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74 we aa TU ea VV See ae HARVARD VERY STRONG. But Hardly Upto the High Standard of Dibblee’s Eleven. {Special Correspondence of YALE ALUMNI WEEKLY ‘CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Noy. 13.—With the victory over Dartmouth last Saturday, the Harvard Eleven finished its last hard work of the season in preparation for the final struggle next Saturday with Yale. Many people had hoped to get a final line on the Eleven in the game with Dartmouth, but this was impossible, as no just criterion can be made when a team is playing five substitutes. That Harvard never had a more brilliant outlook for a successful sea- son than when on September 18 Cap- than when on September 18th, Cap- tain Burden collected his players at Cambridge is certain. At that time thirty-three players reported, including from last year’s victorious team, Hallo- well, right end; Burden, right guard; Boal, left guard; Daly, quarterback; Warren, right halfback; Reid, _ full- back; and Eaton, substitute tackle. More than this, there were a host of men who had had from one to three years’ ex- perience on the University squad. Donald, left tackle, was in the Law School, and it was practically certain that he would take his old place in the line if there was absolute need of it. The greatest problem seemed to be to find men to take the place of Haughton, Dibblee and Jaffray. Haughton’s equal as a tackle was not so difficult to find, but no one could be developed who could hope to equal him as a kicker. Dibblee’s place was even harder to fill, as his marvelous runs around the ends many times brought Harvard within scoring distance of an opponent’s goal. | WEAKNESS IN EARLY GAMES. With these problems in mind Captain Burden and head coach Dibblee set about developing the eleven. The early games showed a considerable weakness at the tackles and in the center. The rest of the line seemed fairly strong and with good coaching capable of great develop- ment. The interference was naturally at this season rather crude and slow in forming. In a short time the Faculty removed Burnett’s probation and he at once-took his. place at center, where he had been Jaffray’s substitute last year in both the Yale and Pennsylvania games. About the same time Donald also appeared, which made it certain that one tackle at least would be well. cared for. For the other tackle there were Eaton, J. Lawrence and Swain. Eaton and Swain soon dropped behind on ac- count of injuries, leaving Lawrence prac- tically sure of the place. Behind the line the situation’also im- proved. Reid seemed to be in his old- time form and rapidly learned to punt. Hallowell also was tried at punting. Ellis, a man who had always before played guard or tackle, was put behind the line and at once began to do great work at line bucking. Campbell at left end came up rapidly and was soon almost the equal of Hallowell, who was acknowl- edged by all to be the best end on the gridiron last year. The only really val- uable man laid off by injuries thus far was Boal, and his injuries were only temporary. In this way Harvard came to her first hard game—that with Brown, and it was a game of inestimable value to them as Brown had a strong line and in Richardson, one of the tricki- est backs in the country. Hallowell and Campbell both received valuable lessons at the expense of many yards gained by his tricks around the ends. The tackles showed great improvement over their previous form and were very ag- gressive. In kicking alone was Harvard out-played. In the Indian game on the following Saturday, the eleven exceeded expecta- tions and scored twenty-two points, but were also scored on twice. The In- dians’ touchdown was in a measure a fluke, but would never have happened had the Harvard players followed the ball closely. Ellis’ work at fullback in both the Brown and Indian games was wonderful and to his steady line plung- ing Harvard owed most of her gains. He was much better than Reid in every Way except punting and Hallowell seemed to equal Reid in this line. This left the make-up of the eleven practically certain, except the halfbacks. Sawin, Kendall, Warren and Parker were hard to choose between. The first two were the final choice for the Pennsylvania game. In this game the Harvard de- fense was impregnable, although the for- wards lost considerable ground by off- side play. The offense however was not so good and there was a considerable tendency to fumble, a fault which had characterized the backs all the Fall. Ellis again proved his worth as a line bucker. But the eleven at no time showed the all-around team work and finished style of play that Dibblee’s team showed in the Yale game last year. That simultaneous movement of the whole eleven men was still lacking, al- though the backs played well together and showed good interference. Im- mediately after the Pennsylvania game a slump was noticeable and up to the Dartmouth game had not disappeared. Whether the team recovers from this and improves from where it left off just before the Pennsylvania game remains to be seen. STRONGER THAN ANY OTHER TEAM. That Harvard has been somewhat overrated