The sun., 1916-10-16
FOOTBALL FINDS
LEADING TEAMS.
ELL MATCHED.
Yale Has Best Attack,
Princeton Defence-Har-
ward Second in Both.
LEGORE STANDS FORTH
AS 4 COMING STAR

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outstanding features Of Saturdays col.
legiate clashes which bring forward
prominent, elevens in their proper light.
Strength Of team play can be measured
fairly accurately by diagnosis Of attack
and defence. Fumbles and though;less
generalshlp do not necessarily detract
from the ltimate worth OF an aggreea-
tion, because IL is possible to eliminate
both. Bearing these points in mind II is
Interesting to line up Harvard. Yale.
Princeton. Cornell. Dartmouth. Syracuse.
Colgate. Penn state. Pittsburg. West
Point and Pennsylvania, the institutions
seemingly favored with football talent
beyond the ordinary.
There Is little doubt that Harvard.
Yale and Princeton are more evenly
matched this season than In several years.
Harvard st!ll 10 possessed Of a scoring
machine Of immense possibilities, but IL
has been seriously weakened defensively.
Yale probably has the best attacking
body Of the three. and like Harvard has
as yet been unable 10 bring forward a
line Of any kind OF impregnabili,y.
Princeton Is weak behind the line. but
has a forward wall that probably out
shines any in the East. Yale leads in
offence. Princeton in defence and Har-
ward runs a close second in both.
Tigers Diaa ppoint Coach.
Prince;on's game against Tufts was
disappointing 10 Speedy Rush. His vet
eran backfeld candidates acted like de-
bu,antes at their coming out. Jack
Eddy. at Quarterback. was guilty OF sew
eral indecls.ons which counted nightly
agains, the team. Three times Eddy tried
the wrong play al the wrong time.
Once on the third down and only o
ten yards to go for a touchdown Eddy
called for a forward pass that was COM
pleted, but with only a couple yards gain.
This play took the ball from IN front
Of the goal posts TO the far corner. Here
the only possible thing was a drop kick.
but the angle was impossible. as was
proved when Tibbott missed by yards.
Another time with the ball on the six
yard line and a first down Eddy tried
an intricate double pass and the for
wards OF Tufts We're IN the play so hur-
riediy Brown fumbied as the ball was
passed 20 him. Tufts recovered and a
touchdown went glimmer.ng.
with this faulty attack OF the back
field Princeton forwards had to contend
and the way they did their work GER
tainly brings a little balm. Not In a
long time has a line been seen that
smashed TO ~smithereens so successfully
every play tired by the opposition. Cen
merit, Nourse. Hogg and Mclean were on
top Of every attempt made by Tufts and
really stopped the Medford men in their
tracks. Princeton never was In serious
danger, thanks 10 its exceptional line
men.
There r. no doubt that Princeton will
be a mighty hard OUTFIT TO beat. bu, not
exceptionally difficult TO stop. Its back
neld, on the play so far. has not the
power exh.b. ted BY Yale and Harvard
backs.
LegOrs IL Yale Asset.
Yale seems TO be about so per cent.
Harry Legore and the res, willing as
sistants. especially on the attack. L%-
gore Is a sensational running halfback.
who slides through the arms Of tacklers
and is never down until sat upon. Half
OF the twelve points registered against
Leh!gh were brought to Yale by a sixty
yard dash that featured Legore pound
ing over the turf and shaking of ambi-
tious opponents. Credit to the 40 per
cent of the Blue must be given In that
the interference was exceptional for SO
early in the season.
Bingham also played we'll for Yale.
He gave promise OF being a fitting run
ming mate for the spectacular and really
high class Legore. Yale's great half
back appears more INC more every day
as II he Is to be the Eddi Mahan of
this season.
While Yale displayed superesac!ency
on attack there were times that the line
battered and 1t was necessary for Lee
gore and Bingham TO dash into the play
10 prevent damage. There was no per.
e'stency and no strength which would
cause any worry at Princeton or Har-
ward The Yale line must be o~verhaule
" the BLU hopes for football laurels
iaie is justly proud Of its record so far
put the old axiom about pride and a
fall still holds good.
No Team Work At Harvard.
Still Harvard adherents are seeL,r.
Tor one tangible reason why thew should
rise ana chorus their approval OF the
teams success. Each game finds a new
individual star who might he raved
ABOUT II 1t were not that Percy Haueh.on
derides ind~.v!dualism in football and de-
pends upon combined effort for success
Casey and Robinson are bid
dihs Tor laurels. as Is Capt. Dadmun.
put mere is reason for gloom surround
Ing the Crimson as far as the rest are
concerned.
Harvard displayed no great strength
against North Carolina. Crimson sun.
porters say II was not necessary. This
may De so, stlll II stand out that Uar.
Nard wanted 10 smother the Southerners
u only TO gain some consolation over the
defeat administered by Tufts the week
eefore. Harvard's lire. on the play m
date. cannot be compa red with that os
Princeton. Harvard's Individual OFFENCE
may soon be s%upplan,ed by a machine
and II that happens Princeton will be
hard put to equal the work Of the Grim.
son.
There Is a battle promised for Harvard
IN TWO weeks, when Al Sharpe takes his
strong Comedians to Cambridge for
tne'r annual battle. Harvard is s,iIl
singing from the defeat administered
lsst year but there seems little chance
Tor revenge now.
Cornell Primed for War.
Cornell to date has put forward A
scoring machine every bit as wonderful
as mat which carried the lthacans to the
Eastern ute last year. Also there are
a Few young giants on the snuad who
reVei In q struggle that finds man pi,ted
against man and only his head. arms and
iegs 10 US" as weapons, Cornell wants
10 defeat Harvard. and from the way ~
nee'hs now Harvard will have TO turn
Wer d Nolunle or two to prevent this
"'hamss football players will be glad
'assuIe ifar'ard that there In q steam
roger of large proportions at Ithaca.
- On the day Harvard IL trying 10 con.
vince Itself and the rest Of the anxious