New-York tribune., 1907-11-04

fair substitute for him. Dillon, at quarterback,
showed once more that he has few if any equals
in running back the ball in a broken field and
ms generaIship was quite up 10 the standard.
lie slows up at times in getting his plays
started, but on the whole drives his team well.
i cannot subscribe to the opinion of q prom
inent Princeton man that Dilon's judgment is
poor. He showed to far better advantage than
Mount Pleasant, clever quarterback and need
only fear Tad Jones. of Yale, for place on the
An-American eleven. Tibbott found himself
Saturday, and hereafter should have first call
over Read right hafback. His playing
a revelation not only the offence, where he
has always been strong, but the defence,
where heretofore he has hardly been up to the
required standard. Harlan played his usual
fast heady game. Some of his punts lacked
distance, but they were we'll placed that IL
made little no difference. Brown appeared
TO outplay Wister the end, but the latter is
one of the surest handlers Of the forward pass
on the gridiron and he had no opportunity to
shine in this respect on Saturday. Princeton
did not use this play in a single instance.
Princeton has a strong team, and pretty close
TO a championship team. judging from its play
on Saturday.
It was clearly demonstrated last year. and
has been emphasized this that a good punter
and a reasonably sure drop kicker are more
essential under the revised rules of football
than under the old code Kicking is now de-
pended on to a large extent as means of ad-
vancing the ball, whereas in the old game kick
ing was only resorted to when all other means
failed. 1t follows OF course, that clean han
ding Of the ball is of vital importance as there
are easily three four times as much punting
and On-side kicking there previous TO
last season, and a tumble is likely to lead to a
score and decide game. This has been Illus
trated in a number of cases this year. Har-
ward scored a touchdown and beat Annapolis
when Lange juggled a punt; Harvard also beat
the Springfield Training School by a well placed
goal from the field; Dartmouth defeated Amherst
in the same manner; Hauser, the Carlisle Indian
fullback, helped materially to pile up the score
against Pennsylvania by two clever goals from
placement. while Too much Norhis' was the
way The Cornell Sun described the victory
Of Pennsylvania State the IthaCans,
Vorhis scored two drop kicks from the field.
These are only some of the cases that might
be mentioned to show how necessary to a team
are two three reliable punters and drop
kickers. The new game has certainly opened
the way to a scientific development of this
branch of the sport. and those teams which ap-
preciate the possibilities of the on-side, quar-
terback and drop kick and realize the neces-
sity Of building up the proper defence for a
kicking game are the ones which will show the
best record when the season is over. All the
leading teams may realize this. perhaps, but
some are behind others in making full use of it,
Loose handling Of the ball led to scoring and
the winning even of championship games under
the old rules, but the opportunities far
greater now and must be guarded against
Among the football letters received last weel,
was one signed yale, '0I," in which the writer
took me to task for referring to the weakness
Of the Cornell ends-a weakness that has been
In evidence in several games this season. In
speaking Of the Cornell-Princeton game he says:
Il witnessed the contest at ithaca along with
several other disinterested ex-players, and the
work Of the Cornell ends. especially Watson
was one of the most gratifying features of the
game. They played q spirited, aggressive
never-say-die article OF football and were so
credited by all critics excepting yourself Wat
son was equally capable as WiSter and if
anything played a header and more perceptive
game, especially in the first half Van Orman
was far superior TO Brown in diagnosing at
tack, and up to the time of his injury in the
second half. played a fine, consistent game"
Van Orman and Watson deserved all credit
for the game they played, but judging from
the reports from Ithaca last week it looks as If
the coaches were willing TO take q desperate
chance TO strengthen the ends by moving
ORourloe, one OF the best tackles in the coun-
try from position he plays well to the end
OF the line Later it may be necessary to re-
wise my opinion Of the Cornell ends
Harvard seems to have team which does not
wake UP TO its fun strength until defeat is i'm
minent. The Crimson eleven beat the Spring
field Training School after il had been scored
on, and again on Saturday victory had to be
pulled out of the fire, 10 speak as Brown
made her touchdown first. This speaks well for
Harvard and the team may be q better ono
than the scores indicate. The eleven needs a
lot Of polishing, however. before the Yale game
on November % 1t was q credit to beat Brown
for Brown has the strongest eleven in its his
tory. in the opinion OF the writer The Provi-
dence eleven knows football and has earned q
forward place in the ranking for the season.
The Yale team did notsmake a favorable i'm
preston on Saturday against Washington and
Jefferson, but it is safe to say that there will
be waking up for her three remaining games
against Brown, Princeton and Harvard all Of
which she hopes and expects to win. There
were lacking Saturday the usual fire. dash
and aggressiveness Of Yale teams but this
meant little or nothing under the circumstances
as Yale must have the occasion in order to rise
to it. It begins to look as If Brides was a fixt-
ure at end, but it would be no surprise If he
was found at tackle in the Princeton game with
Howard Jones at end. The work of the team
Will be watched with particular interest this
week. HEPREpSr