New-York tribune., 1900-10-14

cedng 1885 that Pennsylvania filed such pro-
dgious space in the football world, and annu-
ally swept Harvard before her In 1898 the
Crimson team turned the tables, and last sea-
son thrashed the Pennsy ylvanias pretty badly.
Coach Woodruffs men are this ear an entirely
different aggregation from what they were last
In 1893 d lot Of them became crippIes IN the first
two or three weeks Of play, and the rest were
worn down by extremely hard schedule that
preceded the Harvard game. This season every
thing is life and dash on Franklin Field. Cap
tain Hare. that tower Of strength that bull
wark against oppression on the part Of the op-
posing eleven. is 1narshalIng his host in great
shape this year. He, with Horner or McCloskey
at centre, with Teas al the other guard and
with Wallace and Zimmerman as tackles, forms
es strong q keystone for the football arch as
may be seen on any college campus to-day. The
weakness OF the line is at the ends, and 70 me
St looks out Of the question that the Quakers
will be able 10 develop a pair Of first class ends
hy the time Of the Harvard game. At quarter
back the new discovery. who is called Graves.
seems 10 be doing good work The halfback
positions are not fully settled upon yet, but the
fact that last years two halfbacks, who are do
!ng fully good work as last season, are likely
70 be pushed out Of their places, goes to show
that the material is pretty good. At fullback
comes the redoubtabIe MacCracken. When
MacCracken once gets fairly under way with the
ball, the ordinary opposing rusher has about as
much chance with him he would with a
charging buffalo. MacCracken runs with
derfuI strength and agility, and keeps his feet
as Il he had fifty pounds Of lead in each shoe.
No one who saw the PennsyIvania-Co Cornell game
last Thanksgiving Day will ever forget the spec
tacle which MacCracken presented Of pushing
the strong Cornell team all over the field, ap-
perently az viii. MacCracken viii lower h-s
head for the centre Of the Crimson line, and win
probably make necessary the addition Of several
harvard substitutes before the gan is over.
Ill REPORTS OF THE CRIMSON.
To match these glowing reports from Phia-
6elpha. Harvard has = budget Of I'll news What
this amounts TO is the fact that the Harvard
team has only ordinary rush line material this
year, has been fortnight late in getting into
anything like the swing Of the game, and has
had two or three first class men temporarily laid
up This last misfortune deserves little notice.
because there are ample substitutes at Cam
bridge. Il is noteworthy. however, that Har-
wards eleven is il backward state, for the
most part awkward as schooIboys, and playing
ss il they did their thinking with their feet
There mas been some wretched and stupid work
both In the line and back field at Cambridge,
though there appear TO be signs that somebody
Is getting out the field and stirring up
The men. They apparently need a good~bullyrag-
ging. Twelve 10 ., that is TO say two touch
Gowns all that the mighty Crimson team
ctud score against Williams week ago and
-ast Wednesday having had the benefit Of four
days more practice. the Harvard eleven's score
against Amherst was nine points under that Of
Yale. Comparative scores in these preliminary
games amount 70 little. Of course. but Har-
wards showing is not creditable. believe, how
ever that the Harvard coaches are likely to
hammer the men into shape, so that they will
1e likely pun the game from Pennsyl-
Fsnia OF Soldiers Field. In a couple Of weeks
hore Harverd's fack field. which is full Of ab-
So-utely superb material, will have shaken itself
together and perfected some decent end inter
'5tence With Pennsylvanias ends weak as
lAey are some good end interference the
Ferl o. the Harvard backs ought 70 bring off
several long runs in the course Of the game.
mere is always danger Of relying too greatly
upon end runs, which so frequently fall fiat in a
's game. yet Princeton showed in the Yale
zane last year how end interference can be
f7'iected SO 10 be highly efficient against
-I0hs team Looking almost three weeks ahead.
should say II Harvard wins the game from the
Eu@Aers II VIII be on her end running and on
-sf better handling Of kicks
% far as the makeup of the Crimson team is
-'HceFned this is not nearly so advanced as
llss wanna. and il is not possible TO name the
E'9-Ho1s SO definitely. ANY three OF six or
20, go, men may Ill the centre Of the line The
mes VIII probably be taken by J. Lawrence
Eaton, and the ends will be well looked
-.sf ny Campbell and by Hallowen, or by Far
- HalowelTs ankle stiu bothers him. Cap
Da-y, OF course. Will play quarterback
- who Is out Of the game with a badly
H. Hose, wiz be one Of the halfbacks. and
an '1her halfback and the fullback viii be
pns. py some combination made up OF Kendall.
p, Slerasch. Graydon. stiilman and Herman
SA and Ellis stand somewhat above the