New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-13
Wooster and Not Hubbell. of
Upstate Team, Failed
to Kick Goal
By Louis Lee Arms

By letter Charles Chapman, Of Utica,
corrects an error that has been in cir
culation since Browns Z to 6 victory
over Colgate. He writes:
The New York newspapers, includ-
ing The Tribune, reported Charles /.
Hubbell as missing the goal which
would have tied the Brown game.
Hubbell did not miss it, He couldn't.
He didn't try for il. Wooster, tackle,
tried the goal, and Wooster is the man
who missed il. Wooster feels badly
enough about it, | know, and dis
like seeing the thing raked up again.
But il should be done in justice TO
Uubbell. who has been affected deeply
by the "panning" he has received as
a result of the mistaken report.
Unfortunate Mistake
This unfortunate error was MAGE by
the Providence football correspondents:
1t is more glazing than the majority OF
mistakes that creep into an average
football report and we are glad 70 cor
rect it.
II suggests, at the same time, that
the arrangements OF college eleVehs are
themselves responsible Tor much Oh the
mistaken data that football writers, par
ticularlv those Of New York, compile
during a game. As a rule. the writer
tries to see as many elevens In action
during a season as possible ne u
moro or less unacquainted with the
players and must rely solely upon tne
numbers-which some eleyens still do
not wear. .
PLAYS are made which it is impos-
sible for a man in the press stand al
WAYS to call correctly, though the ma
iority probably are right. Left to their
own devices, the writers do the best
they can. which is an average news
naper mans best. This system mas
some advantages. II one paper IS IN
correct, all are.
If every college eleven would appoint
one Of its students 70 sit IN the press
stand and call each play, as some no"
make a half-stab at doing, 1t would IN
crease accuracy and preclude such ridl-
culous errors as the one Mr. Chapman
cites He should travel with the club
for that purpose.
Megaphone Man Fails
They don't do this. We have seen as
much football this season as necessary
and only at one game has there been
anv attempt 10 megaphone the plays
10 the scribes. That was the Penn
svlvania- Pittsburgh contest, and while
tho system was welcome, we never be-
Iieved one man could make so many
mistakes in such few minutes as the
particular gentleman handling the meg
aphone that day.
His work finally got so raw that one
Of the enraged scribes arose and
yelled: Say, guy, how long, before
You're going to GUESS one right!
At West Point, Fordham, Boston and
South Field the ancient and honorable
rules of catch as -catch-can prevailed IN
the press boxes at the general expense
of julius j. Accuracy.
"Pitt Sixteen" in another letter, has
no bone to pick in the matter OF &C
curacy. He merely is deeply panied
but let him tell it:
An Unbiased View
"a, n graduate of the University Of
Pittsburgh, am in a splendid position
10 know that Pitt is far better school
than any other in existence, and there
is no question, can assure you, that
Pitts students and alumni are a more
estimable group, mentally, spiritually
and physically, than those OF any rival
institution. Granting this, l demand
nothing more save that hundred mill
ion of my contemporaries accept this
utterly unbiased view"
A modest demand, made in all good