New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-25
HARVARD NEEDS ENDS.
Captain Hurley Only Player Sure of
Making VARSITY.


Cambridge MASS. Sept 2-Though there
seven men on the Harvard football squad
practising each day Soldiers F1eId VINO piayeu
regularly on the Crimson eleven last fall. 1t is
impossible to say who will fill the positions on the
Harvard eleven in the championship games or the
year. with one or two exceptions
Captain Hurley is sure to play halfoack. pro-
vded he is not put out Of the running by injury.
OF the six other veterans Starr seems almost GER
tain to play quarter there is now no quarter on
Soldiers Field worthy to play substitute TO
the Groton boy
Montgomery regular end last year and the year
before, is not even on the training table. He IS
now playing tackle on the second team Montgom-
cry is neither heavier lighter than he was last
the year before. and he is just fast. but
he is not fast enough even be tried as end rush
on Reds team.
Squires and Brill. regular tackles last year
now working on the first combination but neither
is sure of his position. Brill does not play fast
enough all the time to make ideal tackle, and
squires is much more Of a guard than a tackle
Brill is showing signs of doing some good punttng.
which with his great weight and strength should
land him place on the team He might be shifted
to guard If lighter. faster man puts in appear
ance
Parker guard and centre last year is one Of the
three being worked guard on the hrst
He is a place kicker of no mean ability, which
should help him. Weighing 235 pounds and fight
er every inch Fred White. the awkward guard
who played against Yale last year. has been shifted
to centre, and it looks though 1t was going 10
take good player to Gust him.
With Montgomery playing tackle. there are no
good ends on Soldiers Field to-day. Blair and
o Brien. who playing on the first team are new
at the position. Blair played substitute halfback
on the freshman and second elevens last fall He
is a hurdler and fast runner and is short and
stocky weighing 165 pounds. OBren Is fresh
man, who played guard his school team last
year, He is also a sprinter. but Is TALL raw boned
and muscular.
Kersberg, six-footer, weighing 1870 pounds and
tackle on the second eleven last year is also be-
ing tried at end. Hall. end the second last
year, would seem to be sure of the varsity this
year if he had twenty pounds more weight He is
fast and in his tackling but weighs only loo
OBrien weighs 1870.
Carr 6 feet and 1S5 pounds; Montgomery. feet
II and $50 pounds; Spear, a new man. feet II ana
195 pounds, and Palmer, feet and 100 pounds,
to be the best material outside OF BrilI and
SquireS for tackle
Pierce. McFaddon and Parker are the choice for
guard at present, unless some of the tackles are
shifted Pierce looks the best, as he Is 1.-THE and
Parker is heavier. though shorter. McFaddon is
the lghteSt Weighing Just few pounds under 200.
He we'll feet but up to this year has al
ways been aw kward and not strong This year, so
centre White Cunniff, another man well over
the 200 mark, looks good.
Foster, Wendell. Nesmith. Lincoln and Boyd are
all fast light halfbaCks. and it looks though
Captain Hurley's running mate would be chosen
from them: Hanley is the only man on the field
who has the build weight and speed for a full
back. If Coach Reid make him fight all the
time he should be a strong man behind the line.