New-York tribune., 1905-11-06
ON THE GRIDIR0N.
Columbia and Princeton Haze No
Excuses for Saturdays Defeats.

Saturday was fearsome day for the big four,
with the exception of Yale 1t more than fear
some--it was. in the of Princeton. at least
well nigh inexpcable. Nobody expected tbat the
Tigers would have an easy game with Dartmouth
did the Princeton coaches desire IL 100 easy
games are not what wise coaches are looking Ior
this stage of the season. but they are NOT iooh
ing for defeats. and it is not stretching IL TO say
that Dartmouth's victory was to princeton d tii"i-
derboIt out of a clear sky. 1t IS some time since
there has been such an upset OF course. this may
that things are hopeless Tor the LlseIs;
So long ago that Amherst defeated Harvard early
in the autumn but the crimson sd p WerTors When
the time came go against Yale Ihere IS no
iy' by the HanoFeraas viii stimulate the. PRINCETON
coaches and payers 20 neTT t ip out on
Yale Field what they doubtless regard as a dis
ever will be next Saturday. when Cornell smart
ing from defeat at the hands OF Swarthmore. VIII
down to Princeton for the annual match-
Football observers will remember that Princeton
was defeated last year by Annapolis but managed
later to defeat West Point, whose team afterward
defeated the sailors and subsequently made a
credtable stand against Yale in IL to game One
must also bear in mind that Captain Cooney, the
reliable Tiger ground gamer, was absent from
Saturdays affair most of the time, as also was H.
Dillon, the big guard, while Tenney was at quarter
only a portion of the time. But for all that,
Princetons showing far from respectable
one. Dartmouth gained nearly twice as much
Was seldom in danger. while the New Hampshire
part of the afternoon. 1t may be said that Dart
mouths touchdown was not due to the success OF
kick But what shall say of the inability Of the
Princeton line to hold long enough to enable the
for holding was so imperative? If DaFtmouth no could
pretty sure that Yale will be able to do it two
weeks from Nor is Dartmouth as strong as
she was last season, when she easily the best
the East had show outside of the big four. and
some critics ranked her ahead of Harvard. as she
avaH he q n
defeated the Bostonians.
What makes Princeton's prospects seem all the
darker is the excellent impression Yale made
those who saw her roll up one of the biggest totals
of the year against Columbia Yale is now the only
of the big fellows that has clean slate left
OF course. Columbia in state of absolute
collapse before the referees whistle sounded for
the first time, so that Yales victory is not an
especially brilliant feather in her cap for she met
with no effective resistance in the fifty minutes of
actual playing time. But, for all that, there Were
certain features of the Blues play that speak well
for the development of the team and incline one
to think that. even if there few stars of the
first magnitude among Captain Shevlins constella-
zion. he has nevertheless pretty effective scoring
machine The eleven has evidently been drilled
into most advanced state of conference Every
been instructed in the elementary essen
tals of individual play. and all have proved apt
pupils This is especially true Of & the backs d Ihe
are most able quartet The plungeTs start guick5i
ly. handle the ball clednlN, nit tne line nara anu
low and do not stop as long as they have an ounce
of move in them. Every one OF them with the
in the most effective way. There are no struggling
moves. but every man is where he will do the most
successor of Rockwell. of whose coaching he has
fad Bn tne the mos gromn Of the
equipment is the fact that there are half dozen
called on. any one of whom is a player of merit
Indeed against Columbia the n 81 tne
ece in the scoring ability of the eleven Any team
fortunes of football contain many possibilities of
injury the last moment before the critical match
In the kicking department of the game Yeeder.
Rooe G ana & Wley are an capaDie deo eD r eeIe @
De Witt anywhere in sight on the football horizon
is a discouragng thing for men who have
worked as hard and faithfully in the face of
the greatest obstacles to turn out good eleven
have the Columbia football authorities and play
to wind up the season in grand smash such
as overlook Columbia last Saturday Despite the
loss of Captain Thorne and Starbuck and others
who fell under the ban of the faculty. Morley has
plugged right ahead; and after the Princeton
match there good reason to suppose that he
had achieved a fair measure of success But 1t
now appears, the light of DartrIouth's drubbinS
of the Tigers that the Columbia Prir ceton game
was measure of the weakness of Princeton rather
than of the strength of Columbia. At all events.
Columbia showed form of any kind last Satur-
day Seldom has there been seen hereabouts so
total a collapse. A that is able to gain by
rushing no more than ten yards in a whole after
merely heterogeneous collection OF undersrduu55 5o5
of Uniforms 1t is difficult to explain Columbta's
showing on any theory other than that OF physicdl
collapse, due possibly to overwork Certainly To-
lumbia' 5 men were as big and strong and heavy
as Yale's Yet Yale went through them with an an
and regularity that got TO De Llolot tUnouS 5j
long before The game was over Yaies conoltlon, @
o7 Pad ti' Jones the freshman quarter was Obliged to
leave the game on account OF ny I Jo antie
that induced ShevIin to take no chances with hlm,
especially as in Hutchinson he had such reha3le s
and efficient substitute. Yale is evidently in rne
fste M at re weeks there IS every reason to
eye tf that She will win the championship OF i95
It is true of course that there is no way 70 Ifll
meets Princeton and Harvard she will have real
attack to meet and suppress But y ae al present
Harvard though scored on twice by the Indians
has the consolation of knowing that she made d
much better showing against the REDSKINS thah
Pennsylvania and this should give confidence when
she goes to Philadelphia next Saturday for the an
nal game with the Quakers. Harvards attack
proved much stronger than her defence With
Brill and Squres the chief ground gamers, she
sent her tandem formation crashing through the
line time and again for good gains. Brill in partic
ular seems to be getting into shape to qualify as
one Of the best tackles of the year. On the other
hand Haryards defence ier Of ben 1b & 1e bicb th
indians pierced often to please the coaches.
~ sto9 the the rnshes aimed at them and the Indians
were quick to see the weak place and to take ad-
will be fastened on Harvard from nov on. for it
%3o are m hoping for some team to the Els
Second only 10 the match next SATURDAY WIN with
when she will meet Dartmouth. the conqueror OF
Princeton. at Cambridge.
PENNSYLVANIA has not been beaten yet to be sure,
but she had a narrow escape at the hands of La
fayette whom the Tigers beat by the good score OF