The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-10-23
Brain and Drawn on the
Gridiron-1904 Likely
to Prove Banner Year.
Of FOOTBALL GIANTS

universities un-ii to-day II Is no uncOm-
mon occurrence for a school team to whip
one or more of the smaller colleges. and,
indeed. the weight. strength and skill In
proportion TO compare f~aborabIy with
boasts that accidental advantage.
One man last year stood head and shouI-
oers above all others as a leader, as a
kicker and as a line man. AT present
win produce another Dewitt Of Princeton.
but If we are to miss the stars there ap-
parenfly will be fewer weak positions on
the big teams In the important games.
champions last season. Thu team this
year has SO far shown itself close to the
standard. With plenty Of good men for
the positions left vacant by graduation.
OF Foulke. the Tigers had made steady
progress throughout the early season
Prfnceton's coaching is a stable quantity,
6 6ase1 mi sn shs best sdi1 tssdfd na vo Ths5s are
cross purposes in the Tiger camp. It is
a case Of "one for ali and ali for one"
There are no revolutions to be gone
through with. no radical changes IN the
finished in what is distinctly Princeton
football One Tieer team Is much lfk
another. Give the material and you have
the team. always hard to beat even when
the members individually are below the
standard.
SITUATION AT NEW HAVEN.
At Yale the situation has been some
What different Captain Hogan and Coach
Rafferty, have found plenty O: good.
rugged material. The team to date has
been weak on tine ends and in the kicking
department Moreover there has been DIFF
hculty In shaking It together. the men
relying far too much On Individual work.
II new rules. too. have caused conSid-
cradle trouble as they compel the aban-
Comment of Yale's old and famous
notification of it With SO sure a ground
gamer as Captain Hogan on the team It
was unadvisable 20 abandon h play a.
together. and the team has been slow 20
learn the new style of attack.
"Rih' Rafferty,. captain Of last years
cam. who, with Walter Camp. Is lar
uncommunicative a man as Frank Hinkey.
and in consequence does not care to dis
cuss Yale's chances. That the team Will
be strong and versatile in the big game:
however. seems certain. The Yale style OF
play is quite as distinct as Prince;on's.
and the ype Of successful player 1t New
Haven is also somewhat different ELS
noticeabiy different order. h annual
match between Yale and Princeton Is for
this reason. IL for no other. a constant
source of delight to h close student Of
Harvard's football career In seasons past
has been full Of MISUNDERSTANDING
more spectacular, too. than that Of the
has been ruined by chickering's among
Players and coaches. and much good ma
terfal has been thrown away. Now and
then the crimson has turned out teams
that stand out more prominently in foot
bail history han the best Of other uni
versities-but only now and then. Last
season was one Of disaster. despite the
near the Charles. 81 miserably was the
gritty eleven handled throughout the sea- |
son that Harvard graduates and under
graduates alike demanded g revolution in
EdEar Wrishtington as head coach. an
extremely popular coach Quiet in his
methods. a good d~iscipiirarian. and with a
wealth of good material at hand. he has
already brought the crimson back to Ee-
proper position-up with the best-aud II
the team continues to improve II viii take
a. lot Of beating in the annual game at
New Haven
Here again at Cambridge one finds a DIS
tinct style Of play. Haryard's famous tan
on tackle and through the guard
opening are still fresh in the minds of
.hosa who have foIiowed football for n
eran backs to engineer them. have been
The new rules have created 1t |
tie trouble at Cambridge.
Pennsylvania IS another institution that |
has had Its fill OF mistaken policies. bit In
this case there has been nc serious revo-
luton calculated to put the red and blue
with the leaders again
"PenEsy" has been plugging along with l
the same old coaches and the same cid |
methods. The Quakers have for years
been prone to place too much dependence |
erro Sne no or two ,oo m 1s9. never TS, to ressify ;n,s
year for the red and blue. for IL the |
Quaker fail to make a good showing |
against Harvard 1t 6 more b 4 probable
crimson viii drop them by the |
Eaysde and new the old. relations with
~ J1ge<8 VhEf6ef tke, Old method. /