New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-07
THE ELEvEN ~ FlNE coNpiro%-PARTict
rNELY STRONG ~ THE DEFENSIVE GAME

THE ELEvEN ~ FiNE coNDtrlo%-PARTicU-
LNELY STRONG ~ THE DEFENSIVE GAME
Cambridge. Mass. Nov. 6 ,spcciaD-In just a
week Harvard and Yale will battle Soldiers
Field. Not since the memorable season of 1888
when tho crimson eleven went 20 Springfield dccked
out In new slippery leather suits. has there been
such feeling OF confidence among Harvard men
When the Harvard men become enthusiastic over
Their athletic teams they are In earnest 1t can
s1frlv tr said that there ls not man In Harvard
to-day who does not expect 10 see the traditional
enemy sent back 10 New-llavcn Lumilnt"I and
crcstfiller From two 10 three touchdowns are
predicted for Harvard. and not few are claiming
thn' Ynlo will not even score"
Harvard has "a few strong points which should
moan victory for the loyal crimson supporters to
celebrate The defensive game. always strong
polnt with Harvard clcycns. has been more de-
volCro, this year than ever Thus FAR the line has
been practically impregnahle. Whenever occasion
demanded Harvard has been able 10 hold is OPP
,ou.ut on downs even whca fighting In the last
ditch. when couple OF yards moro meant a touch
down for its rivals The Harvard forwards have
be,ann, go drilled that almost by instinct they tell
where a play is to strike and instantly mase 10 OPP
pose f.
one point on which Harvard depends l. the en-
Iurancc which the team wlll be- expected TO show.
Never before has Dr. Sargent found the Harvard
foobnl players in such I'm" fottle, and he oscribes
a 20 James I.athrops trimming system, which at
traeiod 20 much attention and dcrisiv" comment
at the beginning of the season. Mr.. Lathrop has
made 4 special feature Of bringing ont endurance
i'm the Harvard "fat mans" brigade and bcsid,s
special exercise he provided fat MANS table
for Them They nave not been allowed 10 eat
starchy. fattcning food. and have been kept down
TO what Mr. lathrop considers muscle making
diet Tho result has been that the 30 pounds Nor
ton shaw carried last year have been reduced TO
1915 ouVc mas dropped from 20 TO lso, though last
year he could barely Keep down 10 10. Ducette Is
playng at fifteen pounds less than last year. \
similar falling or Is noticeable In the weight OF all
the heavy men. and the result is TO give them an
endurance which none of them possessed before,
and to make them quicker In their play.
S" a"s d & MGon
bruised again in the Cornell game but he UNI
doubtcdly viii be all r'Ght when IT comes TO the
Yale game. Captain Cabot, however has water on
around crutchcs. Or Newell says the knee Will
be i'm condition for the Yale game sun. as Cabot =
knee has already this season gwen out three times,
II Is improbable even II ne should begin the
have therefore been on "A sun hunt for new end
m.n. Graydou and Lewis have proved themselves
practically useless and Richardson Is the only sub
stiiutc that can be really relied upon. subway
Brown. OF fulback fame. has been hit upon ~ the
man best fitted to develop into an end. He did not
Ike leave the back OF the line, but "cammie"
Forbes soon persuaded him that IT was FOR the
best. He has been playing end during the secret
practice. and shows that his remarkable tackling
ability may he relied upon 10 cause grief to onrsh-
Ing Interference.
Table nli-around combination as probably can be
found the gridiron to-day Doucette Is now play
ing his fourth season and Of all the Harvard men
he Is the ore could not bc replaced. Should he
stituie. would not prove by any means SO diincult
an obstacle in the way OF Yale advances. 'Doucy.