thus far seems almost certain, although she is probably even now play- ing a stronger game than any other team in the country. This overrating is a natural result of last year’s magnificent team. To bring this year’s eleven up to the standard of that team does not seem now possible. As mentioned above, Haughton and Dibblee have been sorely missed. Hallowell, who is now doing the punting, cannot begin to get the dis- tance or heighth into his kicks which Haughton did, and he entirely lacks Haughton’s ability in directing kjcks. The backs have not yet played together enough to make their starting as a unit certain, and while Sawin has made a fairly good end runner he is by no means Dibblee’s equal. That Ellis is a great improvement on Reid in running with the ball there can be no doubt and Har- vard will depend greatly on him for her gains. In the defense, however, he is by no means Reid’s equal. The tackles and ends are fully up to last year’s standard, as is Burden at right guard, but Burnett at center and Boal at left guard are uncertainties. Burnett is very erratic in his passing, especially for kicks, and this fault may cost heavily. His only superiority over Sargent is ability in place kicking. Boal has played so little this year and is so incapacitated by injuries that it is doubtful if he will reach his last year’s form. As a whole then, it is fair to say that the defense is not quite equal to last year, while the offense is considerably below last year. The backs are slower and the interference is not particularly strong. The team as a whole fail to follow the ball closely and are weak in tackling with the one exception of Daly, who is practically certain in the backfield. How much these faults have been eradicated and how much rounding off the coaches have been able to give the team in the past week as well as how much the men have recovered from the slight overtraining shown after the Penn- sylvania game, the game on Soldiers’ Field on Saturday alone will show. HARVARD STATISTICS. Following are the statistics of the Har- vard Eleven and substitutes: Age. Wt. Ht. W. A.M. Burden, ’oo,r.g.(Capt.). 22 197 6 2 Rpdae es UTE. Olathe cnc cer Suess we 2I 230 510 WAL Boal. "Goo h Bro se seres 20 195 511% DE Done Tae ti ate 22. I90 J edaet ONCE G1. To ss oe 21178 6.232 19 to, RRC sl Oc S02 eee ceo Oo 170. f. We Hallowen.or rT. €.725 0255 20 163 6 % ODay eat, Gos hae ed. . Bee: 8 Os ys Gi Grerasch.ome dT. Sea ok 1923303. 88 Pied. Rendall, Jt. 02, TR: 18 179 510% Sto. SS, Ol, Aa Dees. oli u SS 2I 3192 6 Wo lemreniedt Ot, BeBe eeskee 20 178 510% C.S.parrent, Ir.¢02, sud. C.ccec . 20° 210 5.6% Acok, sarpent.6o, Siro. I 9. ag ros 6 rs C. A. Barnard, ’o2, sub. guard... _. 19 203 6 2 UO; O. Swain, oo, sub, lt. ee. 2 28565 WeDs Baton, o2:stest, t.o025 ce 20 199 5 8% BR. Hincke, ‘or, subog. bao 2 53 28 c @I 246 eS Oy, Sater. 00. SUR Ds oS oe 20° 462 “5:30 LW atten.--00; SUD] Be. oye oS 22 175 6 Gray Sawin, 201; subs busceds as 2% 160 510 Fee As Songs for Harvard Game. Two songs have been selected by the football management to be sung at the Yale-Harvard game, Saturday, Novem- ber 18, and a meeting of the University was held in Alumni Hall last Monday evening, for rehearsal under the direc- tion of the Glee Club. The songs are the old ones which have been used during the last few years, and are as follows: i: Air—‘T-can-noc-o-no.” Harvard has blue stocking girls, Yale has blue stocking men; We've done Fair Harvard up before— We'll do her up again. And although the Harvard football team May try what they can do, They can never on their tin-type Beat the grand Old Blue! CHORUS I can-noc-o-no, I can-noc-o-no-co, I can-noc-o-no, Yale!!! Air—“Hold the Fort.” O ye rushers, line up quickly— Line up fierce and strong! See the rush line pressing onward, Hear the victor’s song! CHORUS. Hold the ball, McBride is coming; Fincke will signal still— - Gordon Brown is near the center— Win we must and will! Harvard’s team has not been beaten, Princeton’s has improved— But old Yale will never weaken, She can ne’er be moved! ee tp Harvard, Princeton and Yale Scores, A comparison of the scores of Har- vard, Princeton and Yale, made against opponents this Fall, shows that the latter has had less points scored against her than her sister Universities. Yale has played only eight games, however, to Harvard’s ten and Princeton’s eleven, and on the whole has met less powerful combinations. The scores of the three elevens are printed below: 3 HARVARD. Hatveta: > 2 ec. .20. Williams 420... O Elarvard--..-.. 13 Bowdoin ics... O Elarvara 3, . .20 Wesleyan; ...... 0 Harvard 3555 63 At AmMerst 43... . ais Hiatverd 2. 16. West Foimt .:.. 0 Pires ates: ey eS. O Hatvard 703 35 Pe TOWN 3 sacs. s O Ptarvard | 656 555 22 Carlisle Indians. .10 Hatter ke: 1G ennsylvania. .... 0 Parvati 3. fy Dartmioun <. <}.. O Ola ee Bia TP Otal ea 10 PRINCETON. Princeton - 3.3 55 28 Maryland A. C... 0 Princeton 2.0%. Ee Annapous:, .... O Princeton... 33 2 TC ataveue 6 sas ) Princeton... La Columbia a <6 a oO Princetoe:. 3 Sus t2 Penn, Stathers. & fe) Princeton 3 4. 2a NV St a OIRG sw: Princeton: <2 333 £7 Ot sii ne cect O Princeton: <isicc. ; O Cornell: evade... s 5 Prnceton. 