The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-20

bail seems To be capable OF being under
th- present playing code.
| II wa- a game IN which defence was dis
tinCtly superior To offence The gains
made 10y both sides were pronounced
and clean. cut. but. as said. there were
| no Sustained gains Harvard had more
chance to score than al" did, only ons
/ fair chance for a touchdown. but several
for goal from the feld lale didn I
threaten lIarvari'S goal line seriously
by the touchdown route. but toward the
finish OF the game was worrying Harvard
A good deal 10y her strong finish and missed
one fairly good chanc, tor goal from
the field Only two goals from the field
were tried one by Harvard and one 10y
Yale. Daly's kick went wide and Lewis :
fell short.
1t was surprising that Harvard. So well
fortified in drop kicsing. should make
80 LITTLE OF that accomplishment, A. To
that condition and contributory causes
Harvard appeared TO he in state of un-
certainty as to what play to Use next and
therefore failed to follow up advantages
Whether or not lale was the reason. the
variety and speed that Harvard has dis
played ON offence thi. season were not
their.
The defence was al tina. could be ex-
prcted OF il. the offence fell down. The
tI defence must be- credited with being
the principal reason for tn. falling down
thereof. though. az said. Harvard didn't
appear To maAe the most Of her repertoire
o, play The Crimson prev ious season
polish was not produced Perhaps Yale
took the pol.sh OF.
A conspicuous fsitur. of the tussle was
tn. fact that Yale did not once use the
forward pass The reason was IA good
one. She could not afford to- She didn't
hav" the ball IN Harvard's territory far
enough or often enough to risk il Har
ward Was strong rs ever IN keeping the
opposition out of her own territory Har.
wards forward rass was successful only
once bu all other occasions when IL
was 'ried the Yale men covered too we'll
for tn" receiver TO have a good chance
at the living bail The onside kick. tried
several times Nv Harvard and not used
10y Yale was Of ItG.e help to the former
IL worked very we'll once or twice. hut
Yale WAS quick 10 solv. IL and hs in the
right spot 10 nail tn" hall
The great g"neralship of Howe. the
luie quarterback who. with Wendell of
arvnrd. was sCinIlllatIng star. was 4
valuabl. asset IN Wales game. and fully
a. much So was How.'s cool and well
placed klrking 4 few times Howe
lifted III. tall too high. bur even then h.
gor II clear. and whether kicking from
hnhInd his OXn goal lin" or out in tho
open he booted the leather just right for
his ends and placed II IN spots where
Harvard would he, eas, likely - run II
tk8lt L.. nj 81 ..
holm for Vale and came hack all the
-trpn ger after hard knocks
Yer I!.'S protection for punt> Was not
a. good H. Ilarva-d'- The Harvard
kicker. and FELTON,. Wiggl.sw orrh. Mnot
and Potter all ufficiated IN that capacity,
invariably got ms driv. away with plenty
Of room. whereas Harvard for'H ards
two or thr"" times broke through just
enough to tip the ball with their hands
as il left HOwe's foot But he got the
necessary angie ON u every time To raise
II FREE" from costly DETECTION
Although Harvard was fooled less on
rushing tactics than Yale. the Cambridge
players mad" more than the New Haven
lies. They We're NOR. prone to tumble
than Val. and didn't gang. the flight OF
the hall ~ we'll when IL was IN the air
CoThett- tumble ON lal.'s - yard line in
the last quarter was fatal To Harvard'-
last chance To score IN was on tn. second
down Yale recovered the ball and
ha.. been m excellent position for a goal
from the N.ld
Both sides spread out rathar wId.. for
the other shift and depended on closing
IN on It 49, we'll ~ hard breaking through
To stop IT. Some splendid defensiv. work
was don" by both in THIS regard and u
was backed va 10y fine. clean taCklIng in
which TIA. rivals were equally good The
gatr- opened by these shifts. on the other
hand wer" sometimes enormous. par
tiC,ilary those by Harvard. which shot
the play through clos. To the entire most
of the time
That put II up TO the -,.Condary defence.
and Daly r I.ld and Howe did superb work
in the secondary d.l.nc. End runs from
a shift or otherwise war" mfr" luHnt-
Harvard seemed to have her interference
gong along in good shap. for the ard
runs bat somehow or other tn" Yale men
seemed to -ifi through the interference"
Harvard WAS p.naliz.,d more than Yale
and that Mas one htndT anCe in her path
way In. Crimson vas too prone To get
oFsid" In running back punt- IN" har-
ward backs got away with more spool than
the Nal. backs and the interference formed
more quickly and CufnpaC'ly around them.
but IN" ! al" ends. with their tackles close
behind them. reached th- runner before
h. cDIlli go far All hIIpatrlCk had tn do
to bring his man down was {" lay hands
on him Even with hands extended his
grip was vis.lk"
The Harvard team ha- been called brill
Iantly alert asS dcs.'ry"dly 80. l"-day
they battl"d ~'-h - team that wa- a.
alert a. they were II WASH more alert
mess on lal"- par bat rather making
better ~" II what actual strength she
had 'hat enabled Yale torna ke II "A stand
on with ~" ,r.tu-un to-day " looked
ike "a uIst4A" on Harvard part soon
after th" ol.ulns of the first p.rind not tn
max" NOR" ~ her rushing game Her
sharp and ri'gulnG attack had IN" Blu"