New-York tribune., 1908-11-09
COMMENT ON FOOTBALL
BIG CANES SATURDAY.
Ot.Iook Dark for Tigers-HdrV0rd
and Dartmouth Strong

Four football games viii he PLAYED on Saturday
er which the eyes Of ali those interested m ule
most popular Of college sports will he focussei-
Yale viii take the field against Princeton, ana ,hs
r.-,a z-,1 have . distinct bearing the so-caiied
championship Harvard VIII line up against pHI'-
mouth in the last before the battle WITH ase
TIE following Saturday. while Pennsylvania sflo
Cornell viIl go West meet Michigan ana mi
s=ro respectively for games that vii proFloe =
thorough and complete the respective merits
o. tzro of the leading teams in the East WIN Two
IF the strongest in the Middle West OtheT inter
est-nS games are scheduled between Annapolis end
Fe-rsxFvaris state West Point and Washington
a-s Ts~erso, Brown and Vermont and New YORK
University and Union among others but the four
first named xiii the centre OF the stage as 50
much hinges on she results The annual meeting
between Tale s-d Princeton IS naturally the centTe
% Interest although -o- 70 the exclusion % the
ether three IS the Dartmouth team proved itself
n defeating Princeton Saturday and earned
forward PLACE in the ranking, while the fnterseo-
ttonai games should settle for This year at least
TIE much ncote5 question between the East and
the West
A cold unbiased snslvsis ~ ths work ~ Tale
s-s Princeton this season r1ust lead 70 rhe con
clzJssor that the Tigers wlU be beaten on Saturday
unless Roper and the other coaches ~ Princeton
rs- irx-H more speed. dash and 7ssouroefulness
- -. eleven thsn vera shown against nsrtn1outh
:. does net appear reasonable that the coaches
--,4,rd ss-riso@ sve-v1ninE the chance for =
victory over Yale. much ss that Is desired nut
-athe- such else the team x lacking
f7 VARIETY q attack anything new or er1ectiNe
81 st-aeesic play. The defence on close formation
xlsvs vas remarkably strong. and the fulen from
tackle 70 tackle fast and aggressive but the
c--n HeI5 defence uncertain. 50 fa- as onslde
kicks and forward passes were concerned me
rr-srk such Il z-ss- sho-7ed indications OF
rover but Il too well sustained and
.Ffnse-her lacking IN variety. unless. said be
fore something being covered I'D II must
be E1hened this v-eek II Yales sturdy defence
&c TO be overcome That Princeton HSs expert
rner1fnE O. the eve q the battle with Yale. with
q new uan centre and 4 neV- puuter. Is
@r-he- Indication OF weakness NacFa6yen PLAYED
-rel n the pivotal position but his passing was
e-s-to and this : distinct handicap TO Buck
snghs-n who puntinz II q big game for the
1rst tine The big guard made fair impression,
bit his kicks lacked distance on Saturday, and he
cannot hone 70 hold his with Coy. OF the
best punte-s the Eridiron, Z condition Of which
Tsle VII not be slow 10 take full advantage
Princeton IS Handicapped still further by the 1act
that CAPTAIN Dillon is not the Dillon Of last year
on account Of q bad knee. which mas kept him on
sbe fed the greater part Of the He played
Saturday. but saving himself. and consequent
u eid not SHINE II fact, he did little except pass
the ball 20 his backs and direct IRE play n view
of AL this must needs predict victory for hale
n spite the fact that The eleven experienced e
stump against Brown that uelnigh cost the game
: year ago Princeton prohted from ths defeat by
Cornell. hut that vas three weeks before the Yale
pane ana the time al TOO short this season
TO bolster ID the weak points, IS SHOWN in the
game with Dartmouth.
There is no use il attempting 70 blink the fact
7Hsr as the teams faced each other OF Saturday
Brown showed superiority 10 Yale in almost every
phase OF rhe game but Il BE- said that the Blue
eleven Vas not its best and further vas sadly
weakened BY TIE loss Of Fitzpatrick and Naedele on
the ends. HaiueS played well enough. perhaps, but
1.oger vas Disappointing Yale never showed signs
- an ability 70 rush The bail fer steady and con
Kis-eut gains Her touchdown was made on . for
ward rsss. used the third down after Brown
had stopped s1 attack that was set n motion only
after 21-yar6 -En. and the place kick on which
C-v scored four points for his team IN the hrst
hsl- not led " g bv any determined pounding
= lzSr resort for ? score tried bv team
thar had beer clearly outplayed- Il will b. said
that Brown vas lucky n score But the first
touchdown vas made N fashion precisely similar
that hv which Tale scored. the ball coming 10
Brown the Blues so-yard line after Coy's
fr1-uble The Brown backs made seventeen Yards
straight football before the forward pass that
accounted dirertl-- for tre touchdown was used.
taking three psvs for rhe distance. and II speaks
sadly Tor the Vale defence z7er II cannot hold an
opponent that found The Harvard and Pennsyl-
r-a1ia defence much too strong 10 penetrate
Yale cid TO; show the team work that has come
t-e associated with the work Of Yale elevens.
either the offensive tho defensive The inter
ference ragged AMI SLOW 70 form. and every
-he Tale lire seemed 20 be pIsyl1e by him
se1f, without regard for his reighrors Hobbs was
fsst IN going through and IN getting down under
kicks but he forgot he chief duty of ? tackle.
-hich Is u hack Up bis ends and atone FOR their
-1istakss The result vas that he missed rnarv :
tackle because he vas going too fast Cows kick
trg vas rhe one thing that stood out in the work
Of ths Yale team First class ends would have
bser able his ur7nrs better b-r both Nc
Ksv sn6 Sprackling we're slow in getting aR-az
after rhey had caught the haI. AS q result Brown
did not gain AZ much ground In running hack kicks
- snoulo have been he case. and Coy. when he
took rhe baI1 after McKays long kicks made I'd =
lot q s7ounj- There wer= chances 70 block -onA
of Ickzy1s puots that not seized By the Yale
forwards. VINO did not seem TO know Just what 70
6o when they broke through. Andrus and Goebel
were slow in charging, and the latter played much
TOO hign- Both have played better football this
season and pretty sure 10 do SO again Brow,
vas perhaps the best man on. the team. though
Bio6s PLAYED ar excellent game while he was in
HIS passing has improved wonderfully since the
West Point gs-as. and he fought hard al al times
dartmouth las team thts year that Is cast n
eh21Ssonsn.p mould. and victory over Harvard on
ses--cay would far 70 establishing the claim.
and perhaps settle il. Il Harvard should defeat Yale
On the following Saturday II is just possible that
The clean and well deserved victory over Prince
ton last Sat11Tdar due much 10 the remark
able strength of the Hanover as 10 any undue
weakness Of the Tigers, but of This am not con
WINGED. while giving fun credit the Dartmouth
eieTen for fast varied and well rounded game
There IS stiu room for Improvement aid in fact
some Improvement must be made as II looks as II
Harvard viii BE- much harder foo to concuer
The backs. with The possible 41Ceution - TEav
icy. who. by the Eav- Is candidate for Al-Arner-
scs hcnors- were disposed to back in an effort
70 avoid tscki=r-a fatal mistake while there
seeei 70 b disposition in the line 10 hold which
brought about many penalties Dartmouth is blessed
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