The sun., 1916-10-09

ny lults, but the fact STANDS out that
Harvard's reign has about ended. For
years the Crimson has overwhelmed all
opposition, bowling only to Cornell last
year. The success of the Percy Haugh- |
ton regime has placed Harvard In q po-
sition to dictate 9ridiron terms to its
historic rivals. However II seems that
power is ended. Harvard. shorn of its
Mahan. Gilman. Brickley. Hardwick.
Soucy and Wallace. does not appear In
such a formidable light to Yale and
Princeton supporters.
Yale Gains In Strength.
With Harvard slowly but surely COM
Ing back to the rating OF a good but not
overwhelming team. Yale Is exhibiting a
speed and strength that IL forcing fol-
lowers back on their launches with as
constituent. All happenings point to n
Yale year in football. h first for many
seasons. Just when Harvard appears
wofully weak In attack. Yale comes out
with a smashing machine. the OF
which has not carried the Blue In . long
time.
Princeton. too. 10 developing running
power that promises to sweep the weaker
defence Of Harvard up and down the
field. Something Is radically wrong At
Harvard and there must be an immediate
diagnosis and rectiication II the Grim
son IL to appear favorably his season.
Against Tufts Harvard was not only
unable to advance the ball but II was
not until Tufts threatened the goal line
that the Crimson forwards were able
to put up any kind OF defence. Har-
wards field goal came through an un-
fortunate tumble by a Tufts back and
allowed Harvard a tally unearned. There
sid not seem q man on the Harvard
team who could solve the shift attacks OF
Tufts. There was no conception Of ad-
vanced football. Whether or not tho
coaches are 10 blame for this lack OF
thinking ability In yet to be answered.
Harvard Lacks Spirit.
Not until Tufts had scored In the nnal
quarter and tho game was lost did Har-
ward show any spirit. Then the first
string backs were driven hard. but no
gains Of any moment were noted. Tufts
nloughed through the Harvard tacklers
for geo yards. as compared to IS yards
gained by h Crimson. This In itself
explains why Tufts was victor.
While Harvard was being bruised and
disiiiusioned Yale was having a merry
time OF II convincing Virginia that the
1916 eleven Of Yale is not a bit like
that OF 1918. Led by the in!mitable
Harry Lekore, who promises to be the
leading player OF the gridiron this sea-
son, Yale circled ends. logged through
the line and romped to victory much as
4, pleased. There was mighty power
shown by Yale on both offence and de-
fence.
Princeton had no trouble defeating
North Carolina. 80 to 0. There were
no unusual happenings NJ the Tiger
game. Coach Rush allowed his men to
use only straight football plays and
these sufaced. The Southerners held
well for the first few moments OF attack.
but the battering soon broke them down.
and then II was only a question OF how
large the score was to be. Rush did not
allow his nrst string men TO overexert
themselves. sending In a nock OF substi-
tutes in the second half.
No great chance Of comparison OF the
departmental e~lcvens. the Army and
Navy, was given. Both won but not de-
cisively enoug 20 prove power. Inc
Army has a powerful backfeld in OIL
phant, Place and Vidal. but there Is no
assurance that these men will be able
TO uphold the Army supremacy In tho
the year. Most OF the Navy stars are
new men coming to the front this year.
Roberts and Ingram stand out.
Columbia Flnbles Game.
New York's collegiate institutions sup
pljed local color to the sport Saturday,
Two wene successful. while the third
suffered a setback that broke a string OF
victories. Columbia fumbled its way &c
defeat with Hamilton. losing Its nrs'
game since football was revived at tho
M%orningside Heights institution. The
l defeat Toes not signify that Columbia
has a weak team. but on the contrary 1
is assured the Blue and White. onc'
started, will again give = good account
Of itself.
,, Fordham helped to uphold the .uprem
: acy of the East by starting It's hom'
season with a defeat of Western Mary
8 land. Five intersectionai battles wer'
. staged Saturday, n like Fordham. tn
= rest of the invaded East easily withstoo'
> the attack. Fordham has a football
team which any college should be prou'
OF. There Is power there In every De
New York University got started on
. victorious year by lashing Rensselae
y under q % to o defeat. Howard CAM
has developed into = back Of great mag
r place the Violet on a high plane in tn
e football world. Coach Eustis also seem
i to have developed a spirit at N. Y. L
that has been lacking In previous years
: Few EARLY Upsets.
I outside of the Harvard failure all O
E the prominent teams came throug
without much trouble. Syracuse prove
IL had another record smashing aggre
cation by inviting Ohio University I
a syracuse and then splitting the Buckeye
ali over the field. Pennsylvania. unde
Bob Folwell. got started and brushe
aside without great exertion Frankli
and Marshall. Penn State has anothe
scoring machine, as Its 80 to 7 victor
70 over Bucknell should attest. Lehigi
colgate and Brown also appear to hav
a good attacking eleven. a. each role
up a large score.
70 In the West Notrs Dame and Mich
gan. the two elevens which furnish ir
tersectional interest each season. can
" through without much trouble. Noti
W trough without trouble. Notre Dam
especially showed a running attack thu
X may mean trouble for the Army later o'
l. WATCH MANNIKINS PLAY,
=. Washington Park. Brooklyn, will prof.
- ably be taxed to capacity this M%ftsrnoo
for tho ssc.nd game on the WORLDS ssrie