The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-10-12
YALE SHOULD DEFEAT
HARVARD THIS SEASON.
20 Thinks George Who Fa-
vors the New Haven Eleveu's
Chznces.

In ls3 Yale heat Harvard = 10 q. In 80!
Harvard beat Yale - 20 % What VIII be
the outcome in 1877
That g. the question which Is stirring
early-sezson interest among Harvard .
Nue adhvFenIs ali over Tie country. A.
the moment the chances seem even.
The writer saw Harvard az practice OF
SoIAers' Field last Thursday ans on The
next afternoon watched thu Eos az work
on isie fleia- = Few s-deiEe noes mus
gathered may help iu rutute c1Elpaf4zans.
Al harvard the Retirement OF last yr.fr-s
q big ch4DEe his successor - ca.=f oi
The CoaeninE force is bike Farley. he b
4 diuertlt make Of man
ks41 earned MS title o. ~Czlr' by despotic
methods or coaching His GuniCeertrE per
sousi4tS pervaue4. Aarvaru fcotDaIL he
never ntSit4gel AL instant 20 send - PLAYER
20 the. bench IL dlsE-ace for sE.ele taiiure
IN fundamentals ana in his anxiety 20 be
peIIrcJ5 impartial b. sometime offended
veteran 2iayers BY forgetting their names.
Ths other coacnss cid good work. BUT keiG
was virtually the Whole show. IRIS sort
OF thlnS was new a. Cambridge au- cslSe4
Reid 10 De- somewhat tSlEeI aJ first. hut
With success ne ended tne season ffemSl-
Gously popular.
silent hinkey. when captain q Yale.
once kicked q man be-Guse he dlG not butt
into hard enough. "CZs- BIZ
Held telt FUZZY as earnestly about things.
but re vented his earu-SU-ess more ml[lg-
ENleenLy Captain herman absorbed some
OF Reds personality last wear. for Ia
seems 70 IE = king or soldiers EleIl now
Aead LotcH r4rleN 3 somewhat gentle and
nouasscrJlve In his g~ridirln manners ana
contents himself with Eaudiiue she detail
work OF organizing The big football Suuad
likely TO have more authority in tha ~1srI.
ING This year than he I'D urler Rei-'s reign.
keruan's assumption u coaching duties H.
very apt 10 hurt his Individual. ulav.
p drastic policy pursued ~ Harvard
last year resulted IN a survival ~ the
nttesti and ground Stt 3 wonderful lean
Il IS a successful policy when thcre s. ma
terial 10 burn II used 20 be the iEea ~
Penn. and Yale workci IL when al fr-
height Of her athletic Eiruy.
There arr scme tWeEtg hr men for the
hVe center positions IN the line aul thirty
field. The old men beck are Captain Ksr-
nan. half-back. Marshall. .unarterhrck-
BOw end: Graycon. full-hsek: Bar
n2rd. guard. and protabiy Biazdon. tackle.
StiilDau r. a veteran out after e years alb
sencc rom = gr41trou- Ihe nrst -FOUR are
stars OF the first magnitude
The Eew men are nearly an trtel scrub
players.
There win. however. De no Cutis on Har-
ward this fsli- Ills build fo- e tickle is
Ideal re looks as II De might Be cut from
a block OF granite. But he IS an exception.
nc present eeuter-klug-rGs.a far mans
Sulll de TciEhs 20 pounds and s. feet
3 inches 20 height Needless "a say. Do -
steady as = rock. Tie gets around buf uitic.
1ut he gets through the lize in q was thar
center.
The Harvard team is no. aaauv ehosa,
~. go EAAN HHH NHaaAEa MAN TUE ma"
ttlla4 j. therc Tor "a heavy c1cErr. p-ovzded
~ can be welded i-to a flushed machine
Ike last Years team
Fgrcy Haugntun j. coaching the Har-
Thtu kcAers IN hs theories OF pointing
re leaches the nigh twister. the bau being
me- WIZ the foot Straight In front OF fha.
o29y snq wei OF the ground. None but.
cIa-fashioned football IS being taught at
Harvard now TIE theory OF the roafnes
- nat simply football Is good enogch 10
beat me minor teams and better 10 taach'
Z tQhmentS. Another advantage - thar the
big efeVens viii Tot be able 70 ureDare fnr
their final big game attack
mere are nine tleve1s practiciDr drTv on
soinlers F1sld-the varsity first and SEC
end scrubs. freshmen and scrub. and four
other teams known ~ the awkwa7i.
SQUADS There are four gTdironS- ana daffv
there are eirht or ten coaches DOT
On the whole. : do not think Herva-d.s
chances as good as they were last year.
but she can adord 70 lose a point o. two
and stu not De discouraged
On Yale Field ~rcnhdence Tefgns supreme.
They have not rhe great football school
that exists on Soldiers Field, but they are
snpremely businesslikc IN their methods.
Mike" Murphy makes the statement thai
the material l. Inexperienced. Ina state
melt might hoio 10 regard 70 tEe Yale Soc
Gnd. sc-uh. unless i1e1perfeacu means that
= mau has never heen through a bic game.
Two o. Mixes inexperienced men-SheVlin.