New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-22
vorningside Editor Tack
% 'ss Eleven and Throws
II for a Loss
=. rRANk ONELL

-...hsu AZ Columbia has heeh
- +, the balance by the under
''ss.. ard has been found want
TIC student body has grown
- Of supporting team which has
!. game after game with dishear'-
~ -.er'sr.,y. not so much because.
outmatchcd. but because IN
-. football has been played. Ger
..-r.tursl weaknesses have been
, -. all season. and now, as the
"a, rsme draws near, those same
ri. clare forth. The students be-
bat either the coaches have not
.-...s SUFFICIENT time TO their
80 s, correcting the faults or
sovs have not been able 10 learn.
,..,,rsr the cause. united Columbia
,..,is. .he results as shown on the
ri3ron.
,.-, paper at Norningside Heights
Is the feeling OF the college in an
.T.,r;sl in yesterdays issue. The
s..,,stor7 says Of The football si'us-
-. It would be a waste Of time
IA .osee TO attempt TO offer excuses
d, saturday, defeat at the hands Of
r,Jeysn. There arc no excuses;
.,,,, should be none. i would be in
u. n utter the bromide expressions
"a ogr pride in the fighting spirit OF
y, team. and 10 console ourselves
ii the fact that the men never gave
however overwhelming the odds
IN taxi Is small consolation.
Not Proud of Team
oh, only thing We can say to the
s,,,bsu team Is that the students and
~ alumni are still in back Of It,
'.'1 supporting H.. The student body
/. moi proud Of the football team The
,lnmni is not proud of the team. 1t
~ould be hypocrisy TO say that they
sTbe football situation has reached a
,,-ous stage and the y. y. l. game is
,sr, Saturday Brushing aside all the
,venses and apologies and small talk
,,S optimistic hopes for the future, the
fset stands out: in the next TO the
al game o. the season, after two
rsn,hs OF daily practice, the players
s.il tackle an opponent around the
.boulders: the interference has no
ore cohesion than it had in the early
gsmes; the line still waits for the VS.
,or.' attack. instead of charging TO
Get II: there is still the same hest
,srey and lack OF decisiveness IN the
-1Ilirr Of the signals and in the gen
raj movements of the teams on the
fsld. ....
.uonsible for some Of the faults. But
.Iiuries do not account for the 1act
Lat the tacklng is disgracefui. Inc
Fame lies either with the coaches or
,he men. Either the coaches nave
.s,isd or the men have net paid atten-
ION 10 what they were taught Wher-
ryer the blame for the team 5 1aul1s
les. there this criticism rs directed.
n Il Is possible for the men 10 pay
Io,e sttention 10 the coaches, or the
coaches 20 the men, If II rs posslOls
ior tbe last ounce Of energy 10 be used
4 The pract;ce this week. II should be
me. for the sake Of Columbia.
Vince at Laughter
Columbia men are loyal, but they
..nce when the other cheering section
sucbs Al ;he sight Of two Columoi
nsS being carried along on the shooul-
6ers Of a man they are trying TO tackle
Columbia men are loyal, but they hate
10 hear the derisive shouts that arse
when the Blue and White centre mas
70 consult with the quarterback two OF
,kree time on one play alone: Column
Ma men are loyal, and they like to be
eve tbat one Columbia football player
, able 10 stop one Wesleyan player II
he Gets his hands on him.
~That is the situation. Columbia has
.hsxn and will continue TO show. that
lis behind the football team, and the
inches on Saturday the football team