New-York tribune., 1921-10-03

others regular game. Which, as S
game as the season is accordingly /.
real football played from the openin
between chief rivals.
The results Of Saturdays games
proved how we'll the colleges which in
previous years attracted but little at
tention in football are coming along.
Harvard, Yale and Princeton all had
their hands full winning. Those who
attended the games at these three in
stitutions saw instead Of the usual
parade Of substitutes and civilized mut
der real, honest-to goodness football,
the kind played in the late season con-
tests between the leading elevens.
1t is, or rather has been, a mistaken
notion that good football can't be
played until late October or November
when the season is waning; that sys-
TEN cannot be developed before that
time nor the caliber of the players in
the squad determined A coach who
knows his business has 8 pretty good
idea which players Will make up his
team by the time the second game on
the schedule is played.
Many Excellent Coaches
It is true a team can't be brought
along at breakneck speed nor can it be
given its full quota of plays inside OF
fortnight. But team can be de-
veloped within the first month that will
play football And the numbers of
good coaches now in the market are
turning out sucn elevens. The result
is good, early season contests, which
incidentally are attracting exception
! ally large crowds.
The Cambridge students, from the
reports, apparently were fortunate IN
getting to verdict. Outplayed by
/ the speedy Worcester eleven, it never
( tholess managed to come Through with
win. And victory of to Q, no mat
ter what else it may be called, is 3
victory just the same.
Yale. as was expected, had the hard
| est kind of opposition from Tom
Keady's pupils from the University of
Vermont. Some day we may be able
TO induce Ready to make public his Sc
/ cret of how he manages to make his
proteges fight Give him almost any
kind of material and he will produce
a football team. Supporters Of the Ellis
can we'll be satisfied with the showing
of the Blue on Saturday.
Princeton, with Lourie playing the
star role, got off to a good start by
beating Swarthmore. The Tigers have
.. promising outlook, to say the least
No coach should have to worry much
with such players as Keck, Lourie, Gar
rity and Gilroy around which to build
a team.
Watcl, Lafayette's Eleven
But the team that looks like a cham
pion at this writing is Lafayette. 1t
took long stride toward that goal OH
Saturday when it topped the veteran
81, oil 1b "a hpnn
beaten in two years. That was a won
derful victory for the Eastonans, and
s the tiD-of on a team which appears
TO be coming rapidly. Before the sea-
son closes it will play Fordham, Rut
gers, Pennsylvania and Lehigh. IS wci
as others. Just keep an off eye on Mr.
Lafayette's representatives.
The value of good kicker to a team
was proved by Marylsnd's victory over
Rutgers Brewer, the same fellow
who enabled Maryland TO defeat syria
cuse last year because Of his great
punting, was mostly responsible for the
downfall of the New Brunswick eleven.
Pennsylvania won from Franklin and
Marshall without any great difficulty,
but it Will be impossible from this dis
tance to determine how strong the Red
and Blue will be on the gridiron this
season until it stacks up against q
more formidable outfit.
Navy Team Looks Good
Dartmouth, Syracuse, Penn State
and Lehigh all won their games de-
cisively, which indicates nothing much,
as none Of these was facing difficult
assignment. The Navy made very
impressive showing Saturday against
North Carolina State. walking away
with a 20 to 0 victory, but its rival.
the Army, apparently has still long
way TO travel. The cadets split even
in a double header on the plains. Ia
the first game the team that looks like
the varsity lineup downcd Springfield
College by % TO T. In the second New
Hampshire State was the winner, 10
to r.
Fordham and New York University
did brilliantly in ther games, the
Bronx students running up the unusual
total of 101 points. Brickley must
have speeded up that outfit since last
week, for no matter what the opposi
ton, an eleven has to do some trav
cling to score 100 points in forty min
utes. 1t is apparent Gargan and
Youngstrom are doing good work at
n. Y. u.
As for Columbia-wel!, we give up
trying to figure this team. From the
reports the Blue and White were in for
great season. Perhaps it viii come
along yet But the Morningside stu
dents viii have to win couple of
games in decisive manner to make
amends for their showing against that
crew Amherst brought to town Satur-
day.
Victory fo:- Steinways
The Steinwav Football Club defeated