The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-11-30
HARVARD PICKED TO WIN
Greatest Game of the Year Will be
Played Saturday on Yale Grounds.

Greatest Game of the Year viii be
Played Saturday on Yale Grounds.
1t has been five years since Harvard
has been a pronounced favorite over
Yale for the annual game between the
two colleges, and that long since she
won big foot ball match from the
Blue. This year the Crimson finds
herself looked upon as the probable
winner of the game, though It is
thought the contest will be close. The
difficulty with Harvard has usually
been with the spirit of the team, but
this year the eleven has played with
rather better spirit than has Yale If
anything is gained, therefore, by the
ability to rise to the emergency It will
probably be the Crimson that secures
it.
The game at New Haven next Satur-
day is not going to be an easy one by
any means. Yale's chances to play a
stronger game than against Princeton
are excellent. She has just that much
more time to whip her backfeld into
shape and remedy the difficulties she
has met with in consequence of the
long indsposition of Roome. The in
jury to Morse is also likely to have
improved This will give Yale some
thing like her true strength, which
she undoubtedly lacked for the Prince
ton game.
1t has been thought that Yale has
had no offense That she has failed
often to display any strength is true,
but early in the year, when her back
field was working well together. she
had 1t, and she ought to have improved
II by placing Forbes at the end. where
he could be used In attack. She has
not been credited with the variety In
attack that some other teams have
been conceded, yet it is fact that
she has more plays than any other
team in the field
Yale has as much straight runnine
ability as any team on the field. Were
she playing the same style of game as
was possible under the old rules last
year, she would unquestionably be
able to force her way through any
line, But line plunging against a good
defense cannot gain enough under the
ten.yard rule to make ii dependable
and the success of such new-fangleC
plays as forward passes and quarter
back kicks, depend on perfect execu
ton and surprise for their success
Any team may be fooled at times, auC
Yale has several very clever forward
passes, but Harvards defense has
been strong enough to justify the eX
pectation that she will be able to de
fend against them successfully.
On the other hand, there has beer
no attack that has been so much un
derrated as Harvards. The reason foI
this is that she has in Wendell. FosteI
and Lincoln in the backheld a set o.
backs who have been shifted because
of injuries until they have not worke C
together enough to show their rea
ability when playing together Ii
practice they have been seen oftene
than in public games and they ar,
really mighty effective men. Wendell
is especially strong in line breaking
and both Foster and Lincoln ar,
strong in skirting tackle, with enough
line plunging ability to make them eff
fective inside of tackles if driven in
Their ability to gain is probably no
quite so great as Yale's on straigh
running, but their excellence in tn,
ramifications of new foot ball, fax,
kicks, quarterback runs and tricl
plays, forward passes and onsid
kicks, is comparatively much create
and makes their general offense ratf
err stronger than is Yale's.
In defense Yale has nothing on Hal
ward in line defense If anything, III
Crimson is slightly the stronger Will
in the open field Yale may be a bi