The Washington herald., 1910-11-07

Harvard and Pennsylvania are the
class of the East IN football on what
has been done so far this season. I'M
fortunately they don't meet, and thus.
what would probably be the best game of
the year won't be played Somebody
may come along and spill one of those
two the somebody in Harvard's case be-
/ ing Dartmouth. and in Pennsylvania
I Michigan; but il doesn't look so. and
still less does il look as if the remain
/ ing opponents, Yale for Harvard and
cornell Tor Pennsylvania, We're going To
make much trouble Princeton cannot
be overlooked as a team with claims TO
top place in the ranking. but Princeton
has not done as Well as Pennsylvania
against common opponents, and thats'all
there is TO go by JUST now.
Had Yale PLAYED a tie with Brown or
been beaten by q couple of field goals
her outlook for next Saturday would not
have been 50 bad. FOR Princetons seven
teen points against Holy Cross, as com
pared to Yale's twelve a month earlier
are not a bit alarming But Yale. weak
and shaky in most of her games, gave
no Indication against Brown Of a change
for the better
Uhis a fiGhtihS Nhance.
The structural weakness seems too
lasting for the Blue to have more than
a slim chance with Princeton, whereas
it would be nothing short Of an up
heaval If she can give Harvard a battle
Incidentally neither Princeton nor Har-
ward takes much pleasure out OF this
situation. They'd much rather beat
Yale team OF the Yale standard Every
body has Eli down as lambs for the
slaughter. but the game might as well
be played.
a word about Brown and her ability
to give such a thrashing to Yale Not
withstanding a drubbing by Pennsylvania
and tie game with Colgate. this Brown
eleven. when all the conditions are right,
as they We're last Saturday is a powerful
eleven, stronger than the general run OF
football followers give it credit for being.
There was some bad handling of the bali
against Pennsylvania. and a few such
miscues, when taken advantage of by an
alert opponent, can bring about a big
score and counteract inherent strength
on the part of the defeated but which
inherent strength is no, yet soIdihed,
Brown showed Glass.
Last Saturday Brown was In better
shape TO make fun use Of its natural
ability than in any preceding game and
turned it on in fun against the groggy
Blue. The Brown line. from tackle 10
tackle, is as good as any line In the East.
and in Smith the Bruins have a tackle
who is just about all-American material
The ends are not as good as Harvard's
as a pair. but good enough 10 make the
line a strong one all the way along. The
Flvou-f, raTs1. Y,,fcrhf inst
have been a tie, so closely fought was
IT, and no team has pushed Harvard as
Brown has done
Brown, be il remembered drove through
Harvard for over half the length of the
field. upsetting the latter with forward
passes, just as she did Yale, and, truth
10 be hold, having a shade of luck IN
turning the passes 10 her own profit
AT New Haven the psychological moment
part Of ii was much more In Browns IA
vor than at Cambridge But as between
Harvards and Yale's defense for that play
there is no comparison. Although Brown
had the breaks Of fortune against Yale
that were lost at Harvard, the latters
back field play and play generally de
Tending against the forward pass was
characterized by infinitely more football
sense and adjustment of the players than
characterized Yale's. The statement thai
Harvard is a team of rare football intui-
ton will bear repetition
One critic says that Brown didn't gain
as much through the Yale line as through
the Harvard line. Yales line from tackle
to tackle last Saturday wasn't so bad as
might be imagined, mechanically, az least.
The ends Ond backs failed lamentabiy on
forward pass defence, the Yale team did
not use its wits as Brown did. and much
criticism is heard of the coaching that
had the back field drawn in so close.
The belief is prevalent that there is no
harmony in the Yale coaching ranks
One can only draw his own conclusions
as to that. Certainly it is hard to believe
that Yale can muster the strongest array
of coaching talent in the land, and yet
cannot do better with the material, good,
ordinary. or poor. as the case may be,
than has been done this fall unless there
is friction among the coaches, and that
the plans this season are not approved
by men who have had a big share in
shaping so many championship Yale
games.