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great mass of the students did not think
their team would beat Yale. To their
mind it is only a question of degree.
And this is the more curious because
in regard to the outcome of games with
Pennsylvania, current opinion is in-
clined to be pessimistic. On the other
hand the lack of confidence among
coaches and newspaper critics is to a
greater or less degree the result of
reasoning from past experiences, and it
is difficult to judge how far it rests
upon sound judgment of the merits of
this season’s Eleven. :
AN ACTIVE TEAM.
That Harvard will put into the field
a team at once active and steady, con-
stitutes her chief hope. And this means
much. Not that the team is an aggres-
sive one. The forwards do not charge
the opposing line in defense as hard as
do the Yale forwards, nor do the backs
hit the line as hard in rushing the ball.
At least, this is true of the games thus
far played. But the resourceful activity
of the players, in following the ball
and in taking advantage of ‘opportuni-
ties offered, goes far towards making a
winning team. Add to this a certain
confidence manifested by the backs in
the kicking game, with its consequent
steady play, and the best has been said
for the team.
Its weaknesses are in a slight hang
or delay in getting the ball from snap-
backs to the runner in offensive play,
particularly on end runs, loose forma-
tion of the interference, and a failure to
open holes sufficiently to enable the
backs to make sustained assaults upon
the line.
Of the forwards, the ends are prob-
ably relatively strongest. Hallowell,
tall and lank, has the football instinct
of the family, and follows the ball hard.
He is quick in getting down the field
under a kick and tackles surely. He
should outplay either Eddy, Hubbell or
Coy. On the left flank, Cochrane is
slightly inferior. He holds his place
partly on account of his punting ability.
Farley, first substitute, is at least his
equal in other respects. The defensive
play of the ends is not as well perfected
as their aggressive game, at least, it has
not met so thorough a test. Yale is
likely to make some of best gains
between end and tackle.
The tackles have been well coached
and are good defensive players. Donald
is better at breaking through than
Haughton but will barely get much
opportunity against Captain Chamber-
lin. Haughton’s punting ability is well
known. His punts are high, reliable
and of good distance.
The center trio is weaker than
Yale’s in defensive play. Boal and
Burden are likely to be pushed back
for small gains. Burnett or Jaffray may
either of them play center. Jaffray is
the heavier and strong, while he lasts,
but lacks endurance and is top heavy.
Burnett lacks experience. Either player
will probably about hold his own
against Cutten.
HARVARD SUPERIOR BEHIND THE LINE.
In the back fleld, the Harvard players
have the advantage of that familiarity
which comes from playing together
throughout the season. In Daly, at
quarter, the team has found multum in
parvo. Although the youngest man on
the team and the lightest by ten pounds,
he makes his presence felt in the inter-
ference, runs with the ball well when
opportunity offers, and selects his plays
like a veteran.
Captain Dibblee and Warren are a
well matched pair. Dibblee was much
the stronger in the early games, but
Warren, with his greater weight, has
been gaining steadily, and there is little
to choose between them. Dibblee is
better in interference and his longer
experience makes him more reliable on
the defense. Reid at full-back is a
heavy line plunger, but in other respects
is barely up to the standard of the
other backs. He is valuable because
‘most to be depended upon for a gain
if a few yards are needed to retain
possession of the ball.
The team has mastered the kicking
game better than any previous Harvard
eleven, ‘catches punts without much
fumbling, and makes its formations to
rush the ball back on a punt quickly.
End runs will be tried in the first half,
as in the Pennsylvania game, but, if
not more successful than in that con-
test, will be discarded in the main for
line bucking tactics.
J. Weston ALLEN.
Statistics of Harvard.
Following are the positions, ages,
heights and weights of the Harvard
team:
AGE. HT. WT.
