The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-24
in THR FOOTBALL WORLD.
NEARLY A THIRD or THE ARMY
CADETS GO IN FOR GAME.
Alaska Represented On tho west Point
o en-Prlnceten's Evenly Balanced
Llne-Reversal Of Positions by the
Jones BrOthers-PractIce Of the Teams.

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to the candidates for the main squad by a
good deal. A bigger proportion Of students
at the Point play football than at any other
institution. A series Of class contests has
been arranged and what with the candidates
for these and for the academy team there are
100 boys who are playing the game. nearly
a third Of the whole number. With the large
number Of players the game Is far from re-
stricted to those who excel in physique. The
100 myers include many sizes and weights.
After the game with Williams and the varsity
PLAYERS had rome to their dressing rooms
there was a rush Of class players to thescrub
gridiron. and they frolicked around on the
field until after dark. They were there for
the purpose Of learning the game. but they
were ha wing fun.
Football 10 ged at West Point, where
the powers that be believe in II. The en-
couragement Of athletic sports In the army
is general. and there are football elevens Of
enlisted men In a good many army posts.
The men to teach the privates are the ofhcers
who have learned 1t at West Point, and in
order that the privates may get this teaching
IL IL the idea atWest Point to send out as many
onioers as possible from the academy with
sufficient experience and knowledge Of foot
ball to teach II. The tea cheers do not neces-
sarily have to have made the academy team.
What Is wanted Is that they have an inteni-
gent knowledge Of It. Not a little first class
material Is discovered among the enlisted
men. In a post game last fall the centre on
one side was a private and on the other
Lieut.. Upton, who at West Point in 1904 was
an All America centre. Upton. doubtless.
was not on edge for laying as he was when
at the Point. but In any event his opposite put
II over MIN.
There are two red heads on this years
West Point. one Erwin. a veteran who plays
guard, and the other Pullen, a youth OF. a
trihing Ie4 pounds. Pullen was appointed
from Alaska. coming from nearer to the
Arctic zone than any other football player
~extant. except Carlisle's Esquimau centre.
The Princeton squad looks TO be stronger
in material than any Nassau has had In six
or eight years. IL il a powerful and active
lot Of men that make up the varsity team.
The line from tackle to tackle has the merit
Of being evenly balanced. Individually,
both Harvard and Yale have men who excel
their immediate opposites In the Princeton
line, but neither looks to have the even dis
tribution Of strength of the Tiger quintet.
Cooney, Stannard. II. Dillon, Rheinstein and
Herring compose an aggressive, solid gfoup.
wide Of shoulder. deep OF chest and firm in
muscle. The world Is ours" they seem to
soy when they come out on the field. These
qua lities alone won't win against big rivals
should the latter possess superior aLertness,
speed and knowledge Of iine points, but those
are points which Princeton knows the value
of.
The Princeton ends do not quite measure
up TO the rest of the line, but Wister Ii inn
proving right along, and II an end can be
made out Of Rulon-Mller the situation at the
extremities Of the line will be improved
mate rally. Rulon-Miler Is in the Henry
Dayis-Palmer class in speed. 10 looks as
IL the final backheld arrangement would be
f. Dillon at quarter. Harlan and Tibbott at
halves and Mccormick at fullback. Nc
Cormick is the only heavy one OF the four. but
the quartet represent versatility In ad-
vancing the ball. Dillon Is a will O. the wisp In
@ broken field. Mccormick hits a line hard
and takes his openings with precision, and
the other two are men who are likely TO slip
past a tackle or end any time. The four
S %orx With YSie's accomplished bsckaeld on
November II there will be q duel OF the backs
worth going miles to see.
Yale Is getting more sra oOthness between
her ends and quarterback in the handling
of forward passes and according. to nom
lately is doing better than anybody else, with
Sos,C SnSiSe XIII ls AiSStt ia a. s saS has S both1
other end. is a brother Of Quarterback Tad.
Both were on the varsity baseball team.
Now the order is reversed. Tad does the
throwing and Howard the catchlng, E0r-
ward passes are getting To- be more a IKE
or spit balls on the gridlron, but as practice
begets deXteTity in handling the leather.
are sne E hsrssT A With fuT more speed ssS "O sSi III they
go through the air. just, clearing the out
s snd %Ssn a tSsS 90 o. str NHdna- to the hS'e marx The
other side must needs be watchful and quick
as a panther to head on a run. Similarly.
on pedal profciehcy. not the, onsids kicks
that lift the ball high and far down the neld.
R Inne. The the 'S Kind That do not rise much higher
than a forward pass and which require ac-
curacy in placing and the vigilance OF a hawk
TO recover.
Games scheduled for to-day are % follows:
Annapolis va. Western Maryland, at Annapolis.
Gettys6arg vs.. Lebanon. al Gettysburg.
Edgar wrlghtington. Harvard. and John
Minds. pennsylvania will referee and umpire
respectively at the PrincetOn-COrnel game
next Saturday.
Criticism OF the ten-yard rule to the effect
/ thai il makes IL very difficult to gain ground
still crops out occasionally. What difference
hundred per cent. as a spectacle? The ten
yard rule and the neutral zone have wrought
that improvement FETtheT m the sa b pro3
sufficient to quite al the eye with shifting
action.
CAMBRIDGE, Oct. 22.-After two, DAYS OF
almost complete rest the Harvard varsity
football eleven mad O pretty nara hIternoOn 8
work to-day, Despite the warm weather
the men were put through two fifteen minute
halves against the second team,
The first half was devoted to offensive
work, and in 1t the varsity scored three touch
downs and forced the second to one safety.
The team was well together and showed. the
best speed Of the year. In the second half
when the varsity was put on the defensive
the second eleven was thrown back for a
loss oftener. than II gained. The scrub line
was so weak that all Of the forwards from
tackle to tackle were through on the man
with the ball before he could get under way.
Parker was back at centre on the varsity
for the first time In over q week, while Inches
again appeared at right tackle after a forced
absence on account OF a bad ankle, Durham
also got into the scTimmage again, playing
on the defence for the second team at left end.
Starr started at quarter on the varsity:
Pierce was out in togs, but his injury received
on Saturday allowed him TO do only very light
work, Kennard. one OF the promising ends.
was laid OF on account OF a slight iIlness
Apollonio had his .splintered bone taken out
OF the cast yesterday and will be out doing
his laps with the cripples in a day or two.
Leo Leary. left end on the team last fall,
was out in toys to-day, assisting Bowditch
the men in going down under, punts IN the
preliminary work, and followed them during
the scrimmage.