New-York tribune., 1910-11-14
ON COLLEGE GR|D|RONS.
Yale Men Respect. but Do MOI
Fear. the Harvard Eleven.
BLUE STOCK NOW BOOMING
Princeton Does Well to Re- elect
Eddie Hart Captain of the
Eleven.

Eleven.
ale victory over Princeton on Saturday
was heartening To Yale men. The eleven
proved conCluSivcly that it could play latter
day football that its style Of play was not
an;fquated, that It had the true fighting
spirit and the ability to rise above dis
couraginE defeats and the even more dis
coCragiuF criticism of the many who
jumped too quickly 70 conclusions Il Is
safe 10 Say that Harvard Is respected. but
that Harvard is moi feared, nov that the
men have learned 10 work more as unit
and have regained some confidence in them
selves as a team I suggested a week ago
in commenting On the disappointing play OF
the eleven III tEe Brown game thdt a
meJamCrphosts might be worked. and that
the men had enough football knowledge
and enough football ability to surprise their
most enthusiastic followers I pointed out
later that man fOr man. With the posslole
exception o. PendIeton. Princeton coulu
claim no advantage. and M commence III
the men and even in the team was not MIS-
placed. The real surprise came in the De
feat by Brown rather than II the Victory
over Princeton The striking regeneration
was fuller and more subs -anrial than *
OeCfeCf, Dtt X o1lIN SET Gu ~ Sil''Ff ''iN
spirit that has been behind so many ale
teams No doubt the defeat by Brown. so
crushing IS it vas served as the needed
stimulus and proved q blessing In disguise
The lessons OF advarsity are sometimes the
hardest to learn out t}Ie- bring quicker re-
sulCs.
Yale has m reason 10 fear Harvard In
the big game at New Haven On SATURDAY,
which viii end the season for those TWO
e1eveus + beIie7-e With Captain Dalv that
the Yale team will be much more power
fuI and smooth running machine when
Il faces the Crimson than on Saturday,
when il defeated and cutplayed Princeton
Much can be accomplished IN the way
Of polishing III three or four days, and
no question can now he raised apout
the team not being properly grounded
in the fundamentals OF football Har-
YARD will be the favorite just as Prince
ton vas the favorite. but II Is safe to say
that the men from Cambridge viii have
quite as hard a fight on their hands as did
the men from Princeton Yale is always
dangerous but doubly so when aroused.
Harvard has a fast. powerful eleven this
year. The team showed u in the Brown
game in the Cornell game and more par
ticularlv in the Dartmouth game on 5atuT-
day In my opinion Dartmouth has a
strong. we'll balanced team this year and
one capable Of providing a thorough test
That Harvard stood the TEST so we'll even
with the use Of SO many substitutes speaks
for itself To beat Harvard Yale must play
even better than in the Princeton game. but
somehow I have Z lot Of faith in Captain
DAILY and his men, and after seeing the real
Yale team on Saturday II would be no sur
prise If Harvard is peaten even as Prince
ton vas beaten
Prtncetor's football season Is over Il
vas z failure only because Yale was not
beaten. William Roper, the head coach.
/ keene Fitzpatrick. the trainer. Captain
Hart and the men, 70 the lovliest one in
the faithful scrub worked long faithfully
and earnestly 10 give Princeton the chance
10 celebrate That they failed was no
fault OF their own. beyond the fact, per
haps, that with rendleton constantly Gov
cred the offence was lacking in variety and
consequently in force As a matter Of fact,
Princeton lacked any attack that was
worthy Of the name against the quick
charging Yale men. and almost as much
/ ground was lost by end runs and rushing
as was gained. That Sparks was, IN
sense, more conspicuous than Pendleton in
dicates that the attack built I'D largely
around the speedy halfback was easily
diagnosed and easily foiled- The Tigers
did well to re-elect Eddie Hart as captain.
He has proved himself a capable, con-
scientious and inspiring leader.
have heard II said. and by Yale men.
too. that Ted Coy. the greatest player of
his day, and perhaps of all time, has fai-
len short Of Yale's standard as a coach.
Anv man is welcome TO express his opinion
| but il strikes me that the time TO criticise.
If criticism is needed. should be left until
the work is over and not in the midst of
a campaign, when no good end can he
served. Ted Coy has had no easy task
this year. The making OF a football ma
chine from A lot OF more or less green ma
teriaI has been a work that a man of tar
more experience might well have Stunned.
II there is any cause for criticism IL lies
more in that part Of the Yale system which
makes the captain OF a winning team the
head coach for the next season \ good
player does not necessarily make a good
Instructor. Many men can do. but lack the
ability to inpart. Captain DAILY of this
years team would be well advised II he
established a precedent at Yale by refus-
ing the offer. if it is made. of the position
of head coach next season. I think Daily
would make a good coach. I am satisfied
that he has been force in moulding the
eleven this year, but the honor could we'll
be sacrificed for the good of Yale in end
ing a witless custom.
| George Foster Sanford has not escaped
| the critics. who before the Princeton game
had nothing good TO say OF the Yale team
| Let those who must say what they will
but certainly no one Will believe that San
| ford is not a good coach. Few men are
better qualified 10 teach practical football
/ One must learn to add before one can
! square the hypothenuse of a right angled
! triangle. One must learn the art of tack
ling. breaking through and blocking before
/ one play finished football Yale men
must have known lot Of the practical side
| Of the game, otherwise they would not