The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-17
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The Week.
IN FOOTBALL.
Harvard Makes Encourag-
ing Improvement.

The week just closed has been one Of
surprises in foot ball circles. The most
unexpected event of the week was the
large score that Harvard ran up against
West Point on Saturday 1t was a re-
marzable piece of work and stamps the
crimson eleven as q team of hard work.
ers in which there is much hope for the
big contests to come later. The Yale
Newton A. c. game was another sur
prise. The Ellis did not make as good a
showing as they did against the samd
club last year. Yale had almost her
strongest team in. but played very poor
offensive playing. One fact, however.
that told against the New Haven lads
was that De Saulles was at West Point
watching Harvard, while Sullivan, his
substitute. did not run the team up to
the De Saulles standard, nor is he the
great offensive player of Yale's first
choice.
In studying the Yale-Newton game
carefully 1t seems that Ellis sons were
playing possum" Saturday, and that
they were capable of doing better things
than they did. While they played a good
| defensive game the Yale men did not
| work hard to run up big score, while
the Harvard boys ON the other hand
We're tearing things to pieces in secur-
ing large tally. Every one who re-
members Yaie's playing previous to the
Harvard game last year will see a
great analogy in the playing Of the
team this year. However, last year the
| case was weak team, while this year
1t looks much like studied effect. Yale
VIII try the policy which worked so
well last year in the hopes of winning
through the confidence inbred in
their opponents owing to previous poor
showings It has always been a Yale
method to give out all sorts of hard
luck stories early and then bob up
strongly and serenely on the day of
big contest.
In the smaller circles the three sur
prlses of the week We're the defeat of
Williams by Union on Wednesday, the
close score between the Indians and
Williams and the big score run UP by
Dartmouth against Bowdoin on Satur-
day
AT Cambridge the past week the i'm
provement in ail-round work has gone
steadily on. Never in the history of
foot ball at Harvard has a team made
such improvement in so short a space
OF time. The change has been remark
able, ana seems to hold its pace and
even increases. The centre trio, Roal.
Sargent and Burden, has remained the
same the whole week. Under Lewis
and Bert Waters effective coaching
they have become an effective lot. They
We're impregnable against West Point
and Amherst, and it looks now as
though they would hold their places.
Burnett played fine game at West
Point, as did Mills, and later Haugh-
ton, at the tackles The idea of the
coaches is to get the two heaviest men
if they are spry, to be found in college
The reason of this is to help out with
big men the very light ends on the
team. Otherwise it would be hard for
Cochrane and Hallowell-the likely men
at end this year-to stop the heavy
mass plays outside Of the tackles
Speaking of Cochrane and HallowelI
these two men have held down the end
positions in the games of the week, and
are likely to hold the positions Al
though light, they are good men and
are replacing Cabot and Moulton in
very acceptable style
Daily has improved in his generalship,
as the running of the team in the
games of the week has proved. He is a
veritable hnd and works In we'll with
the fast backs. Dibblee still plays the
same weighing, lodging, crawling
ground games as he did last year He
is g fine man to rely on, as he seems
positively injury-proof, and in addition
Is handling his team in mastery style
/ ,or,r ~ Ia n To-
that Harvard has lacked in foot ball
since 80. In g. Kendall the coaches have
succeeded in finding another man of
the Dibblee order He did more than
half the work in the West Point games,
and was very sure in his work. How
ever The Spy predicts the backs In the
big game to be Daily, Dibblee Warren
and Reid, with EYneke first substitute
for Daily; Ellis or l. Kendall for Dbl
blee; E. Kendall or Sawin for Warren,
and Brayton for Reid. Sawin has
dropped off terribly in his work, and
Lawrence has been relegated TO third
substitute for right tackle. Reid has
recovered from his injuries so as to be
able to punt a little, and he played a
part of the West Point game.
Everything is very bright at present.
There are no injuries TO speak of and
the men are in good condition. Har-
ward men hope things may continue as
they have the past two weeks. The
Amherst seore-53 to 2-was a regular
old-timer, and argues poorly for Am
herst's chances in the Triangular
League this year. Amherst's only score,
a blocked punt for a safety, was unfor-
tunate, but has acted as an incentive
for the team to do better. The West
Point score should be simply an in
centive to keep up hard work and not
the cause of imbuing the men with self
satisfaction. 1t is too early for self
other symptoms that strike the too sue
cessful foot ballist
The situation at Yale does not seem
to improve. Centre is still weak, with
no immediate prospects of its being iIn-
proved. The coaches started in the
week to hammer Cutten into shape, but
in the game with Newton Saturday,
Richardson played. The coaches have
their eyes on Andrews, Phillips and
MCGEE in addition, but it looks now
as though Andrews would get the POI
sition 1t is definitely known that ex-
Capt. Rodgers win not return, and at
present the chances favor MCGEE for
the vacant tackle. Cook. a freshman,
Richards, and Francis will push him
hard, with chances about even far all.
Coy is sure of his end, and ne is regard
ed as being a second Frank Hinkey He
is heavy and lively, which assures him
his place. as ne has a good foot ball
head. The regular man at the other
end last week, was Sharpe, who seems
IfIr civ fo lose his 1aneitfon in the 1fpht