The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-23

ueLe+tteo them 10 last year. our udYS
later they meet Gettysburg, and then
Brown. They did well with Brown last
year, considering the quality Of the two
teams, beating Brown Il 20 0.
The following Saturday they meet Car
Isle, and will endeavor 20 wipe out the
tremendous defeat the Indians inflicted
upon them last season. The following
Saturday they meet Lafayette, which
proved last year a to game. They
have taken on Penn State, whom they
did not play last season, and this should
be good, hard contest. and a pretty stiff
proposition for their Michigan match,
which comes the following Saturday.
After that they take il easy for the Cor
nell Thanksgiving Day game.
Season ut Harvard.
Harvard started off last season with
systematic development. although not be-
ginning quite as rapidly as one or two Of
the others They defeated Williams,
Bowdoin. Maine, Bates. and Amherst Ag-
Ticultural although Bates managed TO
score upon them. Then they showed a
decided brace against the Training
School, running up a large score. They
followed this by defeating West Point
and Brown in rather close games. At the
time they met the Indians. both teams
were in excellent condition. and the game
was remarkably interesting. Harvard
seeming to have a little the superiority
throughout and finally winning by a 3
too score.
In their Yale game they showed ex-
cellent physical condition. and played a
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by Yale's superior knowledge Of the for
ward pass. It had been repeatedly said
that with the material and the physical
makeup of the team and with Reid in
MS second year, that then had come Har-
wards best chance OF winning And
surely the game merited that confidence,
fer II was only upon one point that Yale
had the best of IT,
This season, therefore. with greater
knowledge, and with team that has all
the best men Of last year with their
lessons We'll learned. and. in addition. sew
eral other promising candidates. it GER
tainly looks as If the prospects al Cam
bridge could be quoted as favorable.
The Yale game this year is 10 be played
at Cambridge, which Is another point in
Harvard. S favor. as II avoids an the risks
of one kind and another that are sure
10 present themselves to team making
trip Of a few hundred miles. Then.
too, the ground Is distinctly different in
the stadium from that at the Yale field,
being far more slippery. and this al
ways bothers the Yale back field when
the game is played at Cambridge
Crane Hcnd Coach.
William T. Reid. jr., unquestionably
earned his salary IN the work he did for
Harvard football but just as the team
had reaped the fun benefits Of his coach
ing and were able TO play winning foot
BAH under the old rules. the rules were
changed and 10 was necessary 20 learn an
entirely new game In which the forward
pass was such an important item that II
sUfiiced for Harvard's defeat This year
Cambridge has changed 10 Joshua Crane.
jr-, as head coach. There were many
who expected Brown % FIJI the position.
as Brown had been Reds right-hand
man. Crane, therefore. goes in with
something of handicap 10 overcome.
but DE is a good student of athletic af-
fairs and not likely 10 lose his head in
emergencies
Harvard VIII have a capital aggregation
OF men Go work with in the line having
every body left except the two tackles and
one guard. while the back field loses only
Foster.
Harvard. Ike Yale. has followed a SINH
lar plan Of development 10 last season
starting of with Bowdoin. Maine and
Bates. although last season they met
Williams before taking on Rowdoiu. This
year the Williams game has been trans
ferred and placed fourth on the list in
stead OF first Last year Williams held
Harvard down 10 seven points. and Bates
scored six Il looks like a wise change
70 put the Williams game q little later
Harvard has substituted this wear for
her West Point game a game with An
napols. but Ike Yale has advanced the
date Of this game. for Harvard PLAYED
West Point seventh on her list last wear.
whereas this year Annapolis will be NTH.
Harvard then meets the Springfield
Training School. but on November . be-
gins her final preparation for hard games.
meeting Brown on that date. Last year
the game was a close one Harvard win
ming. % g.
Harvard follows her Brown game with
Two that, according TO promise. ought 10
be the best kind Of practice. meeting Car
Isle and Dartmouth, In preparation for
the Yale game. Last year Harvard only
defeated Carlisle o 10 0. but was easily
superior TO Dartmouth. and the order Of
her schedule is more advantageous to
them than Naie's is TO her in that Yale
In the Princeton game IS obliged 10 show
everything she has. while Harvard can
hold back somewhat IN the Dartmouth
game. realizing that even defeat by
Dartmouth would be- well atoned for IT, by
saving her plays or men while Yale were
using up both at the Princeton game.
Harvard were able TO defeat Yale on the
following Saturday