New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-10-26
ON COLLEGE GRIDIRONS
TBOrBLE FOR BIC TEAMS.
Reason for Encouragement, Hoo
eUer. in SPITE of Being OntpIdyed'

ever, in Spite of Being OntpIdyed'
In these days Of advanced football under a cUde
of r,,les which favors some extent the snlai7l
-. .,o,.o,. nv removing the premium on mere
heef and Drawn and battering ram tacuSs' II "
not cause for much surprise that three tea
the one-tirne big Four'-Harvard, frllCe'oI O.
pannsvIvania-should play tie games on oatuI u0s
against teams which not so long ago were looN
on as mere tools for practice purposes. 1t "
surprising however (and more or less disqDI r.,
70 the followers of Harvard, princeton an"
svIvanfa) that the games should nave peen w
80. IN e,bstance IL not IN fact for the Navy
Syracuse and the Carlisle Indians, respectiVels'
It NAV be said in all fairness that tHe oIlnisOi
eleven was more less lucky TO escape deleat az
Annapolis and come out OF the game with a 10 ,
score even while giving all credit 10 NouiSo l
HE nuickness in taking advantage of an oppo'-
trnity which made his long run ana toucHu
possihle that the Tigers were clearly ou'PioS
bv the strong Syracuse team, which was pee'e
by Yale and Carlisle. and. can thank tner COCO
fortune for a to tie. and that Pennsylvanla sul.
fered in comparison with the versatile and shIly
Indians and must needs feel well content mat ro
final score was 10 and not II 10 or even 10 10 o.
In saying that the results were more or less ul'
oueting to the followers Of Harvard, princeton
and Pennsv1vanfa I speak from hearsay and re-
port as I could not be at even one OF the thIee
games as much 1 would have liked TO- as 'iLe
Vanderbilt Cup was more competing Can
II seems 70 me- however, that there was quite as
rnucb cause for announcement disquietude IN
each case. Harvard with green ana more VI
less inexperienced team. was opposed 10 ven
nigh veteran eleven that proved nset last Set
and earned a forward place in the ranking II
uae unite as much the strength OF the Navy as
any inherent or vital weakness of Harvard Whloh
gave the midshipmen what advantage could De
claimed.
Al Princeton the Tigers have been building Slowly
too slowly with a Syracuse game on the schedu-e
in md-sea son-and while there is much 10 DO III le
next three weeks If Yale is to be conquered they
showed signs of coming TO hand team that can
stifen UP and hold times inside It's 2O-yaro
line against such strong and varied attack as WIS
developed by Syracuse cannot be rated weak. This
feature of Prfncetons play was distinctly encourag
ing and II must not be forgotten that Dllioh' ule
great quarterback and field general only played ate
IN the second half. AS 10 Pennsylvania, Tie game
Is far better than the crushing defeat of year ago
and the Indians always TO be feared Further
than that Pauxtis. end, who is out for good ana
Keinath, at quarterback, were sadly missed ana II
will not be we'll for Cornell and Michigan to count
on victories with that game basis; on the other
hand il Will be we'll If they work harder than ever
as the need is great.
OF the other games on Saturday less need be said
Yale got some good practice with Washington and
jefferson in making and touchdoWns, but htlle
or none defensjvev that counted for anything. The
game gave both Wheaton and DAILY chance 10
shine and the latter in particular proved himself
dangerous rival Of Brides, Philbin and Wheaton LOT
q
broken field was sensa tional in spite of a rather
weak resistance Cornell is not up to the standard
or else Vermont has remarkably strong eleven
II was all the Ithacans could do TO win by score
Of 0. the result Of one touchdown and goal
from the field The defence must be strengthened or
PENNSYLVANIA will pay havoc. Brown was quite
the equal of Lafayette. which played Princeton 10 a
tie but McCaa's pretty drop kicking brought about
a victory for the Easton team. Yale will find
Brown a worthy opponent West Point showed
he With
and had some trouble defeating Colgate. The team
has much hard work to DO before the Navy game.
A glance at the schedule of games for Saturday
shows that Princeton and Harvard will have more
to do than the other leading teams victories
Princeton will line up against West Point at West
Point, and Harvard will take the field against Brown
at Cambridge. Both games will be more than usll-
ally interesting for the sake of the comparisons
they will afford West Point held Yale TO a score
Of 6 to Q a week ago, while Pennsylvania beat
Brown IL TO 0. Il has been proved time and again
that comparative scores are Of little value IN making
deductions for future games but for all that they
are carefully studied each year by coaches ana
critics as the only basis judgment the proba
bic merits OF the big when they clash in the
so-called championship games. Princeton has been
backward this year but by Eext Saturday the eleven
should be quite capable Of more than holding It's
own against the Army, and look for score some
what bigger than made by Yale Brown is stronger
than the game with Pennsylvania would indicate
and Harvard will have easy task TO run up a
score against the Providence team; in fact, any
kind victory will probably be acceptable 10 the
Crimson. Yale has what promises TO be an easy
game against the Massachusetts Agricultural Col
Iege and while has been the policy az New Haven
which by the way, has worked out we'll 10 arrange
a couple of easy games for mid-season IL would
have been better this season. my opinion, for the
team have had stronger foe. The Carlisle Ind
ians are likely keep Annapolis busy; in fact
after the Saturday considered the meet
ing should be of the most interesting of the
season, and may show something of value. Cornell
has a hard game its hands also. as the Pennsyl-
State eleven is strong enough to give the big
red team something than mere practice
game.