New-York tribune., 1908-11-09


mouth was slow to take UP the game. but the
team this year is well drilled in the plays nad9
possible under the revised rules and hanoleu Ius
forward pass TO particular advantage
The strategy. resourcefulness and vigilance of the
men OF Harvard were too much for the cunflhs'
fast and versatile Indians Saturday and Carhs'e
lost some Of the prestige gained at the expense -
Annapolis the week before. when balenu kl0Ae"
four goals from placement If comparative scores
count for anything and II the play OF the 1rlliS'
against the Indians can be accepted as 3 CT
terion. Harvard has of the strongest teams on
the gridiron and one of the best ever developer
ST Cambridge Victories over Dartmouth ana naIo
would give the eleven clear title 10 the charhpIo
ship and it must De admitted tat on hIe
through Brown. Earvard's chances Of beating Yale
are brighter this year than usual. Any team that
fairly such strong. well drilled eleven
Carlisle Is deserving Of first consideration II
begins TO look If Captain Butt will not be missed
much IL feared Dunlap played strong
game at guard end Kennard. while IN the play
punted TO the capacity OF his ends, point. by the
way. which Captain Burr did not always CONSIDER
in getting of his long. booming drives The eleven
showed good defensive strength and better sus-
tained and more concerted power in attack than
any tn any game this year Better yet
there was evidence Of further power. With rhe
Vale game weeks of. the makeup Of the team
IS reasons bly, sure and this viii count in its favor
in putting on the finishing touches.
Cornell. like Princeton, has been rather hack
vard this year but whereas the team has not ap
peared 70 compare favorably with last years
eleven. II has been slowly but surely improving.
more than likely to give z good account Of
itself against Chicago or Saturday and against
Pennsylvania Thanksgiving Day The victory
over Pennsylvania State lent much needed en-
oourag cement and. Judging by reports from ithaca
q steady advance was made last week IN develop
ing g more concerted offence and Welding the men
together a team Captain WeIders. at fulhack,
is playing the hest game Of his career, ard. in
fact. largely responsible for the victory over
Amherst On Saturday. He has few equals on the
gr1diron to-day in punting. and appears to be
faster in hitting the line and keener in following
the ball than ever before. while his work in the
secondary line Of defence could hardly be i'm
proved on II begins to look If Tydenan and
Shearer would be his running mates in The back
field although Move, Hoffman and Hutchinson
are working hard for the places at halfback All
i've played on the scrub last year and have had
more or less experience this season The two
first named pick their openings well Iyder1ai
being q quick dodger and a fairly good man IN
thA open field. and SheaTer 4 good line bucker pc
cause Of his speed and weight. Neither Of them
co-npares favorab'y with Earle and McCalHe- Of
Last years team. I'D 10 this time. but with little
more coaching NAY prove quite as valuable la1ef
on. Caldwell and Gardner have made z hard
4Eht for quarterback and. while the latter played
against Amherst. il would not he surprising II
Caldwell gets the call. he appears 10 be
slightly better field general and stronger IN run
ming hack punts in open field The team -
fairly strong from tackle 10 tackle, while the
ends Hurlhurt and Macarthur. are faster. II
anything. than Watson and Van ornan. of last
vear-s eleven, but almost too lignt Tor close De
fensive work Both are clean. sure fachlers ana
fast IN the open. however O'Rourke Is one or the
best tackles in the country. and his work shows
no falling of over that Of last year Cosgrove IS
e veteran guard and IS good steadier for LeVan-
Try. who gives promise as the other tackle Cor
may replace Wight centre. but neither man
comes I'D 70 the standard set by Nay year ago.