New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-29
Harp0rd's Fast Attack
Drives Brown TO Cover


/ Harvards forwards came into prominence
as they left their position Immediately
after blocking their opponents and fought
their way forward into the interference
Possibly an aggressive defence will get the
+ Crimson backs from the rear. for the rea-
son that when they stop in order to pick
an opening they will be easy for fast and
/ aggressive ends and tackles following I'D
the play
Gardiner the Harvard right tackle.
showed this point distinctly when following
Browns attack around Harvard's left end
lt was seldom that Gardiner did not make
The tackle from behind, because Sprackllng
and his backs used the same style Of run
' ning-stopping momentarily 10 pick their
/ openings. Haughton however, can be de-
/ pended upon 20 correct this fault by hav-
| ing d lineman follow the play and thus
block opposing ends and tackles who seek
20 catch his halfbacks in this manner.
A Fault Harvard Must Correct.
Harvard's most glaring fault in offensive
play was the method used by Storer IN
passing the bali from centre when the team
lined mp in kicking formation. Storer
gives the defensive team q good cue as 10
what IS coming by his method Of passing.
When the ball is to 90 20 the quarter II is
passed back correctly, but when the pass
is made 70 the kicker StOrCr picks ND me
ball and throws IL back in an entirely az
ferent manner. Consequently the princeton
and Yale coaches, who were plentiful here
to-day, can be counted upon TO teach their
elevens TO diagnose Harvard attack in so
far as 70 who Is TO get the ball when the
latter is in kicking formation. As this tells
them instantly whether or not 10 expect Il
punt or pass Harvard's attack needs reVls-
ing In this particular
on defence the Crimson team had nj. ii'e
advantage of the fray, although II la
difficult matter TO decide whether Harvard
had a strong defence or whether Brown
line was lamentably weak in attack. bu'
In Gardiner at right tackle Harvard pos
sesses as good man as is playing to-day
He has all Of the aggressiveness OF De-
wore. the Army tackle. who made such
favorable showing against Yale, and IN aD-
dition. is the first man down the helu Oh
punts. At catching plays from 0ehlna c'---
diner is as good as any man VINO ever
nlaved football. and he will give great
account of himself IN the big battles %
come. e.
Neither is Gardiner backward in delehu-
ing his own side Of the line. as he con-
sistentlv piled the entire Brown attack
upon his shoulders delaying II un'll sup
port came, or by shooting through inc N'
reference smothered the Brown pla' 90
who carried the ball He did as neat
niece Of work in tackling Sprackhng' "heh
the latter was running back a punt, as one
al
can+ain was coming up the side lines "heh
Gardiner descended upon him. ana 9P'a0
Nngs whole object in life was TO s'l
foot or hand out Of bounds when Gardiner
threw him. Herein sprackling mlsJdUse"
his tackler, for the big Harvard man mace
st,perb and entirely successful effort 70
prevent this Gardiner Is player who
uses his head. and IS consequently or the
greatest value.
Harvard's llnernen were a trife 100 az
eressive in using their hands upon OF
fence. and as a result were penalized -four
times for holding. Unfortunately Tor inc
Crimson two OF these penalties coIning
together forced a punt from near her goal
line. and gave the Brown team ITS sole
chance 10 attack Harvard in Crimson ter
ritorv. with the result that Brown scored
Harvard has made goo1 many mistakes
Of this kind in the past that have cost the
eleven dearly In big games. and word
should be sufficient
II was unfortunate for the Crimson that
Brown did not get the ball IN Harvard
territory more than she did, as the Cam
bridge backs need lot OF Just such prac-
tee IN defensive work against the forward
PASS. as they seemed somewhat lost In
breaking it up to-day Brown plays this
style of attack as well as any Eastern
eleven. and Harvard would have been bet
ter of for her big games 10 come had
Brown been able 20 cope with the Crimson
with this play
on the whole. the Harvard team has de-
veIoped wonderfully in the last week and
Is on q fair way TO victory over the Prince
( ton eleven next Saturday. The team is
working well together and is playing with
/ a ferceness that is seldom seen IN Har-
ward team Il can be depended upon that
the attack will be much stronger against
! Princeton than It was to-day. for the
reason that IL will be more varied should
such a necessity arise. HaughtOn ordered
his men 10 play a running game to-day
unless Brown forced the team 10 show us
hand. as he wanted, and wisely, 10 save
everything for Princeton next week. And
IL Harvard can defeat Princeton without
showing anything more than was done to-
day Haughton Will certainly so decree.
The lineup follows.