The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-11-23
HARVARD IS FAVORI7E
OVER YALE IN GREAT
FOOTBALL STRUGGLE
Blue Line Is Stronger Than Crimson Is Opinion of Expert
But Backeld of Wendells Eleven Is Expected to Show
Up Better Than Spaldings Quaftet-Elynn and FELTON,
to Furnish Punting Feature

won a Q to victory, did little but
provide the regulars with good rest
after the strenuous contest against the
Tigers, but last Saturday when Dart
mouth went down TO defeat by the
score OF to o. another indication OF
the Crimson's power Of endurance was
seen. In this game little but straight
football was used by Harvard, who
did not wish to show her hand any
more than was absolutely necessary,
With such a brilliant record behind
them, the Harvard players have an
opportunity before them such as has
hever been enjoyed by and other
football team. for If Yale is defeated
the Crimson team will go down in
football history as having completed
successfully the most diIi.cult sche-
duie that any team ever played.
Ii is the general belietqtnat Yale's
line is superior to that of Harvards $.
while Harvard backfield Is easily
better than the combination at ale.
Harvard men believe, however. that
while the Crimson line is iigher than
aie's. 1t Is nevertheless going to
hold its own against the powerful
forwards OF the Blue. while Yale cam
not hope to equal the briillancy of
i1arNaros backneld. One disadVan-
,age which Yale will be iaboring I'M
der will be the fact that Flynn, the
star back, will be a watched man,
and this player. good as he is, will
have difficulty In getting off any OF
his phenomenal runs. Harvard, on
the other hand. will not have TO de-
pend on any one man for her scor-
ing. Brickley. of course, wiIi be
watched very closely, by the Yale
players because of his known abil-
ipt h4af IN RAJ I'm
much attention to Brlckiey, Yale is
bound TO suffer by not watching Wen
dell and Hardwick. The Crimson
baekfield is so versatile that no play
err can be watched to the exclusion
of the others.
Undoubtedly, also, Harvard Ia go
ing to have an advantage at quarter.
for Gardner Is easily superior to any
Of the many quarters that Yale has
tried this season. II this player shows
up as well as he did In the Princeton
game, he will direct the aggressive
and versatile Crimson team in such
way az TO keep Yale continually
guessing Indeed. the work OF the
quarters may easily be the deciding
point of the game. and Ii this is the
case, Harvard's chances look bright.
With FELTON, and Flynn in ths
game, there should be as pretty a
contest in punting as has been wit
messed In long time. Felton's bet
ter judgment in placing his kic -
should bring advantage to the Grim
son. while in the getting down under
punts, the ends on both teams will
be about equal in strength. When
Feltcn punts, Hardwick goes into
the line. and he and O'Brien make up
the two fastest men On the Crimson
squad. Much Is going to depend on
the way Yale will handle Feiton,s
punts, for these two men. Hardwick
and O'Brlen. will take advantage OF
every tumble and they may be count
ed on. On paper, Harvard seems to
be the favorite, and the fact that the
Crimson players are going into the
game with none of the overconfidence
that marked the team that was only
able to tie Yale in 1910. will count
heavily in their favor. Both teams
will put up splendid fight. and ow-
ing to the defensive power OF each
eleven, victory will go to the team
that is most aggressive and alert
which profits most by the mistakes
OF the other team. and which has the
better drop-kickers.