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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!
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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.
