New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-09

the fact however. that ar one Of the lead
ing colleges iu the country me problem rs .
still unsolved after three weeks N practice .
and eight or nine months OF thinking and b
planning II begins to look as If resort 4
must be- had 70 drop kick. q forward pass I
or some trick play. as was the case last F.
wear. for scoring purposes. oven II team F.
f= strong enough 20 advance tne ball .
within striking distance of the opponent .
goal line The defence f- bound to stiff10 .
1nc become more adhesive as an eleven rs /
forced into IT, own TERRITORY so that gain T.
ine ground by rushing grows harder and .
harder when -He scoring need is greatest .
r raDrer 10 know that the coaches ~ .
Yale are bending every energy 10 rho de-
voIopmcut OF good dror dckers. and the 4
same IS true AT practically every other coll f.
Iege The new rules put a premium on .
kicking game and not only are good drop
and place hckers q necessity. but strong
hunters are in great demand. This is an
other indication that uttle dependence can +
be placed on rushing PLAYS u bring about
the defeat of an opponent when two
elevens are reasonably well matched. Tt
was common gossip last fall that All the
ramifcations Of the now famous Shevlr
shift play az Yale which In q measure
brought about the defeat Of Princeton F.
were not disclosed 70 is quite possible u
such is the case that Yale may no able 20
develop a scoring play by rushing. but II IS +.
only possible Some other streteglst may .
come forward with an equally effective
PLAY. but this. TOO seems doubtful az the
keenAst football brains IN the country
worked over and studied the problem last
wear without finding q good solution.
Speaking Of puntinz leads me 20 say that
r. Anderson one Of tho candidates FOR
vaIe.s hack1eId. car he cured % his slow
ness and dellberst'ou IN getting the ball
away he is likely % he second Ted Gov f.
He has Httla or no form At presents .
form goes IA nunt-uF-but after he mas
taken step backward with one foot and .
turned partly around he sends ne ball
booming down the field tn tne most amaz-
ing wav So much valuable time IL lost f.
however. that he would be almost az the .
mercy Of me charging forwards Of strong
team. r. he can be taught however. 20 get .
the BAN OF quickly and In the generally .
accepted stvls ne VIII he power IN Yeles .
hackfeid
n would seem a. % Yal-.s chi-f problem
rhi. wear would he the DEVELOPMENT n a .
csuable SCI or backs Captain Howe OF
course. is a host in himself bur tho other
three men must be coached uD 20 the Yale
standard as all tho candidates are more
or less green 20 the positions. Baker. the
one exception-a speedy. lodging back Of
the PendIeton types OUT Of the game
for The present with an injury, and there
is no telling when he VIII he able 70 re-
turn. For the line positions Yale is par
tfcularlv well OF in excellent material. and
II NAV be said. even AZ this time. that
strong team IS I'm tho building There aT-
uears 70 ne 30 many capable men for the
line that the difficulty VIII be IN making
selection Before turning % another sub
tect. 7 must not forget 70 refer 10 PLAYER
named avery. an end. who. unless z am
greatly mistaken. will he much IN the pub
lie eve before the season is over. The
coaches. ~ course NAV think differently.
but T predict that he VIII fnd place on
the team. barring accidents. Up to The
present time his chances have been limited.
but the opportunity 20 shine will come.
The trouble that Captain Hart and
Vaughn have been having IN their studies.
as well as several others VINO have been
definitely debarred from playing football
by the faculty IS cause for much regret
ana comment az Princeton The sentiment
IS growing that 1t SIS up 10 the athletes 90
keep up IN their college work Princeton
lost FIVE out or the thirteen men who de-
feated the Yale freshmen ia football last
wear for this reason. Two of these men
Waller who was captain Of the team ana
the best line ulunger since the days OF Jim
Mccormick. and Ball who was a splendid
rackIe-were counted 0u as sure varsity
men this wear and their failure 20 stay 10
college mas meant nia loss 20 the team.
colgate which held Cornell 90 s score of
O. 10 O.. may put Princeton 70 a fair test.
but ae for beating the Tigers. that seems
entirely beyond the mark Princeton VIII
no further advanced than when Cornell
took the field against Colgate, and 10 must
r,e remembered that the eleven from
Ithacn was never In danger of defeat. even
though % could not cross Colgate goal
line and won only by drop kicks trou t7'
field. A fair comparison between Dart
mouth and Harvard should boz furnished by
the formers game with Holy Cross. while
Pennsylvania should not have much 20 fear
from Viuanova. or Brown from Bowooin
Cornell ON the other hand may catch
tartar az once before. in Pennsylvania
state. which usually boasts OF "a formidable
team r. was a case of "too much Vo0rhIs
for Cornell three or four years ago. when
the present coach al Wesleyan carried
Pennsvlvanis state 20 victory over the
Itnacans bv mis- drop kicking ability
The Amherst Student" In speaking OF
the opening game OF the season. said. ITO
Captain Madden belongs the biggest share
OF credit Tor the victory. His all around
work was a revelation and "a pleasure.
Madden established the fact last year that
be WAS one OF the nest ends ever developed
al Amherst. and IN a year OF exceptionally
ro,d ends deserved mention among the
hest Besides being strong defensive
player and wonderfully Fast 10 covering
the ball on punts he has the added value
of baipp "a reasonably sure drop kicker.
Ills goal from the field brought victory 10
Amherst in the opening game OF the sea-
son and he viii Doe "a menace 20 any team
i'm this respect Do Die eleven is strong
euoyrf fo adsuc. rn, uaiI f" the Seward
Dino
Them. .- a .ruma ~ sau.f8.ran u tho
announcement that the Armv-Navv foot
hall game win not conflict with ths vale
Harvard struggle next year af VIII 10 rhe