The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-12-01

was on the defence the play was virtually
the same. A. the Yale centre snapped the
hall the Harvard forwards were under
way In their attempts to crash through
on the Yale backs. II was the principle
involved when crack sprinters try 20 beat
the starters pistol, and Harvard's big men
had II down fine.
Harvard's greatest improvement. and
a source of tho most favorable comment.
was the puzzling variations of the tackle,
back play. To critics who have watched
foot ball games for years il has always been
possible, by means of a close watch, TO
see Just What nan has the ball, even IN
compact mass plays But in the Harvard
Yale game. while one could always 500
which Yale man got he ball from the quar-
ter back, in nine cases out of ten 1t was
absolutely impossible TO pick out the Har.
ward ball carrier until he had been downed
and the critics could see him get on the
leather. This compactncss in attack was
/ n marvellous piece of work and showed
| how well Coach Reid and his assistants
had perfected football science. BY coup
ling quickneSs with such mvstlfylng ineth-
odS. Harvard capped the climax. and Yale
was in n dense fog, 80 TO speak, from start
10 finish.
Rietins's run Of thirty-two yards. which
led up TO Harvard's first touchdown, was
perhaps the best illustration q Harvards
startling style of play. Big Cuts was
taken fromthc lineto form the tackle back
When the ball was snapped by Greene
| TO Marshall, the quarter back, lee jumped
into Hamlin, followed by, QUITS. ihlS
move looked az il Harvard was coming
through the centre. But at the same
| moment, Graydon. Herman, Greene and
Bowditch all made n rush toward iale.s
left end as il to provide Interference; IL
was natural for the Yale team TO be mixed
in the attempt to watch both the centric
and the left end az the same moment, ~
that il was even moro perplcNing whtni
nobody with the ball could br discovered
in either bluff offensive formation But
the riddle wa solved when suddenly Ns-
tine, accompanied by Campbell, was seen
hurrying toward Yale's goal lHe with
nobody in front Of him except DeSaulos;
Campbell, by rla ying in instead of out hal
put Hogan out Of It,, Could having, bHpn
drawn over TO a place back OF the hne 10
meet Cuts and lee With Hogan blocked
! OF. il was a cakewalk for Ri.tine. who had
received the ball from Marshall on a delayed
pass. II was one of the prettlcSi piaN,'
ever seen on a football field. liarvards
game all tho way through bristled WIN
such plays. there being but two glaring
mistakes tumble of Graylon and u
muTed punt by Marshall. This was un-
usually clean playing and further llu'-
trated careful coaching. "
Harvard never had such n powerful LOO
Of line buckcrs before. Though pihllce's
team of 1898 was a good Eround-gaininG
combination, II was not 80 Iowcr'u! nor 50
fast AZ this years eleven. HarVard's rush
| nftp IN lhUS. MnilH tlrhHE III ~ u nv, NhN
NOT 80 aggre ssivc a. this years combina-
ton Of forwards. whose bright particular
star, Cults. was the best tackle that ever,
put on crimson togs. While Marshall
could not he olass,d higher than DAILY.
or for that matter be placed on the same
rlane with Rim. stiIl ne showed himself
10 be the De-' quarter hnck, barring Ialy,
tina Harvard has had n many years. Har-
ward has not been abt" TO show n bft"r
punter than herman. and this statement
:, .,oI, nth p,vg, IInurlfnp In mind
While the 1s9s team might I've said To excel
this years eleven in some minor re~Jscts.
il Is safe 10 say that if II were possible 10
line them up against each other the present
outfit would win. Ia short, thiS years
Harvard team can be- Call.d the greatest
that has ever been developed al Cambridge
In ii-alf. IL speaks VOLUMES for it, coach
and captain, the latter Icing one ~ tina
best leader uf an eleven ever seen on q
'Nanitv gridirou
In ~oinpari he present Harvard eleven
With the crack Yale team Of a wear ago, ~
must be remembered that the New Haven
.laven was phenomenally heavy and strong
Carefully considering the work ~ bo'n
teams, y APPEAR reasonable 20 say mat
/ Harvard showed better ends in Campbell
and Rowditch than Yale had IN Gould and
coz A. tho tackl~ Il might 10 said that
CUTS s~ycellei 't''er Boomer or still
man, Vhils RAgiou might b" clas-si
oil gHtly hr.ow either Vale man. Yale had
n pronounced Hdvantag" a. the quartz,
T Gordon Brown u sheldon bsinR cpu-
sdarsi the SUPERIOR ~ lee and Barnard
! Olrpft. ~ cen -. would probably have
had truubl" With Green, a gr'ai player
A. qlar~r hArk. fincke ~ Vale could Les
Iut down ~ q s'aud-lf for Marshall, both
iang high elias m-n Perry Hale, ~
fil hark had q shade over GrHvdun, though
uut murl a. that Eastlns opuli u" pro
%unlpr,Si a hsHirf half hack uan "Iilnf
7 I.atu.,l ut ~haus siIla krupan would
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