The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-19
THREE Big
GAMES on
FOR TODAY
Penn : Brown, Yale Wesl
Point and Harvard. Navy
the Schedule.

The Harvard-Navy, Yale-West Point and
Penn. Brown games are todays important
contests, though In New Jersey there is
more than passing interest conferred In the
game between Princeton and Washington
Jefferson. The results will give the critics
the best basis for judging the comparative
merits OF the big teams thus far offered.
The Navy, West rcht and Brown are
teams If high calibre and a victory by any
one of them would not be a great sur
prise,
The Harvard-Navy game promises to be
particularly hard fought from start TO
finish. Harvard starts a substitute back
field, as does the Navy The offensive
ability of the two teams suffers In the
same proportion and the result should be
a fair test of their respective strength.
Harvard has Burr, a phenomenal kicker,
but no ends speedy enough to cover his
long kic',s. Captain Douglass, the Navy's
kicker, gets fine height and direction in
his punts, while the Nays ends are usual
ly down the field waiting to tackle. The
Navy should run back Harvard's punts
enough to offset Burr's superiority, II any,
in the kicking department. The Navy de-
Tense has been materially altered since the
Vanderbilt game. the result being a
marked improvement, ard the Crimson
may meet the same kind Of impregnable
line IldL SlOOu Ul 1IAllCChOh 81 AoSN
yea.
Navy Has Great Defense.
The Navy Is distinctly a defensive team
OF high class with enough forward passes
and on-side kicks to worry Harvard con-
slderably. Both teams lack frst-class sub
stitute backs, and it looks as though the
game will soon develop into a kicking
duel between the Try giant and the
Navy captain, and If so some misplay In
the baclxfleh may decide the contest.
Yale always receives a scare at West
Point. Many a team that Is afterward
very strong has escaped defeat at the
hands of the doughty soldiers by the
smallest of margins. Such Yale teams as
Gordon Browns and George Chadwick's
were forced 10 play hercely hard to escape
defeat. Jim Hogan's eleven was beaten
by the Army, but afterward Yale defeae-
ed Princeton and Harvard Somehow the
Army field has grown to be the place
where Yale plays very poorly. The cadets
always give the Blue first-class football.
And this year, under Yale coaching
methods. with Bob Forbes in charge. the
Army should be especially well prepared
to give hard battle to Yale.
The Army has played very short haiVes
In games to date, and this fact may ac-
count for their low scores. Last year a
heavy schedule in midseason proved too
hard. and may have been a factor in rem
dering the Army easy prey for the Navy.
This season West Point is developing
elowly with Il view to reach top form on
November 60. A well-developed attack
from the Army is not looked for today.
Yale has made strides during the past
fortnight, having shown glimpses of real
football form which, when perfected,
should establish an effective offense. De
fensively, the true value of Yale's ability
may be fully seen.
Penn. Has Strong Opponent.
Pennsylvania meets in Brown the strong
est team in New England barring Har-
ward and Yale. Practically her last years
team returned to college. When 1t Is re-
called how near Brown came to defeating
Harvard and Yale last autumn the power
Of the team is apparent. pennsylvania
will be. hard pressed to defeat Brown ana
must keep an eye on the heet-footed May
hew. Browns halfback. Pennsylvania is
better in punting and in handling forward
passes. Browns puntS are short ana eN-
ceedingly low, and some of these should be
blocked. The Quakers will not enter the
game Understanding their opponents, ana
the Pennsylvania coaches will be fully
satisfied If they win even by a SINAI score
Princeton meets an inferior opponent in
Washington and Jefferson. and should have
no trouble In winning. The aggressive ma
ture OF the Tiger attack in the last two
weeks iustihes the belief that the Orange
and Black is developing into a great
eleven. But not until The Tigers meet Cor
nell at ithaca next Saturday can a strong
estimate of their ability be made.
Cornell has worked hard in preparation
for Pennsylvania state. The latter col
lege always has a frst-class eleven. The
players are well coached and use the for
ward pass very successfully. TIL game
promises to be stubbornly contested. 1t
gives Cornell an opportunity of seeing its
team tried out against a strong defense.
and a poor showing against the State team
would tend to destroy the hope for vic
tory over Princeton, that OF late has taken
on a considerably optimistic turn.