attack Yale possesses. and have
given much OF their attention TO developing a
set OF backs capable OF executing a series Of
plays dependent for their success chiefly on the
speed and deftness with which they are execut-
cd In Tenney, Burke. Rulon-M Miller, Ritter,
Foulke and Mccormick they seem to have
group of players we'll fitted by nature and ac-
Quirement for this sort of game. If this policy
has been adopted by the Princeton coaches
they could not be expected to give 1t away too
plainly before the Yale match. and they made
a good many line-plunge attacks on Cornell
and with good deal OF success. But several
long runs by the fast backs showed the sort
of thing they are capable of, and ii would not
be surprising if the Tigers let loose against
Yale sort OF flying squadron that the Blue
would be hard pressed to pull down
Even Columbia. by Metzenthin's quarterback
runs and Duells thirty-1ve yard dash the
criss-cross. showed that Yale Is not at present
fast enough to cope successfully with this sort
Of an attack when executed with the finish
and perfectly organized interference which
Princeton may be expected to develop. Tn
dOubtedly, even such an attack as I have de-
scribed would not suffice to help the Tigers
beat Yale. unless line could be organized
capable Of putting up a creditable defence
against Yale's cataput attacks. to which the
New-Haven team seems to be irretrievably COM
mitted by reason of the personnel OF the eleven.
II appears TO be a fact that Princeton's hopes
Of victory must rest ultimately on her ability
to achieve this feat. Her defence against Cor
nell was uneven. In the first ten minutes of
play II was pretty poor. and the Ithacans bored
through her forwards with dscouraging reg
ularIty. After that IL a different story,
and the work of the rushline on the whole
strong and reliable. Should things turn out
a. l nave lnolcateo ana the nylng squadron be
developed successfully and carry the Tigers
through TO victory. 1t will be a good thing for
the game from the point of view of the impartial
Specta tor. Mass plays do not compare in in
terest for him with the open style of play nor
is there any doubt that at present the game
has one-sided. uneven development toward
the heavy and the strong as against the speedy
and the clever
The doings of the navy team since II de-
feated Princeton lend color to the opinion that
the Tigers were caught off their guard and
out Of form when the sailors beat them. For
not only did Dickinson tie the navy though
previously beaten by Princeton but on Satur-
day Swarthmore defeated it to O. Swarth-
more's game has drawn attention to the eleven
his year. She has the distinction Of being the
only team that has scored on PENNSYLVANIA,
though she achieved this feat by goal from
Tee field The navys friends will. however.
not take too much credit for the eleven's vic
tory over Princeton, IN view Of what has hap
pennd since that match. Indeed. il appears that
Vest Point. even deprived OF the services OF
Captain Graves. Will be more than match
Tor the sailors in the annual game Franklin
Field the Saturday after Thanksgiving Day.
Princeton's game next Saturday with West
FONT will give better line on the relative
strength Of Yale and the Tigers than any match
OF the season. In the soldiers the New-Jersey
team will meet foemen worthy Of their steel a
team inspired with confidence by having given
Harvard the closest kind of a rub. and still
more encouraged by nfctng an actual defeat
Uron Yale. II will undoubtedly be a hard match
for the Tigers, win lose. and coming. as it
does. just one week before the Yale game, one
should be able to make up ones mind with some
defniteness as 70 the sort of game Princeton
will play against the Blue If the Tigers win
their stock will undoubtedly take a rise. Yale's
called practice season." which has not been
precisely her most successful one, will end on
Saturday AT New-Haven. when she will tackle
Brown. Brown has very fafrish sort of eleven
this year having played Pennsylvania a D 10 a
game and run Amherst Columbia's conqueror.
to the same figures. but II should be a compare
lively easy matter for Yale to roll up four or
five touChdOwns against her and give her sub
stttutes some valuable practice, at that. In her
final game Yale's schedule seems 10 have been
more judiciously arranged than PrinCetop's.
Harvard may well have her hands full on
Saturday when she goes up against Dartmouth
who rolled up 80 points against Wesleyan Satur-
day with consummate ease. Pennsylvania will
have chance 10 prove her right to her
won laurels when she meets the strong Lafay-
cite eleven Surprises have been the rule this
season. and there will be some more due the
last Of, this week.
The Yale-Columbia game gave New-Yorkers |
chance 10 see a play thar has been evolved this
season for the first time. II may be called the
quarterback kick through the line. II is exc
cuted by the quarter from placement, practically
as the hall Is kicked between the centres feet (
while the two teams lined up. Its only
value, II it has any is dependent surprise /
and the consequent chance that of the ends |
of the side having the ball may so through in
time TO get the ball OF course. no such dis |
tanCe can be made on il as on a punt and II did !
not succeed in any instance when IL was tried !
Saturday. 1t is hard 10 see wherein its value !
consists. for the opposing backs. even taken off /!
their guard have better chance to get the ball /
than the ends OF the side making the kick and, !
far as I am aware. this is invariably what l.
happens. The quarterback punt seems to me /
calculated TO he Tar more successful than this |
lately developed play.