New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-07

IRON Iris and IS e. NOR ss
degree done away with so far as the backs anG
SIDE Of any a special psYs hs may be al
ready prepared in secret practice, has very hard
touchdowns I, IS going to be extremely diiIcul,
for Yale any other team to make score against
IS extraordinaiy ana ihe ability Of the men 70
fa together the when The ball is on On Their ha Own I'VE
require I'd four downs Is probably not surpassed in
9 e S Se a viii mf se in close s
%. Harvard,s line, when the one great quality Of
will be brought into play in the hope, OF winning
the game II seems ms, proba bic that Haryard car
men. It is probable therefore that Yale will moi
succeed in making any very extensive score aeans.
may be secured. but Yale has good fed goa
kicker that is improbable
VIII Harvard be able 10 score? There seems 70
be the really crucial point in next Saturdays game.
II Harvard score soon she unquestionably
wins the game because she knows well how TO de-
fend. II she canrot she may. and probably
VIII. be beaten The power to has been
greatly Increased since October 90 and ~ the eleven
improves In the next week as in the past there Is
a very probable chance Of a Harvard victory The
fact that the match comes on the home field for
the Harvard men is. Of course. an immense odvan-
tage. though not much In past years The
fact that Yale has twenty-five twenty-six
games and lost only one In all that time is quite
az great an advantage in favor OF Yale; so that
one OF these seems to fairly Offset the other with
d slight leaning toward Yale
The New-Haven eleven, on the other hand, is, like
most Yale teams. an eleven o. scorers. In the
Indian game a week ago they took a remarkable
brace In the second half and played fast strong
and judcicus football for several minutes not
stopping until they had scored In yesterday
match with Chicago the New Haven men worked
the ball at the opening OF tho match straightaway
down the field until they crossed the line without
once losing possession OF II. After that they did
poorly al times. bu; they showed again power to
push to the scoring point certain sequences of plays
at the proper time. This scoring force manifested
so carly in the Chicago game suggests what is. no
doubt. true-a certain Haunted method Of pay for
scoring which Is 10 be used In the Harvard game
which tried against Chicago and which was
then dropped as being too severe the men a week
before an important game and too precious TO play
often in front OF assembled Harvard and Princeton
players II shows power. however In an eleven
that Ia composed 10 certain extent OF new players
and an eleven. whole. which has been ragged
and often weak throughout the season. The conf
dence Of Harvard men outside the players coaches
and others who know the game well Is therefore
a dangerous confidence, for Harvard has by no
means the advantage in next Saturdays game to
such an extent as Is commonly supposed. This the
e an The e e PIX PIX the HngT quite
Of the Hasyara team ana sertaln weakness In the
shu On he II nsy M thew VIM the
so because they could Withstand Yales attacks and
with their some what weak offensive play Ysles de
c.dedly weak defence II they lose they will lose no
through their eenee aat seems to be IN the Sso
matter and whether the Cambridge men can hold
day OF ne game; II more than probable that the the
game viii open with the Initiative taken by Yale and
once Harvard should be abe TO 6oa and si't them
must come the test Of Yales power to hold