Evening star., 1905-11-06
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big team that has been true to its early
season promise. No matter how weak or
how strong Columbia may have been on
Saturday. the performance of the Yale
eleven remains remarkable one.
Above all things Yale's work showed
that the New Haven coaches are the real
| wise of the east. Mr. Camp and his
associates have been progressing. while
others, notably the Princeton strategists.
have been standing STILL The plain truth
| is that the Tigers started along the back
ward path a year ago, and this season are
still travelling in that same broad and easy
highway. 1t is true of course, that the
Yale material has been superior to that at
Princeton. The Yale men are not merely
SO many weights to be moved about as
well possible, but fine athletes of whom
much has been asked. How well these
tall, spendidly built men repaid their in
structors shown by the Columbia
game.
/ The cry went up from the New Haven
undergraduates early In the season that
the team was not heavy one. This was
true only in a measure. The line, for IN
stance. averages the mere trifle of 1872
pounds but there have been great Yale
elevens averaging no more The coaches,
instead Of taking fright, at once planned
radically different style OF game. Inc
men have learned it to perfection. Such
faults as the team showed against Column
bia were no more than trif1es.
Yale's Fine Array Of Backs.
The assets of this team in the shape OF
backs are simply astonishing. Hutchinson
and Jones are among the best quarterbacks
In the east, and al this date no other big
eleven has pair of backs to equal Veeder
and Stevenson. The second string men,
Morse Wylie, Levine Linn, Roome, are
all standard Yale backs. The kicking OF
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that of any other team IN the east, and 1t
is covered by one perfect end and another
mighty good one.
Yale's offense is a thing Of beauty and
of greater variety and initial velocity than
any the blue has shown in long time.
Every man, save the center, Is called upon
to carry the ball, and every one Is natu-
raj ground gamer. The interference and
the backs start quicker. form faster and
keep their feet better than Is the case on
any other eastern gridiron.
Men who saw Saturdays game and VINO
are familiar with Yost'S work at Mlchlgan
found many points of similarity between
this years Yale and Michigan elevenS. II
may be that the New Haven coaches have
learned something from the hurry up
man In any case the present Yale o1ense.
as far as can be learned, is pretty near to
Michigan foot ball. No wonder Walter
Camp advocates the ten-yard distance In
stead of the five. He has the only eastern
team likely to make first down with any
tance go into effect.
1t may be that the Yale defense will not
be up to the standard in the big games.
but It will likely be good as that OF
either Princeton or Harvard, probably bet
ter. In both cases 1t certainly will be su-
perior on the ends. The Yale team Is a
remarkably fine eleven as 1t stands today,
and with the type of men playing the game
at New Haven this year it should improve
consistently to the close. Yale leads all the
eastern eleyenS.
Crimson Defense Still Weak.
Harvard showed considerable improve
ment last Saturday. AS scoring machine
the crimson was both brilliant and steady.
The Harvard tandem proved a dangerous
engine of attack. 1t was used to the ex-
clusion of any other form of offense and
gained steadily. The Harvard defense ap-
parently still is weak and the ends are
very poor 1t will have to improve 30 per
cent to make show of stopping Yale's
binding attack. which Is a wonder at
smothering the ends and tackles.
The crimson undoubtedly is coming along
surely, If slowly. but it does not seem as
If the men are of the proper type to meet
successfully such style as Yale has
shown.
There is gloom in Philadelphia Prince
ton and Ithaca. Pennsylvania was fortu-
nate to come off with a tie, but the team
is not done for yet. The Quakers showed
streaks of good foot ball and much that
was bad. They have lost much of their
aggressive spirit and are not as strong and
resourceful as they were only one short
week ago. There should be considerable
Improvement before the Harvard game next
Saturday, and with both the Ouakers and
the crimson able to gain ground the situa-
ton next Saturday may be the same as 1t
was two years ago. when the better and
older school Of foot ball carried the day
by none too comfortable margin.
MY %
was put out of the game Saturday for one
OF his characteristic displays of rowdy
play. Following his assault on Capt Russ
OF Brown, and coupled with his unpleasant
record OF last year. this latest outbreak
places Stevenson in very unlovely light.
He should be disciplined by the Quaker
coaches before be becomes so raw as to
lose his value to the team and give the
game at Pennsylvania worse name than
II has already.
Slovenly Work by Tigers.
Princeton's is a sad story. The truth
about the team has been printed several
times. but the undergraduates have exhib-
tied a blind faith in the eleven that no
amount Of argument served to shake. The
team Is at present poor one. The defeat
by Dartmouth may result In whipping the
Tigers into better shape. and undoubtedly
against Yale Princeton will show greatly
improved form. But ii Is not a standa I'd
Princeton team and has not been so at any
time this season. The chances are that a
decisive victory over Cornell would again
blindfold the undergraduates but 1t GER
tainiy ought not to. The Tiger defense Is
at present extremely weak, and the at
tack is far from the best Princeton style.
Furthermore. the team seems to be In poor
physical condition, and its mental pro-
cesses are lethargic. The future of Nassau
Is distinctly gloomy.
Woe is Cornell. That stirring foot ball
song THE BID Red Team" has Temporal
rily given way to the The Bum Red Team -
This, however. implies more of slur on
the men themselves than seems justifable.
The material Is heavy, strong and fast.
Why, then was the team overwhelmed by
Swarthmore? Apparently because 1t did
not know foot ball. 1t has been said that
Warner is still on trial. He must have
some very good excuse 10 account for Sat
| urday's severe drubbing Fumbling. start
| ed the toboggan for the red and white. but
| a little fumbling at the start does not dis
| organize a well-coached team. Swarth-
| more. OF course. is very good team. bu,
| with the material at hand Warner should
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