New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-01
HARVARD Is CONFIDENT
EXPECTS TO SCORE THRICE OK THE QUAh-
ERs-PERFEcTING THE PLAY.

ror,h-,dro Mass. oct 81 (speciaD.-The com
r,onts which can now be passed on the Harvard
elevon concern the showing made against the l"r-
lans last Saturday. and the preparations ana foD
able outcome OF the game In Phhaae'p"d WIZ.
peunsviyanla next Saturday The lno'an S"u7 80
now football history. and u taught Its lessons 10
tho Harvard team but the contest at Phiaae'p"l"
has ,e+ 10 come and preparations for 1t are no"
being made ,,.. H.
Fumbline and poor following Of the ball are mar
wards weaknesses at present. II vas on ID ioi-'"p
that Rcdwater scored the touchdown LOT '''0 ~
ians Oh Saturday. and Harvard lost the n"" 500"
times IN f.mhles because her players ga nov io'-
io,, o. nc thov snoi1d faYe done The Indians were
IN this respoct exe~ediDs.y alert. and SO was inc
Harvard team just'a var ago, when Pennsy'Na'l'a
fImbled 60 dlsastrously. But the coacHes nave
been working this weakness since S@'urnay' anu
Il is perfectly safe to say that Harvard WI" ll'i'"e
uftle next SATURDAY. Il the ball IS not wet a lack
Of the instinct to follow tho ball is. from all ac-
counts \ weakness Of The present pennsylvania
eleven and the coaches Of the Harvard team are
not roing 10 allow their players to fall INTO the
same fault Hence. they have been Den'nU '"e
PLAYERS this week imbuing them win spirit anu
dash.
An agreeable surprise OF the Indian game was the
kicking OF HanoWeu. especially his placing lie
was far SUPERIOR 10 Miller who punted Tor the llH-
ians and showed much better form than keid mas
displayed at any time this year But Reds KICKS
are frrfr0xirc and II he even equals Id4vNfli Hc
NAV be used I'm order 30 allow Hal.owen to run
down tho field on the punts. However present IN
dcations are that HaAowell will do Harvard S
kicking for the rest Of the season or az least In the
Pennsylvania game. In drop kicking there is little
promise since Savin who IS the ohly payer V'
the squad Wro attempts IT, IS not gong 10 iHf an
t1e team For place kicking Burnett Always i'a'
the ready foot and the poweriul leg, ana ne n i
boon Practising I'm the last few days 20 better MS
rcrformare. ~ the Indian game lie should ma an
ouuorrrifv % increase lraryarls score next SallI
o. ft "a ID III
[Otvitr7tardne the tcn points by the INDIANS,
Iarvrr1s defence fully came UP 20 eApec1tlgl9.
"a weak line but rather 70 an individual error OF
one halfback The fierce rushes OF the INDIANS
we're VOL stopped up 10 Tho middle OF the second
half and stopped apparently. without mucn
trouble They were mainly directed just outside
tackles and We're ineffective long as Donald ana
lawrence were playing BUT Eaton ana swain
who succeeded them. We're weak and were ire
auently toppled over 10y the favorite play OF their
opponents Then the indians gained fast ana
Hudson was ah'ed 10 make o goal from the HELD
the opportunity which had previously Deem denied
him Win Donald. Lawreu-r and Boa IN the Inc
70 cross Haryarl's lire by straight football. and the
general opinion here is that she viii no cross n at
All Coach Dihblce is credited with saying that
Harvard will mako threa touchdowns against the
Quaker eleven This is m unusually san6une re-
mark for a coach but nevertheless II reflects 4
consensus Of opinion How 20 stop "Penns"
mass PLAYS with weak tackles was the question CT
Inc earlier part Of the season. but when Donald
came out to play and when Lawrence developed
INTO nrst class tackle that question disappeared.
Harvard has tho 1esf defence she has had and
ihe best IN the college football world to-day