The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-11-21
HARVARD ATTENDED
TO SUBSTITUTES
One Reason for Success of the
Crimson and Failure of the
Yale Eleven.
BY W. 5. FARNswoRTH

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cess on the gridiron this fall is due to
the fact that special attention was paid
last season TO substitutes And Yale's
downfall can be figured because she
made the great mistake of only half
coaching her second string men a year
ago.
Since Percy Haughton took charge Of
football at Harvard il has been noticed
that he seems 10 spend more time with
the secOnd-string men than he does
with the regulars. He works over them,
shows them the fine points of the game
and instead Of keeping them on the
side lines during the games, makes
them play.
Through this method of coaching
Haughton boasts that he can replace
and not weaken his team in the least
BY that he means that his substitutes
are nearly as good as the regulars. In
the game with Brown. Harvard used
almost entirely team of substitutes,
ana they put up wonderful game
Against Cornell it was the same.
When Harvard went 10 West Point
she had three eleVens out practicing
and the experts were not sure which
one was the first eleven. all three OF
them appearing equally as fast and
strong.
IL is altogether different at Yale
Last season the big blue eleven was one
of the greatest that ever decorated a
gridirOn, but the second and third elev-
ems did not equal schOOlbOy team.
The coaches did not look ahead, did not
figure on this seasons team, and the
result was that only squad OF say
fifteen or sixteen were properly trained
and developed.
In an her games this fall Captain
Daily has led a squad of at least forty
men out on the gridircn, but all but
dozen Of fifteen of them promptly
ducked under their blankets ana never
crawled out again until sent into the
game.
Secondary Defense.
Secondary defense is the main de-
Tense in the new game and the coaches
are beginning 10 realize il now. The
Princeton coaches discovered this first
ia their game against Holy cross anu
Immediately adopted rather mover
plan for strengthening the forwards.
The ends had been letting the man with
the ball get past them. believing that
either PendletOn, Hart or Sparks would
down the runner. Coach Roper rene
died this fault by making the line work
without any of the backfield men DOING
defensive work. The result was that
tie ends began 10 spread out and grab
their man and the tackles buckled IN
and broke up the opposing teams in
The secondary defense in football is
imposed to look after Dunts and grab
runners in case the forwards let the
man get away from them. but all great
teams of the past have seldom failed
to have their forwards break up the
plays
II-AlnericH Quarter.
There is one man who has already
earned his seat on the ail-American
eleven this season, and that is Sprack
ling. the Brown quarterback. He is.
without doubt. the greatest quarter of
the season among the eleNens IN the
east. and his work in the Yale game
stamped him as one of, II not the very
greatest, man who ever took center's
pass.
Spraekling is a wonderful ground
gamer, and since quarterback runs
have been allowed, has gained more for
the Providence eleven than any TWO
men on the team. He is a fast man,
gets away with the speed of bullet
and even Increases his pace when about
10 be tackled.
one OF the great faults of many crack
backfield men is that they either stop
running entirely or SOW up when about
To be downed The man who does SLOW
up is always thrown back, whereas, a
he continued or Increased his pace al
the critical moment he would be able
10 gain many yards, even with the
tackler's arms about him.
Tire little Brown quarterback knows