New-York tribune., 1909-11-15
College Football
ON THE GRIDIR0N
MEETING OF GIANTS.

Amazing Interest IN Yale
Haruard Game.
= hv some magic tounch She huge
s'a6iurn AZ Cambridge ecule be doubled IN
size for Just one day thousands upon thou
ss-ds of grown-ups would be willing 20
soin the children and swear new allegiance
70 the fairies. Never before perhaps. has
she need been felt so strongly for a greater
and vHster amphithezt7e. for the amazing
irteres, IN the coming football struggle on
SATURDAY between Yale and Harvard is al
most beyond understanding. Thousands VIII
view fhe combat. while other thousands.
-ho are unable 20 obsain seats. must con-
,s-r themselves Nith reading or hearing
second hand the stor-r % What promises 20
~ the most bi-fsr and hard fought contest
IN the annals of TIE sport. Interest in tho
zane he's beer growing from week 20 week
a. each eleven has continued - show
marked ability In overcoming any opposi-
flon presented and this interest hiss now
been intensified by the remarkable show OF
power OF both elevens on Saturday. when
Tale humbled Princeton and Harvard fair
y outplsyed the strong Dartmouth team.
Harvard vii take the held on Saturday
urhesren IN Two years and endowed with a
confidence born Of success snd a knowIe6s-
a. its own poVer. Yale vii take the field
feeniv alive 20 the Importance % main
fsiniug her clean record Tor the season and
of V1ping out that defeat OF a year ago.
when Kennard earned fame for himself
enc glory for Harvard BY his clever and
timely goal from the 6eld II VIII take
something more than mere brawn backed
ND ~ rare skill 70 win that battle al Cam
bridge Crstt and cunning and football
brains must be combined with perfect
pos ysicsl condition II one team is 70 claim
the advantage over the other one could
seek far and srill fail 70 fnd anv reason
ably strong ground for preferrinE one tesr,
- the other. laying aside. OF course. the
prejudice that the followers % one eleven
or -he other may have
Individually and collectively ther. is
mighty little 20 choose between the two
e.evens- II vas hard 20 pick na7 in the
ale team rs u played against Princeton on
saturday Il vas equally hard. 7 an told.
70 discover any material signs OF weakness
i1 The harvard eleven. which Won such a
cesn-cut and decisive victory against Dart
moutA- am no believer IN comparative
fhoso Who are 50 far as Yale and Harvard
are concerned. Both defeated West Point.
both defeated Brown. and after Princeton
snd Dartmouth had PLAYED each other 10 q
Ie game Yale crushed Princeton and Har-
Asrd found no difficulty in defeating Dart
mouth u anything. the comparison fsvors
ale slightly, and le Who can ACCEPT this
ss a line ma claim tie farsighteoness ot
. prophet and win hats enough 20 keep his
head covered FOR a wear.
= Tas my privilege as vel as ny pleas
N-s - see THE Yale eleven IN action on
saturday. and J may say in al fairness
f-.sr 7 never saw more finished football
machine. There vas lack perhaps OF
variety IN the attack but the team that
can gam ground consistently b. so-caIled
straight football would be foolish indeed 70
vasta snv ammunition with another and
hat promises 20 % a harder battle in
Pruspect- Strange i may appear. Hove.
f1s Yale ousTrsTback. acting 40 doubt IN
der Instructions, picked out what promised
m be Tire strongest point in the Princeton
line. and, finding = vulnerable. kept On
EsnluerinE away with such good results
that y vas hardly necessary 10 wheel any
new batteries into action. Waller and
Sieg.ing. left guard and iett tackle, respec-
'i0elv. on the Princeton team. PLAYED good
football in view 81 what they Ver- called
upon ~ do. but Goe5el aud Lnley. who
were directly opposed 10 them. opened up
fuEe holes into which the Yale hacks
Ul-lEed FOR many SUBSTANTIAL gains. Sieg-
Ing vas e. = disadE antase. being called on
continually 70 lend support 10 a weak END,
End this 70 doubt aided L1ney 20 earn a
pace Ia The football Lail Of faus
While Yale was not called upon 70 show
her flN strength or know edge % football
craft, The field generals. Of whom there
were th-ee-Hovo, Corey and johnson dis
paged plenty - football cunning When
The time came - strike they struck hard.
rg- the hacks were not overv-orized. and.
tr fact we're being saved 20 a large extent.
particularly fr the second half when
Princeton was safely beaten Yale was
playing under pull" a. the saying is.
ard accepted Princetor's challenge 10 a
lcllug game without appearing 10 be on
f'e defensive. The Tigers rad so little 10
C@0r l1 Tire vay % offensive strength that
ro f1e average Cniooke~ vale seemed 20 -
forcing t1e dglr from start 70 nnisb. Be
czls. 80 the remarkable strength % the
Vac ends, q clever ruse 70 hold Princeton
of and thus save the Wcarers Of the Blue
af much as possible vas converted into .
ssoN- of offensive power. When I say that
tn my opinion the Yale eleven vas the
1uost finished footbsi machine ! have ever
S@'I Go not mean 10 imply necessary
thai 81 IS the stronges- one. although Il IS
cutie possible lat shall subscribe 20 that
statement l. the team defeats Harvard On
saturday. II a. a wonderfully strong one.
however. ana The men pIased 50 vel to-
rr,her and followed the bali so closely that
ols might vel compare ~ 10 Gordon
Browns famous team Al Yale IN 1870 and
Dave Csmpbsr's powerful eleven 81 IEar-
ns-d ir 1871
T.o Princeton team was pofu dis
sr'rrs rneut 10 mo. ss 4 must have beer 70
Ir. coaches and friends. Once again the pol
81. - sacrificing everything 10 the chance
~ = victory over Yale Was adopted. and
once again 81 failed q Justification iu the
supreme test NJ less disastrous results at
-.-led this method in tire early games than
vas fhe case wear aRo. even les success
u.ss a-fIered against Yale for never oid
Ts-.roetou have "a chance 70 win. and there
was no urhil struggle for the fSiue this
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