The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-10-30
Harvard Expects to Roll Up Big
Score Against West
Point.
PRINCETON. Oct. 30.

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is at Annapolis to play the Mid
dies this afternoon, was in better
condition today than 1t has been at
any time since the season began. Late
practises nave demonstrated that it
has made up most of the deficiencies
which have been in evidence in early
season contests, and has developed the
team play and general efficiency that
is SO necessary outside OF individual
brilliancy.
The new backfield shift and the new
method of playing the backs will be the
features of today's game that will be
watched with most interest both by
the coaches and the undergraduates.
1t is thought that these changes, which
wrought SO much good in daily prac-
tise against the scrubs, will stand the
test and place the team on a good foot
ing for the two hardest games of the
season with Yale and Dartmouth.
The shift, according to the lineup
announced by Captain Siegling just be-
fore the team left last night, will place
Garrett. a new man. in the backfield
and leave Dawson to be used at quar-
terback. Bergin has been doing good
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son at fullback, but the coaches believe
that there ought to be q first-class
quarter in reserve In case anything
happens to the regular man. Dawson
Is the newest man on the team at that
position, outside of Bergin. because he
has had three years experience as an
understudy to former Captain Eddie
Dillon. Chrystie. who held down the
position while Bergin was out of the
game early in the season., Is too young
yet, but he will develop into a good
man next year. Garrett has earned
his promotion from the scrubs by hard
work. and in practise scrimmages he
has gained many yards for the second
team.
The rest of the lineup Is as usual.
Balm and WEIGH will be used as ends
WEIGH is a veteran, and, although Bal
lin Is a new MAJ. he has developed
great ability this season, and 1t Is like
ly that he will be the final selection.
He was chosen ron twenty-five or
thirty candidates for the position, and
the coaches sifted II sifted in an
effort to get the best man OF the bunch.
McCrohan and Siegling will play tackle,
Waller and Woehr guards and BAN
man centre. Read and Hart, the star
backs, will play with Garrett.
The Tigers are not overconfldent, be-
cause they learned not to be so in the
game with Lafayette last Saturday,
but a large number of men-thirty-
three-was taken to Annapolis yester-
day. That fact suggests the fact that
If the Navy proves as weak this after
moor as it has beer In the games for
the last three or four weeks, the first
substitutes will be given q chance and
the first team men win be saved for
the contest with Dartmouth next Sat
urday. In that Ease Sparks, Matthews
n Cunningham will be used in the
back6eld, and Gill, Frantz and Van
Dyke at end
The new backfield play will have its
first tryout today. 1t is a simple change
Of the distance between the backs and
the line at the beginning Of the play.
The coaches instructed the backs TO
lie back farther thar formerly, n the
result in the daily practise was that
the men got together and held to-
gether better than they have and hit
the line with a great deal more force
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for q hope that the will show to-
day that 1t has overcome what was 30
apparently lacking last week-the
power to force gains by mass play
against q team standing within twenty
FIVE yards Of its own goal posts. Es-
pecial attention has been given to the
linemen's offensive play also. The team
has made more progress this week
than in any other similar period in its
development, and there Is a feeling
that il is do or die now. But 1t is a
feeling of confidence. too. The under
graduates showed their faith in the
team when they gathered at the sta
ton last night and cheered each in
dividual member of the team, sang the
new football song and bade the team
farewell with the singing Of "Old Mas
sau,' the college hymn.
Practise yesterday consisted of a
twenty-five minute signal drill only.
The men went through the plays with
snap and dash, n seemed to have
good control over the forward pass and
the onside kick.
NEW HAVEN, Oct. 30.-Captain Coy
last night announced the following