F. D. Cochrane, ’99, l.e., or > ‘R41 152
M. Donald, ’9g9, l.t., 2r 6.00 185
W.A. Boal. ’oo, l.g., MS RSE IQt
P. M. Jaffray, ’99, c., 21 6.05% 225
W. A. M. Burden, ’oo, r.g., 2t 602 197
P. D. Haughton, ’99, r.t., 22 6.01 180
J. W. Hallowell, ’or, r. e., 19. 66.00% = 156
C. D.- Dat¥ar. Gb... 1 5.08% 142
B. H. Dibblee, ’9q, r.h.b., 22 5.08 156
L. Warren, ’go. r.h.b., 2t 6.00 171
W. T. Reid. ’or, f.b., 19 5.10% 172
J. W. Farley, ’9g9, 1.e., 20 =~-5.08 160
W. D. Eaton, ’o2, sub. 1.t., 19 65.08% 190
A. R. Sargent, ’oo, sub. I.g., 22 6.01 193
C. S. Sargent, ’o2, sub. c., 18 5.09% 207
F. L. Burnett, ’or, sub. c., 20 5.10% 1097
J. N. Trainer, Jr., sub. r.t., 2I 5.09 182
S. F. Mills, sub. r.t. 20 «5.03 189
J. Lawrence, Jr., ’oo, sub. r.e., 20 ~©6.01 172
S. W_ Lewis, ’oo, sub. r.e., 2m 5.09 156
G. A. Sawin, ’or, sub. q.b., 20: 526 160
R. Fincke, ’or, sub. q b., 195.08 142
W.S. Gierasch, ’o2, sub. 1.h.b., 18 5.08 158
E. H. Kendall, ’o2, sub. r.h.b., 17. 5.10% 170
C. C. Brayton, ’or, sub. f.b., 22 5.09 160
Brown Scores on Harvard.
Cambridge, November 14.—Harvard
met the Brown Eleven on Soldiers
Field Saturday, and won a hard-fought
and exciting game by a score of I7
to 6. Harvard played Laurence in
place of Haughton at right tackle and
three substitutes in the back field. The
work of the visitors behind the line was
the fastest seen in Cambridge this year,
and they gained almost at will through
the home team. The most vulnerable
spot was Donald and the backs ham-
mered him for constant gains. Brown’s
touchdown.was made after rushing the
ball 70 yards. Brown again carried the
ball down the field and a touchdown
was claimed, but Referee Waters said he
blew his whistle when the ball was held
stationary before it reached the line,
and the score was not allowed. Har-
vard gave a fine exhibition of line buck-
ing in the second half.
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Drilling and Catching.
On Monday afternoon the Eleven re-
sumed practice, but the work was light,
consisting of a brief drill in the signals
and catching punts, starting, tackling,
and falling on the ball. Tuesday after-
noon Captain Chamberlin was assisted
by Messrs. Walter Camp, ’80; F. S.
Butterworth, ’95; W. C. Winter, ’93 S.;
LL.) oases, 209 5.: S. Bi Thome. 66:
C. Chadwick, ’907; W. W. Hefflefinger,
’o1S.; F. W. Wallace, ’89S.; Frank
Hinkey, ’95; Richard Armstrong, ’os S.;
W. C. Wurtenberg, ’89S., and John
Greenway, 705 S. After an hour of pre-
liminary work similar to that of the
preceding day, the University lined up
against the College team for a short
sharp half. With the exception of de-
Saulles, all the men who took part in
Saturday’s game were able to play, and
Dudley appeared on the field for the
first time since Wednesday, when his
knee sustained the injury which kept
him out of the Princeton game.
As the WEEKLY goes to press the
Eleven are in good condition with the
single exception of deSaulles, and bar-
ring furthér mishaps, should present a
much more formidable front than on
last Saturday. It is too early in the
week to say what the line-up may be.
The choice will in all likelihood not be
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The Freshman Game.
The game between the Yale and Har-
vard Freshmen will be played on the
morning of the Harvard game at 10.30
on Yale Field.
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At a meeting of the Exeter Club held
on November oth, the following officers
were elected for the ensuing year: Presi-
dent, S. Gilman, 99; Vice-President, L.
J. Durbin, ’99; Secretary and Treasurer,
H. H. Tomkins, Jr., 790.
A PRINCETON VICTORY,
A Ninety-eight Yard Run Did
Yale Played Well and Badly.
