New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-18

the lndilkS OF all newspaper WIlteT6-Oi
at least. 1t has my thanks, as / can speak
only for myself-for the help furnished
on Saturday in getting some details OF
the game. 1t was most acceptable. In
some respects the system adopted was
even better than at Harvard and Penn
sylvania. as three men were provided with
megaphones to relay the announcements
along the press gallery
Elmer McDevitt, one of the Yale
coaches, says THE Yale team was a
new one. and it's possibilities were I'M
known. II came through to the satisfac-
ton OF all Yale men," This is not the Inn
preston / gained from hearing Yale men
talk on the way home from Princeton on
Saturday, as most OF them were far from
satisfied with the team and the way II
played,
Fred Dawson. captain of the Princeton
baseball team in 1910 and halfback ana
occasionally an end on the football eleven
for three years, has been getting results
as coach of the Union College eleven inns
fall. 1 DO not hesitate to say that union
has put a better team on the gridiroh
this season than In several years and that
| better things can be expected in 1915 as
only four players will be lost by gradu-
alton. I stopped off at Schenectady on
my way from Ithaca last week. donned
the old football toys and ran around win
| Dawson as he put mis- players through
long, hard drill. n, was a liberal educa-
/ II ~ 41lr ma nne
stand why Union has lost only one game
this year. and that TO the strong Wesleyan
team, without three Of the best players
in the lineup.
The victory over Hamilton on Saturday
stamped the season success Tor union
men. and ! am devoting this little space
| to my own college because l feel that IL
is deserved. Dawson has done something
more than teach the players some OF the
niceties Of football. He has laid the
foundation for a football system which
was as sadly needed at Union as II was
at Cornell. Further than that, he has
inspired the men with much Of his own
dash. fighting spirit and enthusiasm. and,
best of all, he has made the practice
period something more than grind, and
has kept his men In the kind OF condition
that makes them enjoy the work and
enjoy their meals. As l sat at the train
ing table last Monday evening, after
three hours Of gruelling work, saw no
signs Of lassitude, but indications OF
ravenous appetites. Football under such
conditions makes for good and is
-. I'll n m
graduating Union College, Fred Dawson
Captain Dewey and the team.
In beating Amherst on Saturday for the
first time on Pratt Field since 1900. the
Williams College eleven wound up the
most successful season it has enjoyed In
many a year. With victories over Cor
nell and Wesleyan among others, II has
earned a forward place in the ranking
and deserves high credit too, as the ma
terial was none too good. / am sorry TO
admit that / have not seen the team in
action this year. but good judge tells
me that Lewis, at quarterback, Is Of all
America Calibre and that the eleven, as
whole has shown much finish. Fred
DAILY. the Yale captain of 1910. whom |
am glad to call friend is at the bottom
Of 1t all. He has proved himself as good
a coach as he was a halfback. and this
is the more satisfying to me, as / pre-
dieted two years ago that such would be
the case.
The Wesleyan eleven, one OF the best
ever turned out at Middletown, also
wound up its season on Saturday with a
victory over Trinity. Under the able
coaching of Jack High, formerly OF
Brown, 1t played through the season with
and one to Williams.
Eddie Mahan, captain OF the Harvard
freshman team, is a second Brickley 10
all appearances. and, barring accidents.
the Crimson eleven will be stronger than
ever In drop kicsers next fall Some
critics suggested after the latest revision
Of the football code last winter that the
encouragement of the running game and
the increased value of the touchdown
would sound the death knell OF drop
kicking, but such has not proved 10 be
the case. A week ago last Saturday no
less than twenty-one goals from the field
were scored. in various games, and no
doubt the number was quite as large last
Saturday although ] have not counted
them up. In point of fact the team
without an accomplished drop and place
kicker is sadly handicapped. and IT IS
cause for congratulation that this spec
tacular way Of scoring has not been
overbalanced under the new rules.
Football players are numbered In Eng
land. Then why not here? | am In hopes
that T.. X. Hall, of Dartmouth, chair
man Of the rules committee. will see
this paragraph. 1t will make him smile,
even If 1t does not sink deeper. Number
ing the players is one reform Of football
that is still to be accomplished.
HERBERT.
ON MANY SOCCER FIELDS