Omaha daily bee., 1911-11-26
BACK FIELDS MAIN STRENGTH
Yale and Princeton Are Both Exoep-
tionally Strong.
HARVARD HAS BUT ONE STAR
Teams Are Also strong I'm Good
Kickers--sOme of the squads
show Great strength In
Their Line Men.
HARVARD HAS BUT ONE STAR
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KEW YoRs, nov. s5,--Xaio and Fr;scs-
tsa have shown the best back nsids OF
the BIG four this year. Che Is a great
defensive set and tao other a powerful
ground gaining team. PoaBsys back
sold Is a one-mRn G4ta... Mercer acne
being q i.rst-ciass piayo., and Harvard
has been soEoed to Kelly onti.osy on Wen
cell.
Yaie'n back field IN the big games
showed marked Improvement N cySry
line. When the season first started every
critic roasted the inea bch.ad the line a.
New Haven to a turn, pa thcy devel5ped
fast and To-Day are lcuCh bc.tor than the
combination az Cambridge and Fhaiadei-
phia. IL is a tossuD wnotaer the Tigers
are any stronger.
But, as l said before, Yates back GolG
IS so diffeIelt from rrineetons that 1t 3
hard 10 compare them Inc Tigers pss
sess the ground-gainers, while tue Bull
dog has q secondary defense that Is tne
equal n not the superior Of any eleven
that ever wore the moitskins.
In Pendleton. sawyer, BakcT, Penfie.d,
Vaughan and Dewitt the Jungletown co..
iege has the most powerful back fed in
either the cast or west. Inoy have
adapted themselves more for last cad
running than line plunglng. The open
Held running OF ali these proved a bS
factor in the Harvard. Dartmouth and
Yale gamcs.
In the matter OF defense the Princeton
backs lack the strength displayed by the
New Havenites Reilly, Anderson, Free
man, Camp and spalding are all eorlans
defensive backs. Reilly perhaps IL the
greatest defensive back in the country.
vaushan's work in the Harvard ana
Dartmouth games in backing up his line
called much praise from the Princeton
coaches. but Dewitt. sawyer and Pen
dieton all showed a tendency 20 DO
sucked In" by the opposing backs, es-
peclAlly on the delayed passes as worked
on them by the big Dartmouth team.
several Good Ixickers.
In the matter OF kicking both baok
fields have displayed more than ordinary
ability. Dewitt the Tigers best booter
under the coaching OF his great brother.
r. the best man In the country today vita
his toe. He gets more distance than any
man In the east, and his spirais are hara
20 clutch. Early in the season Princeton
didn't give this young man much Of a
tumble but once he was put In as a reg
ular, HIS holsts saved The 1igers In both
the Harvard and Dartmouth games.
Baker, Pendloton ana Chrystie have
proven corking good field goal klckers.
For Yale Captain Howe and Water
Camp. jr. have been called on TO upnolo
this department OF the game and have
made good Aows is very consistent
kicker. who is good for forty or forty.
i've yards at any time. He can also
hold HIS own with any man in the east
at drop kicking.
Camp can get better distance than his
captain. but Is not anywhere near as ac-
curate or so fast In getting the ball off
II he could only overcome bis fault 20
rush matters he would be even better
than Dewitt and Howe.
Both Yale and Princeton have shown
crack ends. 1t IL a tossup which has
the better wing men. In Bomeisler Yale
has an END that has displayed wonderful
form In all departments. He weighs igb
pounds. is over six feet tall and has
whirl OF speed In getting down the grid.
iron under hoists. Avery, his running
mate, while NOT equal 10 Bomeisler, Is
above the average. He he's one fault
that needs correcting badly; he doesn't
follow the ball as well az ends should.
on the defense at times he has allowed
the man with the bail 70 get outside OF
hims too.
Avery has another fault. also. and that
Is his eagerness 10 get in and smash the
play before II has fairly started This
has proven very costly at times this fan.
But Il shows that he has the fighting
spirit and he can be schooled.
Dunlap. the Tigers wing man, also has
she same fault. He is a hard man 20
circle, but he Is over-anxious at times.
Opposite Dunlap. Princeton has White.
whose great work In the Harvard and
Dartmouth contests has practically as
eured him OF position on Walter Camps
Ali-American team. This player follows
the ball az all times, as an eng should,
and has been boxed but few times this
season. He Is an eieven-second man and
covers his kckers hoists perfectly.
Line Men Good, Too.
While comparing the Yale and Prince
ton men behind the line It might be well
10 speak Of their beat forwards. Cap
tain Hart Of the Tigers has developed
Into the best tackle in the country.
Coach Roper should have placed him In
the line long before this season. While
he was a good back. he was not playing
his proper position. Tackle Is his right
berth.
Harvard, Dartmouth and Yale all found
him the hardest playing tackle they
faced all year. He is a fast. sure and
hard charger and raised havoc with the
opposition In the three big battles. The
big captains ability to check his man
on punts and then get down the field L.
remarkable.
In scuily. Yale has bear tackle also
Paul was the star OF the New Haven
combination last fall, but he has not
come up 70 the same form this season.
scully. however. has shown big improve
ment. He Is a player OF the same style
as Hart He Is a charger who is playing
Just as hard at the final whistle as he Is
az the opening OF the first period. lie
possesses one asset that no other tackle
IN the east can boast Of That Is
ability 70 charge an opponent ana. going
through. pick out man In the secondary
defense.
AZ guards and center Yale has abou,
the most finished trio In the country m
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