The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-14
~ THE FOOTBALL WORLD.
Harvard Backward In Pinai selections
= OF Men, .,'.

| the big football teams In the matter oil "A
| final selection of the eleven men for the M
portant games More men probably are
| hling the places on tho Yale. Princeton.
Columbia and penus ylvanIa teams who will
be the Anal selections In those places than
IL tho case at Harvard. injuries and n
goodly supply OF material account for the
| situation AT Harvard. In the games OF last
| Wednesday no team showed enough con
| slstent good work, 70 boget confidence OF
winning tho championship. 40 far ms Har-
| ward was concerned In this VI II quite likely
that nearly half OF the eleven that faced
Bates will not go against Yhle Montgomery
| ono OF the ends. was not In the game neither
was brill. tackle: Cunnin, centre. nor Hurley
! OF Nichols two OF the hest backs. Harvard
is not NJ Ear along in the development of
| team play ms some of hey rivals. but the
| Crimson has n way OF bringing up her onenc"
| in the last two weeks that means suf'clency
J of trouble TOR advevssr!es. The Harvard
diagonal tandem is described az u V-sha ped
| arrangement with one leg OF the Longer
| than the other. The quarter back IL one
at the end OF the short leg and with the man
behind him and the centre makes straight
! line. The full back. one half back and II
, man from the line form the other leg which
! lite the opposing line on the obliauc 'or
. knrelikc penetration NJ the line
tumhng and nuiIlng we're plentiful in
aenrss xst ss amfs dHe "rss the
season in general has been attended by more
fpmhling thsn last year. and II Is wonder
! goal line has been crossed, since the OPP.
/ portunity for, huke touohdowns has been
on tsa psts Of By ss a aa"f Of tie Sa
tween the srea. and tie slasii: and ne chance
game 1ne 70 ' the that Is Yale Sss
| blocked her share Of kicks In big games.
b" so sr hi the as nSyG St
notable for blocked punts spestlki,ng =, Of
eleven FOR lie comparative freedom, from
this fault. Even IL the wet SwaTthhores
! game, while there was poor handling of
punts, there was scarcely any funbline.
In the Kicking department one thing, Vas
Conspicuous. and that was tht unusual dis.
BACK when takins his goslton to punt. He
! could kick close 10 the line. too, when neces-
.ary no he showed when he got away a neat
The light Wesleyan eleven has done GOOD
| work at end running in pretty nearly every
game II has. played so far. and it has played
! Yale. Columbia, Princeton and Brown. .sosey
Relter the former Princeton half bsok. Hh ho
Wesleyan eS Coach eng And he learned how at AZ
institltop that e1oels III end running ,os;h Il
IN ia proportion to the "1pertnes. OF The oppo-
/ sitiou they do not hesitate 10 tackle they
would be wonders: They have e, not only been s,
Son, at OF the big elevens object to playing
tho Seo srd esn tHa fa cses
/ in quick succession Harvard, Yale and Prince
! ton The cadets are no fondcr OF defeat than
! game with the navy to be in condition for
! in the bargain.
I For those contests that .drs,g along, ito
! dusk there is Il suggestion In The, idea being
made use Of by Coach staeg of Chicago Uni,
after dark, Difnculty was experienced in
handling the ball in the poor light and 80
StasH brought Thte S+l into srrY n
matters in the second half There are really
attached TO II. some distinguishing device
also would come In handy when two teams
sport the sane colors; In the, Harvard Bates
made II hard to tell who WAS who ~ scrim-
images. The same was true Of the Yale
wore bluewhch recalls the story of the pro
lessor who danced with JOY when one IF the
other side made = ~ run for touchdown think
Columbia men regard a. ridiculous the re-
ports printed Yesterday afternoon that Penn
light Blue and Whites Quarter back, as a
played on Oct y in Philsdelpha Tie story
sssd oR bsc D ,ssm al ,s ss '%s
Of ,Psnnsylvapia team, viii maxi. AFFIDAVIT
il is asserted that Mrtzrnthin was employed
in the steel works az Steeltor. Pa. and re-
csived $500 o., for his serviees for two months,
ns and playing football in the afternoon.
a. M riGculo"s VI. proisst ' hsres back NO 70
u siInilar one made last year by the Quakere.
bYt withdraNI; Netzenthin lived II s,eetccn,
for which no played football in auce: A, that
he had lust entered from Franklin and Mar
shall College, hut was studying AZ Colmm6ia
at tine for was tin, "nno
Ing at the steel works end patss
na and prat football with the Morning
side colegsns SQUAD on the same afternoons
Maen Z. T' member Of tHe e f. q t"Hm
Met5enthin played a couple OF comes dur
Ing the Thanksgiving recess. none. OF which
was in any way or sense professional con-
(olunabia's football practice yesterday was
sh hS n9s1 few S t OF San With ss1b men &.
ali the gaps. scrimmaGed for about ten min
utes against the freshmen team.
PRINCETON: Oct; la;.11he Tiger. had one
q the --latest fsd ST.s wh 4s scrub, odsS
mos, part tackled better and played lower.
Stannard however. still goes into the scrini-
mage too high rafferty, was again absent
from the line and Waller was IN at guard
Dillon is rapidly getting in shape again and
will get into the scrinimage within few days.
In the game to-day. lIampson. one NJ the
most promising OF the acrub punters aud
quarters. had q muscle torn from his ribs md
vii be Kept out OF the game for time. Hoen
tho scrub centre, sprnined his ankle. Us also
did LAWSON one OF the scrub guards with
the advent OF Dillon. however. therr will be
an opportunity 10 brace np the second eleven's
line with one OF the men who are now playing
on the varsity. or with Dillon himself,
over JOb cheering students watched We
varsity nut Mp the best practice game of the
season against the scrub at New York Tni-
rersi,y Yesterday. Both teams played with
more speed and fumbled less The new for
nations introduced br Fult2 proved very ef-
feotive against the sCru bs but ny far the most
encouraging feature OF the prs,tice was the
stubborn defensive work OF the varsity.
Cosck Fult1 has already greatly improved the
work OF the linenen and yesterday the for
wards got the jump OH their opponents hct'er
than they have done before this season. The
team leaves for Rochester tonight
NEW H,vIN. Oct. ia.,.,Tom .Shcyln went
IN NJ tall back Oh rhe college side this after
noon TO develop the defensive abilities NJ tho
varsity mci, and III" college eleventdeieatct
the varsity 10 to :. " WAS an unexpected