New-York tribune., 1911-11-21
ON COLLEGE GR|D|RONS.
Princeton Captain Gives Views
of Yale and Harvard.
ATTACKS ARE DIFFERENT
Crimson Team Strengthened
with Huntington at Centre
and Storer at Tackle.

Captain Eddie Hart, Of Princeton. says
that in his opinion neither Harvard nor
Yale can score by straight rushing in
their coming battle on Saturday and that
the game no doubt will be decided by an
open and probably unexpected play. In
view Of the fact that Hart led his Tigers
10 victory over both Harvard and Yale,
his ideas on the relative merits Of the
two elevens are interesting. He says un-
der his own signature IN the Boston
Globe"
The Harvard team on the attack is the
sntithesis of the Yale team, the former
having built up its offence on the lines or
the old-style football Harvard plays
In which Wendell, the star line breaking
back Of the season, figures prominently
The entire Harvard team plays together
a unit on offence. The weakness OF
the Harvard attack is it's lack Of versa
tllity. From tackle to tackle II Is strong
but weak on the ends and In the open
style OF play.
a cleverly executed forward pass, never
theless I do not consider the Harvard
team adept in the use OF the forward pass
or onside kick
The Yale attack. on the other hand,
Is built along different lines. The old
fashioned line breaking style OF game so
famous at Yale under the puil-and-push
rule, has been practically eliminated. The
Yale attack is developed and built up upon
the shift play, developed In its infancy
by Glenn Warner and elaborated and I'M
proved by Minnesota.
The shift is good for swing plays out
side Of tackle or around the end, but
weak for line plunging. The strength OF
the Yale shift is dependent upon the
speed Of the lnesmen in getting 10 the
line Of Scrimmage, and upon the variety
of formation, which can be used in shift
The Yale backfeld get around the run
ner in good style and put the defensive
lineman out Of the play much better and
surer than do the Harvard backs
To sum up: In the running game /
consider Harvard mach stronger from
tackle to tackle in rushing the ball while
Yale is correspondence better in plays
outside Of tackle and around the ends
Camp. Of Yale, should Outkick any man
Harvard has. while the Harvard backs
hackfeld men. This Is Yales greatest
weakness, the handling Of punts by the
baCkheld, and unless remedled Will prove
fatal next SATURDAY. as II did against us,
for the Harvard ends follow the ball well.
According 10 a number of good Judges
who saw the Harvard-Dartmouth game on
Saturday. the Crimson team has been
strengthened by the eleventh hour changes
made necessary when Gardiner, the brill
liant tackle was injured IN the Princeton
struggle. It looked like a dangerous move
10 send Storer from centre TO tackle, and
Huntington from fullback to centre so late
in the season, more particularly as the lat
ter weighs only l65 pounds and Is rather
light for the pivotal position. The change
made II possible, however 10 use Blackall,
good punter I'm the baokheld who is
counted on 70 lend much assistance 10
FELTON, in kicking against Yale
Dudley Dean. in commenting on these
three players after the Dartmouth game,
said:
Huntington made just one mistake. This
occurred when he made a low pass TO
rockingham, who had been rushed into
play toward the close Of the second period,
ostensibly to try a rather long field goal.
Outside Of this HUntngton's passing was
perfect all round and a big asset in ena-
bling Blackal and Reynolds 10 answer very
scceptably the Crimson requirements at
Storer. at right tackle. is not Gardiner.
hut he PLAYED well and is an active. aggres-
sive forward, and handicapped only by eX-
rerience and weight
In the Crimson backfeld Blackau did the
best work His pUntiug was excellent. and
the game was strictly a kicking game. with
each side watching Tor errors by the other
fellows.
II turns out that Dartmouth's chief
weakness against Harvard on Saturday,
when beaten by score Of < 20 ?. was poor
punting This Is rather surprising mas
much as Morey and Llewellyn did excel
lent work in this respect against Prince
ton when both placed their kicks in a way
which made ii possible for the ends DAILY
end Dana 70 cover the ball with consistent
sureness The wet, soggy ball may have
had much 70 do with their short pUnts
against Harvard-punts which. as one
critic saws. amounted TO little more than
onsde kicks II was blocked punt, too.
which brought about Dartmouth's defeat,
although a poor pass from the centre was
partially responsible for this
The Dartmouth eleven wound up its sea-
son on SATURDAY and again II may be said
that it was one Of the best ever developed
At Hanover In the final summing up it is
sure 10 get ranking close 10 the top, and
not worse than fourth or NTH II Yale
beats Harvard fourth IS about the best
position II can reach, az no doubt the rank
ing will then read Princeton, Yale. Har-
ward, Dartmouth and Carlisle West Point or
Annapolis are the only other eevens which
might drive IL down point more In view
of the fact that Dartmouth TO all intents
and purposes played Princeton 10 no.
score tie. eliminating that freak Of football
which gave the Tigers a victory, it can be
readily seen how evenly matched the lead
ing elevens are this year. Frank Cava-
nsugh proved himself an able coach and
Daley a good captain and strong leader.
With Hogsett IN good condition II is quite
possible that Dartmouth might have turned
the tables on both Princeton and Harvard.
He played remarkable football, handi-
capped as he was by an injured shoulder.
and must be considered IN making up an
sH-American team.
Fred Murphy, captain Of the Yale base
hau team two or three years ago, and
nowerful halfback on the football eleven
for three seasons has Joined the list of
those who are opposed 10 the rule now in
force which makes It possible for a bound
ing ball 10 count as goal from the field
In talking with him at New Maven on
Saturday he put himself on record as being
unalterably opposed 10 any play or rule
which put a premium on luck or chance
'aThe game is too full now OF loose, hap
hazard plays" was the way he expressed
II.
Fred Daley, captain OF the Yale eleven