Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-18
HARVARD FAVOR|TE
Odds Tumbling, However, as.
Battle With Yale Approaches.
A MAN-T0-MAN COMPARISON
Crimson Players Not Likely to.
Shine at Expense Of Men
From New Haven.
! MAN-TO-MAN COMPARISON

Harvard is favorite over Yale for the
battle Of the gridiron at New Haven to-
morrow, at odds ranging all the way
rom 10 to to 2 to l, depending on the
enthusiasm of the Harvard followers
when the question Of a wager comes up,
writes Herbert in the New York Tri-
bune. There is reason for this. per-
haps, In the fact that the Cambridge
eleven has gone through the season IN a
smooth, even way without tasting defeat,
whereas Yale, twice beaten and once
tied, did not begin to show her full
strength until the game with Princeton
last Saturday. There was power enough
and finish enough on that OCCASION now
ever. to give the followers OF the Blue
more heart, so that odds OF TO D nave
been snapped up SO quickly In the iase
two or three days that little money 70
now being placed at better than Ito Q.
Foot ball under the new rules makes
foot ball form more than ever beWiider-
ing maze, and long odds are not justified.
more particularly as the Yale e.even
measures up to the Harvard team in
man-to-man comparison in spite OF the
fact that more veterans of wider expert
ence will represent the Crimson.
From tackle to tackle the Harvard 1ol-
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maintain that the ends and backs: with
the possible exception OF kilpatrlck, are
better and stronger. To this l DO not
subscribe, and it is my opinion tnat II
Harvard is counting on beating yale Pc
cause Of greater individaai skill rn1 ane
awaiting at iIew Haven quite as star
ting as the one Princeton found last sat
urday.
Morris, the Yale center. Is player OF
All-America caliber, who goes aoout his
work in quiet, but nevertheless iorciDiS
way. His keenness in following the pan
and his sureness In tackling are MS
strongest asse and 1t strikes me that ne
is likely to be more conspicuous tnan
Perkins of Harvard. although the latter
is rightfully ranked as one OF the pest
center rlishers of the season
Fuller and McDeyit. the Yale guard :,
will be opposed by Fischer and Minot.
respectively, and while the Harvard meil
are in the top class and may De aoie "
claim a slight advantage because or tneir
experience, the Yale men do not suner
much in comparison. Minot was null
back last year and one OF Inc best line
plungers In the country. He has aoapleo
himself readily to his new position. ana
because of his weight, speed and natuIal
foot ball instinct has bolstered up the
center of he Harvard fine to marked
degree He will tower above the SNORT
and chunky McDevitt, but II the Iattel
niays as he did against Princeton the
+; Yale backs will have little to fear from,
/ Minot's blocking, breaking through ano
| tackling Fischer is steady. consistelt
! player, but Fuller has to I'VE up on.
to his work against the Tigers to onse'
| nv his aggress.veness he greater expert
! ence of his direct opponent.
+! Mckay and capt. Wilmington VIII De
/ opposed tc Paul and Scully. respectively
and here q slight advantage appears 70 is
I faster and more aggressive tackles woul
/ be hard to find. Scully did not shin
against Brown, but he showed enough II
! the Princeton game to indicate that with
more experience he could De couh'ed %
| m hold his own. even against such bril-.
liant player as Capt. Whittington He