El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-10-29
Not as Yet a Howling Sue
cess, But a Success
Nevertheless.
(Ry w. S. Farnsworth.l

New York, N. Y, Oct 29.-New foot
ball is a success, not yet a bowling
success, but it will be before the sea-
son is over; or as soon the public be-
comes fully acquainted with it and the
players and teams get it down pat
The game is much more entertaining
than the old style play, inasmuch as II
is much more spectacular and gives
the individual star opportunity to dis
play his entire power and skill.
Yale so far has had an unsuccessful
year vet its head coach, the great Ted
Coy, is strong in his admiration for
the new game, and predicts that next
seasons football viii be more popular
than ever before
Not only is the game more interest
ing to the spectators. but it is now a
game where speed and brains count
more than Drawn and strength. 1t is
a truly sane game and much safer
than the old flying wedge, line buck
ing style we enjoyed at the cost of
life and limb for SO many years.
"A ChiId's Game"
When the rules committee an
nounced the new code last spring the
critics threw up their hands and
yelled: "A chiId's game" But since
the game has been put into action
under the new code it has been found
that the game is more of mans
game" than ever. It is now a game
which no fool, no matter what his
strength and weight may be, can play
successfully.
The first few games played this sea-
son were not satisfactory. but that
was on account of the players lacking
experience The Yale-Army game at
West Point a couple of weeks ago was
an ideal one and was the first game
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committees early spring, statement
that the game in time would be
success.
The university Of Pennsylvania I'M
dergraduates, who at first condemned
the new game, are now simply dee
lighted with it. Ursinus, watering
tank town III, defeated them in the first
game. before the Quakers had master
ed the new rules, and the students
threw up their hands and yelled "pu-
+rid" and other stronger words, But
IT didn't dismay the Penn coaches, and
they worked end drilled the new game
into the players until now Pensy un-
der-grads are the greatest boosters
in the big college circuit
New football is here TO stay. and in
another year. when everybody becomes
educated in the new style, 1t will be
1.-The greatest ever" Immense. why
didn't the rules COmmDllGe INT
game long ago." etc.
They never come back" That may
go in pugilism, but it does not go in
football In 1904 Yale went TO West
Point and was defeated by the army.
Jim Hogan was captain of that Yale
II. and while the fellows were in the
gymnasium dressing at.er the game
he called them together and said:
BOYS. / want every one of you to
go out of this dressing room with
your heads in the air and smiling. All
will come back"
Yale will come back this year. They
NAV not defeat Princeton and there
appears little likelihood of downing
the powerful Harvard machine; yet
they are going TO play some grand
football from now on Those fellows
down in New Haven don't know what
It Is to quit. The plain truth Of the
matter IS that Yale hasn't the material
this season. and while gameness counts
for a whole lot, it doesn't win against
an equally game team which is su-
perior-
1t was not until 1908 that Harvard
ever defeated an average Yale team.
The team of 1908 was a better than
average Yale IL They had the goods,
but the delivery wagon broke down.
In the famous 0 to 0 years. 1897 and
1899, Yale finally turned out teams
which were just about as strong and
no stronger than the best New Haven
can hope for this year in the closing
games. The 1897 team managed to
squeeze out a to victory over
Princeton, which was not overstrong,
while the 1899 IL was downed by the
Tigers.
Neither of those teams came any
where near beating the powerful Har
ward lis, but, on the other hand, they
were not beaten by Harvard.
And the reason is this: Yale can de-
fend her goal lines. She has the great
est of all teams for defence. Il was
only by a forward pass that the army
was able to cross her line, and it begins
to look as if the forward pass will be
the only method any of the teams can
rely upon to score in the big games
TO come, barring of course, the sure
footed kick from drop or placement.
big FOur's- Ranks LeveIed.
Penn State, as expected, gave Pennsy
a severe test in many ways. BY the
way, Penn State has been coming SO
fast" in the past few years that Yale
had to drop her. The table given be-
low viii show how the growth Of student
population through the going to col
lege habit" has tended to level the
ranks of the big four" The present
big six" bars freshmen from teams
and Amherst now bars freshmen from
football.
Cornell 1853 Yale - 1854
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