The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-08
ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD.
REIATITE STRENGTH OF TIE HAIR
YARD AND YALE TEAMS.

Evcnly Matched, and Tlint the Game or Next
saturday Will 10 Giose-FF'neofon IlEers
Forging to the RNront-Hudssn's Goal Kicking
Yale's good work against the Chicago a Us
eleven on Saturday has strengthened the DO
lief that tho Blue will be anything but an easy
mark for Harvard at Cambridge on next satur-
day. AS the Yale players escaped without any
serious injuries, their followers are connoent
that the eleven will go into the battle In almost
primo shape. Harvard's players will probably
BIO In finer physical form than in any previous
year. In the past the Crimson has been made
to suffer 30 continually from crippled men that
one Of the chief aims Of the coaches this fall has
been to keep the players from being laid up.
As TIKI Sun stated last week, tho team Will not
DO without the services Of Capt CABOT ana VIII
DO able to present Its greatest strength. from
an excellent authority, who has beon stuuylne
both elevens for the past two weeks, THE Bun
10 enabled to make q comparison OF the various
players as they will probably line up.
Harvard has q rush line made up entirely OF
veterans, who know what q big game means.
In defensive work this line is perhaps a trihe
better than Ynle's, which contains several new
men. But Yale may provo the superior In
quick ofrensiveness. az tho Blues have been
carefully drilled in rapid and incessant attacks.
Back Of the line Yale excels in punting and goal
kicking, and also has some lively ground gain
ers. But Harvard possesses a star han pacK
in Dibblee. the other backs being about medium
in ability. Cabot and Moulton. Harvard's
ends, are both speedy and played splendidly In
the important games last year. Cabot has been
rated by some as almost the equal OF Cochran
the Princeton captain. He Ia a fierce tackler
and covers a vast amount of territory. Moulton
is very nearly as good q man as Cabot, and Is
thought to be oven more effective than no was
lost year Va1e'a ap5a HILL md Hazen. While
undoubtedly the best at New Haven. have not
been tried in big battles Of the past. They are
both fast men and arc improving with every
days practice. Slocovitch Is not far behind
them in ability and makes an extraordinary
substitute. Taken as a whole, then, experts
believe that Harvard has q 81 ade the better OF
it on the ends.
Harvard has good tackles in Swain and
Donald, and able substitutes in Wheeler and
Mills. Swain has shown SO much improvement
in tho last week that tho coachers believe
he will make things decidedly interesting for
big Chamberlin of Yale. Tho latter has not
had much experience In the position. but he is
n furious player In all departments, especially
in tackling and providing interference. His
great weight, too, makes him a valuable man
to run with the ball. Donald, II he plays Har-
wards right tackle, will run up against Capt.
Rodgers of Yale, who is the most experienced
player on the Yale team. A year ago Donald
was looked upon as a coming man, but he has
not improved on his old form. From these
points it appears that the tackles are about
evenly matched, with a slight advantage in
Yales favor.
Harvard has a surfeit Of strong guards, which
is an important point. Yale has two good men
who lack experience. Bouve, left guard. is a
hard man to excel in many ways. He will
probably oppose Brown of Yale, who is a hard,
earnest player at all times, but not quito the
Harvard mans equal. Boal, substitute left
E fne latter is "i is inju na Z R Rar Wisd 1 wiz not SG be en ser i
ously criI pied. Frank Shaw, who has been
the regular right guard at Cambridge nanner sEsh for three Res
this year he has been 80 slow at times that the
soaeh eo; haze 1sEe be- been "a greatly e1sGs T II WIIf hs up sl,e Il he he
m%enber Of of the &c Crescent A. I'I Z. eleven several
by Marshall of Yale. whose agsressiveness and
strength have yet to be thoroughly tested, Har,
stronger safai ~ guard ''' Douoette, Marvard's' Big
Centre, viii ind Cadwalader. the giant Yale
snap pack a most = difficult man n to soh handle 9d;na Cad ami
Ills year; TO sum up narSard dh looks svs to be be
at the tackles, and slightly inferior at centre.
Haryard has tw9 fairly fairly good ,sSi,es quarter S,tia bas 5
The latter has Developed rapidly, and many
quarter quarter backs aeH ID Dibblee. HarSard's best quar-:
ter, is not a heavy player. but he Is lightning
in in h RdnR ~q pusg. sal rRa sh IS next Psf it him in n' aSititR
and will probably begin the game at right hall.
He Is "a hard worker, and a horse for line
substitute halves; are regarded as not above the
average. At Yale M Sdm 3 is the b best s, back.
wifh k 1t s1@es he 10 f IS fsr sad s a%ag d sf 1ettsF
punter than Warren. the Harvard full back,
TiaS,h has sR RsEsr o ySiei All tb shs se aonsidere Of
the strength of the two elevens behind the line
is very nearly equal. except that Yale excels in
Harvard's exceptional defensive work is ex.
pected to tire Yale out. and gradually force a
men think that they can play faster football
than Harvard, and in that way they will carry
Off the honors.
The wonderful playing of the Tigers on
quite confident that Yale viii be beaten again.
Last year the Tigers rested for two weeks be-
fore tho Yale game, and in that time they. i'm.
their showing against the Blue on Manhattan
Field was a revelation. For that reason Train
similar care, will not go stale, but will be in the
very pink OF condition on Nov. 20. $ to COM
preston seems to be that the Tigers are the
strongest eleven in the country. 1t Is general
X yv admitted RairS w that the R PrlnSstDn backs baGEs' i RsitSr
in America. Baird's work against Lafayette
VIC ul thtb uAAP hihl &c POobibiy
the best football expert on the field. He will
succeed Cochran next year as Captain of the
team.
Hudson's great feat of kicking two goals
from the field against Pennsylvania. on Satur-
day Is the most sensational piece of work ac-
complished this veal, When It Is considered
that very few college kickers are experts in
making them. Hudson's ability appears all the
more remarkable. And his success was not an
accident, for against Princeton he missed a
goal trial from the thirty .fve-yard line by a
few feet, while against Yale he kicked a mag
nihcent goal from the thirty:yard line; Hud-
son was coached in goal kicking by Billy Bull,
the ex-Yale player, who, In his day, led the
country as a drop kicker and punter.
CAMBRIDGE, Nov. 7.-Only five days moro re-
main before Harvard meets Yale on Soldiers
Field, and the enthusiasm of the students in
creases.as the time diminishes. Monday, Tues
day, Wednesday, and Thursday will be devoted
to solid, work, but Friday, 1t is expected, the
men will rest. Everything IL being done to ro-
strain the players from becoming nervous or
agitated over The coming game, and they arc
providing they return directly after the per.
formance is over and retire for the night. Just
now the November hour examinations are keep
ing MANY pf thp man Mt work with rhair hnnLu