El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-10-19
EW YORK. Oct. 1S.-As the foot


- for the eastern championship is
narrowing down TO three teams, as il
has for the past several years Har-
ward, Yale and Princeton, composing
what is known as the Big Three, are
drawing near to the time when they
will match skill with each other on the
gridded field
Harvard shows Improvement.
Of the three, Harvard looks the best,
as she did last year, but at that cOacn
Haughton is far from satisfied with
the results, so far shown The game
of last week, when Williams scored a
field goal on the Crimson team, and
managed to hold it TO a three to three
tie, until the fourth period, showed
clearly that Harvard was lacking IN
the ground gaining ability which char
acterized the team last year. This week
Haughton ordered strenuous practice
in line plunging and decided improve
ment was noticed
Charley Brickley can still be de-
pended upon TO pull the team out Of
bad hole with his marvellous kicking.
Eddie Mahan can also boot the ball
and has shown an ability to send the
pigskiu for a good long distance in
practice. Even with good punteTs,
fast backfield is necessary to get down
the field under the punts: With more
speeding Up Of the backfield Harvard
should figure strongly when she meets
Yale and Princeton
Bradlee for Quarterback.
Trumbeu at center, and PennOck at
guard five the Crimson line a great
deal of strength. The only position
which looks at all doubtful, is quar-
Freddy and Logan at this position
OF the trio, Bradlee looks as If he
were the logical man for the place He
did good work in the Williams game,
later replaced by Logan
Yale Braces Up
At the opening Of the season every
thing seemed to point toward a dlsas-
trOus year for Yale on the gridlron
The Maine game, in which the lads
from up north held the Ellis to a score
less tie, seemed to indicate that Yale
was out of the running. Then followed
the Lafayette game Of a week ago,
which showed that the Blue had taken
a decided brace. By rolling up a q
Pennsylvania to a 10 to 0 score the
previous week. Yale came back with
punch.
the strongest men on the Blue team
This year Ketcham has been taken
from center, where he made the All
American team last year, and moved
over to left guard. Martung has taken
ketcham's old position and has played
IT in good style Yale relies mostly on
Knowles for the kicking end of the
game, but unless he improves he will
stand but little show against Brickley.
of Harvard, and HOBBY Baker, of
Princeton. the best two kickers in the
game this year.
niger Team Also Fast.
Captain "HObey" Baker and Brad
STREET. are the most consistent gFound
gamers on the Princeton team. HObey
made a name for himself last year and
seems to be just as good this year.
STREET. at full back sprang into fame in
the Bucknell game and practically won
the game for the Tigers with his end
runs. He made the first tally after a
so yard run on a wet and slippery field
-'Hobey" Baker when the latter was
carrying the ball The Tiger team is
fast and should be able to give Har-
ward q struggle worthy Of the name
when the two meet Cnless Yale picks
up considerably Princeton will repeat
the performance Of last year, for at
the present time the Tigers have
shown much more form than have the
Other Good Teams.
However, not all Of the football in
The Carlisle Indians, Pennsylvania |
West Point and Annapolis are also |
coming in for their share. Each of /
them, with the possible exception of
the navy. has as good team this wear
as last, If not better. The Indians are !
foes worthy of anyOne's steel The only 1
way TO get at comparison Of these /
teams with the teams OF the Big ]
Three" is through a comparison of I
scores made against common foes
Carlisle will play Dartmouth at the /
Polo grounds next month and Dart !
mouth will also stack up against /
Princeton. Pennsylvania also meets
Dartmouth as well as the Indians. The /
Navy will meet Buckneu on November
s. After this game it will be possible
TO draw a tentative comparison be-
tween the Navy and Princeton, for
Bucknen met the Tigers a week ago.
Colgate, played by both the
Army and Yale. a comparison of the
latter two teams can be obtained. But
after all, comparative scores tell but
little: past experience has shown the
dope" of this kind cannot be relied l
upon unless the scores are overwhelm-
ing
Little Fellows Have Chance.
This year the little fellows have had !
more Of a chance to score on the big /
teams than ever before. Harvard, Yale 1
and Princeton have all been scored on. !
Time was when these schools could |
90 through a whole season without I
having an offensive cleat mark on the
goal line, or a place kick soar over
their cross bar The open style Of play