New-York tribune., 1922-11-30

clevens in the East. The kickoff wi
The game itself should be close
one. The records OF the two teams this
season do not indicate that Columbia
IS a match for the upstate eleven, but
reccrds don't always prove case in
football. Colgate is powerful foot
sail team and ought to win, but Co
tumbia Is bound to put UP hard fight
IN this the last game In which 0'Neill
will handle the team.
Colgate probably will win because of
It's superior line. The Maroon hasn't
much else In the way of an offense ex-
cept strong and compact running
4same. But that proved good enough TO
gain considerable ground against
! Princeton, Cornell and other teams. II
/ Welsh, Rathbone and Traynor the
visitors have center trio that equals
outstanding star.
In Tryon Colgate. has a back who is
} finished football player. This young
nan is only sophomore. The team a
Il whole is we'll balanced and intelli-
.3ent. And intelligent football teams
rent often beaten.
Koppisch Is Coiumbia Star
Columbia has Koppisch, one of the
sreatest backs in the country, lad
sysho If he were on a winning team
would be as much of shining light
0-day as Mahan was in his prime, as
i'm Thorpe, as Ted Coy or George
sipp. Koppisch Is fash in the strict
ssnse Of the word. He will be senior
ext year and deserves another chance
IS captain Of Columbia.
Koppiseh alone will keep Columbia
"A the r7nning. but he can count on
me help Of Brodil for one. Gehrig.
s.oderick, Burtt and the others may
tonne through to-day, but they will all
Aave to show g deal of Improvement
over their past performances if they
re 20 hold Dick Hariow's outfit in
.yheck.
g And now as to o'Neill. Despite his
.zoor record during his three years at
me Morningside institution he has
one vast amount of good and
aiuable work for the university, the
eind OF work that is sure to help his
2 tuccessors as we'll as the college.
PNeill, who is generally popular
aehroughout the country. possesses a
fynamic personality that is attractive
% say the least.
There is no questio about his
&nowledge Of football. he is keen
tudent of the game, and one of the
reatest coaches OF defensive tactics
the country. He was himself a
rs a coach, first at Williams, mis- alma
mater; at Colgate, then at Syracuse.
Vet he fails at Columbia. Why? No
,ody seems TO be able to answer this
question.
0'Neili Not First TO Fail
O'Neill is not the first to fail at un-
,ertaking TO put Columbia back on the
5lane 1t once held in the football world.
tJts predecessor, Fred Dawson, who had
good record before he came to Co
umbia, failed as coach of the local
eleven, then went West to Nebraska,
where he has had remarkable success,
1t Isn't question of material, either.
There are enough football players at
Columbia who, as team, could hold
heir own with most of the elevens in
he country. Why haven't they done
50? Aye, there's the rub
Coiumbia's situation is unique. 1t is
an enigma to an outsider. II is one of
he greatest institutions in the world
That is one of the reasons it has such
poor success in athletics. The institu-
ion itself doesn't appeal to schoolboy
athletes. That's nothing against the
university, but it does in measure ex-
plain some of the difficulties of the
coaches.
There are other reasons why Colum-
bia has failed in football we'll known
20 most Columbians. Nevertheless, "A
campaign of criticism will not remedy
the situation any more than it will
help Yale. Nobody has worked harder
or more conscientiously than Buck"
0'Neill to produce q winning team. He
mas actually worked himself to the
bone. And for that all Columbia men
are grateful. Some day they hope to
be able to show their appreciation to
this man of high character.
Looking for New Coach
At present the athletic committee is
nusily engaged in the pursuit of man
who will fit the job. The committee is
not going to rush matters. 1t is deter
mined that there shall be no mistake
this time. Yet it might select one of a
score of coaches who have succeeded
elsewhere and yet fail to obtain the
right moli.
Excepting three, possibly four,
coaches, we know of, no matter who
else is engaged, he viii be a gamble.
and none of those three or four ia
available, from all reports. The com
mittee,s task is no easy one, but it is
OPTIMISTIC in the belief that next wear
wall see the Blue and White started ON
an iltustrlous football journey
Colgate arrived in town Yesterday
and held short drill at South Field
The probable lineup and the num-
bers Of the players follow:
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