New-York tribune., 1906-11-12

At1 ~ ~ ANO
menace to Yale If the ball can be carried ihto
the Blue territory on Saturday 1t is generally
conceded that the Tigers have advanced further
in the new football than any other team IN the
East There are great power and finish IN the
attack, and efforts being made 10 strengthen
1t every day. Princeton accepted the new ruIeS
| Immediately and at once began TO develop their
possibilities in which she was aided Dy soIh0
great material. There have been eleventh @ hour
shifts in the team. but they do not seem ~ ma ~ o
affected the team play. 1t would seem una '.e
coaches are not quite settled I'm their minus as
20 the best combinations, but the team
TO progress remarkably each week. Daub proven
that he is a good man in the lhe' and VII
probably he found in the lineup against lale s
in Stanard's place, the coaches seem To prefer
Herring at tackle on the defence III IL cour rtLiIs
danger, however. to make Herring 90 oouDte
out of the West Point game in daZed c9nul-
ton. The Tigers could i'll spare TINS cleVcr
quarterback and brilliant field general
Harvard made steady progress last week In
rounding out her team. was plainly shown in
the game against the Carlisle Indians. In spite
of some shortcomings the eleven left favor
able impression as II ran off the field. even
though victory was earned only by a score of
5 to O. The score does not show the full measure
OF Harvards superiority over the Indians. and.
If the improvement continues. victory over Yale
together on the attack and showed skill in the
OF the forward pass and other plays pos
sibe under the code The defence. too, was
resourceful and sturdy in marked contrast 10
that shown against West Point. Starr. who lost
his place at quarterback TO Newhall, showed re-
markable ability an end rusher and solved
a problem that has been worrying the Harvard
coaches all the season. Time after time on Sat-
urday he solved the play of the opposing team
and quickly put an end to an advance hy quick
sharp tackng. He can now be counted on to
take good care of one end of the line Wendell
earned more fame a reliable ground gamer
He alone of the backs could make any impress
sion against the Indians defence. and he was
rarely found wanting when called on TO carry
the ball.
The making of a quarterback continues to be
the absorbing problem for the Pennsylvania
coaches. They working over two men,
Kenath and Lawrence. and 1t is hard to say
who will be the final choice for the Michigan
and Cornell games. To show the extremity to
which Pennsylvania Is reduced, it is only neces-
sary to say that neither up to Saturday
had ever played in a regular college game
Lawrence seems to have the call. and was used
against Lafayette. He is a fair quarterback
but far from great Pennsylvania showed
decided improvement against Lafayette. al
though the team had to be satisfied with a tie
game. On the whole the game was as good as
a victory and it remains for the coaches to de-
velop the team as whole now that the make
bali at Pennsylvania has the makeup of the
varsity been in such unsettled condition
so late in the season This is partly due TO hav
ing promising candidates put out of the game
on account of injuries and the lack Of suitable
material to take their place. but il is also due
IN large measure to indecison in determining
the relative ability of the material available
With so much experimenting it has been tulpos
sfble for the eleven to be properly drilled in
team play essential to success, particularly
under the code. Clean accurate handling
of the ball only be acquired by constant
practice and in this respect the Quakers have
been deficient. Last, but not least Pennsylvania
has been slow TO give up the old for the new
and failing TO appreciate the possibilities of the
open game, finds itself as the season draws to
have made full use of those plays which this
year spell success. Much hard work may yet
Cornell. but the outlook Is not encouraging even
for the most ardent supporters of the eleven.
1t is unfortunate that. with New York Univer-
sity the only college of intercollegiate promi-
nence playing football in New York at the pres
ent time. its authorities have not seen ht to
take advantage of the opportunity offered to
them. For five years the alumni Of the local
college have endeavored to secure the adoption
of some settled system of coaching and definite
athletic policy. Their efforts have been sys-
tematically discouraged by the university
thorites, and as result there is at present an
apparently irremediablo split between the ath-
letic alumni and their college. The undergrad
yates, unguided by the counsel of the older men.
have adopted system each year, with the
result that each coach has TO teach the
men given to him his methods and make them
forget what they have learned the previous sea-
Until such methods are abandoned, and the
alumni are given voice in athletic affairs. it
will be impossible to produce teams at New York
University worthy of the institution, which itself
furnishes example of what systematic coach
ing can do in its championship gymnastic team.
Although three weeks of the football
still left, championship for the season of 1905
has heen decided. Virginia, by defeating George
town University Saturday. in Washington. by
score of II TO 0. won clear title to the cham
pionslip Of the South. Virginia did not meet the
University of North Carolina this year. owing
a disagreement over eligibility rules but George
town defeated the Carolnians before playing the
University of Virginia
The lineup of the team that won the champion
Cooke left tackle; Vaughn. left guard; Cloth. CEN
tire; Spear and Williams. right guards; Dabney and
Woods: right tackles; Madden. right end: Ran
dolph. quarterback; Johnson (captain). left half
,ly. rfrl,t oaIf