The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-11-18
TEAM WORK WILLTELL HERE
TIE REL4TirE STRENGTH OF MAR
YARD and TALE EEEYkfNS.


Tsto Plss Faith 70 sser rin>,rean Game.
While Harvard is On tho defensive eaa
says. await and See r-Mueh wepesas
UPe. the GAME Hsrvsfa f1Ays.
From a football standpoint the coming
struggle between Yale and Harvard will. IN
some respects. DO the most interesting that
has ever taken place. A singular feature OF
the two elevens Is that where one Is strong The
other Is weak. and vice versa. 80 great deal
Will depend upon the style OF team game each
plays
II may be said with truth that II Harvard
plays a strong team game the contest will be
extremely close. A knowledge OF this fact Is
all that should influence betting on the re.
suit. for II Hnrvard's team play lie weak and In
effective odds should be In Yale's favor. Other
wise betting ought on the merits Of the two
teams, to be equal, Too much Importance
should not be attached. by men inclined to bet.
to the fact that Harvard's play is really
an unknown quantity. She has met with
poor luck this year In selecting players. SO
that the development OF her game has been
very slow. Onlythe few men who have been
coaching the team the last week know their
d men wSo als s@o as nas
WHOLE to those on the regular Yale eleven.
s s1 shsrf Individual S1 Mtr Ss wss s'p Ky
bsIl pa6iig. merely 2 msttsr d conjecture;
g! rs sem s .s$ Ssss i
charge are opposed TO the policy OF star
Showing socd ssrsS Sn's su &
yard In nilins empty places on the team must
nave nave prevented IN measure the perfection OF
Yale: On The other hand. while not having
game. snspentsd 6y brilliant WORK on the
gslss Sss.sssis r Is excellent and her
In regard TO the weak spots. Harvard has a
Poor sieEn n an! only fnT Quarter back Mss
her ends and tackles. IRE iii right. She Is cs-
%ta cae 10 XII back in
the field. Yale. on the contrary. has no one
who g. can be relied on for goals from the Held;
tackles. Hor strong points gro. centre and
quarter bnck; as compared with those Of Har-
dividual player on either teSm. but IL merely
stated ~ relative sense and for purposes Of
Viewed from a Yale standpoint Yale ought to
win. for. as Yale mon argue. her fine interior;
ence Ind superb aggressive team work should
Tx ssn
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bsn WIEN " e"mes shsr eH pa sas Yss G n
.terieTe,ee win enabie Tho backs TO- get
III !HeT. IeHl9IkhDIO runs. ar. IOC 4 raj |
Siek A s snS cs M ssT 1ts Sea
Tranord tries for goal from the feld2 Don't |
you think they will be on top Of Trafford before |
he Gun raise the ball? Trafrord is all right |
when he is winning. but let Yale block u few OF |
his kicks AMI he VIII not try them with any de-
Harvard looks e things in different light;
3ses sstors sna asr
rr.ssSe idea Let iale do that and We viii Vii see
how we can meet her. One thing Is certain. We
,an stand just rs hard a game as Yale. Now,
u she can score against us in q hurry. all
right but II ahe can't we will see what We can
10: We kn0w Yale expects to win, but we also
hnk We III be In the game and VIII stay
snow all about iale's aggrossiveness and fine
but We see. no reason to doubt
he ability OF our men to check little az both
When Yale tries tho ends she is going to
un into somethl ng. you may Depend upon
t. and. although HerelhnEer and Morri-
' .7n may make make holes as. In our line Nc.
ONES to kicking we will still DO on the field.
Is for our scoring. we have pair az half hacks
n Lake and Corbett who can gain ground
;Rainst Yale or anybody else. and wo don't be-
leve the whole Yas team can prevent Traf-
ord from kicking. We wilisee what we can
To- any o NAY and WI not complain if we are
T he Yale and Harvard have played all their
preliminary games. Harvard has played
h!:teen games. scoring in all 5SS points and
nving ~ points scored against her Yale has
iayed eleven games. scoring total OF 467 |
oints. and having NO points scored against
er. The records Of both teams are: