The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-17
IN THE FOOTBALL WORLD.
QUAkERS STILL HAVE FAITH IN
DEFENSIVE FORMATION.
Light schedul for To-day -~Bucknell's stin
Programme Criticism 0g PrlncctOn's
work Against the Midshlpmen open
Play BY the Nassau Frcshmen-Practice.

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Only Pennsylvania Of the big cole &c teams
has a game scheduled for to-day. The period
OF midweek contests practically ends to-day.
though the Navy has a Wednesday game
booked for next week as we'll as this. To-day
the Pennsylvanians will meet U~rsinus. a team
which Lafa yette disposed Of summarily. One
thing that the coaches will watch closely will
be the much criticized defensive formation
which sends the centre back and lea YES a
wide gap in the middle OF the line. The
Quaker coaches are by no means convinced
that the fault is with the system. Althoug h
Swarthmore made big gains through the in
viting looking aperture at centre. the gains
were not consistent, and the coaches think the
men may have been more 20 blame than the
plan. The Quakers had not much practice
in stopping centre plays, and the formation
will be thoroughly tried before any change
Ia made. Yale, according to reports, has
been widening out her defence. so there are
others besides the Quakers who think gaps in
the line do not necessarily mean that the
gaps will exist by the time the other side
reaches them. A change has been made in the
Pennsylvania schedule. whereby Lafayette
will be pla yed on Franklin Field on Novem-
Der 10 and Gettysburg on November 3. Good
for Gettysburg. Its team has the glory OF
having pla yed a tie game with the Quskers
on October 3 and isn't afraid TO take a chance
OF being walloped In a second encounter.
A pretty scrap is promised this afternoon
when the Yale and Brown freshmen lock
horns. The Eli freshmen are feeling their
oats. They began by beating Pratt Institute
and then hung the Andover scalp to their
belts. To-day's schedule follows:
Pennsylvania VS.. Ursinus. at Philadelphia.
Annapolis VS.. st. Johns College, at Annapolis.
Wesleyan va. Massachusetts, AgHles, at Middle
town.
Yale freshmen VS.. Brown freshmen. at New
Havcn.
The harder the better seems to have been
the idea with the powers that he at Bucknell
in the arranging Of the schedule. Nobody
can accuse the Bucknell folks OF looking for
soft spots and IL Bucknell can win half Of Ia
games II will be doing very we'll indeed. The
season opened with a stif anne Cornell being
the opposition, and next Saturday comes a
battle equally severe, the opponents being
nobody else than the powerful Princeton
Tigers. A week later Bucknell will grRpple
with the Navy team; then comes the University
of Virginia. which has been sweeping all ad-
versaries aside. and a week after that comes
the team OF the Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
which cut a wide swath on the gridiron last
year. The West Point team is to be played
on November II and the Baltimore Medical
eleven on November "a. The latter Is an I'M
known quantity. but granting that it Ia not a
strong team it. ia the only game in the entire
schedule of which that can be said.
President s vain in announcing that n holl-
day had been granted TO the SW arthnore stu
dents TO celebrate the victory over Pennsylva-
mia had this TO say: Il think the occasions
are very rare when the regular work OF the
holidays are granted they must Justify them
selves on the ground OF the welfare OF both
first time in the history OF the college that the
Swarthmore football, team has defeated the
University OF Penniyivsnis 40 not Eel that
this holiday and on the whole l arm inclined
10 believe they will use i well, IL was a clean.
sports could properly take exceptions The
game was free from any unnecessary roughness
WhSteysr to the swarthmoTe team. ali the
eleven players remaining In The play through
out the game: II is unusual that the team is
two seniors and three from each OF the other
classes"
The fact that Jack Gates and Burr Chamber
lain. former Yale players had been COACHING
any the less DESTROYS Of pilinS up the points
against the Navy team last Saturday. The
Princeton team L husky and TTgsed; much
impr ession but not in reality. for the Daily
Prlncstorid n says the sailors were but sli Ghtly
being the case, there H. nothing spirtuelle or
fragile IN the physical front presented by
play in the first half 10 that il was very dis
organized and there was little team work.
on the offence the line Sas unable TO b make
ing opponents on kicks. There was loose
interference for end runs. and the backs
OF tackle. Poor Judgment was used in choos-
ing. plays. and there was a lack OF ginger
shown in the Lehigh game. In the second
half the team braced in every department.
The a6 ,n prinsstS OF tb 6se7Ss saSisr rae p EsMe T tSs
stuck to old style football. line %plunges and
O-1.. AV,.La xwklIa NhA o1tn ID M a A m In na
made excellent use Of the new rules to benefit
by open field tactics.
NEW HAVEN, Oct. Io.-Breaking up Of for
ward passes and defensive practice made up
the bulk q ths wgrE imposed ON the J6 yale
siiSnsiIiISs Tsa BIZ return ST o = PR BsAs seTSb Hy s q :snSs.
AGAIN mA h either in hailed tie Tuh nUt or got The
ball or. this pass; Alcott. the other opposite
and the scrubs gained little by the play or
Forbes and Hockenberger did not show up
Roome got into. the signal work that came
ahead Of the scrimmage and seemed to 90 as
hhaifSarcsk' But Ne follo%sd all the plays as
Improvement in the work. OF the Yale ends
and the apparently successful manner OF STEP
pi On the defence the varsity again. to-day
demonstrsted that il is rapidly swinging into
a realization OF what IL needed and how to
get there. There was little hesitancy seen in
diagnosing attacks and less In smashing them.
ITHACA. Oct. .Ie.-Hard work was resumed
this afternoon by the Cornell football squad
and the gates Of Percy Field were thrown open
to give the undergraduate a chance TO sea
the varsity In q scIimmage with the strong
freshman eleven. The youngsters proved q
hard proposition and the big fellows were able
TO score but one touchdown. In forty. minutes
OF play. The substitute backield played
throughout the game with Sailor and Corn.
wall, halfbacke: McCutcheon. fullback. and
PollAk and Gardner, quartz rbacks.. O'RouTke
was on the field but was kept out Offhe scrim.
mage. Newman was detained on the hill and
Mcnamara covered centre in his place, Prior
20 the scrimmageCoachWa Warner set the line pen
at work with the bucklng machine, aponder-
Gus framework Of wood with one padded side.
The guards and tackles were lined up In front
of this contrivance and charged against II
at a given signal The tacklinR dun my was
also In Use for a short time. T4usslg. again
had the ends in hand and they showed great
Improvement In getting down the field under
~punts.
CAMBRIDGE, Oct. B-After resting yester-
day the Harvard varsity eleven was put
through the hardest practice sCrimmaEe that
Il has had this year, The team worked well
together and played some snappy football.
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