New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-11-30

cane through the season without defeat me
Navy played tie game with Ha-Tarc, ano tne
carlisle Indians with Pennsylvania but otheTNlse
both teams played steady. consistent and win
- .o,-.4-r vale Dartmouth and Cornell had
-.ucA the same record. With one defeat and one
45e game each Yale beaten BY Harvard ano
ts6 ne with Brown Dartmouth was beaten y
Harvard end had E tie With Williams Corne
~. beaten ~ Pennsylvania and had ne VIZ
Chicago. Every ether eleven OF those CONSIDERED
tasted defeat mere than once After close s1uoy
: have ranked the ten leading teams n TIE fol
loving order;
/. Es-vz-d Princeton
3 Pennsyivaais Vest Point
2 Ta1e. Annapolis
Dartmouth Brown
Z Cc-eI % syracuse
Amherst, Williams. Colgate. Pennsylvania STATE
1shtzh, Lafayette Eor6ham and Trinity would fol
torr II order This necessarily IS an LastsIl reHA-
SIG IRE Carlisle Indians, because q eAslo---t
r7-lss z-e not considered On their p-ay this year
they would BE deserving Ct place Under Corns-
s-S ebore Princeton
-hs-s cz- e 70 question about Ez-vz-d's claim
70 first rank. er=- though the margin IS s--zA
c-e OF her ha-5 earned victories over Yale ana
roa-1-ourh As 70 perrsylvaria's claim, one cannot
e beh--6 Lhe soo-es-Ezrva-6. i. Carlisle. @; Penn
syave11z- E. Carlisle. 6-evea = these scores are
worthy q little consideration because q different
conditions Further than C1zL J-s Ha-Ta-o eleven,
= NJ opiaion. showed E better welded and more
concentrated ATTACK and & defence that was more
soi5ided Il rhe u-sVter q finish also prefer Ha-e
end Dartmouth 70 Pennsylvania. e-6 a. the p-Hent
-zz-g voul6 feel disposed 70 predict victory fer
toth over The Quzkers = games were possible In
eS-,-1ch ho7reve-. TIE three teams are closely
matched 50 fa- can h judged and Pennsylvania
zane through the season without ce-eat, Il seems
only fair 70 give the eleven the fruits q its record
81 the ranking Yale Is placed over Dartmouth Be
czuse Harvard crossed thu larter's goal line and
only soo-ed against Yale by goal from the field
ron this point there VIII be = greater differ
e1ce o. opinion. Cornell was not lar behind Penn
eyvsr.s- n spite q rather o-e-sided score last
Thursday, and. IN my opinion, deserves fifth place.
Fo-inoe<o1s record o. defeats by Yale and Dart
mouth tie games with Lafayette, Syracuse and
West Point ingiorioUs one. but tha team
stronger than tia record shows. and its
play against Ta-e would almost surely defeat the
teams behind Il The Navy played slightly better
football than the Army I'D to and. one might say,
through r-e game On SATURDAY, but West Point
snd vel deserves her place Brown held E5ar-
ard 70 E close score and oUtplzye6 Yale in he
gene. bit Yale IN ny opinion. vas then II the
midst ot & slump and Brown was beaten By Penn
eylvsnia and Lafayette. Syracuse had strong
vel balanced team and deserves tenth place from
ny viewpoint even though beaten by Colgate
Of t-e Others Amherst finished strongly and de-
seated Williams. which Rad good record Colgate
deserves particular credit Pennsylvania stare
played clever football against the stronger elevens
vhtls Fordham took higher place than ever be
scre and Rad 4 last capable team.
In ny opinion The Penrsv--z-.a-Co-reu ez-re
q Thursday vas The most interesting OF the
season 70 watch even though both elevens showed
7-eakness II spots. The Cornell players needed 2
<sw lessons with he rackl3ng dummy. but other
Use re eleven was @ The strongest ever de-
~eloped a ithaca Pennsylvania had developed
rhs oPea style CT play 70 Z higher state OF per
lection than any other team this year but there
~ss certain Iooseress about the defence and
81 handling puats that Harvard. Yale and Dart
mouth would have turned 70 their advantage
The 4rrr- eleven deserves al credit <or the VIC
to-y TIE Navy OF SATURDAY. and earned its
>ust reward so- { season C hard. consistent work
With that game IN view 7 must Re said, in al
fairness, however. that whereas The Arrry ex-
celed in generzIshtp and IN close following Of
The ball, tbs Navy had slightly the better Of the
game, and On straight play would have Won BY
score q t. o The Navy earned its four points
On lodging run by LANCE OF twenty-five yards.
s steady advance By rushing Of thirty yards and
well made goal from placement The army
team EoC is six points by rhe cy5ickness o. one
nsa-Charnberiin-in graspinE opportunity that
came his way when 2 punCed ball took N uuex-
pected bound after hitting the ground. The foot
ball was disappointing and below the standard OF
other big games this year. There were more or
less furn5Iing errors OF Judgment sowness n get
ting the plays Of, poor punting and a lack q
variety 81 offensive work The Navy players were
rot in the best condition after too hard q seized
71le- and q this TIE Army team was rot slow 70
s. take fuu advantage once Il had the lead The
strong defence OF both elevens made the attack
N either side look hopelessIy weak and made
quate, but Thst appeared TO be 9 strong defence
may have been due IN part 70 inherent weakness
NJ a offence that certainly lacked variety.
Sess from TIE fed either b. drop kick or place
ese-t- have played prominent part - the winning
II number Of games this season. more So per
hsps. than ever before. and while the question Of
the scoring value Of these plays IS not e ne one
and has been tl.rashed out many times II has sud
denly assumed z new importance among coaches
end players. Most % the leading teams Il the
East have used The fed goal: successfully one or
more times with The possible exception OF Brown
e-d Syracuse Harvard defeated Yale By Ken
nard's neat drop kick from the 25-yard line. An
hergt defeated Williams IN the same way, Lafay-
cite scored e victory over Brown thanks 20 Nc
aa's drop kicking ability: Yale saved herself from
by BY The q this play. while the
carlisle Indians with Eaienr ana ThorD, defeated
such teams as the Nay Syracuse and Pe1nsy--
Sanis state BY goals from the field, when victory
could hardly have been won in any other way
During the season the Indians made no less than
twelve goals from the field Annapolis SIX, Harvard
four. Lafayette three. and Yale Cornell west
Point and Pennsylvania TWO each As said be
fore. many Of these had q distinct bearing the
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