Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-11-28

uit piouuDiiil!, LII TIE annual meeting
oil the Army and Navy eleyens at
Philadelphia. Lovers of the sport,
and thc.r name is legion. are also
looking forward 10 the struggle be.
tween pennsylvania and Cornell to-,
day, struggle which promises TO bel
one OF the most stubborn, brilliant and
hard Fought of n football year that
| mas been replete with stirring and
sensational battles. The season for
/ yale and Harvard ended last Satur.
Jay, ana FOR Princeton the week be
iore. Most of the other elevens have
broken training also so that with
only two or three important games
left all football eyes will be turned
10 Philadelphia this week. Never nor
maps has season been more fruit.
{ fui OF high class football, for which
inc revised rules are largely respon
sioie. The various games have been
liercely contested, but clean and free
rom unnecessary roughness and any
Intentional violation of the spirit OF
inc code. This is cause for congrat
uiation. FOR 1t bespeaks moro healthy
condition and longer life for the
greatest OF college sports. Much OF
n ,ne credit Tor this happy condition
opioiss 10 the central board of of.
nuia's OF the football rules committee
auu me capable men appointed to
reieree and umpire the games h,i
much also belongs to tho coaches
VINO instilled the proper spirit In thei,
charges. and to the PLAYERS them.
serves for not forgetting in the heat
oil oil strife that they were sportsmen'
.here have been MANY penalties In.
nic.ed this year. two or three for
smuggling, others for offsIde plov
anu holding. but SO far the Important
'iias seen in most OF the important
games piayad there has been hacking
70 marked degree that little bit or
holding, that little bit of ofrsido NAV
mat little bit of starting before Tho
paii was snapped, which was enconr.
asea and went unpublished to n largo
eN'ent two years ago, and for which
the chief remedy lay in the concbos
and players themselves. mo rev,eea
'iuies have improved the game. tho
De''er spirit has improved It more.
Ya'e's Well Deserved Victory.
faie well deserves the football,
championship OF 1907. Th, ele,.ar
Was developed slowly but surelu
a.ohs INES which made the nlost 81
me good material on hand. and Tho
men met every call and filled ,.verv
..squirement III 4 way that will maLa
me team long remembered as team
harvard was no easy foe ON Sntur
uaN. and it was only football braina
.eduy resourcefulness and concertod
.eam play that made victory possihio
Not one man. not two men hnt
men playing rs one, was Responsible
.or tno proud place Yale holds in n
ioo.pali season that has been nro
tuctIne OF many strong elevens. Can.
a., piSeiow mas earned a warm placa
~ cue heart OF Yole men. lie ia
,boas,i ol inc warmest praise and
III" ives, congratulations. as are also
nG rie'en Knox, the head coach
, ms many assistants, and every
h G.noer OF the second eleven. OF
Mnich 1t is said. and truly. "Tbev
also serve who only maze ~ , ne!
Yale beat Harvard on Saturd,r y.
cause individual brilliancy and indi.
vidnal effort were no match for ,aam,
oriiiiancy and team effort. Harvard
was strong, surprisingly stropp for =
.ealh mat only the week before was
~ paaiy beaten by Dartmouth. md
tor that reason Yale's crownInp OF.
lort was more TO her credit. In Soma
| .sspects the team did not apenr IN
play SO well as it did in the second
nai against Princeton, but n cIoso,
.palysis OF the game indicates clearly
uiat tnere was always 'sometnins In
| reserve, even as was shown b,. tbo
stand under tho shadow of her own
goal line in the last few minutoe ~
play. A'''''es Oh
Harvard's GOOD Brace.
| me Harvard team rose IN .hr n,
easlon as few Harvard teams have
uohe III the past. and it was WORTHY
y. ,ne nearly support 1t got before
uuring and after the game from Iyor.
YARD men. There were flashes nj
lstrehgth even greater than Yole
showed, but only flashes, and thers
was lacking the finish to make n
championship team. Wendell wac n
most III himself, and Newhal. McDon.
aid ana Starr were conspicuous In
many brilliant plays. Newball was
caiied on to do double duty. and he
acquitted himself nobiy. Ho not
only showed keen generalshlp. blu,
pnhted well and tackled like a fiend
re did not suffer in comparison with
Iad Jones. and that is saying eood
deal Campbell worked wonders with
the Harvard ends. Mcdonald and
STAR. They covered punts SO we'll
.nat rad Jones signaled for a fair
eaten three times in his own terri.
Tory knowing he could not escape
OF get away from his unual dasbine
runs In the open. Harvard improved
ner ranking by the stubborn fight
she made against ale, but it will moi
be SO high as the men individually
were worthy.
a word must be said for Dartmouth
Like Yale, the eleven is unbeaten this
Year. and Won a victory from Har
ward one week before the Yale game