The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-12
In THE FOOTBALL WORLD.
SATURDAYS GAMES GAVE NO DE-
CISIVE LINES on TEAMS.
Hopeful signs for Harvard In Contest with
Indians Tigers scoring Power Not I'm
Evidence at west Point yale wakes
I'D M0mentarily-The Nays Brace.

Up Momentarily- The Nays Brace.
II Princeton can beat Dartmouth AZ to o.
Dartmouth can beat Amherst Z to 0, and
Yale can beat Amherst only 10 to 0. what
chance hss Yale against Princeton? On the
other hand. Princeton, outside OF two goals
from the 1eld-which are unreliable things
70 trust in in reckoning chances for future
games-did not do as well In the scoring
line against the Army as Yale did. Both
Harvard and Yale made a touchdown at
West Point. which is more than Princeton
could do. at least more than Princeton did
do. II Princeton. satisfied with eight points.
did not disclose her hand appearances were
deceptive. The Tigers may have been mask
ing their strength. II so they were capable
actors. They certainly gave a splendid
imitation Of a team trying its hardest,
Saturdays games did not bring out any
thing decisive in supplying a line on the
respective strength Of the big teams. What
ever ideas one has OF the pronounced
superiority or weakness Of one or the other
OF the topnotchers. they are ideas that he
formed before last saturday, for the results
on that day did not clarity the situation to
any extent. Harvard showed more indi-
cations OF coming strength than any Of them.
The great rushing power that Princeton has
been credited with did not materialize against
the soldiers. but then West Point IL the rock
on which they all split. Pennsylvania
brace was not sufficient to do more than draw
with Lafayette. though Lafayette IL strong,
and there we're signs of more football sense
on the Quakers' part, Yale's game against
Brown was still frail in offence and did not
show encouraging Improvement over the
West Point form. Failure to get together.
lack Of football instinct and ability to dag
nose plays. tendency to raggedness in actual
conflict after better work in practice; these
faults Yale again showed. But there was
nDa afraak of ONaOaiya work Inv Vale which.
while IL lasted. was the strongest bit OF con-
tinuous ground gaining shown by any team
on saturday. That was when the ball was
rushed irresistibly down the field for a touch
down. and in that solitary stretch OF sus-
tanned rushing is a glimmer Of hope for the
Blue.
President Eliot Of Harvard saw the Grim
son and the Indians battle, and whatever
may he his private opinions OF the revised
football he saw a lively. stirring. interesting
and clearly played game, There were one or
two times when opposing players were on
the verge Of getting overloaded and becOm-
ing needlessly rough. but they were checked
quickly. The game was Capably handled ny
the oricials. and az usual this year moved
along with "A scarcity OF delay of any sort.
As has been told, Harvard's defence was
more consistent then her offence. a condition
likely to prevail under the ten yard rule.
Once Harvard rose to the occasion in fine
style, Indt Dtllk NnSn sue NldUlUeu lUIbuSN
twenty yards for a touchdown just after
Wendell had made his long run. Later,
when Harvard was fifteen yards from the
Carlisle goal, the sharp concentrating and
vim that characterized the plays productive
OF the touchdown we're missing. One half
of Harvard's back field was efficient: the other
half was not. There we're dash and FIRE in
the playing OF Newhall and Wendell. bur
slow. unconvincing work by lockwood and
Lincoln. Doubtless there will be a quicken
ing Of the back field when Capt. Foster re-
sumes playing. The ground gaining ability
shown by Princeton in the second half against
Cornell still remains the best that any big
team has done thus far.
The best end play done on an Eastern
gridiron this year was in the Harvard Carlisle
contest. Those who did it were Starr Of
Harvard and EXendine Of Car isle. There
were several details in which Harvard showed
most promising football and one Of them was
in following the ball. There was a wide
awakeness about the Harvard players. There
Was a clipper. cheerful. hustling air about
them that was pleasing to observe. starr
was the liveliest hustler Of all. Tie covered
puuts splendidIy and was pretty reliable IN
his tackles. He was all over and had the
faculty Of being in the right spot. He was
on the right sDot for forward passes. knew
just when TO turn and Just when TO slow up
and take the pass. lie was a tireless young
man. for what with getting down unde
Tmnts chasing forward passes and onside
kicks and attending I o his duties in tho line.
he also played back often on the defence
10 catch punts. Exendine was not rs con
havoc With Harvard formations in scrim-
images. He sized up plays quickly was q
hard man to put out Of the way and time and
again nailed the runner behind the %latter's
own line. And when he, tackled he put his
we're good at that. They missed tackles
more than they should have, but they slammed
the runner toward his own goal line when
4 number of opportunities to run back
punts further than they were, run back were
they persisted in trying zIgzag Journeys.
Libby and Mount Pleasant we're speedy and
hall. but instead Of trusting 20 their speed
to take them on a detOur past the incoming
tacklers they would try TO stop and dodge
the Harvard men coming down the field were
blocked on. but the indian with t9e ball
darted IN another direction and ran into a
tackler.
ness and charging would not hurt the Harvard
line. For the most part the line was steady
on the Offence rather than agile, y needs
ball is put in play. u moved lrreguIaTly.
az witness a tendency, on the part of one or
stronger than the left. Macdonald at left
end was disposed 70 run Wild. that Is, sort Of
what TO do and how 10 do it that starr dis
PLAYED. lie and the man alongside Of him,
Osborne, appeared 70 be. the unsteadies'
points IN the Harvard rush line.
The fake kick on which Wendell shot through
and tore his way for sixty yards came Just
after n delay in which Hunt. the Indian centre,
was laid up for repairs. Hunt walked around
= bit TO recuperate. and as soon a. the teams
lined up "A play was directed AZ him, Wendell
went through on n fake kick and went through
hard. The Indians had n rather wide de-
fence. They apparently were fooled as to
who had the ball. and IT may have been that
Hunt Vas not quite himself after the knock
he had received, II II was part Of the n dian
plan TO watch out for mufcd punts, the plan
did not work. because Harvard " as the quicker
Of the two AT recovering the ball. The Indians
did some Of the prettiest breaking through
seen in many y hay Dillon and WaSeuka
frequently ripped the Harvard front line
apart and disrupted the Harvard plays before
they had time for forming
West Point has got The jump on. every
big team II has met. Princeton included
Princeton's attack was fast In starting. but
this was discounted by the quick charging
Of the cadets. This game rallied attention
10 the fact that Eddie Dillon X the most con
spicuOus unit Of all the Princeton units. His
generalship. watchfulness and running 10 OF
punts are most helpful equipments In the
Princeton machine. He knows how TO make
the best Use OF the resources OF material and
tactics at his command. II was stated last