New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-24
.nv,pn ENTHUSIASTIC OVER LITTLE
THE ELEVEN HAS WON "AMhs' ~
BEEN PIAYiNG GOOD YoorbAhh '"'
WORK ~ PRACTICE

F1,ENEN ms WIN '''''~
BEpS PLAYING GOOD FooTBAh"
WORK ~ PRACTICE
,-.... r,s bean A great deal OF football en'hu'
.,,.,n a, Harvard this week bu' IL mar w"
s'as .a~o,,s Vivid OF enthusiasm. that KIND "nlch
80. orlv q, results and does not tax" INV" Scum
l., ,h,ch IN. eleven Ii playing. because
5000 ,,s able TO nearly double ialcs score
1.-Two, Amherst and because the Ehs "e"'o"
sco,. IA. more than doubled mere hrs so"'. WI.
,hirk Harvard IL on the highway 10 Sa"' "''
a,or,ous victories But the fact II. the .'a',",'
eleven OF late has not been PAYNE soO' '"'.'"- .
~. sco,e against Newton did NOT snow As niue"
- =. .,,u,d Two Of the touchdoUns were mace on
~rnL..,, nv the Newton quarterback. when GER
,a,rIv AID not speak much for HARVARD p'""ess
Iikevlse there Is not much crehit W w ~" q"
a,over which can three times rush 'hr VA" WIN"
ton Yards OF goal only 10 be held for do"ns ny III
o,ovcn made ND OF men who practise only TWO OF
three times week ~ -. Harvard
In sp,te OF the assertion that the h"'v"'o
,as h.ve been paving attention 10 the perfect
,rs ~ plavs the plays themselves DO no' sho" '"e
norfection which one would expect Except io'
brscc every once In awhile In pracuce game VI ~
q regular lineup. there has been little team WORN
.houn hv the crimson players. The packs' espe-
c,a,lv have shown eulpabe slo~ness III ge.'ihs
80, ,,,, the hall Often Garrison or Cochrane have
Ice, IN s,and still and hold the ball until the
rushes come up. Then. again. tho DacKs 90 hot
atari together; ex-Ceptan Wrightihgtoh mas hpeh'
hour after hour trying to get the backs 10 ca'o"
,be hall and stat with JERK the MOMENT " -
nassed: and although there may be little improve
men, in this respect. tho men are FAR away from
Varsity standard. Then. again. In interference.
tho work IL not finished as 1t should be Al ms
time I'm the season. Some OF the men s"o"
special fondness for getting mixed up III the pays
and being IN the way OF, rather than OF any as
distance 10 the man with the ball Percy llaughton.
.hn
,eanect and Cochrane on mis- return to the varsity
4, tho Newton game, blocked his own man ABOUT
rs often MS his opponent The only DECIDED I'M
provement has been In breaking through on puhts
a fsature which Waters has succeeded In making
the heavy linesmen understand. There are defects
which Harvard must overcome. II she INTENDS 10
win from Yale and Pennsylvania
the return of Swain to the Varsity was sure TO
bring about a change In the makeup OF the team
With some one else TO do the puntine. Haughton's
position became less sure. and captain CABOT
looked about for a man who would be fearless and
could use his head. Young Warren was hit upon,
and he has now been tried In practice and In the
regular games l, must be admitted that in prac-
tce Warren has not been particularly brilliant;
but he has a faculty Of pulling together a. the
right moment, and exercising his wits, which makes
him a dangerous rival Of Haughton Warren can
punt well, though not as FAR as either Haughtor
or Swain. STILL he Is a conscientious worker. and
was out every day from July on. punting on
Soldiers Field. Warren follows his interference
we'll. and can be relied uron for small gains. Thus
tonai player on the style OF Dibblee. On occa-
sion. he has managed TO break through the Op-
posing line, pick up fumbled ball, and score
touchdown after running half the length Of the
field.
In relation 20 the halfbacks there was little In.
spirit in which Harvard football Is being run. A
certain candidate for halfback. who was making
sensational run: daily and wa, noted for his great
ability az dodger and his brilliant tackling sud
denly left the squad 1t WAS given ont that failure
the truth OF the matter is that this young athlete
came to Harvard simply on business bent After
showing that he had the material OF "a hrst-cass
Varsity back. he came to Captain Cabot with
straightforward business proposal. His reception
was far from cordial. Harvard has always stood
out against professionalism and the paid athlete.
The young man has sought pastures new. and Is
now with a club athletic team not thousand miles
from Boston.
received OF late have given opportunity to substi-