The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-11-29

CT. Of Osgood and Hayes, while Hayes showed up finely in the Springfield game. osgood Is by far the most brill liant around-the-end runner, and as for Brooke and Fairchlld. there is no com parison. Brooke is to-day the strongest punter in the country. and Fairchild, while good at drop kicking. is very weak in bunting. This was shown con clusively in the Springfield game.
 With Pennsylvania so much stronger behind the line than Harvard. how is the crimson to win? 1t will be asked. Simply in this way. By her superior rush line Harvard will prevent Penn sylvania's backs from making long gains by rushes. and when Brooke sends the ball saillng down almost to her goal line Emmons, and Waters will be able to hold Pennsylvania's ends long enough to enable Fairchild or Hayes to carry 1t back some distance toward the center of the field before he Is downed.
 Then when, sooner or later. Harvard gets possession of the ball well down in the Quakers' territory. her team work will enable her to do what her op- ponent can hardly hope to do-at least not as often-by fine system of inter- ference on the part of her rushes to either make 1t possible for her backs to carry the leather over the line, or at least to get 1t near enough to permit Fairchild to kick goal from the field. The Quakers, too, will score-undoubt- edly so-though hardly in the same way. T''
 Their touchdown, If touchdown 1t be, must rather be looked for as the result of some brilliant individual work on the part of Osgood. or possibly Colbert, which, taking the enemy by surprise will enable the ball to be deposited be- hind their goal. In the word ."lndivid- ual," moreover, may be found the req son why the Quakers may not, in the ordinary course of events, be expected to win.
 One touchdown, the history of the game as 1t Is now played shows, may result from an individual-that Is to say, unassisted by team work-play, but hardly more than one. On the oth- CT hand, experience also teaches us that though an eleven be possessed of less brilliant individual players, it may nev- ertheless be victorious where team work is developed to high standard. When 1t Is considered what these two terms imply the reason for this Is obvious.
 In the long run eleven inferior men working as one can beat eleven superb or players working, not together, but does ot practice team work, for she cer- tainly does. But her style of unison play Is not equal to that of Harvard. Harvard has at last learned the art of team play from Yale, and she is now playing a. game which, for systematic interference and defensive work, Is far above that of the ,Quakers, and here will lie the secret of her success.
 From the comparison which has been made of the two teams 1t Is also possi- ble to predict to 'a"certain extent the style of game each will play. Harvard, with a strong center opposing her, will undoubtedly confine herself chiefly to around-the-end plays, in which she will have the assistance7of two splendid end rushers, one tackle and a quarterback. At times she will also undoubtedly at tack PennsylvaniR,s right center where Mackie should ihaEe no. difficulty in making a hole, for the backs.
 Unless c. Brewer fully recovers from his injuries she Is not likely to indulge in kicking only when she is forced to-, for that was the way in which she lost the game at Springfield. The Quakers, on the other hand, are sure to depend largely on kicking game, for with Brooke behind thecline this will be her strongest fort. Then at Harvard's right center, which is weak, she will frequent ly send her backs. Around-the-end plays, except in the case of tricks and of Osgood. are not likely to be frequent ly attempted by her.
 The game will be played on the uni- versity grounds and begin promptly at 2 o'clock. Special provisions have been made, and room for 25,0O0 spectators has been arranged. This, however, 1t is feared, will not accommodate the crowd which will wish to attend.