New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-10-10
ON COLLEGE GRIDIRONS
Quarterback to Play in His Old
Place, Coaches Say.
SOME GOOD GAMES AT HAND
Drop and Place Kicking Likely
to Play Big Part as a
Means to Score.

rest easily for n time. as, according to two
or three coaches whose opinions must be
respected, the man who handled the ball
from the centre to the backs under the
old rules will be used in much the same
/ way under the new code, in spite of the
fact that no restrictions against running
with the bali are now placed the first
one TO receive 1t. So far as can be judged
most of the coaches will place the quar-
terback directly behind the centre rush as
in other years, for the purpose Of directing
the attack, covering up plays and being in
q position to dive through the centre when
least expected for a sure. if only a short,
gain In some formations all four backs
will be lined up in row, but under ordi-
rary circumstan noes the quarterback will be
found in the place that has come to be
considered the keynote of the attack.
II IS still much too early to decide def
nitely as TO the probable strength Of the
leading college elevens. Under the changed
, conditions the Harvard team, which is so
strong in veteran material, can claim
little or no advantage over the teams OF
Yale, Princeton and Pennsylvania, which
are being developed from new men of less
experience. / said week ago, on the word
of a man who has studied both Yale and
, harvard III dCllOH, lI4dt Tie lOA 44lC4 ~
further advanced for this time of the year,
but the defeat of Williams hardly bears
this out 1t may be added that the Yale
men appear to be well versed in the new
rules and strong enough individually to in
sure a finished team under the coaching
of Ted Coy and his assistants. Princeton
! undergraduates were jubilant after the
Iillanova game on Wednesday, as the men
showed a dash and finish in marked con-
trast to that of other years at the same
time There was less to talk about after
the New York University game on Satur-
day, but one thing is sure, with real
trainer on hand in the person Of keene
Fitzpatrick the men are not likely to play
| themselves out in the first half, only TO
fall easy victims to Yale in the second
as was the case in 1907 and 1908.
After seeing Pendleton in action a couple
of times last year on the freshman eleven
at Princeton I did not hesitate to predict
that, barring accident. be would turn out
/ 10 be a second Tibbott or a second Eddie
Dillon when the opportunity came for him
to represent the varsity. 1 cannot claim
anv particular credit for so declaring, as
1t was plain 10 ali who looked with the
thought of the future in mind It is rat Their
satisfying, however, that he has jumped
into prominence SO quickly and established
himself almost as the backbone Of the at
tack Hardly practice goes by without
Pendleton making some sensational run,
and in the games played to date he has
been marked by his clever lodging and
brilliant running. In the NillanOva game
he gained 80 yards by rushing, while
against New York University he ran all
most the length of the field for touch
down.
The time is at hand for the leading col
lege football elevens to give an accounting
| Of their full strength. The developing stage
| has not passed, but those teams which are
backward are quite likely to suffer the
| consequences in the way Of a defeat that
is more dreaded this year at the hands of
! the smaller colleges than ever before.
! Chief interest on Saturday, perhaps. will
centre in the meeting Of Yale and the Army
at West Point The cadets have been a
| thorn in the sides Of the bigger colleges for
| several seasons, and Ted Coy and his as
| sistants have been pointing the Yale eleven
| TO that game, knowing full well that it will
| provide thorough and complete test OF
, the men who must be welded into a team
that can beat Princeton and Harvard If
possible Harvard will have no mean op-
| ponent in Amherst, while Pennsylvania Will
! have one OF the big games Of the season
| on hand in facing Brown. The latter game
will be played at Providence this year for
the first time In other seasons the Brown
! eleven has been handicapped to some ex-
tent by being forced to play on Franklin
! field. Philadelphia, but has always given
a good account OF itself. This year an
! earnest effort IS being made to turn the
/ tai les and get a taste of revenge. Prince
ton is not counting on an easy battle
against Lafayette. A friend of mine tells
me that the eleven from Easton is surpris-
ingIy confident of defeating the Tigers, as
was the case last year. The Syracuse
/ Carlisle Indian meeting Is sure to furnish
another good game, so that, all things con-
sidered the followers of the sport can count
on a treat next Saturday.
The old story that Harvard and Princeton
will meet on the gridiron next year viii not
/ down, but this time there appears to be
something more than mere runnor in the
| statement that some official announcement
may be expected within the next two
weeks. Negotiations are pending between
the two institutions, and I am told on Ell
! cellent authority that meeting practically
is assured. This does not mean necessarily
that Harvard will give up the Dartmouth
! game or that Princeton VIII do the same.
! 1t Sc thought that the game under the new
rules win be less eXhausting and conse-
nuently that a harder schedule will NOT be
considered too great strain on the play
/ ers. tt may be said in passing that a
/ game between Princeton and Harvard Will
arouse widespread interest.
! we'll known coach said TO me a few
days ago that in the absence of the old
fashioned mass PLAYS. now made inpos-
sibIe by the restriction placed on pushing
or pulling the man with the ball, a condi-
ton has been brought about that will make
il almost as hard if not harder, to score
from the 10-yard line as from the 25-yard
/ or 3O-yard line The nearer an eleven Gets
and more concentrated becomes the de-
fence, and ii looks as if drop or place
, kicking must be depended on largely for
I scoring.
II was satisfying 10 read Ted Cows state
ment early last week that the injuries Ia
/ Yale players had been grossly exaggerated
As ! said in this column a week ago II
/ sprains are 10 be magniied into broken
. bones and bruises into fractured shoulders
and torn ligaments, the game as PLAYED
under the new rules viii not get n fair
trial and a totally wrong impression viii
be made on those who do not take the
lnents that are sent out by some ambitious
. correspondent whose one thought IS 20
: make Il story
/ Fred Knowles. secretary Of the New
York baseball club, told me on Saturday