The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-21
IN THE FOOTBALL WORLD.
AMHERSTS, GOOD RECORD tAND
STRONG POINTS OF PLAY.
This Years Team the Best She Has Had
Tigers Undergoing Grueiling Cam.
paign-Quarter Back Run Attracting
Moro Observation-Disclosures OF Eieyens.


Tigers Undergoing O Grueiling Cam.
paign-Quarter Back Run Attracting
More Attention-Practice OF Elevens.
For tho last three years Amherst has not
failed to be q thorniin the hesh for some one
OF the so-called big teams, The strides which
Amherst has made in football are worthy or
comment Year before last her eleven wiped
up the ground with Columbia, last year 1t
took fall out OF no less famous foe than
fair Harvard, and this year Columbia 8
scalp bangles at the Amherst belt. and the
team thus far has not been scored on. Gould.
the former Yale captain. took hold OF the
Amherst coaching in 1902. and with excellent
results. and for the last two years Johnny
Hart, also OF Yale. has kept UP the good work.
Harris material last year was none too good,
so far as much sought after Drawn is con-
cerned. but the men played fine football for
their physfuues. The football spirit and
admin istraton Of affairs at Amherst are now
exceedingly good, whereas five years ago
football was in condition OF slump.
football victory Of note probably means more
to Amherst than to some larger colleges
In mid-season, at any rate. For instance.
the celebration, last Monday night. following
the Columbia game to keep the pot boiling
Mr.. Ben Brine who follows the doings of
the football hosts with keen and experienced
eye, says he believes that on last Sa turday
Amherst could have taken the measure of
any eleven in the East. that their form was
nearer to finished than any Of the others :.
1t is to be regretted that Amherst does not
pit her strength against Harvard. Yale or
Princeton; but she Is to measure PROV ess
with Dartmouth, and this game promises
to be a hummer. The Amherst team plays
hard football Clean handling Of the ball
and the fact that the men keep going until
the whistle blows other qualities that
have made the tea m winner. Also there
is helping of the runner which does not
cease simply because tho runner may happen
to lie down. The ba cks strike the line hard
and work in unison. The team is regarded
as the strongest that has sported the purple
and white.
II bad games insure Improvement. Prince
ton will be greatly improved team for the
wind-up though bufeted en- route. So
far. however. the Tigers journey has been
anything but one of steady improvement
had something to do with this. but more
likely the breaking in Of comparatively green
material to FL the th PLACES Of the Ss
bsWiKtt may sn9 be misssd yet the Jersey
greatly greatly from the loss Of nne material when
there Is promising material to take its place
The SS~pSs TO dae mas so oeoe oE tSe
but 1t is a question whether the schedule Ia
the best that could have been arranged Il io OF
that looked easy have been nterspe rsed
with hard games, Following stiff game
town came u soft spot with Wesleyan. and
following that one week q stn game WIN
Fsmes Comes contest s with Ghsh WHICH,
on form. should not be hard enough TO pre-
vent tendency to ease np.unless defeat
has so stirred the Tigers that there Will Dc
no more Of that.
Princeton's scoring to date has not been
etsd Ths ea 81
them beat Wesleyan 80 to when they
locked 0ns tfo
one game. and an easy game in the BARGAIN:
but the deductions such as they were
than the defence, In which there was lack
Of concerted action. EFolloying &. Leh aisl
Games to tune the team up to
cert pitch for Yale. provided the men weather
the two preceding storms all right St sb oa
most dangerous when she seems most down
In the mouth.
The increased privilege Of quarter back
runs promises development says walter
t aaimP Of u this knd as Gays
must be perfected 70 accomplish It success
tention and is being work ed up more than
last year. 1t needs, however, clever quar-.
ter, and furthermore. coaches hesitate about
valuable a man to take much chance Of injury
with HIM.
line Of sormmage al all times. and that Il
there are not more than six men. one OF the
back of pe the a be Sn sss en the
OF the line. is the one that promises to be most
fruitful. II, is an awkward rule 10 that Il
this. It's possibilities are being worked out.
and diagonal tandem formations are being
tried on 1t with fair measure Of success.
There has also been en- s, very considerable
hacks intprchan nO6tiOls with the line
on signal these 9s1 rs for
the old rules Of two years ago kicker could
have practically four men Protestlng him
ball being blocked. Now any aggressive
n s @ possbe IA the IA
at any rate those OF two seasons ago. 1t H.
a, wahss the Rub bHskea eE not
the men who play back Of the line naturally
do not like 1t.
The game that the New York varsity put
up yesterday showed that the team Is rapidly
slam bang order-as soon, as man was hurt
another was put In his place 1t was by far
thf oest all ahe
lined up the men for two thlrty-minute halves.
Cragin got the ball on the kick OF and rushed
minutes later by straight line bucks. varied
with an OCOaslOHdl tIiCk pldy. tDe
remainder Of the practice the ball was given
to the scrubs. in order to thoroughly try out
the 'varsity's defence.
The regulars held like stone wall and the
second team could not gain an inch through
the line Ssa they hG
were temporarily laid out. and thereafter the
scrub backs found holes for several short
gains through the substitutes. The prospects
for the game with Trinity are the brightest
this season
AMHERST. Mass. Oct 2o.-on Saturday
the Amherst team plays Brown University
at Providence. and the chances are in favor
OF victory, for. Amherst. A lineup was
Columbia game. Cosgeshall is out OF the
game for two or three days with a sore foot
but will be back before Saturday Bran
last years captain and half back Is expected
to Join the squad in a day or two, and he will
make strong bid for his old position. He
weighs 100 pounds. Is a strong line bucker
and a fast man behind the line, He viii
yesterday the second team lined up against
the varsity. but were repeatedly thrown
back for losses while the varsity could 20
through the opposing, line at will. Noble
played full back on the varsity In place OF
CoeseshalI The team will leave for Provi-
dence tomorrow afternoon.