The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-10-30
In THE FOOTBALL WORLD
INDIANS No LONGER MERELY
MECH NICAL PLAYERS.

Three Teams. D~rtnsuta. Brown anal Car
lisic. TO Say Neahing as Vale. GettiAs
Ready to Down Harvard what gAfsy
etts Has Done Against Bsg Rivaps
The Indians have gradually assimilatec
tho genius Of football. says n close studen
81 the gridiron game. Formerly they
played mechanical. brainless football. do
what they had beer taught and nothing more
They now play with keen understs Dding
They are well grounded In the fundamental
Their tackling IL fierce. accurate and sharp
they are always with the ball: they tumble
but little and their catching OF punts IL N
the main good. They seem to have ac-
quired the ability to size up plays. which
they lacked some time ago and which con-
stitutes real football instinct and genius
Their offence is carefully planned and wei
executed"
This critic points out that in the Pennsyl.
Vania game Hauscr. the fullback, kicked two
goals from placement In scrimmages. There
n a heap Of difference between placement
kicking from q fair catch and from scrimnsge.
ana " goals OF the latter description In one
game are decidedly rare. The Indians seem
10 have been paying n good deal Of attention
10 this rom paratively neglected method OF
ACQUIRING points. though Yale has had IL In
mind and has been practising 10 some. u X
a matter Of history that the Indians have
developed several remarkable kickers that
H.. kiCkers Tor immediate points as dlstin-
guished from p~unters. hudson was one OF
the best drop kickers the game ever pro-
The history Of the kicking department of
football, should 1t ever be written. viii form
Dewitt Of Prinesson 0' for his fs' pS M,a ,s', nns
place kicking. Mitchell Of Yale as probably
the most accurate pun,er the game has
placed punts Brooke Of Pennsylvania for
hi. wonderful spirals. and the three Indians
The forward pass used 80 successfully by
the Indians Is modelled on lale's long pass
q last year: and IL IS somswhat singular that
according 70 the expert quoted above. the
!aturday Melted thirty-two yards. As to
The proportion 81 forward passes that are
sSinpis' T lss, Qua SstS OF sye y S1 ths P snns os = i !
passes were successful. while seven out OF
eighteen tried by the Indians went through.
Having gone through their schedule 40 far
with gratifying results. the Dartmouth
! 6Connor, the coach. ssys Dartmouth's show
ing In the Amherst game was much better
IN comparison TO Amherst's than the score Of
Is to 10 indicates and that the Harvard game
poor Harvard Not only Is Dartmouth @iay.
ing for the men Of Cambridge with fslonious
intent, but Brown Is scheming and D. sparing
to do things to the Crimson. the Indians are
on the Msrpa q, h for a SoHaS sap, and there
neiahborins province OF New Haven that
MANAGES the peace II mind of Capt. Parker's
plugging away and saying nothing. Doubt
less n she could win the Yale game the balm
from that feat would more than counter
balance any setbacks that may occur in be-
tween. Harvard has been u sort OF hoodoo
for the Indians the last two years. the %latter's
game not being up to its usual standard in
the Stadium and lacking in aggressiveness
and strategy, However. for nearly every
team there exists another team that is its pet
bugbear.
A Lafayette man calls attention TO the fact
that Pennsylvania Is not the only big eleven
thrice bitten the dust. once in 1897, when
Lafaye.te Won a to 5, and again in 1900. when
the Maroon ~vanquished the lthacans II to o.
Lafayette and Cornell have not pla yed in
plished by Lafayette was in 1898 when to-
game was played with the mighty Princeton
moiisheS Yale .. o O.. Barclay. Rhinehart.
Wslbridge. Bray and Yost were on. the Do
TEAM ,s and Brink sSn x. Iho hnsor who . ssP Ssnn 1.-the the
coaching at Lafayette. where he was taking
a special course. In view OF the Pennsyl-
following scores OF games between the two
are . timely topic. The Pennsylvania score
iissa' oes; iaoo, ia"S,; 1901. 1902 and 1909. mo-
games, 1904. 22-o. 1905. 60. 1908. 90.
NEW HAVEN. Oct. SN.-ln n neTcF tnlTtN-nNe
minute scrimmage today the Yale varsity
and scrubs fought almost TO a standstill. the
second team securing the only touchd9wn.
Hall. Burr thamb.riain. Billy Bull. Poster
Rockwell, Ralph Kinney and George Goss
fSslsisp Played nSedd "a again soi'" at right HaIf6acP Ro S1d
Brown occupied the left tackle position,
BuIch carried The ball well. HI, the line hard
line. He made one brilliant tackle, Near
the close Of the practice Overall OF the scrubs
with & clear field for the varsity goal. Burch
sprinted and overlook. the runner with a
sset.S d live oa tISr'y io 10 tse sG1'% MRsn M fnd,gs
fumbled the ball behind the, varsity goal
line. Twice the varsity fought their way
by inches. The first time they lost the ball
On downs at the scrub FIVE yard line and
s M1ssnf' t meet the. y " sers held de on Tep The scrrnns s
10 yard line, and the practice closed with the
second snlashins through the varsity line
anu @orR a IkiTckiSs drill Of half an hour
was conducted by Billy Bull.
CAMBRIDGE. Oct. "a. -Harvard's football
PRACTICE this afternoon waS held under a
S %.a. r+ Msk sha, sfPS Sse ali siio ,fe 1rSm for al t,ih hs
fact, however. the work Of the varsity was
decidedly poor. After a short session, Of
f fysnsgtsaty P miSute s serim1ase WIZ the
second team. and at the close Of the practice
was disiointsd, the line men failed to help
their backs properly. and the line was wo-
fully weak on the defensive. The strong
second team backs came through for many
Yards. Capt, Parker was out for the first
time since The Annapolis game, and played
a little running. but did not get into The scrim-
mage. starr was shifted 10 halfhack this
afternoon, and, played ~ that position for a
Of q good halfback in him. and as soon a.
Newhail Is back in the game again starr
may be tried at halfback q In some OF the games.
Lieut., Graves was again on tn. field 10 foot
ball toys and devoted most Of his time to
Fish, the big Harvard right tackle. Fish
showed consid cradle Improvement under
Graves's coaching. Butt. who has been
worked steadily ia the baokfield M till now,
was shifted to the line this afternoon and
took Fish's place at right tackle for a little
while in the scrimmage.
CARLISLE. Pa, Oct. ~. Rep orts come to
ca rlisie OF the beef on the Princeton team
and Coach Warner has been using his half
ION sled so that the Indians will be able to
Princcton's heavy line. Pop
Warner still has a few tricks which he saved
saturday aud which were, not used in
the Pennsylvania game, All the members
nf tho ian ~ aaan. ~ no in gnnl sha ma Iha |