Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-11-07
PORTLAND BOY
HARVARD CRACK
YALE MEN FEAR CORBETT'S
SIZED IN GREAT CHAMPION
SHIP GAMES WITH HARVARD.

eieNehS III Wnlcn yale men are chief
ly interested--Harvard Princeton
and Yale-Harvard seems at this
writing, even in the face of the tie
at Annapolis, to have, in some re-
spects. the strongest team and the
es- prospects, says the most recent
isue of the Yale Alumni Weekly.
From tackle to tackle 1t would be
hard to improve on the physical
qualities of the Harvard line. The
coaches at Cambridge think they
have the best five linemen in the
university, and the best that have
represented the crimson for years.
The players in these five positions
are practically decided upon, us fol-
lows Center, Nourse; right guard,
Hoar; left guard, Captain Burr;
right tackle, Fish; left tackle, Nc
Kay. The average weight OF these
men is about 200 pounds and they
are all of the active and "rangy"
type. Burr, Fish and Nourse are ex-
perienced players. Mckay showed
we'll on the Freshmen eleven last
year and gives promise of being a
sreat tackle. He is almost :. giant
in stature but remarkably fast on
his feet,
The ends are not so surely fixed
as are the positions mentioned above,
although 1t is practically settled
that Crowley will play right end. He
has led all the end candidates from
the beginning of practice. He Is a
good, all-around end and excels in
handling the forward pass. @.
Browne is the present choice for left
end, but he may be deposed by Hous-
ton. a big man. who was hurt early
in the sceason but who is now tit to
play again.
Behind the line Cutler at quarter
a made-over halfback. leads the team
we'll. He falls below Newhall, Starr
or Marshall the recent Harvard quar-
ters. in speed and in his handling of
the ball in the backfield, but seems
to be better man than any Of them
to drive the eleven. White, at right
half. and Hamilton Corbett at left
half are two men who will surely
make the team.
Corbett is considered at Cambridge
to be the best halfback Harvard has
had since Ben DibbIee, with the pos
sible exception OF Hurley. He re-
sembles Dibblee In general style OF
play. He Is a very fast runner and
a dangerous man with a loose ball
anywhere around. He ia not 40 good
in broken field as Dillon Of Prince
ton. for instance, but Yale has no
one with speed enough to overtake
him in straight run. White Is of
the line-smashing type big and SOL
idly built. Working behind such a
line as he will have. this pluaging
back will be hard to stop. Fullback
is the only position on the eleven
about which there is much doubt.
Smith. big man with excellent
qualifications for the place, has been
playing in that position regularly
until injured last week. But he will
be back in the game soon.
Gray is a possibility. and so Is
Kennard. The latter is drop.k'ck.
err Of some ability who works we'll in
practice. He will hardly get into the
game unless his kicking is needed in
pinch. for he does nat seem tn
have the nhysioue necessary to stand
the pounding a fullback must inevi-
tablv get. Forcheimer Is another
candidate for fullback. but neither
he nor the others mentioned are IN
t, the standard OF Corbett and
White. Back material OF first rate
quality is not over-plentiful at Har-
ward.