Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-11-06
THE NEXT BIG GAMES
Contests on the Gridiron
Saturday Are Enough to
Drive the Expert
Crazy

Tho time was. and not so long ago,
when the midseason games of the
leading football clevens were interest
Ing chiefly as showing the gradual
development OF those teams up 10 the
socalled championship struggles.
Now. thanks to the revised rules and
q more general knowledge of the
sport, the midscason games have an
interest apart from this--thc interest
OF real contest with the outcome
in doubt until the last scrimmagc. In
the old days the question was OF the
score. to large extent. up to the
meeting of Yale and Princeton. Yale
and Harvard. Harvard and Pennsylva.
mia or West Point and Annapolis, but
now the question is of the result
After the games on Saturday ana
the ones the week before the follow
|ers OF the sport, and their name Is
legion are asking and with good rea-
son: Can Harvard hope to beat the
Carlisle Indians " "Will Brown hum
Die Yale?" Can West Point hol,,
Cornell. which beat the Tigers?" will
Amherst give Princeton n surprise?
Can the Navy hold It's own against
Swarthmore?" will Pennsylvania
State defeat pennsylvania, as it die:
Cornell?" The one who could answe.
these questions would be prophet
that would not be without honor In
his own country. These games, which
will be played on Saturday, are in.
vested with remarkable interest. II
the Carlisle Indians profit from defeat
rs did Cornell and Princeton Harvard
may not be able to boast of victory
over the alert redskins. Brown will
be a worthy focman for Yale. The
Providence team outplayed Harvard
to n large extent on Saturday, al
though beaten by Il score OF 6 to 8.
and will be the Latter for that exper,
fence. Yale should win. but Yule will
have to play better football than she
did against Washington and Jefferson.
The strategy. resourcefnness and
vigilance OF the men OF Princeton were
too much for the fast. cunning. versa
tila Indians on Saturday. anu Carlisle
lost some OF the prestige gained at
the expense of Pennsylvania the week
before. Those who saw both games
expressed the opinion that the Indians
failed utterly To play mp to the form
they showed against the Qnakers
This may have been due in part to the
soggy. slippery field and the greasy
ball. which initiated against quick
|starting and accurate passing. for
which the indians have become ia.
nous. but it was due more to the
quick breaking through. sharp tack
ling and keen following of the ball ly
the Tigers. who were rarely at fault.
III the uncertain footing the Indians
could not make full use of their great
speed and artful lodging. but who can
saw that this would have awaited them
ON a dry field after the remarkable
show of speed and doubling of the
fleet Princeton backs OH that same
soggy field? The game showed one
thing. and in forceful way-Prince.
ton proiited by dcfent at the hands of
Cornell just as IT, was said in this col
umn that she would. The medicine
was bitter and hard TO swallow, but
title effect was magical The Yale
coaches on the side lines or in the
stands learned something which may
not be altogether encouraging at New
Haven. with the Yale.Princeton game
only two weeks off After the Tigers
were beaten at Ithaca Yale stock
went booming, but there should he
no overconidence at New Haven af.
ter Princeton's exhibition OF football
on Saturday. when some of her
strongest plays were not required and
consequently not used. The Tigers
are rather gloating also over the
scores-Yale. II; Washington and
Jefferson. o: Princeton, 40: washing
ton and Jefferson. 0. Comparative
scores are of little o. no value. but