Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-01
FOOT BALL AT HARVARD


Special Dispatch tc The Star.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass September 30.-The
preliminary linbering-up stunts of the Har
ward varsity foot ball squad and the scrim-
mage periods of the past week have demon
strated that Coach Reid has a stiff propo-
sition ahead of him to develop reliable sec
ond-string men to replace the varsity regu-
lars in case any of the latter are laid up be-
fore the championship contests are reached
on the Crimson schedule.
At present Capt Hurley has one excep-
tionally good squad which. if pulled along
on the lines arranged by Reid, should have
comparatively easy time disposing of
Pennsylvania, Dartmouth and Yale on three
consecutive Saturdays in the month of No
vember.
This first string is composed of the great
er part of veterans who are getting a thor
ough grounding in the fundamentals of the
game and an insight into the team-play
| maneuvers thought up by Coach Reid, his
staff of assistants and Capt. Hurley. For
substitutes Reid has a decidedly poor aggre-
cation as far as weight is concerned, but
what is found lacking in beef is made up
for in the determination of the youngsters
and their deXterity.
During the last three years Harvard has
been favored with big men on the varsity
and second squads, but Just at present there
are very few 20O-pounders identified with
the second squad. This week, with the law,
medical and dental schools starting full
blast, Coach Reid and Capt Hurley will
make still hunt for giants and In case
none are to be found, old-tme varsity men
will be invited to don the moleskin and
khaki suits and get out and line up against
the hrst-strtng warriors. Several veterans
have promised the management to material
ize next week, and they will give the 1905
squad dose of the medicine administered
by Reid in 1901. This practice should do
the Crimson team a world of good, as they
will find the matured players sitter oppon-
ents than the undergraduates.
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The end material is far better than Capt
Hurley had anticipated. and he will rest
content with O'Brien covering the right
wing and Blair holding down the other side
of the rush line O'Briens speed, his daring
as a tackler and his ability to smash in
reference stamps him as a worthy success
or to Dave Campbell or Jack Hallowell two
or the Crimson's greatest ends. The fresh
man is only nineteen years of age, but he
mas the shoulders of a weight thrower and
the legs of a sprinter. His weight now is
1Sl pounds, and he has not lost an ounce
since joining the squad. Blair, on the other
side, Is very fast chasing punts and in tack
ing ne gets his man low and hard His
greatest fault at present is his inability to
prevent being boxed, but this is not serious
at this stage of the game and can easily be
remedied. A little later Henry Whitman,
sub end last year, will Join the SQUAD and
Leary and Shurtleff will be added to the
hrst eleven list on account Of their playing
last fall.
Big Carl Brill and Squires, both members
of the 1904 eleven, are located at left and
right tackles, respectively, and 1t looks now
as though they will have to keep sharp tabs
on their own work If they care to land Har-
ward victorious. Their substitutes are not
worth a continental when their weight and
ability are taken into consideration and
consequently, Reid must depend on the two
old veterans to help him out. Among the
men trying for the tackles are Montgom-
cry, sub end last fall; Paul and Carr
weighing ITO each Kersberg a tall rangy
athlete, but not much of a fighter and
Fultz. new conner of whom little is known
From indications of the preparations made
at Yale and Pennsylvania the tackles must
stand the brunt of attacks this fall, and
Harvard will be serevely handicapped If
worthy substitutes are not Forthcoming.
In the guard positions Coach Reid and
Capt. Hurley are trying out McFaden,
Pierce, Parker. Mcleod. Brown and Paul.
OF this number Parker and McFadon are
'H men. The sextet. is composed of 200
FOUNDERS excepting Paul, who is very light
and will probably be relegated to the tackle
squad. Parker does not handle his weight
of 225 pounds as he should and McFadon is
exceptionally clumsy and afraid of himself
when lined up against a fast opponent.
Pierce Is making an earnest effort to land
the position of regular and the old-timers
will have to do some tall hustling to GUST
him from the berth on the right side of the
center, where Reid has stationed him. Me-
Leod and Brown are newcomers who are
being worked with the second eleven daily
In the hope of making them varsity mate
rial.
White. Cunniff, Barney and Grant are
the four leading candidates for center
White and Cunniff both played against
Pennsylvania last fall when they won their
HIS" In the recent scrimmages the pair
faced each other with White holding down
the position on the varsity. Both tip the
scales at more than 40 and they are fairly
fast. but not aEgresstYe. Barney weisns