The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-19

II would bc we'll IA have more foot
bell victories ~ Harvard" says Mr.
LuUIN + DEIAND in nm article entitled
Football AZ Harvard and AT Val. m
the atlantic Nonthip for November. u"
means Vi,rnrl"~ over Yale. but no one
can read The art lclc without concluding
that Will" il might he well. the idea IL
visionary a. long 49, Mr.. WALTER CAMP
Is in charge of I'll" grand tactics Of the
game AT New Haven. The title OF Mr..
DELANp's article ought really Ia be-
Football M Yale a tribute To Mr.. VAL
TER CAMP" The writer one. cOllab-
Grated with MIR CAMP IN "A text book on
football. and he SAWS of the Father of
American football" that he haa forgot
vino coach today have ever known.
MIR DELANp tells this story:
one %, YAlss best known f"oibaE captains
,.urned un tlr situation to mo once In thls WAY
H- said When wc want 30 know how the Nal-
team +. doing a. any time We don : go 10 NC
newspapers - md out. II mhAcE very u,ilr
dlfcrrucs 20 Us what the players are doing.
wsni ~ Anpp al nat the cnach-, are doing eve.
uIng. n 'hry are So,Eg ~ ~ W'LrTRs every
rl.Ht th~r ~ns-g the -carn 4, going - be a
Sooi on"
Personally Mr. DELAND believes that
" hv IN" tim" college opens the result Of
the Yale Harvard gam" IN November
l. practically settled that - to say bv
Mr. WALTER CAMP, who's" be-, work -
usually accomplished between Drccm-
b.r and May /. when h" analyZ..s the
rnnv hard fought fields during the wear
past and plans the campaign of victory
for Yah. on tho fields Of the current sea-
son. Barring accidents of exceptional
nature fortunate or unfortunate, the
hands ar" played ont in the orthodox
manner" Mr. DFrAND would Tx" to
argue tn" point over "A cigar with any
on" who care. - Discuss II Appar-
entity. then. only accidents II cxccp-
tl"nal narrIr" calls. IN" defeat If Yale
Much that Mr.. DELAND SAYS Of tn.
Coac hing and finishing methods az New
Haven and Cambridge - sound enough
or was - h"fOr" tn" advent OF Mr
PERCY HAr"HToS at Harvard. whom
Mr.. DfLiNp does not seem To have heard
of Thus Yale usually s..eCt- its cap
tails b"cau-. they hav" exhibited quail
ties of leadership. and not because they
ar. popular, Harvard has had a weak
ness Tor good fellows At Yale candl-
dates for IN. team are rated not by
what they can do, but by what they
may do" AT Harvard the tendency il.
SAYS Mr. DELAND. 10 prefer and accept
Ih" man who has played foot ball and TO
overlook 'h" better set M and more
alert candIdat. who may be- fashioned
INTO "A greater football PLAYER. Yale
-rII.rvises las policy of its trainer, while
Harvard dcfcrs TO him Yale sets team
play b"for" everything elise Harvard
doesn't really understand IT, accord
ing to- Nr DELANp. and suffers from
"thc IndIvidunli-tIc tendency which has
always shown itself IN Harvard foot
ball. Vale porfrcts IN" form of play
at tn" start and aft"rward develops
th" spaced of IN. play Harvard puts
-i""d h'for" form and, the implication
IL, seldom nt'ains form
Mr. DFLNND estimates ia" factors
that determine victory IA follows team
meaning material. ~ per cent cap
tain. ~ per cent head t,,s..h and as,-
sIstaTi- - p"r cent. and coaching II
IN" ""a"h"s MIR CAMPS speciality. 90
per cent. TN" hNs only Ia glance at
this division and remember what Mr..
DELASD has saId ab0ut~thepelectiohof