Show U y fl lil I COpy Copyright t 1923 New York orl Tribune Trib Tribune une Inc Trademark Registered I U i S Patent I Office There Is ono one vase I difficulty about satIng an ll or a 0 team on onan I any an single performance once or upon t 0 or possibly three performances from the thc fact ThIs difficulty I that upon upon tho the day ay ot of tes test tO tIO i vidual dl-vidual ual pr or t learn am may happen to be beo beo I ot o form forn In n a II slump slump lUini out ont of It gear be- be below below be below low normal tor fOr no particular ar reason that can be found This Is especial especially ly ly 1 true h when then n applied to three im- im important Im Important sports baseball golf golt and football In baseball winnIng pennant team teanie havo hao be- be behind hind bo-hind hInd against t a n certain rival riat rh al team teamon teamon on tho the s l seasons s showing of ot 0 t two twenty enty- enty two gaines which each team l Is h sup sup- supposed posed to pIa play with Ith each I ihal 1 The h I Red 80 Sot So-c tar far don down n jace i ace la t scar car or tho the year fear ear before led lcd tho 1 In their Individual lied lied- lieding ing ing thirteen n imes g-imes to nine nile Yet the Yankees were vere far tar and away assay the tho better botter outfit The Giants caught the Reds slumping and beat bont them five IIvo straights In That vou ou sa sav Is final proof of oC clear Giant Ithe the Reds eds ed ten da days s 's Utter liter beat the tho Giants Giant four out of at lh five fite e at th the thc Polo Ground Football now is much like base base- baseball baseball ball and golf golt One Saturday has no vast seat ast bearing on the Saturday ahead A fine line team can a few s necks It has been shon sho again that no nb no team can lIlt bit top form for l el eaily Iy in October and bold boldI the thc clip through late lato ove November I ThIs may thay Isy happen once oneo In a while but Tho The physical and men men- mental mental tal tension of or toot football ball Is so gl cat that at a sudden snap may ay como come at atan an any moment Notre Dame for fr eJ- eJ ample paid the penalty for top forn against West Vest Point and PrInceton by a 0 sudden elD h against Nebraska And off olf against Illinois and s nith witha a slow Blow start found Itself later o on i I The slow stow sta starters in n football are aro often the best beet finishers especially If the material I Is the o lIt the last year or two Pittsburg ha had 1 such uch a season season-a season a sIo slow 1 lagged get get- getan an ai a studded with I culm In- In aUn In a smashing or organization for tor November ember that might have been rated the In the countr- countr the peer it If not superior to th the tha fin fin- finest fin finest est Football I Is too grinding a game to let the keen razor edge remain long Morale and ph cal sl- sl cal condition play play star roles bert bertand ant and the mental attitude Is an n amazIng ng ng Ing factor The Thc mental attitude In football can change about as quick quick- my Iy a as the mental attitude In golf Bolt J where form form and touch seem to cOme mo and go as ns the winds cone come and go and with vit no more Il apparent parent rca rea- reason son rea son son There laro ara undoubtedly Tea Tea- Tea sons sons for tor sudden wind changes change but how nany many Im know t the ate ale This Is why comparative 0 score I means so little mUe V y 1 P I- I II I 1 has a a team strong enough Ito beat Maryland 16 to 7 Penn and and Yale can toll you how good Lee Washington bet belt V 1 1 p I 12 to 0 Washing WashIng- ton and Lee Iee therefore must have bave I considerable strength Yet Vest Virginia beat W and X L 1 63 to 0 an overwhelming rout a II e only run up against tho the eol est cst sort of oe opposItion You can visualize tile the andL vast vat between bet W and ad adL L playing against V P I 1 and West Vest Virginia West Virginia of course lr strong one ot of the tho he best beat in the tho land lind But there could be no uCh margin m In the tho dope against a II team that hadn't lost a 0 battle b up tip to that a astonishing rout These c are to that closing Nei e embers bat bat- batI battIs bat I ties may call for some revision It Is Itis not unusual for tor most to mike rn-ike up their minds on rIval football possibilities from a showing The They are aro not set for tho I great hanges changes which have liae taken place through uly euly November ember On October form lorm Yale v have hate been an favorite agaInst Hat ald Harvard Har barely scraped I out ja a tie aith little 1 Middlebury l hardy got b Cross andas and vas as cut jIO down by Dartmouth All thIs Yale was as as putting on one of 01 the tho strongest attacks In the I against au all comers corners Ye Yo t It Is h hnot not entirely possible that Yale will l find Harvard waIting wIth enough stuff stutt to make maleo the contest a up toss I 1 ard Hanard a long lone ng long time has had the Habit of ot being per percent percent I percent cent fit ready and geare geared for fol the I Yale game with aith Ith no nothIng going toI to I waste aste IIan Harvard ard has bas shown noth noth- noth nothIng nothing ing to speak of ot tills this icar ear Injuries and accidents have base cut In upon her strength but for that matter both bothi Yale and have dra dradon drawn I n do thel share Between the Princeton and the Yala Yalo Yat games there are aro tw two Important t o weeks eeles In which to get 1 and mentally read ready In which to Iron out most of ot the kinks Inks and ore ore- pre present sent full tull strength ready to shoot the works I I Yale has hu b had hd l th the tho better team ill sil the fall tall much Io lo better belter team Fut But has bas of ot late come against Yale g In the belief bellet 1 1 pull ull through thenIs WhIm happening there Is 18 a 1 bolstering o ot of the morale U It It lead to for forthe the Iho dop shows that hat Yale hall ha at nt iastan even chance chaide chart o ut ur gets Id th r y a better chanec chan One striking Yale ale ale victory over Harvard a once ence But until that vl victor tor comes comp Harvard with the odd odds somewhat tardes t that psYchologIcal Ical advantage In which In every overy aport Is t n an Important factor r S i f- f r r I C Champions mons along other lines ha have vo low J i 1 what it was sas as to face ee opponent who was vas always alway nu a certain ce opponent who urd beaten bej-beaten by but who to have an indefinable to call caH on when the or ch am along along Harvard for tor ha has looked best Yale fat alc ala faz from lie her best heat Hal vallI Yale by fan an possIblY oal bj I breal this spell and hen Inri stride again It bed t tIle the other oilIer way Yay so No mattEr what happened before Yale could hat beat Har ard Things have llave havon havea II a In tny i ly 19 i existence ot of te revera-Ing revera erR erR- erRIng Ing e The Tue first and last often onen Interchange It will III be ly Interesting Interesting- int on Saturday to see soe Just Just v team comes near near- nearer er Cr t to the ht football football- football ther or or not 1 1923 3 tp Is be bethe bethe the tho of change i in 1 o far tar as the thel Blue a id Crimson are concerned II 00 |