The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-09-30

against Harvard in 1909 which die
more TO bring about q Yale victory
than Coy's individual playing. whicu
is saying a good deal. Again IL was
Howe who reorganized the the de
moralized Yale team against Prince
ION last fell n who contributed SO
much IN individual playing and brains
IN That 90 score against ,ne superior
Harvard team. IL ne repeats HIS bril-.
liont exhibition this year there ought
to be little difnculiy in his wiuning
the allAmerican position this fall.
Harvard Taxing Things Easy.
There is less than the usual amount
OF news hltering through concerning
H~aryard's football plans The Grim.
son loses very lew players. the prin-
cipol losses being Mckay. the all.
American tackle. Wilmington. the
man On the other side OF the line:
FiaAert!. quarterback. aud Minot.
il4l-rk With the exception OF Nc
Nay these position Will be easily
Filled. LAST year Harvard had a num-
Der OF nigh-class backs. enough IN
tact Tor two or three back helds Pot.
ter = likely to be hrst choice for
quar-. erback. with Corbett. Leslie and
V >rdell completing the quartet.
harvard Will need all her reserve
strength this year I o get through her
schedule safely. Beginning with the
Brown game Harvard meets teams
on successive Saturdays which Will
test her to the limit. The first IAN
Serous opponent is Brown, whose
eleven invariably makes the Crimson
play the limit. Next will come the
Indians, who are likely TO be quite
as hard TO subdue. Then will come
Princeton. on the Tigers own grid
iron, with Dartmouth and Yale at
Cambridge. This is the same sort
ON schedule which Harvard was
accustomed TO play when she met
Pennsylvania. but though there is
little doubt that Princeton will make
less trouble than Pennsylvania did
during the last two years her teams
figured On the Harvard schedule.
When the Pennsylvania team star
ed pra ice OIL THU da. here
only three veterans who started
against Cornell in the squad. They
were Captain Mercer. fui!back: Nor
lis, tackle. az Jourdett, end. Rod
gers, the other tackle. is still in the
university. but there are grave doubts
about his eligibility on cou Of
scholastic troubles. Pennsylvania's
latoness in getting started adds TO
her problem. At the same time the
mater ial from last years freshman
class and the substitute list as well
is of such a high order thai the team
has better prospects than the Stats
Tics would indicate.
The Army Navy Game.
The college world is very much in
tercstcd IL the semi-ofiicial announce
mcnt from Annapolis TO the effect
that this years game between the
TWO academies Is 10 ne played at
Princeton instead OF Philadelphia,
anu on November % instead OF No
ycmLer -.
These intended changes have not
been officially confirmed. but since
nothing has been accomplished to
gel the University of Pennsylvania
iieid or either OF the Philadelphia
tall parks they may be taken as sub
stauiaiiy correct. though subject 10
change until officially passed upon.
To those VINO have been most deeply
Interested in the success OF the game
between the two academies il would
seem both of the moves in question
have been mistakes. Only once since
the games were resumed In 1899 has
the contest been played at Princeton.
That was in 1906 and everyone who
experienced the perils and hardships
Of that journey hopes never TO be
obliged 10 endure il again. The block
ad" Of trains from New York. PHI
ddeipIid and Washington was such
that 90 great many of the Spectators
did not reach the field until the sec
ond half was we'll unlcr way and con
diuous were even worse in the rush
tO get away.
ln q way Princeton can handle the
crowd 20 % biz college game. for the
Old grads rather enjoy the novelty
Of roughiug it. but not 50 the type
o. men and womcu who flock TO see
the Army and Navy play. For this
game the crowd is tine feature. not
the players. And the leaders Of so
cicty world can't display themselves.
entertain and be- entertained at
Princeton as in Philadelphia. In
decd that experience In all these
things was so unpleasant az Prince
ton that they an cried with one voice
never again