The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-14
Week of Work
at Harvard.
CRIMSON'SCHANCES
High School and Academy
Should Play Again.

Preparations for the Yale game Sat
urday took up all the time during last
weeks play at Cambridge. The week
was spent too in recovering from the
severe contest with Pennsylvania a
week ago. The varsity did not line
up but once during the seven days,
hence the eleven is temporarily behind
| the form it showed in the Pennsylva-
MIA game. The game with Brown Sat
urday, demonstrated that the defensive
work of the team has fallen off per-
| ceptibly. There was but one substitute
playing in the line against Brown, and
yet the Providence men went through
the defense as though it were paper.
1t is safe TO say that the coming week
viii see much Improvement and a get
ting together again of the whole team.
All the regular men will be in the daily
lineup. Despite the failing off of the
eleven the past week, the work has
been advantageous in some ways, as 1t
mas given the Crimson a chance to de-
yelop some good sub backs The two
Lawrence boys, Brayton and Fincke
nave shown great improvement, and
best OF all, SaWin has shown return
to the form which he used to display
IN his interseholastic days. As it is
now, he will make valuable substi-
tute for either Dibblee or DAILY. if eth
er is put out of the Yale game.
IL IS probable the lineup against the
Ell 5 Will be the same as it was against
the Quakers. 1t is not inopportune TO
compare the two elevens, man for man.
Under similar conditions the Crimson
and Blue teams would be about equally
matched, but with the eXhausting game
OF Saturday against them. the Yale
team cannot possibly be in it's best
FORM by Saturday. The Yale Princeton
game was even more of kicking con
test IMAM Was the Harvard Pennsvl-
Nanla afTair, and in consequence. the
ale team is not so used up as was
the harvard eleven a week ago. af-
| Ter Penn S fierce mass PLAYS. AT CEN
ire, either Jaffrey or Burnett should
De at least the equal of Cuttea. At right
guard for Harvard, Burden will nor
De the match of Brown, who PLAYS 10
the left Of Cutten for Yale. Big Brown
VIII be the best guard on the field. and
shouid enectually stop from mis- posi-
| tioh many of the "Boal-back" fornna-
tons. OF the other pair of guards
Boal for Harvard should outclass
Mafshall. who depends much on Cham
peIlaln TO help him out. With Donald
opposite Chamberlain, the latter win
haEe ms hands full without thinking of
| helping Marshall
mus the crimson should make some
substantial gains with Boal nuttine
Aiafshall out OF the way. All the afher
.acAie, 5aughton should outclass Still
ilah enough to be able to help out Bur
| zen with his man Brown. However
| ~ ale men. for some reason or other
oaAe particular dislike to Haughton.
anu IL is understood that the Yale
team viii naake its attack on Haughton
III order to put him out of the play
| especially as he is the erimson's hest
punter At the ends, Hallowell should
easily outclass Eddy, while Cochrane
after yesterdays showing by Gov
| should hold his own, while Farley, if he
plays, should far excel the Yale end.
| the apparent foolishness of playing
Cochrane in place of Farley when the
| latter is the better man. finds palliation
4 III ne TACT that with Cochrane on the
| iteld, harvard has another punter and
! drop kicker for emergencies. Coch-
| rane would be absolutely essential to
| the team in case Haughton should be
put out o. the game.
Back of the line, from what appeared
| Yesterday, it looks as though De-
| Saulles, even if he plays, will not be of
much value to Yale, and DAILY should
| far surpass any substitute whom the
blue may put in. OF the Jacks who will
! probably take part, Dibblee and War
rem for Harvard should be far supe-
rior to the Yale pair in end slxirting
! The two men whom Yale will probably
put in are Durston and Corwin After
! saturdays game, it is not likely that
Benjamin will play against Harvard
as his tumble will probably cost him
all further chances as a regular player
| The Yale pair of halfbacks are some
what superior to Warren and Dibblee
! line buckers, but not so good on defen-
sive work as Fullback Mcbride is no
better as a line bucker than Reid of
| Harvard. In kicking, the Yale full
back is not so sure as he was last year,
and it does not seem likely that he will
be able to out-kick Haughton In the
game this year. So far as shown this
year, Haughton is the most reliable
kicker among the big colleges, and
whatever superiority in accuracy of
placing punts, viii be a large factor in
the contest with Yale. Another point
of weakness shown by the Yale team
Saturday, and. a point in which they
were very strong last year, was in
handling punts. DeSaulles was abso-
lutely useless Saturday in this particu-
lar. and the way the other Yale backs,
especially Mcbride, fumbled punts, re-
minded one of PENIS poor work in the
game with Harvard.
No doubt Yale will use the coming
week in breaking out of this weakness,
but unless she does improve, Harvard
will have by far the better chance, for
her forwards follow the ball as well
as did Princeton's Saturday. The score
should be larger than in any big game
SO far. The Yale ends are not as strong
as those of last year, and if Harvard
could get around those ends, she surely
ought to circle this years ends. for she
has the same pair Of backs The great
trouble with the end interference this
year has been that the ends being SO
light, do not help it out as much as did
last years heavy pair Cabot and
Moulton.
Harvard then should win, because OF
an apparent superiority in punting and
a better handling of punts, together
with good line bucking and end skirt
ing ability. She should be able to keeI
down Yale's score, because she has q
good pair Of tackles. and "a great ma
jority of Yale's plays are directed al
this point. OF course the influence OF
home grounds and surroundings will
aid the Elitians materially.
Princeton's defeat of Yale was q
great surprise and careful study OF
the game will show that Yale, like
Pennsylvania, gained more yards il
rushing the ball than did her oppo-
| nents That Princeton won was he.