The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-02
IN THE FOOTBALL WORLD.
YALE so GLOOMY THAT EVEN
EAST ROCK WEEPS.

Army and Navy u standon In show
Ing Against mig Teams Weights OF
Amherst Piayers-The Days Practice.
The gloomiest gloom to be found any
where exists in New Haven when something
happens to a prominent member OF the ale
football eleven. For real racking anguish
at such times Old Eli takes the palm. Other
colleges may have their hopeless moments.
moments when all the world is dark, but at
Yale they reach the very depths OF desp pair.
Such "a karat, simon pure woe has not its
equal on earth or in the waters beneath. Now
that Ro0me. the crack fullback. 10 laid up.
the wind sobs mournfully through the elms.
bitter tears course down the stony face OF
East Rock. and Niobe Is outdone. With
bowed heads professors and students wend
their way slowly DER the lea to morning
chapel. and the air drips with melancholy.
No longer is LUX ct Veritas." the college
seal. In its place is "Tristitia 1t LacrimG."
Yet Immersed in dependency as she Is.
It will be noticed that Yale Ia not overlook
ing a single chance OF r~emedying as far H.
possible the injury caused by Roome's en-
forced layo1. She weeps. but with charac-
teristic energy and promptitude she bends
every energy toward restoring the sound
ness of the football machine. Underneath
NaV NAO1h VI liV 10 slim CSOlNCs u
fulness stalks abroad. but the halfback still
hits the line. With an array OF coaches con-
sisting OF Camp. Mccormick. Thorne. Glass.
Owsley. Sharpe, Rockwell, Hinkey, Stillman,
Hoyt, Roraback and Flanders to urge them
on. enough football may yet be pounded into
the distressed bulldogs for them to at least
growl a few.
Coming down to the facts in the case
Roome could be spared less than any other
member OF the team except possibly Forbes.
and Biglow. Roome and Forbes are valuable
in rushing the ball when ground must be
gained. and Roome is u tower of strength
on the defence. Not only that but he is the
best punter on the squad. and Yale Is none too
strong in that department. Also he is clever
cuts a big, figure this year. However. il is
drilled in this trio k. With more than one
man capable Of doing it the other side is less
likely TO- anticipate it. With Veeder and
sammy Morse to give feeble limitations of
booting the ball In Roome's absence, with
posing line occasionally and with Tad Jones
to totter back with caught punts once in a
while it is possible that Yale may yet escape
ago when big Cadwalader, the only centre in
sight, broke his collarbone, yet Yale dragged
herself through a game with Princeton and
won. 0 TO 0.
Marked aptitude has been shown by Cali
fornia students in the Rugby game. aptitude
which colleges generally would show did they
not prefer their own game. The rugby
team OF Leland Stanford University defeated
the Pomona team the other day by a score Of
20 10 o. This is a big score for Rugby. lt is
TO be assumed from the onesidedness of the
score that Pomona was outclassed, but even
so Leland Stanford has not been at Rugby
long and must have learned a good deal to
run up 20 points. Twenty-siX points repre-
sent six tries and four goals in this game.
A try counts three points. and a try con-
verified into a goal counts five 20 ints. A try
is equivalent to our touchdown. and had
the same amount of scoring been done in the
American game the result would have been
"a to o, or four touchdowns with goals and
two touchdowns without goals. Says the
Los Angeles Times of the Stanford Pomona
contest;
by the bleachers. although in an entirely
who have followed the games of rugby that
have been. played in the city In the past two
but IL is equally well established that the
game does S MOI arouse the lighting spirit that
than baseball or other recognized popular
The New Zealand team made "a points
against a scrub team in Brooklyn last winter.
i IL not TO be supposed that the Californians
odeans in rugby. but evidently they are apt
pupils.
The strong stand made by West Point
against Harvard probably has served 10
make the soldiers more highly regarded than
the Navy for their annual battle this year.
West Point gives promise of having one Of the
hest elevens i ever turned OUT, possessing a
heavy and active line and good ground gain
ing backs: but the soldiers have nothing on
the midshipmen when il comes to a fine show
ing against a strong opponent. II il only a
few weeks since that the Navy held Prince
ton TO a 5 10 o score. which is as good as West
Points 5 to o against Harvard. So on that
score il is a standon between West Point and
But whatever their previous form, there
is an element OF expected
de v%elopments and scrambles-in Army-Navy
games. which are more upsetting TO form
than in any other game of the year. There
was less Of this in last years game and more
consistent clinginR to system than in pre-
ceding encounters between the two academies,
recent years between them. In most foot
ball games under the old rules ten minutes
but the new football reduces this element OF
chance to the other side. Following out this
characteristic tendency for sudden changes,
will, this year be all the more picturesque.
at Franklin Field for this years Army-Navy
game, 4 stand may be erected AT the west
TO hold 5000 persons. The Army and Navy
need more tickets for those in the service
who want to see the game.
Although sometimes referred to as little. I"
the weights Of tGe Amherst players show a
nearly 100 pounds and the backfeld not far
from $50 pounds. That il a heavier backneld
ha!tback. $50; WiGgins. halfback. l75; Allchin,
halfback. III; Atwood. fullback. $50: Conley.
quarterback. 100; Beach. Quarterback, l52
Gilderslee We. centre. 225, Smith. guard. POS.
Graves. guard. ls9: Osborne. guard. 1914
Leadbetter, guard, 1856: Mccoy, tackle, 1855;
Kilbourne, tackle, 1893: Mulry, tackle, ls5
Crook. end. 100; ClouEh, end, 1855; Keating,
end. 10; SPRING, end, 1853.
At Olympic Field. I36th street and Mad,son
avenue Tomorrow. the fourth game in the
annual series between Dewitt Clinton High
School and High School Of Commerce will
be played, beginning at , O'Clock. The rival
school eleVens have good records. Only
four points have been scored against Dewitt
Clinton and only six against Commerce.