Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-14
FISH AFRAID Of
OLD ELLIS SKILL
Warns Harvard Men Yale viii
Put Up Fierce Battle Against
Crimson Football Machine

BOSTON. Mass. Nov. 13.-In all this
rather previous hysteria of just how
big a score Harvard may pile up on
Yale comes a note of conservation.
Hamilton Fish, jr., captain of Har-
wards eleven last year, has sounded
it. He says that the big game be-
tween the two universities will be one
of the closest and most fiercely fought
of recent years. This ought to be
a strong enough check rein on any
wildly enthusiastic Cambridge men
who are chalking up long shot odds
on the entries from the New Haven
stable.
Taking the Army game as basis,
Fish compares Yale and Harvard. He
says that all the Blue rough spots I'M
covered in the contest at West Point
will be and are being smoothed out.
The former Crimson leader holds that
the back field showed lack of conf
dence. To bear this out are the many
fumbled punts and forward passes.
The Yale line holds must latent power,
he claims, and will be worthy rival
to Harvards.
On the other hand, Fish believes that
Harvard has far more finished team.
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erful and the kicks are handled clean
ly. Fish laments the failure to kick
the two easy field goals against the
cadets, doubtless remembering that
such plays have decided the Yale
Harvard game for two years. Fish
goes on to say:
ut is difficult to form a fair COM
parison of the individual players from
the West Point games. 1t is, how
fa IN faraIint that fhh individual
struggle between Fitzpatrick and L. p.
Smith, the opposing ends, will be one
of the most interesting features of
the final game. They are both excep-
tionally strong and clever players.
Brooks, the other Yale end, is ex-
ceedingly fast and will be opposed by
Lewis, who is also much faster than
the average end. If Vaughn should
play in the final game Yale would have
one of the cleverest ends and best
handlers of the forward pass playing.
"At tackle position Mckay should
have the best of anyone opposed to
him, as he has strength and experience
combined. Paul and Francis, the Yale
tacklers, are very quick, but not as
strong as Mckay and Wilmington. 1t
is not likely however, that Francis will
play again this year, owing to the in
july to his arm. Scully, his substi-
tute. is not quite as fast as Francis,
but has more weight.
'It remains to be seen whether the
surplus speed of the Yale tackles can
counterfeit the physique of the Har-
ward tackles. Paul especially is'a fast
man down the field and exceedingly
valuable at the new game. Fisher at
guard will be more than a match for
any opponent, but there is never much
discrepancy between good players in
the anal game,
buckingham, played a strong, reli-
able game at guard, as did Morris at
center. These two men have the nee
essary physiques and should hold
their own against Mlnot and Perkins.
At quarter Howe has played on a vic
torious team and Corey and Merritt
have had plenty of experience at
school and college Harvard has two
first-class quarters to offset them in
Wigglesworth and Potter.
1.-THE Yale back field played poorly
at West Point, yet it is safe to say
that the back field to be selected from
such players as Daily, Philbin, Field,
Reilly and Baker will form strong
trio by November l. DAILY is sure to
season, whereas Philbin should be de-
veloped to step into the shoes of his
brother with an added ten pounds.
Field is capable and Baker is very
much on the style of Grausteln. Dem
ing has not shown any abilities as
back, but may get a position because
Of his admirable punting.
"The Harvard coaches have plenty
of good back field material to choose
FROM but 1t is by no means certain
that the final trio win be better than
Yale's.
"Corbett has shown himself to be
even better than last year and is sure
of his position. The other two backs
must be selected, from the two Froth-