Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-23

thing he is Butterworth's superior, be- cause of greater strength and heavier build. Hale is harder man to stop than the noted Hare. and McCraeken of Pennsylvania, who failed to do much with Harvard'S% defense. &Hale will do the bunting for Yale and he may be outclaSsed in this respect as he has not yet mustered the trick of getting his kicks away with rapidity. If Yale plays Sharpe and Chadwick at half back there will be. one distinct%advan- tage in Sharpe's ability to drop kick goals from the field.
 It was Sharpe who kicked a goal from tue 45-yard line against Prince ton last year He is not much of q | line hitter and has not shown marked ability to skirt the ends this year. but as q kicker he is away up in G. Chad wick is a hard working, earnest play CT, who seldom gets hurt and figures in all the plays. but he does class with Kendall or Sawin. Fincke, who was at halfback in the Princeton game last Saturday, will probably play quarter back instead of Wear. whose weak ness in handling Kicks has not been overcome Whether Fincke can run the Yale eleven as cleVerly as Wear remains to be seen. but his ability to catch punts and run them back will probably strengthen the Blues where they have shown their only real weak spot.
 Looking over the two rush lines at a glance one is inclined to say that Yale has the call. The center and IguarGs on the New Haven team, Ol- colt. Brown and sheldon, look as ii they would succeed in handling Har- ,t,1 ic star guard of the year, so the eX- perts believe He will face big Bar nard, who lacks experience and gin ger. Barnard did extremely well in the Pennsylvania game. In fact. he surprised the Harvard coaches who had been led to believe that he was a weak spot. SheldOn, the powerful weight thrOWer. will be opposed by Lee. Harvard'S best guard Lee has developed much speed of late and has improved so rapidly in the fine points of the game that he is liable to prove a match for the rather sloW-golng Sheldon. who at this late stage IS not quite sure of his place. OlcOtt at cen ter will line up against Sargent or Burnett The latter is thought to oe the better player and has had the eN- Eperience. too.
 Olr0tt is faster than either of the Harvard centprs and is more fiery, too. T point very much in his favor when the UrilGness of Sargent is taken into consideration. At the tackles 1ale would seem to have a shade the pct- ter of it with BlOomer, the wonderful freshman from AndOver. who made h;S. mark against Princeton last Sat urtlay by gaining more ground III llile
 pN D hitting than any other player, ahb IiS judpfatigable Stillman. who has al- ways been a terror to Harvard. bloolll- or with his 19O pounds of beef. will face I. Lawrence. lighter man. Who ;S inc best tackle that Harvard has had since Bert Waters and the late Marshall Newell Their encounters should be one of the most interesting features of the game. Lawrence Is faster than BloGmer in getting doWn the field and is more Of skilled eN- pert in providing interference. Ills extreme agcressivenesS has caused him frequently 10 break the rule against offsdp play which IS apou' his only weakness.
 The lovers of football will have a fine opportunity of seeing how the gal hne ought to be played on the mornlh@ of Thanksgiving day, when eleNehS representing the local High school ana the alumni will meet on the grlulron Bradford Webster of Yale college. Wnc has in charge the management of the alumni has his team already selected and he says it is q hummer. But nc has not vet divulGcd the names of hts players. Manager Murray's players will br in the best of condition anC are confident of winning, but only after hard and gruelling contest. since the local High school won the cham pionship of the state Manager Murray has been besiegPd daily with letters from outside teams asking for games B0ardman has been persistent in re !. Questing a game and accordingly thI local team will in all probability bucl
 11p against them on December in New Haven