New-York tribune., 1898-11-05
AN ESTIMATE OF THE TEAMS.
STRONG AND WEAK POINTS IN THE ofFoSiN'
ELEVENs TO-DAY.


STRONG AND WEAK POINTS IN THE OPPOSING
ELEvENs TO-DAY.
Cambridge Nov. (speclaD.-For somH years
PENNSYLVANIA has given Harvard defeat on the root
hail AeId. and although there has never heen quite
Tho interest that centres about a Harvard-Y ale
gam, vet the football itself has generally been
about twice as fast This is the first year that
Harvard has played Pennsylvania before the Yale
game within the memory OF the average footnaH
crank and the game VIII gain a little more IMAM
the average interest from this fact and from lAe
fact tina: 1t IS the first Of the big games
Probably no two teams met who were
week before the game playing such vastly oiher-
ent STYLES Of football are those Whlch me ~
meet in Cambridge tomorrow. harvard mas n''"
rolling up big scores by sending Dioole ana war
rem round the ends Of the smaller college rush lines
PENNSYLVANIA has also been making some big totals
not by end plays but by line plunges with Har-
ward the Nue-play has been the exception win
PENNSYLVANIA II has been the exception 10 se' 4"
long gain by end runs. But the last haf or the
Chicago game against Pennsylvania brought out
the fact that there !s big need Of line bucKers on
the Harvard team and for that reason Coaches
Forbes and Lewis have taken pains this last week
10 make the men use line plays, with Boal oacK
and also with Mills back which In the last dhy ol
open practice last week were successful. but OF
the whole Pennsylvania is playing much different
sort of game from Harvard. prominent Penn
the Quaker style about as follows:
''Pennsylvanla has had different experience
from Harvard. Consistently. year after year we
have stuck to the straight plays into tackle ana
centre with the result that in the big games we
have carried the ball down toward the Crimson goal
line foot by foot until pushed It over. BY these
plays we made two yards against every line We
struck almost at will. and ground out the points
necessary to win"
At Harvard the memory Of the guards back
pay-perhaps the most famous production OF any
coach-s still a nightmare 10 the Harvard coaches
and players The thought that this year through
two long halves they must stand the hammering OF
those mass plays, while yard BY yard they are
going down the field. Is still hanging over the Grim
son football men. They canno, stop 1t, and they
know IT, The only hope Is to get the oai whenever
fate wills and try for "A faster method Of SCORING
one thing has gwen Harvard a little nope in the
lasl two or three weeks, ana tnat l. that the
Quaker defence is not up 10 me standard , ,hrao
Now as TO the men. Pennsylvania mas the 'hrfr
centre men who played havoc win HarNard last
year and that too asanst lm@ Wrc" n T1s rh
Ouakers make no secret of the fact that they IN
sU me- are worth until something gives way
There can be no question that the conDinaton OF
viii be .mmeasurably superior 10 Boal. Burnett and
Burden for Harvard. all OF whom, EXCEPT ooa are
fairly green inexperienced and llape 10 De caught
~ tackles the prospect is bit brighter for the
Crimson Donald is n great player "h'le ne iast5'
and can BE- counted on 10 outciass Carnett' Al the
her tackle Goodman.
an OF last years wonderful team ana sAOuId nave
the advantage. T., ,-..,. ,r,--
ns m 't to he big question as TO whether Harvard
has good ends or not. The two men. Hallowell and
S,. many GOOD points but ihcy have some weak
ones Harvard's style OF defence calls FOR inc rush
line halfback 10 break up the interference ana ior
,hn end man 70 nail the runner Hallowell gener-
aIv gets his man. but IL IS because the interference
had harder time and many , an emd pay ms
gained few yards around MIN. ~ fefhsH inhin" VA,
ends Hedges and Folwell are not TO be caught In
tnrS gIcat cry from Pennsylvania that her half
hIs Le are veak on the defence and that this
trait exists in the capta,n outanI wno CO.. 70,
good tacMer at .c 5eSt and 10 some extent IN card
"es Al 'p the Just held IN Sander The
coach. J. $ Cranston. '92 ana T. j. Wendell -
smoke on the eIores Of "Old Harvard" and the
crrov,ded theatre rc-cchoed with the cheers Of the
urdcrcraduates. It has not been in years that SO
much enthusiasm has been shown SIM, n can
not be said that Harvard expects to win. There ~
iiftle or no Harvard money being wagerod ON"
nool 81 81 900 Pennsylvania money was covered with
Iett,ng was 10 / The game tomorrow Is likely
TO bring some surprises Ihc haiEaId S,os'nes
.'gnards-back" play. ana they seem to be much
Fer Harvard. Trainer McMasters has been jubi-
liant on account OF the condition Of the players
The truth Is howeyer that wi WINE Won qne "Ir "rsE &
water on the knee. The lineup Will be as follows.
Harvard. Positions F'nnsf ltana.
Donald let tackle Goodman
l1sl .l>ft gudii
4. r
Burden. .lNFlf Tihfd VI rathft
Iiaughou 81 il-l. kisIt tacl~ ........... tainr
ifal1wrll Right
Quarterback tiafilrr
Dihie~ sItalni. Left halfuar VI Mllou dIarlaoii
Warren Right hhlibah
Reid Fulliack .outlarf t.tptlub
Oncala-IRshie - I~hlsh. umpire Mrclung az
lehigh, rsf'r'~ Fred Wool. y. 5. s.. umeksepcr
BowpoIN. 6; TUFTS.
Medford Mass. NOV A. BoNdoin bea, TUFTS at
football 20 =. this afternoon
Lcmu"I ~ Quigg hns carried his district
three times. fourth sucerr. vouid ~nnbic
/. him to continue his combat for sound money.