Evening journal., 1908-11-19
NEW EPOCH IN
FOOTBALL PLAY
Open Plays Allow the Light
Teams TO Compete
With Best

The present football season. now
drawing 10 a close. has sprung more
startling surprises than any previous
one in the history OF the game and ah
opoch IN this branch of sport has been
marked. The teams of the minor ,ol-
logcs and preparatory schools haV,.
plavod TO standstill and even beaten
their older and more experienced come
petitors fof rridiron honors. and all 90,
this work was due principally 90 the
fact that the chances for good ias,
team are much better now than over
before The "llttlc fellows" now have
former COLLEGE stars as coaches and
since the Institution of open PLAY ln
the game. weight is not necessarily "a
prime factor as Il was in the days OF
straight football. when the big teams
ploughcd ihrourh their lighter. nut
faster opponents. from sheer force
Strangely enough tho West has eN-
collcd the East in tho successful use or
open play. Chicago. Wisconsin ana
Michigan have used the outside kick
and forward pass 70 advantage ana
have unuuestionably demonstrated their
superiority occr their Eastern rivais
in this branch of the game. Chicago
proved this 60 Cornell on Saturday
much 70 Cornell's chagrin Michigan
tried ia. too. against Pennsylvania. but
found the Quaker team had mastered
the game ana could use Il with greater
accuracy and better results than tho
Wolverines.
Yale showed her superiority in the
game with Princeton in one respect
onlv--hcr back fold is almost irresisi-
ihlo. Gov. Philbin. Wheaton and Ficlu
are quartet that perhaps have nr
equal as line plungers. They are not
So fast as other backs that could hc
named. but their weight and strength
viii take them through almost any line.
The Tiger team played prcttier foot
ball than did Yale. They executed
forward passes perfectly, and Recd
proved himself a wonder at the onsidl
lyicls He places the ball accurately
and his teammates seldom fail 10 get
the bali for good gains Princeton
would probably have tied Yale, or ever.
beaten her. had the Tiger back field
eoualed that OF Yale in strength aud
weight
The Indian team has never been so
good as il was when IL played a draw
with Penn several weeks ago. Harvard
walloned the redskins and Saturday
the University of Pittsburg team came
close 10 ticing them. Thorpe has never
kicked a field goal since early in tie
season. Kelly. the much-touted quar-
terback. has done nothing in gam.
to STAMP him as more than an ordin'
ary PLAYER and even big Houser ha'
done nothing remarkable. Little Ola
Man is the most consistent player the
Indians have.
CORNELL DISAPPOINTED.
Cornell Is disappointed that Chicago
PLAYED her to tie Saturday But
Cornell apparently undervalued Chi.
cagos knowledge of the open style OF
plav
Penn state gave another demonstra
tinn of her strength hv holding tht
NAVY team To n score of 8 to o. II was
another surprise. Cor the Navv has
Dlaved football this year that gave il
place among the big ones
Dickinson furnished the big surprisi
among the State teams by defeating
Bucknen The Lewsburg team LOOKED
like a winner Judging by its past per
formances. but the result Of Saturda,
was another evidence Of how far ont
can figure with an degree Of certainty
on football