Evening star., 1905-11-05

played during the coming week by four
members Of the big Six all previous grid
iron contests. of the year fade into fnsignln-
canoe. The four teams here referred to are
Harvard, Pennsylvania. Princeton and Cor
NELL Harvard and Penn meet on Franklin
Field and Princeton and Cornell at Prince
ton. Yale and Columbia settled their DIM
culties yesterday in New York ami VIII
therefore line up against minor opponents
this coming Saturday In order to be pre-
pared to take what is left OF their rivals
when their turn comes.
| OF the two games that between Pennsyi-
vania and Harvard will attract the most
attention. though 1t may not go any
further in settling the championship
of the east than the Princeton-Corneii
| match. The reason for Its greater
prominence is The past record OF the
two competitors. One year ago wnen
Pennsylvania was thought to be out OF tho
running the Quakers rose up and furnisn-
ed the surprise OF the foot ball world by
defeating the Crimson on their own stamp
| ing ground 11-0 That this strength was no
| flash in the pan was shown by the per-
| formance OF the Quakers in going through
| the season not only without defeat but
without being scored on
This year Penn and Harvard meet on
terms more nearly equal. After last years
bitter experience Harvard has acquired
| healthy respect for the Quakers, and mas
| been making special preparation Tor TINS
game In fact, Harvard's desire to soundly
| thrash Penn is surpassed only by her wish
to trounce Yale. To accomplish the over
| throw of these two rivals the crimson
brought back w. T. Reid, who developed the
famous team of 1901, in the hope that he
| could repeat the trick this time. Reid has
gone at his task in a most business-Ake
way and has an eleven which ought to make
| a record as good as any Harvard ever nao
unless 1t be the 1901 team.
The ambition of Penn to score another
victory over Harvard Is even more intense.
| If possible. than Harvard's wfsfeslo VIII
from the Quakers. There are two reasons
| the two have just passed through over the
| eligibility of Lamson and Ztdgen. Penn-
| syivania resents Harvard's protest like an
| insult and refuses to let the Crimson dic-
tate what men Penn shall play. The pro-
| test has nfiamed the entire student BODY
as well as the players of the team, and as
| :. result the Red and Blue is more deter
mined than ever to beat Harvard
There Is also pretty well-def1ned feeilnS
at Pennsylvania that the future relations
| CT Penn and Harvard depend upon the IS
sue of this game. If the two universities are
able to weather the storm raised px the
Harvard protest. Pennsylvania, In spite or
| her anger at Harvard, wants to keep the
| Crimson on the schedule, but Harvard IS
| apparently not so anxious, though there is
no team in sight that could take Penn 5
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| Harvard the Crimson could not anord 10
| cut them off the list. Consequently Penn
| will play her hardest to trounce the Crm-
son.
There are several very good reasons 1or
| this conclusion. Primarily Harvard is heav-
| Ter than Penn. In 1904 the Crimson out
weighed the Quakers by twelve pounds TO
| the man, and Harvard will have fully as
! heavy a team this year. Penn, on the other
| hand. will be a little heavier than in 1904
| but still a good deal lighter than Harvard.
| A second consideration in Harvard's favor
is the cripple list of Pennsylvania. 1t Is
| doubtful If any team ever had SO much
hard luck in a single season as Pennsyl-
| vania The Quakers started the season
with the most brilliant prospects of any
team in the country. But even before the
! season started accidents began to take on
| the Quaker veterans one by one. Weede,
the star left end, was lost with a broken
| leg, and the same kind of an injury took
| off Hollenback, one of the best haifbacks.
| Next Capt. Reynolds. the best kicker in the
| country, was lost by order Of the faculty.
| Following on the heels Of these misfor-
tunes Sinkler, the star right end, was re-
| moved for appendicitis. Then the team
| had rest for afweek. when troubles return
| ed First Ziegler, the famous right guard,
| depended upon to carry the ball, was strick-
en- with typhoid fever shift was made
! in the line and Draper moved from tackle
| to guard, where he began to play furious
game and gave promise OF taking Ziegler's
| place. But a week ago the faculty got busy
| and declared Draper ineligible Thus Penn
| lost just one-half her team before the sea-
| son was half over, and the men who are
now playing their positions are by no means
| their equals.
| Harvard on the other hand, has been re-
| markably free from injuries. What few
| cripples Harvard has had have been quick
| yy 90 that the nhySiCal condition OF
| The Crimson players is all that could be de-
! sired. Naturally the many accidents at
Pennsylvania have handicapped the team
| and given Harvard chance to develop her
| teamwork ahead of Penn
| So far neither Penn nor Harvard have
| been tried out to the limit. In none Of
! their games played this fall has either team
| shown it's hand. Both elevenS have been
| working out new formations in secret and
| are waiting for this chance to spring them.
| 1t is said that Penn's new plays are built
around the famous quarter back Stevenson.
who was responsible for PennS victory last
| fall. 1t is to Stevenson more than any
other man. that Penn looks for victory.
The game between Cornell and Princeton
| will demonstrate the full strength of the
| Cornell eleven and show beyond doubt
| whether Cornell Is as strong as the scores
| she has been running up in preliminary
| games would indicate. previous 10 tne
| Swarthmore games yesterday Cornell had
| not been tried out by single worthy oppo-
| nent. That Cornell had very poor sched-
| ule for the development of championship
! team even the Ithacans concede. There
were two full weeks in which Cornell did
| not play a scheduled game. and many of
| the other contests were too easy to afford
even good practice. Beginning with next
| Saturday, Cornell plays three champion
| ship games in succession. and she will need
| all the strength and endurance which the
| early games should supply. After Cornell
| finishes with Princeton she will have to
meet both Columbia and Pennsylvania.
| Rumor has 1t that Coach Warner has
| given the Ithacans series of new plays as
| revolutionary as those which he gave the
| Indians when he coached them. What
! these plays amount to will be shown in the
| Princeton game. If they are good enough
| to triumph over the weil-tested strength OF
| the Tigers they will be good enough to ac-
| compiish the overthrow Of Columbia and
| Pennsylvania. For the last half dozen
] years Cornell has been making a desperate
| struggle to put her foot ball teams on the
| same footing with her championship crews
| and track team. Last year the team was
| inexperienced and played good and bad by
| turns. This year the Ithacans believe 1t
| will be different and are willing to stake
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