New-York tribune., 1908-11-16
COMMENT ON FOOTBALL
TITLE NOV 1T STAKE.
Yale and HdrUard TFW Settle the
Question on Saturday.


the way TO a final test SC far as it can be had
without fair comparison possible with Pennsylva-
r.a and Cornell The Quakers fairly swamped
Michigan OF Saturday and have team OF unques-
-ioned strength, bur the Quakers only played tie
game with the Carlisle Indians whereas Harvard
dez- the same by g score Of Il 70 O. On this
lrne Harvard must be placed above Pennsylvania
II final ranking, and for that the winner
n rhe Harvard-YaIe battle will be generally ae-
cepted .he champion eleven Of 1908. Chicago has
been rated by good Western critics the strong
eleven IN the Middle West, Cornell must still
- reckoned with, the team from Ithaca came
out Of the game with Chicgo with q tie on
saturday. The game on Thanksgiving Day between
cornell and Pennsylvania viii settle the question
between those two eleVens, ana the winner then
vlr earn = forward place IN the ranking For the
PRESENT however. Yale. Harvard. Dartmouth Penn
sylva-ia. Brown. Annapolis Cornell. Princeton and
West Point should be rated in the order named.
Between Yale and Harvard there is little or moth
tng 70 choose 81 present. and the former gets the
place at the top Tentatively. tnasnuch as the
has not been beaten in three years
Yale has football team thai Yale men Justly
5e proud ot In recalling that renarkable rally in
the second half against Princeton, which brought
about victory, feel disposed 70 place IL not far
behind that wonderfully strong team developed a
New Haven LAST year Many teams are disposed TO
accept defeat too quickly they vii so fighting.
but without the force show their real ability;
hut the Yale eleven is made Of sterner stun. ana
while II took il time to settle down. the power
was there aHd the ability 20 rise 20 the occasion
even , The face Of defeat an convinced.
however, Chsr the general shake-up last Monday
after -he B-oNu game resulted II the lest arrange
rnent Of The men. although # may have had the
eject that ne coaches desired When Hobbs who
had been deposed by LiIIey. took his old place at
rzcEIs, when Logan. who had been held out IN
farcr OF Esines, went in ct end and when Coy went
hack from End 70 his position at funback the
Yale eleven showed its true worth. and until
then Il Is safe say that Yale viii profit by the
Of z-7d -1sT- -ra
team takes the field against Harvard Saturday
Hobbs and Logan vii be IN the lineup as they
certainly proved their right to the places BY that
rie fitzpatrick. OF the best ends dereloped
al Yale. may also be ready to play in which case
Coy 90 hack his cid place in the backHeld
Whe-e he proved himself On Saturday 70 be one OF
the most brilliant and effective plunging backs In
rhe history q the game Fitzpatrick might have
played against Princeton except for the witless-
ness as an told, Of one OF the Yale coaches Who
sent ain .nto the scrinrase last week before he
T-ss entirely recovered from his injury.
must Be confessed thar The Tale eleven ,s nor
finished and versatile as the one year ago IN
less, perchanoe the coaches were covering up some
e -hs1r plays for Harvard because the wet ball
z-1 rhe slippery field made II seem advisable 10
Depend Oh close formation plays rather than the
mere spectacular and open style OF game For
Tz-d passes, onside kicks and end runs were con
sr---cCs by their absence in the Yale scheme OF
s--zck- and victory vas gained only by the re-
variable power Of The close formation plays These
proved most effective against Princeton when the
'z--@-s defence c-unbled, after the forwards had
PLAYED t1euselves out z large extent earlier in
-l= game L VIII be dangerous however for Yale
- depend roo much or count TOO largely on this
s-vle q play against Harvard for II must be re-
--s-ae-5o That Coy was comparatively fresh when
he began his daring plunges into the line. that
-= night no- have been effective If he had been
used IN he same way earlier. This On the other
hand proved. perhaps the -esourcetuness Of tbs
Ezs eleven. and Il IS 70 assume that Yale has
developed certain number Of open plays which
sy - Used against Harvard Until such time as the
reed arises fer falling hack upon the battertng ram
-e--ics. with Coy leading the charge.
Eze fortunate IN having t7vo sets Of backs b.
-F==n which there IS little 70 choose. Toward the
er5 of the game DAILY and Murphy appeared strong
- rLaa Phibin and Wheaton halfbacks bur this
~ss due largely 70 the fact that the team which
sIE,esred mora Or less 1isorganized in the early
rz-- O The game had settled down. was particL-
z-y impressed with the work Of Corey al quarter
hack, who took Bingharn's Place early in the sec
nd half and while Johnson, who tncapactated
ez--y in the game may be better nan. the Yaie
caches would do well 70 intrust Corey with the
handling Of The team in the Harvard game, after
what he showed Saturday There had been Ger
-zin amount cf irdecision and lack cohesion
he Yale attack until hs took command, but none
thereafter. Ee reused the players. kept them up ,
20 -heir rop speed and got them together in E way
vhich fairly swept the Tigers of their feet had
occasion early in the 70 crtricse N. work
Of Biddle ~ centre, but there was no call for II
Saturday. his passing was sure and accu-
rats and his blocking and general work were abov.
ne average GoebeI Andr11s also stamped them
selves as leading candidates guards on the AL
America team Everything else aside one thing
II sure-Ehs Harvard learned little or moth
ing to take hack u Cambridge beyond the fact that
Yale mas wonderful power in close formations which
VII oe constant menace II The ball IS carried
within striking distance OF the Harvard goal line
Yale VIII be stronger IN nv opinion IN Saturday
than against Princeton, game did much 10
we'd the msn together team But Yale Eiu
have II Be stronger 70 beat Harvard there is no
denying fact that the from CAMBRIDGE is
strongest that has been developed 70 represent
-he Crimson in recent yezrs Dartmouth has = !
s-ronE vel balanced eleven, and Vet the Harvard
attack vas 50 varied, well sustained and powerful
snd ths defence 50 sturdy and effective that tbs
men VINO ourplsyed and beat Princeton tbs week
before could against II. and were forced
. acknowledge defeat schfIdniIler and Kennedy.
Dartmouth ends have few. II any, equals the
sr1di-on. and yet Browne and Crowley the Harvard
pair and Cutting. when he went in. did not suffer
~ comparison which Indicates clearly that Har-
ard is strong where there had been indications of
ezknesS. From tackle 70 tackle the Harvard team
compares favorabiy with any in the country even
-1thour Captain Burr At guard, and now that the
encs have proved themselves the whole line is likely
70 hold its ozn with Yeles Cutler at quarterback
proved quite fhs equal q Pschon in directing the
rIay and handing his team, and that much
Fischo1 Impressed in the Dartmouth-Prfnce
game being the best football generals
- the seasoa-- White has been talked Of and de
=--vedIv IS an AH-Anerica hzlfback. and Corbett !
rot far behind him IN speed effectiveness in /
rlr-inE the nne or circling the ends while Ken I
r--6s plInting On Saturday was remarkably good |
ron what sz. tod, considering the fact that he
-zs been developed within the last three weeks /
Ths crimson eleven IS not lacking in good substi-