2, i. tS tOWilsess st cee 6 Eerigeeion < F. oss: 30 North Carolina.. 0 Princeton <su 6h; 12 Carlisle Indians... o foe are ee TOG =-LObA) ta. a II YALE. Vater eaves cis 3 23 Amherst? csv. 3 O Wales 25 ee 46 Eniity: Gosek O Male wuss see 25nbatesi erie 95 O Me eee Petre T2.Dartmouthe..2 2 ) Vales aye ss 6 IW isconsinisdsn.. O Yale ses ones: © Coltunta 66k 5 NV alee Fas ie cba 24-West Poms 730 Vole cca 42° Penn: Astate.s <3 ia O Total vee Seeeagen Bro oe Enon anearae 5 Yale, 42; Penn. State, 0. Yale played her eighth and last prac- tice game of the season, Saturday, Nov. tI, at Yale Field, defeating the Penn- sylvania State College eleven 42 points to o. Five touchdowns were made in the first half, of which four were on line plunging and end-running, and one on a blocked ball. The two touchdowns scored in the second half were earned by splendid plunging, which carried the ball 6s and so yards respectively, without losing. Penn. State could make no consistent gains by any means. UN two or three occasions her right halt got around Yale’s right end for fair gains, and once made what appeared to be a touchdown run. It was not allowed however, for the State’s whole iine was off-side. In the first of the sec- ond half the kicking of the Pennsyl- vanians improved greatly and combined with fumbling by Yale they got the ball on Yale’s 30-yard line twice. They could not gain, however, and Yale rally- ing, carried them off their feet and back across their own goal line in a magnifi- cent charge of 65 yards. On the whole, the game was a satis- factory one to Yale men, although there Was apparent, several times during the play, a great weakness in the offensive work. Twice Penn. State held for downs as West Point did a week before when the ball was only a few yards from her goal line. Yale’s charges up to that point seemed irresistible and the sud- den falling off from dashing play to a lifeless exhibition when it only required a few yards more to. score, was very disappointing. In the second half there was infinitely more unity between the movements of the line and the backs, more than has been noticed at the Field this Fall; the interference was com- pact and effective and the team work generally very good. When Penn. State had the ball and tried to use the guards back play they were thrown back except in a few instances, their losses by this play and three end runs totalling about 50 yards, or nearly as much ground as they gained while carrying the ball in the two halves. BRILLIANT INDIVIDUAL PLAY. Instances of brilliant individual play were frequent. Stillman’s fast work in the open field was exceptional for so big a man. He was frequently down under kicks before the ends and made several splendid tackles. Once he broke through and blocked a kick and by the same tactics spoiled two others badly. Francis at the other tackle and Brown at left guard made fine gains when called upon. Hubbell’s work at left end in the second half, when he took the place of Winter, was remarkable when it is considered that he has been playing but a few days. ‘Time after time he went through the guards back formation and got the runner, invariablv throwing him for a loss. On the offensive he was quick in getting down the field and did not miss a tackle. Snitzer, who took care of right end for a portion of the second half, when Schweppe was in- jured, showed himself a fine tackler in the open field and made some brilliant stops. Behind the line the running of Dupee, who played for the first time at half, was a feature.- McBride’s punting was better than in any of the previous games, being high and well placed. Fincke, at quarter, disappointed everybody by missing tackles three times at critical points in the game. He was. replaced by Wear near the end of the second half and the latter distinguished himself by brilliant handling of punts and a run of 35 yards just as the game ended. The weather was raw and threatening and only about a thousand spectators saw the game. A feature of the after- noon was the parade of a body of 300 students to the Field, headed by the Yale Brass Band, which is made up of students. During the halts in the game the band played Yale songs and sur- prised everyone by the first rate way they did it. The band will be heard at the Princeton game with an increased repertory. The line up follows: YALE. PosITION. PENN. STATE. i wee. t eek pres (elt end-rie at oe oes Wood pegs t Ries left-tackle-right....-...T. Miller BOW. cee left-guard-right ._.......-- School GOA os seas 2 center 2c... .- Cummings CHeOTG urs ene right-guard-left_.....----- Taylor Stiiman Vs. [osc right-tackle-left_.__._-- Randolph Gould 2 Schweppe 5 =------~ TTP NOE oie Soc Ruble Snitzer ps t See 2 quarter-back ___.._.-- Johnson tk tig eee left-half-right.....--.--- Smith rhachis \____......right-half-left ean nse Burns WERT oa een fell beck eign. 2 ee Cure Touchdowns, Gould, Richards 2, Du- pee, Stillman, Chadwick, McBride; Goals from touchdowns, Brown 7; Referee, L. F. Deland, Harvard; Um- pire, A. E. Whitney, Cornell; Time- keeper, T. B. Hull, Yale; Linesmen, A. S. Blogden, Yale, and F. H. Brown, Penn. State; Time of halves, two 25 minutes.
