Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-11-18
HOW ROBINSON COMPARES
YALE AND HARVARD
Brown Coach Declares Yale Line Stiff
fer Than Crimson's.

Brown Coach Declares Yale Line Stiff
fer Than Crimson's.
Coach Edward n. Robinson talks
over Yale and Harvard as follows in
the Boston Globe: I'VE at BroN-h
prefer to draw our deductions from
the strength of the Brown team rat Their
than the weakness of Yale. The
team that faced Yale Saturday was
at least 50 per cent. stronger in the
ma tier of physical condition and 100
per cent. more advanced In team play
than in the game with Harvard, when
Brown had hardly recovered from the
disastrous defeat by Pennsylvania the
Saturday before A comparison of
scores, therefore, would hardly be a
safe standard to go by. At New Ha-
ven the Brown men got the jump
from the beginning, while at Cam
bridge it was half Of the game in get
ting confidence.
Fitzpatrick Means Much to Yale.
1T is true that Yale did not look
like the teams we have been accus-
toned to meet on the Yale field, and
there was something lacking either
in the men or the system of play,
but there are SO many chances, I'M
der the present rules, for one or two
alert men on a team to turn defeat
into victory that it is we'll to be con-
oVI NdLlN T. III NY nlluu L ale Is max
ing a mistake in her system of de-
Tense, but if any team expects to rush
the Ellis by line plunging down to
their goal line for three four
touchdowns, somebody is liable to get
fooled. Brown found it easier to gain
through Harvard's line than Yale's.
and the addition of one or two ends
of the Fitzpatrick type might make a
lot of difference in Fl to 0 score.
Comparing the two teams as individ-
uals puts Yale at decided disad-
vantage. The Harvard players have
made their regulations, yet it takes
a Harvard Yale game to afford OPP
portunity, and Yale may take advan-
tage of it. Kilpatrick's reputation is
too well discussed to require discus
sion. Yale's forward pass, with Kill
patrick as the receiver, is one of the
hardest plays to stop that has been
shown this fall, and one or two plays
of this type may mean victory.
Harvard Guards and Tackles Superb.
Out size of Morris for center, man
for man, excepting, of course, left end,
Harvard seems to outclass Yale. Nor
ris seems to be up to standard, but
is handicapped by Yale's system of
defense and would be of greater value
to the team if afforded the opportuni-
ty he would have under the Harvard
or Brown system of center 3efense. In
l4iC udIu dliu bdChtC POSlliOI1St IL
would be hard to find four men better
equipped than those of the Harvard
team, but if the Harvard guards play
the same system of defense as shown
against Brown, Yale ought to make
many valuable yards between them.
In the backfield Yale is lighter than
for years and after we have so long
been accustomed to seeing players
with the weight and physique of a
Coy filling the backfield position, an
infant of $50 pounds like Howe at full
back is novelty.
Daily Only Yale Back Strong on Line
Boring.
Against Colgate it seemed good
judgment, but Saturday it was differ
ent. Harvard has a we'll balanced
backfield, the men having both weight
and speed, while Captain DAILY Is the
only Yale back capable of making an
teams use unbalanced line formations
on the offense, but the great advan-
tage of this is lost by allowing plenty
of time for the defense to form.
Brown has worked on the theory of
shifting and massing the attack in
such a way that there is no time for
the opponents to form a. SIT defense.
Neither Harvard nor Yale seems to
consider this Of value. judging from
the methods used in the preliminary
games. On defense, Yale can stop
one style of play, the line plunging
Browns open play, the Harvard de-
tense being better planned to meet
the so-called open game.
Would Harvard Come Back?
THE Yale backs are too close to the
line of scrimmage on defense, and
once, the ball is passed or kicked for
ward a few yards they are behind ting
play. Harvards bacxfieId defense il
more extended and the men are in q
better position to stop forward pass
ing and onside kicks. The question
thus narrows down to team spirit
The Harvard eleven has not been ap-
parentiy driven to it's limit in any one
game, and it is easy to win when
things break the right way. What
would happen if Yale should score in
the first part of the game the way
Cornell did in the last period? Would
the team come back?
Brown Had Yale Up in the Air.
Brown certainly had Yale uo in
the air Saturday and they acted as
though all coaching and even rudi-
nents were forgotten. Brown gave
even a worse exhibition against Penn,
vet in a week played Harvard on al
most even terms, and in three weeks
beat Yale by a score to be remen :
bered. A few sensible changes will
make a lot of difference to Yale, and
there are two weeks to make them.
She has not been wanting in the past
and may profit for the future. A
little more fighting spirit, which has
always been on tap, and a few new
plays. and Yale may come back fast
and hard The Brown team as it
stands today is strong enough for
Yale to take heart. A defeat like
that of Saturday may make Yale, but
we can only judge by future re-
suits