New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-16

retained for any great length of time. 1t is,
however, true that Captain Hurley was not in
the game to steady his men, and that Harvard
has the biggest cripple list of any of the big
teams. It is. therefore. quite toe early to con-
cude that the Crimson will not be adequately
represented when the time comes for crucial
effort. Harvard has long been quite Indifferent
to making fine showing early in the season
The first real test will be had next Saturday.
when the team will journey to West POINT 10
meet the soldiers who furnished the real senSa-
ton Of Saturdays football by going down in de-
feat for the first time in many years, save be-
fore opponents of the first quality. This time
the cOnquerOrs of the army team were the eleven
of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute This
doubtless indicates that the West Pointers are
far from having the team of last season, but 1t
also indicates that IN the South the fine points
Of the game are coming rapidly TO be understood
and put into practice
It has long ceased to be true that the big col
leges regard themselves as disgraced when they
are scored on by the representatives Of smaller
institutions. Nor IS the present season any ex-
ception Yale is the only one OF the lot to main
tain a clean score up TO the present time. Le-
high has scored on Princeton. Ba<es on Harvard
and Swarthmore on Pennsylvania, and while
YaIe's goal has thus far been safe there yet re-
main Pennsylvania State, West Point, Columbia
and Brown TO threaten it before the match with
Princeton Things look better for Yale and
Princeton thus far than for any of their princi-
pal rivals On SATURDAY. the Els met Holy
Cross. which this season has an eleven far from
contemplate, and in fast and furious match
ran up a score of 80 points. though the men
from Worcester showed that they knew football
better than any team the Blue has faced this
season The play of Yale was more open than
n has been at this time Of the season Tor many
Years and long runs were the rule and not the
exception. This may may not indicate that
The trinharnrrer style of game is not this year
no ,T1I,- TODTh
indicate that the coaches think the material at
New-Haven best adapted to this style OF game
At all events, if the result is more open pay
the game and the public will be the gamers.
Princeton TOO. seems to be CUltivatlng a team
of fast rather than heavy players, The excel
Ient total of As points was up against Buck
paII and the match conspicuous Tor open
J-orl, 10 which Princeton has given more atten-
ton for the last few years than any other OF the
so-caIled Big Four The quarterback run run wa" vas
successfully pulled OF several LlLlIe9' oO0l ~
Yale and the Tigers.
,-o-o,1a announcement is already evidenced in
the play of several of the smaller elevens.
pro1rn for example has run up big totals
against several opponents, showing Colby under
b, a huge score and defeating Maine state Oh
co,,,rda,- nv 70 more points than Harvard was
ALE to make against the same team IhtH
ar7e Colgate 10 surprise US by defeating Jar
mouth Colgate put up a fast aggressive gam
that showed that every man on the ieai!l ii"
an intimate acquaintance with the principe OF
good play Colgate has, by the way IN Ca sue.
man a PLAYER who is said by those VINO nave
saan him 70 be one of the fastest ana most pow
erf11I backs on any eleven this year lJar
defeat and the excellent showing or the Brown
49, ,riII doubtless encoura ge the Brunonians
70 a1rnec+ a victory when Brown and Dartmouth
meet at Springfield for the annual match OIL
Thanksgiving Day.
The visit of the English players Of association
football to this country, while it has stirred up
considerable interest in the game will not
arouse much uneasiness in the breasts OF
the lovers of Rugby, despite the mega
nhonic announcement Of the visitors that they
have come to our shores as athletic mis-
sionaries 10 convince US of the errors OF our
v,a,,s and TO lift us from our benighted infatua-
+ion for the game of football as it has been de-
,eIoped at our colleges and TO convert US 10 the
worship of the only true football. Association
football is doubtless an attractive sport Crowds
of over one hundred thousand frequently turn
out to see match in England, we are Iold- buI
so is cricket an excellent sport II Is plaSeu
here widely, but baseball still goes on. Assocla-
ton football is not Rugby. and never Will be,
hrr our opinion Of It's qualities Is not IheIy 70
l,a a all improved by such i'll advised criticisms
OF our own game as its devotees have recently
80, ma king Remarks to the effect that
college football games are little better than prize
fghting in disguise, and thin disguise at that
do not reflect credit upon the intelligence or the
persons who make them Ihey convince US. on
the contrary that our critics are talking or
what thew know Htte-that they are conVerslng.
in fact through their hats. Still. when the
missionary spirit is strong, it must find some
vent even though the heather be perverse and
obstinate.
Wednesdays football schedule is an unusually
light one Apparently the coaches have con-
Guided not to run any chance this year of over
working the men. Pennsylvania is the only one
of the big teams that has a Wednesday game.
her opponent being Haverford- 1t Will be a diff
ferent story on Saturday however, for on that
dav Harvard plays West Point. Yale PLAYS Penn
syIvania state Columbia meets Amherst here
Pennsy lvania viii have hard nut 20 cr4ch III
Brown at Philadelphia: Williams goes against
Dartmouth. at Hanover; Princeton VIII measure
strength with Lafa yette, at Princeton New
Work meets WESLEYAN here when II will be dis
covered if the Wesleyan faculty has done its
duty by the who dsgraced mat lnsutu-
tion ~ learning in the Columbia game, and
Syracuse meets Colgate at Syracuse IN what
should be an interesting match. -
THE UMPIRE.
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