The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-11-14
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HARVARD GAME

Since the victory of the Michigan
team over Syracuse and the evidences
Of undeveloped strength in the VOL
verines which was manifested then,
the Ann Arbor student body has been
| looking for more worlds to conquer
in case Coach Yost's pupils take the
proud gophers Saturday. A post-sea-
son game with Harvard has been pro-
posed, but there is little chance that
either management would consent.
A post-season game between Micii-
gan and Harvard would test for the
first time the comparative merits of
eastern and western football Harvard
has yet to defeat Yale, but that part
of the programme appears to be a
mere matter of routine If the work of
the two eleVens against Cornell and
Brown respectively can be taken as
any kind of reliable criterion. With
Walter Camps proteges out of the
way, Harvard will be acclaimed cham
pions, of the east, regardless of the
opinion that the crimson is little il
any stronger than Pennsylvania.
After Western Title.
Meantime Michigan hopes to fight
her way to the undisputed supremacy
of the west for the second time in as
many years. Minnesota already is
practically champion of the western
conference, and as no teams outside
of the conference have shown any
strength this year, the Michigan Min |
nesota game will settle the western |
championship. If Michigan wins from |
Minnesota next Saturday, the wolver- |
ines will be even more clearly entitled |
to be hailed champions OF the west |
than the Harvard eleven will be TO
be accorded the same ranking among
the eastern teams.
Perhaps Fielding III. Yost wouldn't
relish the prospect of such a game.
He has shown his heels to the west
so often. hguratively speaking, that he
has been longing for some time to
demonstrate in general, and his own in
particular, are not so far inferior to
eastern methods as the critics of the
elite east would have us believe.
Respected Last Year.
Last year for the first time he
gained serious recognition and real re-
spect in the east by virtue of Michi-
gan's defeat Of Pennsylvania, and a
repetition of that achievement Satur-
sition where they can effectually claim
countrys elevens.
AS much as Yost would delight In
pointing his eleven for a game with
at the close Of the season,
Ii the season ends as he expects 1t to,
he isn't foolish enough to think that
there will be any such game. Time
was NOT so many years ago that Har-
yard would have scorned to play Mich
lgan because the wolverines had yet
to ego and get reputation" Now a !
Harvard refusal to take on Michigan !
would be grounded on, different rea- {
son. A victory for Harvard In post ;
season game would add nothing to the /
seasons record for the crimson, while !
1 defeat which would not be entirely {
impossible, would relieve the east of
much of the prestige that her critics
nave been pursuing for ages
Nothing to Harvard.
From a purely selfish standpoint. it :
would be serious misstep for Har- !
yard to consent to a game with Michi- /
yan this year, even provided Michi- !,
yan had first beaten Penn and Mime i
iota and Harvard had rriumphed over !
Ter old rivals from New Haven. BY :
defeating Yale Harvard win be con- {
.eded the championship Of the east. !,
md the championship OF the west. !
Ldded to the eastern title. would mean Z
nothing to Harvard. At the same time !
t must be conceded that Michigan 4
would have an excellent chance to =
AIRY home the honors, and then--per- i,
sh the thought-sdeah old Havud'
would have to admit that sometimes b
cal football does penetrate beyond the y
Alleghenies and that there is an un y
xplored region this side Of Pittsburg. j
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