Evening star., 1905-10-08

back of punts were largely responsible for
Penn's victory over Harvard and the cham
pionship team which the Quakers devel-
oped.
The start which Yale got on Wednesday
VIXEN she beat Wesleyan 2T to 0 should
disillusion those who predicted that the
Ellis would be weak this year. Wesleyan has
d strong eleven this fall, and the fact that
the Blue could run up 81 points in thirty
minutes of actual play, and then without
the services of Capt. Shevlin. speaks we'll
for their strength. Where Yale showed
great inherent strength was in the back
field. With a quartet composed of Hutch
inson al quarter Morse and Veeder at half
back and Finn al full the Ellis are bound
to make a ground against the best teams
they meet. In addition to the back field
just named Yale has a good substitute
back field in Veeder, Hoyt, Stevenson and
Levine.
The Yale coaches are devoting all their
attention TO the line This they are build
ing up gradually under the instruction of
half q dozen of Yale stars of recent years.
The weak points are gradually being eradi-
Gated. and in the course of a few weeks
\ 1ale'S rush line VIII be as strong as was
that of last year, although 1t is made up
largely of new men. The one new lineman
who showed to the greatest advantage was
Forbes. the former Wesleyan tackle and
captain. Forbes played a brilliant often
sive game, and gives promise of filling the
place left vacant by Hogan in fairly ac-
ceptable style. Yale is still weak at the
DunllnS game unless one OF the new men
learns the art. What the week in Yale
foot ball teaches. however, is that the Ellis
will finish in the very front, and will not
have to play second fiddle to any one
Neither Is there any good reason for
tales of distress to be sent out from Prince
ton. Under the coaching of Hillebrand the
Tigers are developing fast Where the
Orange and Black will have the greatest
strength viii be in the back field. 1t is
true that they have lost r. Lon Miller, the
sprinter and full back, but Mccormick,
with his experience of last year,-is now a
much better man, and ought to be able TO
go through the entire season. He will have
a splendid substitute in Moscript the for
mer Mercersburg full back.
There are two men who have developed
into finds for the back field. These are
Dillon. the former Exeter quarter back,
and Simons, the intercollegiate champion
in all of the games played so far and his
generalship and all-around work has been
little, If any, inferior to that of Tenney.
last years veteran. Simons has proven
to be a very valuable man in running with
the ball. His only weakness is his de-
fense. for which his lightnesS is RESPONSE
bic
Both Cornell and Columbia have been
making rather Indifferent progress during
the last week The Ithacans put up a
better game against Hobart than they did
against Colgate. but their development has
not yet been what their coaches expected
OF them. The Cornell eleven has been vir-
tually picked for the last week, and from
now on Coach Warner will concentrate his
efforts on smaller number of men. AL
though the Ithacans We're somewhat of a
disappointment in their first games, IL
would be unwise to set them down as out
OF the running. Heretofore Cornell has
started well and finished poorly This year
they may be expected to reverse things and
turn a season that started none too well
into a brilliant gridiron year.