It—
The making of history seems to come
quite naturally to the famous American
family of Poe, but the most recent page
writ on Brokaw Field about half-past
two in the afternoon of November 12,
1898, by one of its youngest members,
cannot be recommended to Yale men
as pleasant reading. It is history how-
ever, and it should be read and profited
by, for it points this moral: “Don’t
play sick stars.”
When one remembers how the
Princeton line withered in distances of
from 1 to 12 yards before the rapid fire
of Yale’s backs, there appears some
reason for the claim that the question
of absolute superiority has not yet been
settled. But what does that mean?
Nothing. Princeton won the game on
its merits; although borne off their feet
a score and more of times and forced
towards their own goal, the Tigers
were able to hold Yale twice on downs
at critical stages, once indeed by the
narrow margin of 3 inches after the
ball had been carried straight down the
field for 70 yards. Truly this was not
Yale iuck.
Coupled with this much to be desired
ability to hold, every member of the
Princeton team had been trained to take
advantage of Yale’s well-known lia-
bility to fumble, a liability which is new
in her annals, and to Poe’s alertness in
this respect, when he ended a 98-yard
run with a touchdown, his side owes
its victory, for it gave a lead which
could not be overcome. An unexpected
strength was met, too, in Wheeler’s
punts. He got them off quickly with a
remarkably accurate aim and they flew
high enough to give not only the ends,
but even the heavy center men a chance
to be nearby when they touched a Yale
man, or slipped through his fingers.
McBride’s kicks, on the contrary, were
so long and low that the Princeton’s
back-field man had plenty of time to
gather in the ball, tuck it under his arm
and advance it well down the field be-
hind interference that formed unmo-
lested. He was slow also in getting
them away, was blocked in one near
his own goal-line and came within an
ace of having two others treated in the
same way. Chamberlin’s work in this
department was more satisfactory and
was resorted to frequently in the last
half. But notwithstanding all the mis-
takes, Yale men feel that hope is not
yet dead, for it was plain to even a
tyro that if their backs could be taught
within the next five days to hold the
ball, the result would be a team of
which great things might be expected.
On this hangs Yale’s hope of victory
next Saturday. Is it too late? There
are two answers, and Yale will try to
find the right one this week.
THE BEGINNING.
It was seventeen minutes past two
and 14,000 people were straining their
eyes in watching when Booth kicked
off. Yale had won the toss and chosen
the north goal, favored by an almost
imperceptible wind. The ball flying
low, struck Cutten in the chest and
bounded towards Marshall, who fell on
it. The first line-up was five yards on
the Yale territory and the next one was
in the same place, for the ball had been
fumbled by Durston, and though he re-
covered in time there was no gain.
Chamberlin dropped from his place at
right-tackle, which was temporarily
filled by Durston, and kicked to Ayres
on Princeton’s 20-yard line. The kick
was a poor one, being less than 15
yards, but Poe was upon it. Then ap-
peared the magnificent strength of the
Yale line, which threw the Tigers back
and forced Ayres to kick. The ball
dropped into deSaulles’ hands at center,
but slipped through them. His re-
covery was quick, but not an instant
too soon, for the entire opposing
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VYale-Harvard Souvenir Card.
The souvenir score-card for the Yale-
Harvard game which takes place on
Saturday, November toth, will appear
a few days before the football game. It
is printed on heavy coated paper and
each page is in two colors. The de-
sign was made by Will Bradley, for-
merly of the Wayside Press of Spring-
field, but now with the University Press
of Cambridge, Mass. A complete col-
lection of pictures of all football teams
which have represented Yale and Har-
vard since 1890 has been prepared and
also the pictures of the captains and
coaches of both teams. The score-card
is edited by A. S. Pratt, ’96. The ut-
most care has been given to its make-
up and its management from the first.
Mr. Brown, the President of the Asso-
ciation, has given his personal attention
to the matter, aiding Mr. Pratt, the
editor, in all ways. The result is a
product that is both artistic and credit-
able. Its price will be fifty cents.
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The game between the Yale and
Princeton Freshmen, which was sched-.-
uled for November 12, was cancelled at
the request of Captain Hillebrand, of
the Princeton University Team.
CARRIAGES
For the Game
Address: W. A. KIRK,
Room 1, - 1002 CHAPEL STREET.
Telephone 1328-3.
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