The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-10-09
UtRy ARDS STRONG ytTERI ~.
Plenty " Football Talent 10 BE Developed
NJ cambridge.

C,nuEIp,F, oct. 5. The past weeks foot
hall work a. CAMBRIDGE has brought out one
or Two facts very strlkingly. HarNnrd'S
material IL FINER than II has been for Ave
wears. There - no end Of football talent
and of varsity timber in the Harvard squad
and i, * being brought out and developed.
ANY man on the SOUND who shows the slight
ct promise * thoroughly tried out by Coach
Crane and his assistants, There is not the
slightest approach to favoritism on the Grim
son squad. and il a man does not make good
this year II is simply because he has not the
necessary ability.
Harvard started out this season with the
nyowcd intention of striking out into the wide
Geld of experiment. as Yale has always done.
and Of endea vering TO hit on plays which she
should he the first to use. Coach Crane has
therefore devoted especial attention to the
forward pass and to passing ability generally
on the sound. as he bclives that long passes
and onside kicks are the secrets to success
on the gridiron this fall. Harvard has pegged
away on her forward pass and had the grati-
fvinR success in the Bowdoin game Of work.
ing IL twice for considerable gains. In that
same game her onside kick worked for 40
wards the only time she tried II.
But there are one or two things wrong
with the forward pass the way Harvard
generally executes Il. Her players throw the
hall at great speed by means Of a long low
pass, which is exceedingly difficult to catch.
If this pass does work il il OF course far more
effective than the high pass. which enables
men TO get under il and wait for It like a punt
But there is far more risk OF one OF the oppO-
nrnta getting in the way and i~nterrupting IL
,han there is in the old high pass which Yale
made so famous last year.
In one respect Harvard's football this year
and for years In the past IL obviously bad.
Al Harvard here are eleven first string men.
Thesp men 20 into the sCrlminages in daily
practice and acquire a. certain amount. OF
Team work. But instead OF playing against
The eleven next beat players. as they DO AT
almost every other college. Harvard = regulars
are nut up against n scratChy. organization
known ns the second team. which ~ composed
OF fourth and fifth string men. Meanwhile
the first substitutes for all the positions sit
On The side lines and cool their heels, waiting
TO 20 in on the varsity and, relieve any man
when called on, a. they would ~ a real game
II il TOO early yet TO say whetner Soach
Crane Intends to ma AXE this long needed reform
or not. hut IT, il a safe guess TO say that
Harvard football men will not have al! there
il in them brought out and developed until
the first string men are played regularly IN
practiCc against the next best men. .
Several charges in the aspect Of the squad
have taken place since last week; waldo
PIERCE has been shifted from tackle, where
he play ed last year. 10 guard. Ihls chanYe
has long been contemplated, and II was made
as soon IA Cuts arrived TO take charge or
the line men. II has worked admlrabiy IN
practice and in the games so Tar. PIERCE was
TOO slow a man ever to be a nrst CLASS tackte.
whereas he has shown up very prominently
at guard. He and Capt, Parker ana Burr
make n centre trio which IL as strong AS any
thing in the country,