The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-25
TIGERS OUTLOOK
NEVER BRIGHTER
THAN THIS YEAR
Ahead Of Harvard and Yale in
Present Strcngth-Share
Top With Cornell.
FAITH IN BLUE ELEVEN
Is BADLY SHATTERED
u, WILLIAM n. LAMA

Saturday. with its thrills and spills.
rejoicings and disappointmcuts, wis the
moet tcemiug afternoon of footOali OF
the season Harvard came II hard crop
per. and the most notable victory ot tne
! day was won by Cornell, which team IN
heating Harvard accomplished Il iea'
looked upon as the hardest in football.
! Princeton smptheir1 Dartmouth an"
| NOR. than answered satisfactorily the
question or how the Tigers are coming
along for the more important part or
jhcir campaign. They are coming along
emoothly and strongly and unplestoh-
ably are ahead of liaryard ana Yale al
this tunr. prince'on never had n better
October outlook for beating both liar
ward and Yale. Nassau - Il stronger
: team just now than either ~ the other
two. The Jcrscymcn and Cornell enter
he last week Of October at the top ot
the football hoap. though the record OF
Colgate IN heating the Army. scoring -"N
uo nts ia four games and not being
scored ON, demands consideration.
Vale WAS beaten again by Washington
and Jefferson, making four opponents
which have Won from the BLU two years
In succession. Harvard. princ.-'on n
the Army are the others. Following a
previous reversal. THO last defeat was a
discouraginE Il sappointneit. There was
high hope that Yale was beginning to
right herself after stormy times. Now
faith for the future Is shaken. and the
outlook for beating either Harvard or
Princeton, not to mention Colgate. which
comes next SATURDAY, or Brown, $ poor.
Forward passing beat Yale. 1t beat
her last year in the same game. II has
had her ia hot water time and again
even when not actually bringing defeat,
yet with all these lessons Vale never
seems to acquire a defence for the play.
An nut .1.sl lint tA, az i,,,,. ,t. IEta .np.l
with the play on SATURDAY is this Nine
tenths of their )W. and J.'sl ground was
EIiucd on their forward passes, which
the Yale team played like wooden men
II appears that the Improvement of
last week At New Haven was not such
as II work ont against a real opponent.
and about the only encouraging feature
Was that every Eli played hard. Never
theless there H. material for a first class
line at Yale. The baCkiield seems to
be stcadfdstly mediocre.
Penn resisted pittsbuIg valiantiy
right down TO The finish and played "A
s;if game against a troop which was
supposed 20 Ice a dcvoUring element and
unbeatable. This, W. imagine. was the
best game of the day for hard ana close
battling. and Penn evidently is "A gritty,
tgnting crowd The Quakers get licked
now and the. but i takes a lot Of lick
ing 20 beat them.
The Army men encouraged their sup
portelS bv winning from a good cam
capable N two ways. At football and at
rpughIrg H.. The Georgetown people
apparently knew now to slug as Well as
how to play. The work OF the West
Pointers was more nearly up to their
capabilities than in any previous game.
The strength Of The v. =. I. eleven is
an unknown factor, hut at least the
Navy Won a game. and V. l.. ]. probably
is strong enough to mean that the 20
To- q victory of the nidshipmen indicates
that they. like the Yves: Pointers. are
; improving columbia made n slam-banF.
spirited reentrN after an era of desuc-
tude. Her coming games for that reason
VIII b" watched with Increased Interest.
Harvard Vii, have a better hackticld
thau the one INA; look the field against
Corf,ll Nathan isn't likely to have such
- bad day again and the return Of En-
right ana MckiuIock will help. Mahan
~ the best ,Ootudl! player IN the Coun-
try. bIt another day such as he had
on saturday would damage his reputa-
ton a good deal. Il wasn't So much
ihat n" mulfed punts. Every body has
those days ard the wind was a trouble
Wdk,r. put h, Kicked poorly whether
'hc wind WAS with hin or agaius; him.
Tie Was uI,kichtd lu every way by a
lad W'p never was heard OF before.
Harvard fell down Just where She was
supposed to b. strongest, but Mahan's
worth is too well established to doubt
that he viii bo rs sk.lful with his toe
as H. running when he lines UP against
t!Ee and the bulldog.
The ~lngtrold Of S~hiverclS. tho Cor
ncll!an who outdid Mahan. recalls a
story of Jim Vaughn. Jim was pitch
ing for the lanks against the Detroits.
Ty Cobb came to bat. An infelder
strolled w TO Jim and whispered This
Is Ty cobb YOU better pass him" "Why
not strike him OUT" replied the unim-
pressed VAUGHN.
BUT although the hest Crimson back
field wasn't playing. the Harvard line
wac the best AZ to material there j. in
the university. We have never seen
a Hdughion line IS uneven In It's charge
this late IN the season. Furthermore.
the lincuon aren't as spry mentally as
predecessors of the last few years.
The tackles and guards are exceed
lugly pIuivi'pt, but they aren't to-
gethcr. WalIIo,'s centre play was only
fair, hut viii improve with more practice.
The end play was from mediocre 10
poor, The grorpius work 81 the ends
the lack of quick diagnosis and canuy
vigilance, and especially the general
lowress iu locating aud ndhhiug "A
loose bail were outstanding faults. The
last named fault Vas all the more
noticeable" h"causc Of the extreme pro-
iciencN mat Wa attained by Harvard
teams of the last two Years.
Penuu,k AMI Trunbul and Hardwick
are missed, aftor an 50, for tina mat
ter, are Brtd!cc and Logan. There
wasn't any s!gu that the Harvard team
HAS the potential owe OF last year
Ut VIII. however, hc much better than
now. Tn" atidri NJ present il poor, even
weak, hNt cuttllu- and practice hardly
F. ram in.l To- get some cohesion in thu
llur, some cooperation between the line
D., n backs. and som" continuity. The
defence shows signs Of being VERY
| strong IN due time. a decidedly tourl
/; job for anybody 10 get through, also
around f II" eudS can Do their part
commcnsuratclN. More alertuess viii
/, have to hc impaired to the line. how.
=, ever,
\ close formation behind the line