Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-05
Harvard Defense Still Weak.

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CAMBRIDGE. Mass. November 5-In
bitterly cold weather. and with the wind
blowing a gale, the Harvard varsity went
through two hard scrimmages yesterday
afternoon against the second team. and
then played against the freshmen The
work on the part of the varsity was rag
ged and not encouraging in some respects.
The defense proved very weak. and al
though the second team was held fairly
we'll the fast freshman backfleld tore
through the varsity line for long gains.
The freshmen managed to score touch
down. made by their fullback. Wilson,
after Frothinsham and Campbell had
made some brilliant runs The latter ran
sixty-five yards through the whole varsity
team. but was called back because he had
gone out OF bounds. The varsity got its
defense going later in the afternoon and
did some fine rushing. White being the
the ball down the length of the field
without losing IL and scored. There was
much ragged work in the varsity backfield
in handling onside kicks and punts, which
has been the chief weakness of the Har-
wards this season. All the first string
men got into the game for while and
seemed to be in good condition.
Pennsy Shows Powerful Attack.
PHILADELPHIA, November 5.-Penr' s
foot ball team gave the coaches q glimpse
of its real power yesterday afternoon
when it lined up against Villa Nova Col
lege for q practice game. Although the
whole varsity Observation-Disclosures. Ma
nier, Means and Keinath-was on the side
lines, and Cozens was substituted Tor
Marks at center, the team showed a pow
er of attack that was Irresistible. Villa
Nova was played off its feet and only at
int mi
ground. Penn did not try to run up any
score, and frequently. when the teams
were battling away near the goal line,
the coaches would order a kickoff forma-
ton. giving the ball first to Penn and then
TO Wills Nova, irrespective of the number
of downs.
The game proved a valuable afternoon S
work. The offense was sent at a team
that knew nothing Of the signals and ii
was successful. The defense got tryout
pushing back an attack that was entirely
new and although not quite so successful,
showed vast improvement over the Indian
game. One weakness on Penn's team
was glaringly apparent. A forward pass
perfectly executed always gained ground
and twice gained a clear field. Plumbing
was absent and the whole team followed
the ball so closely that quarterback kicks
and onside kick had to be perfect for
the side kicking to recover the ball.
old-Timers Failed to Show.
PRINCETON. n. j., November o
Nearly one thousand persons braved a
biting wind yesterday afternoon and
went out to University Field. expecting
10 see Bill Edwards championship
team of 90 play the varsity. The crowd
was disappointed. as some of the old
timers failed to put in an appearance,
but they saw a lively scrimmage be
tween the varsity and the freshmen,
and then the varsity and the scrub.
The work was the stiffest of the year
as prior to the open scrimmage the first
and second string men played a thirty
minute half in secret. The substitutes.
with Mccormick, Harlan and Sheff1eld
for a backfield. held the regulars to no
score
After the gates were opened to ad-
nit the crowd the first team played the
freshmen for fifteen minutes. Pfeiffer at
fullback for the regulars scored the
only touchdown. and incidentally played
a fine game. He ran back the first kick
off 30 yards. and was only stopped by
a beautiful flying tackle from behind
by De Vito. The varsity then lined UP
against the scrub for fifteen minutes
Coke scored once for the regulars after
a series of straight line bucks.
The coaches are still arriving. Dudley
Riggs '9S. and Pete Tooker. 'O6. are the
latest corners. The latter will work
with the ends and drop kickers. There
were many coaches as players on the
varsity squad.