New-York tribune., 1918-01-16
Keen Struggle Promised
For Water Polo Honors
rale-Pennsylvania Game on
Friday Ends First
Round of Tourney

Great Sight is promised this sea-
N The race for tho intercollegiate
..- nolo title. The Yale-pennsylva-
came at New Haven on Friday.
.s;,h will end the FIRST round of the
.s,mpionship tournament, is expected
\, utterly contested. for the scores
..s-sed in the c. c. n. Y. matches
81. u TO 6. Pennsylvania S5 to O.
late that the two teams are very
..Dlr matched. but the outcome may
=, szect the final issue as materially
.se majority Of followers anticipate.
+, : the gcucral helief, in fact. that
.a,e the Quaker CITY players have al
.sSy Defeated Princeton. Columbia
&c {. \. y. y victory over Yale will
.ssi,elv settle The question of leader
Group of Experienced Men
MS is possible. but not at all GER
!. Pennsylvania started the season
.Lh = group of tested. experienced
..r m Who naturally would have a big
vantage in The carly games over vir-
l~,l,y. green recruits. such as were
.,.riv all the Yale and Princeton can
Sds,es. it takes some time to teach
novjce the rudimcnts Of water polo
Il individual tactics before he can
/, gwen any schooling in team work,
n team work is the determining
s:,or.
" now, however. the beginners Of
a. iall have fully mastered the prin-
..,s and are being coached in com
...,ion play. so that their efficiency
;, team men should increase rapidly
,s,eStter. Whether the increase will
!, sufficient TO overcome Penn's early
..rsrtase remains TO be seen. but the
ssncs Of it must be recognized.
Columbia and c. {. n. Y. are not
sely to prove factors. for they lack
ss necessary material, but both
Princeton and Yale have men with the
-peded qualifications to develop into
,,,org players. aad If they can be
nOuded into a smooth running piece of
sschinery the Penn soXtet will have
% look to its laurels.
Even at present there is not much
soce Individually, between the Yale
md Penn poloists. Collins. the Quaker
,sr.an is crack scoring forward. but
80 is Peterson, the New Haven leader.
and the second Penn star, Fisher. goal
erdeT, is balanced by an equally good
ran under the Yale board, Dexter.
shiIe the other regulars. FAIRIES. God
:,ey. Leopold and Hattcrman, of Penn.
nd Nalowell. Norys, Locke and How
I'd, OF Yale, seem pretty evenly
-a.ched Team work VIII decide be
.seen them.
Wizard for Coach
princeton's players TIillegas,
Widennann, Schaefer, Morgan, Arrow
smith and Taylor do not quite size
lp 10 their opponents on the rival
leams, but it is not wise to underesti-
mate them for that reason.
Frank Sullivan. the Tiger coach, is
The wizard Of water polo, and knows
more wrinkles about the game than
any coach in the country. For seven
Years his teams have consecutively
.ar'ured Intercollegiate laurels. and
zach season they have had new plays
% introduce a the sociological mo-
1ent and perfect team work to put
Ten over.
HIS prospects don't seem brilliant at
resent, but the year Is young and
Hythng may be expected OF his
ards even though they tasted %
defeat in their initial clash with
'rn. They'll improve.
no i looks. all told, Ike some great
ames het"een Penn, Yale and Prince
'n' with the odds IN TINS order, but
D. cear indication Of where victory
II. MNa-Iy nerch