New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-13

inc nlace 10 Logan, and these TWO men
20 tha team with plenty of dash. Caro-
rsr showed improvement over his play
year ago. A. ,t.o
Tho nroblem at Harvard is In the hne'
os q may be stated that 1t is the Same
nroblem at all the big institutions TINS
tau There is some old material on haho.
and the men who played to-day seemed OIL
the right type physically but couiu nos
nick one above the others. Thelr play
had a sameness that showed little oas.'
although now and then the 1or"arus
would tear great holes in the Williams
line which was entirely unnecessary anu
.oomed like a waste of energy The lot
wards were not aggressive and Lacked the
fire and dash Of last year, especially "hen
Tudor Gardiner was in the line IuS'
b6w II will work out is problem can
not solve at this time.
evidently Pennock and F. wilmington
are down for the Jobs OF playing iei' anu
right guard, respectively. and the pest
said of them is that they are STEADY fai"
menter, at centre, has not met Win
strong opposition this fall, else, am sure
he would take firmer position When
snapping the ball The one he assumes
ioots exceptionally weak. and l have no
doubt II he does not change II that men
Ike Ketcham and Bluethenthal Will nave
iovs untold during the approaching nos
tilities
Furthermore, the passing was none TOO
accurate The Harvard ends were only
fair and none of the long string tried
were in a class with young man named
Vinal. who held down the left nanK lot
Williams. Nor had Harvard a superior
tackle to Prindle There were other men
also on this williams team who will bear
watching. Captain Michael. at right guard
WAS all over the field. and his long KICK
offs were the best seen in many day.
Lewis. Toolan and Garfield were others
called to attention by their play.
Williams used many innovations well
worth considering. They had line shirt
that was a decided improvement over
Haryards slow moving wheel shift. In
which the entire line jumped two men,
centre and all. the tackle taking the Dali
for the pass, where the centre bad left H.
Another play they worked for short gains
now and then was direct pass from the
centre to the tackle who was at the
end Of the line. The ball was snapped In
front Of the guard on that side, and the
centre, Hewlett, to make the pass had
to give II away, yet the Harvard for
wards neither OWNED the play nor smoth-
cred 1t.
Harvard tried four forward passes, one
successfully, Bradley to Milholland. near
the close, which netted eighteen yards.
On open play there was no comparison
1t was all Williams.
At this writing, in summing up the
Yale and Harvard teams, would say that
Yale has a better set Of forwards and
that Harvard has a far superior back
field. although I have not seen Yale with
her full strength in action, as Spalding
and Camp were not used last Saturday
against Syracuse These men will more
evenly balance the two elevens so far as
the backs are concerned when they clash,
but I look for Flynn to overcome the
present handicap. He is the best I have
seen at Yale, Harvard or Princeton In
two years
At ends Yale has all Of the argument
and at quarter Gardner or Logan out
classes Cornell In his showing a week
back. All in all. there are plenty OF
weaknesses and plenty Of strong points
with all the big teams. and with a far
superior game to the one played a year
ago there is bound to be a renewed inter-
est In football. ! can see II coming by
leaps and bounds. There Is the old march
up the field. and Williams conclusively
proved that there are possibilities In open
game to delight the most exacting.