New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-02
ON COLLEGE GR|D|RONS
indications Point to Some Strong
EIevenS This Year.
SEASON IS WELL LAUNCHED
Pendleton, of Princeton, Likely
to Shine in New Place at
Quarterback.

to Shine In new race DIT
Quarterback.
With the college football season fairly
launched. there Is reason for putting some
credence in the reports from the leading
eleyens that they would be strongly repre-
sented on the gridron this year. lndica-
lions of strength were plainly apparent In
the opening games at Yale Harvard
Princeton. Pennsylvania and Cornell. Dart
mouth and Brown are a bit unsettled. ana
may have some difficulty In maintaining
the pace they established last season. put
il is yet far too early to pass judgment IN
this respect Dartmouth has lost NUMBER
of men who for two or three years haVo
kept the Green to the fore. while Brown
too. suffered from graduation, and. more
over is lacking in fast, heavy men for the
line The other teams mentioned are wen
fortified with the kind Of material so neces-
sary to the building Of winning elevens' so
that much will depend upon the coachlh9
and general development to bring ABOUT
the results that count. The games next
Saturday will furnish another test al
though they still must be classed or the
preliminary kind. The meeting between
Harvard and Holy Cross should prove par
ticularly interesting. az it will furnish more
or less Of an early season line on the
teams which will fight it out on November
o. AT Cambridge Yale defeated Holy Cross
on Saturday by score OF IS TO ., and
Harvard men are confident that the Grim
son eleven will do as well. II not better.
Syracuse made a brave stand against
Yale last year. and was beaten only by
score of y to s. The eleven from up the
state may spring another surprise next
Saturday at New Haven. as / am told that
tho team is fairly strong and well ad-
vanced. PENNSYLVANIA has a score 10 settle
with I-rsinus, a team that defeated the
Ouakers in the opening game last year. 1t
was held in more respect this season ana
moved up one week on the schedule IN
order to give Pennsylvania chance to he
further advanced and to have the expert
ence Of one game to offset any possible
chance of another defeat. princeton VIII
take the field against villa Nova in what
promises TO be a rather easy game "hlle
cornell will face Oberlin. Dartmouth will
do battle with Colby and Brown VIII nsht
# out with the Massachusetts, Agricultural
College
II strikes me that the Princeton coaches
are doing well in trying folly" Pendleton
at quarterback. and / will be surprised II
rather difficult problem of finding capable
man to run the team is not solved Pen
dleton made a name for himself last year
as one of the fastest and most elusive
backs I'm the history of the game duu
earned the distinction of getting pldce
on Walter Camps all-Amerlca teaIh' III
nv opinion he had one fault last year-'he
lack Of initiative In finding an opening uh-
less protected at the start by interference
Once under way, however, ne naa le"
eouals. and some Of his long, brilliant runs
through a broken field have rarely, II ever
beep anualled. 1t may be said In his faVor
not he was a marked man In the Yale
game. when this fault was most houCed'ie'
ord the fault. if fault It was, will no doubt
he overcome Thu season. Under the ne"
r,,,os . quarterback is less confined, and MS
,.o1ra In CARRYING the ball will not Dc lost
f., tho new position. II strikes me further
that he ha. all the qualities for an ldeai
ouarterh.-t if he possesses the all-impoI
tant'one Of c,uoraisnip, so necessary 10 '"e
euccess of a team. There Is no question
sbout his speed resourcefulness and ability
n think quickly, and If he can comolne
tbese with the power of direction IN inc
stress of conflict, Captain Howe OF iale,
and Captain Sprackling. of Brown VIII
have 2. strong rival for the honor OF oeing
the all-America quarterback this year
Tho practice If the Princeton eleven
last week was not calculated 70 make the
undergraduates too optimistic Tor the
u,orl, in every ecrlmmage was decidedly
ragged one thing. however. was notice
/ ahIe and that was the apparent deter
,,iration Of the coaches 10 get the men
,.au grounded in the fundamentals OF the
/ game Nothing but straight football was
allowed. and It was made clear uat inc
coaches this year are after team with a
powerful enough attack to gain on strhIsH'
/ r,a,s when they are within striking dis
! lance Of the enemy's goal line. Inc most
disappointing feature was the work OF 'he
lin.men. There was every reason 10 DC
Iieye that the line would be exceptionally
strong for a Princeton team this year. Dul
So far the forwards have developed slowly
with q light backneld il will be absolutely
essential to have a powerful line to give
,ho hacks enough protection and interior
orca IN LET them get well started. II this
condition obtains the Tigers must be
watched for It is seldom that a trio OF
! such fast men as Pendleton, Sawyer ana
Raker get together on one team. Pendle-
ton Is known ~ old Sawyer was the In
, tercollegiate winner Of tho qUarter-mile
rim last spring, while Baker resembles
Pendlcton i'm his open field running. Cap
tain Hart Is down 10 play tackle, but with
princeton's old problem Of finding good
nair of ends still unsolveh he might well
! be used on one Of the wings. Hart Is the
fastest man in starting at Princeton. and
with his weight and deadly tackling might
he second Fitzpatrick. He Is too top
heavy on account Of his peculiar build TO
make n good back. as has been pointed
out in this column in previous years.
The conflict on November Is Of the Yale
Harvard and Army Navy games is cause
for keen regret Geographically they are
well separated, one being at Cambridge
and the other at Philadelphia. but hun
dreds who had counted on seeing both bat
ties will be disappointed As for the
sporting editors, they have reason 70 shed
tears Of veXation.
! T. A. Owsley, I'm commenting on Yale 6
play In the opening game against Wes-
! levaD. saws IN THE Yale News: THE
team is ahead Of most teams this time Of
year I'm development and condition. Both
the tackling and defence were very good.