The sun., 1916-10-30
BriUiancv
Ast0nishes Experts
Tremendous Improvement in lam With Cornell
Excites Football World-Elis Lead in
Offensive Development.
ny DANIEL.

Casey and Thatcher. Is a we'll balanced
combination in which all three can
plunge. with Horween as the best ex-
ponent Of that style. and w can run
with the ball. At quarterback Murray
yesterday seemed to excel Robinson. who
started the game. but Robinson Is Har-
wards only drop kicker land his presence
III the game often is imperative.
Formidable Attack BY Ellis.
Coincident with Harvard's rise yes
terday came further evidences OF the
formidable attack Tad Jones has de.
veloped at Yale. The masterful way
In which the Ellis disposed Of Washing
ton and Jefferson speaks volumes for
the new power and spirit Jones has
inculcated In the Blue. Having seen
Yale In Its last previous game and add
ing a little for the weeks improvement
we are inclined to believe that the Ellis
are a bit ahead OF the Crimson in Of
fensive development.
In defence there seems to he little
to choose. Yale's fine running game, Its
powerful attack on the line and Its work
against the forward pass, as evidenced
In the Washington and Jefferson game.
make n wonderful groundwork upon
which to start final development for
the big games.
Princeton played the old Princeton
game against Dartmouth. and despite its
having been outplayed for the greater
part OF the game time proved successful.
1t is IN old Tiger trick to wait for the
other fellow to make an error n hen
make the most OF that mistake. It's n
waiting game that presents little at
Effectiveness for the spectator. ~ some
how II gets there.
In previous contests this seaAon the
Tigers had been making the errors. but
against the Green they finally found
themselves. II takes a lot Of power to
keep the opposition at bay while waiting
for a break. and though Dartmouth put
more spirit into its play Frinceton's
The Tigers are headed In the right d.
rection.
No stopping %Plttsburg.
The gridiron j%uggcrnaut built up NJ
the University Of Pittsburg rolled over
Pennsylvania without being seriously
threatened AT any time. The Quakers
were Unable to cope with the speed and
all round superiority of the Painters.
although showing n fighting spirit that
promises much for the Quakers. Fol-
wells team fought hard Mt all times and
made Pittsburg battle for every yard
gained. even after the outcome Of the
game was no longer In doubt. and this
is n feature not TO he min!mized In view
Of the calibre Of the victorious eleven.
Both the Army and Navy teams found
little difficulty in d!sposing Of Villa
nova n Georgia respectively. their
opponents being hardly in the same grid
iron class with the soldiers and sailors.
Brown took the strong Rutgers eleven
into camp In impressive fashion with n
whfr'wfph attack which su.oS, tho h,,sE,.
New Brunswick machine of its feet. The
victory proved to be n costly one. how
ever. owing to the number OF players
injured. and this may initiate against a
continuation OF Brown success in com
ing games
Colgate's weight and speed proved too
much for the Springfield Training School
team. but again the forward pass was
brought into play by the losers and a
score thus run up which lessened the
sting OF defeat.
Forward Passes Frequently Used.
The INVASION of the middle West b.
Syracuse and Tufts resulted In an even
break at the end OF the days play. for
while Michigan won from the Orange
eleven. Indiana fell before the New
~Englanders. Both games were thrillers
from start to finish. Michigan showed
hat Il has another squad Of fighters by
turning defeat into victory in the closing
minutes OF play by the use OF several Of
Coach Yost's sensational open field plays
after the big and powerful Syracuse
team had rolled up what appeared to be
a safe lead.
Indiana just failed to accomplish a
similar feat against the eleven which
two weeks g. defeated Harvard. Tufts
players were happy when the Anal
whistle halted lndiana's savage rally. In
both the Michigan and indiana attacks
the forward pass and field goal kick were
frequently called into play. and were
manipulated with the same degree OF