New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-23
Crimson Comes Up to Last and
AII-Important Game with
More Finish.
BRICKLEY, TOO, A MENACE
4ope for the Blue Lies in an
Awakening and a True
Expression of Latent
Power in Team.
BY Herbert.

BY Herbert.
Harvard should beat Yale In their year
~ battle at New Haven to-day on all foot
ball form. The trouble is football form is
about as unreliable as Pickering breeze
in July, and one cannot help but remem-
Der the year of 1910, when the Crimson
looked so strong and was a pronounced
favoIite, butS played 10 ho-score w.
,-.,e two eleven 44. faced each other on
;he gridiron thiTty-one times. and Har-
ward has won only four games. This IN
itself must be considered, II for no otner
reason than the psychology OF the case
as affecting the mental attitude OF the
players. Both teams are unoeaten ths
year and the so-called championship
hangs In the balance.
Harvard is the favorite at odds OF ABOUT
10 to 7. About nine out Of every ten per-
SONS to whom / have talked in the last
few days have predicted Harvard VIC
tory. After seeing the Crimson deteat
Princeton by a score OF 81 to and clear
" outplay the Tigers, and after seeing
Yale carry Princeton to tie by an eie'-
enth hour goal from the field, after being
outplayed in all essential features, II Is
impossible for one 10 look beyond Har-
ward to-day.
Apart from the cold facts, however. l
have a feeling that the Yale eleven Will
give a much better account Of itself this
afternoon than was the case a week ago
I have seen enough of it this year to know
that 1t has a latent power which, II
aroused and properly expressed, VIII make
II one of the greatest that ever wore the
Blue. It would be no surprise, then, II an
other reversal Of football form were ex"
perienced on Yale Field to-day. sun, II
Is impossible to accept a team on faith
and faith alone when trying TO reach
conclusion that will make a prediction
possible. and while I foresee close, bit
ter struggle 1t is impossible 10 go back
on the figures. such as they are, and these
figures point 10 Harvard.
Harvard Team More Finished
More finish. greater speed in the run
ming game, closer welding OF the CO.
ordinate parts, at least extensively, and
Charley Brickley give Harvard the ad-
vantage after a close study OF the teams
on what they have shown in recent games
These. in any case, are the points which
stand out II the elevens live up to their
form.
There is no telling what the Yale coaches
have been able 10 accomplish this week.
They adopted a course so different from
the one that most everybody expected
that one must needs feel confidence that
the men know plenty Of football ana
only need rousing from seeming apathy
Little could be accomplished in three short
scrimmages unless the players were wen
grounded, and ! know, further that the
coaches were even more disappointed than
the onlookers in the way the eleven played
against the Tigers.
IT must be emphasized also that Yale
has a defence which has been impervious
10 running plays all the season. NOT
single touchdown has been scored against
the Blue, and feel that the Harvard at
tack must have more power and a WIDER
scope than shown against Princeton, and
from what hear, against Dartmouth, 10
break down the Blue line for march 10
the goal line II this proves to be the
case the game will resolve itself into
battle between punters and drop hckers'
for surely Yale's running attack must i'm
prove SO per cent over that shown against
the Tigers to pierce and tear apart the
defence Of the team from Cambridge.
Harvard's kicking strength has been
outstanding all the season, and Harvard
men are counting on Sam FELTON, ana
Charley Brickley this afternoon. Yale Is
reasonably strong in this department also
with Lefty" Flynn, whose punting and
place kicking are a strong asset, and
Harold Pumpelly, who saved Yale from
defeat a week ago by spectacular goal
from the field on a drop kick from the Az
ward line. Those, however, who nave
watched Felton's soaring or, as Mel Weon
says, majestic" punts and have watched
Charley Brickley kick eleven goals from
the field In the last five games, TO say
nothing Of innumerable others In practice
are quite willing to concede an advantage
for Harvard.
BrickIey Deadly with Drop Kick,
Brickley appears TO be almost deadly
with hts drop kick from anywhere Inside
the sb-yard line, while Felton's punts are
far. but so high that his ends or tackles
are rarely at fault in covering the ball
Further than that he gets a peculiar
twist which makes the pigskin hard 10
handle. and fumblins is not such terri
BILE sin.
FLYNN also is a brilliant punter, his
work against the wind in the Princeton
game being little short Of remarkable, but
he lacks experience, and has shown dis
position 10 outpunt his ends, which Ia
likely to be disastrous at any moment
Punpelly has proved his GOODNESS and
ability as a drop kicker under fire, but hi
has kicked only two field goals this year
10 eleven for Brickley, and for that rea'
son there Is lacking the same confidence
one feels when the Crimson player drops
back for a try.
The Yale eleven outweighs Harvard
about nine pounds 20 the man, but thii
will avail nothing unless the players from
New Haven can overcome their sluggish
ness. so marked against Princeton. Tit
Rlue coaches have been working on TIT
,beory this week that what the team
needed most was a general rousing ant
more aggressiveness, and II Tom Shevlir
and G. Foster Sanford have been able Il
inspire the men with some OF their owl
axhting spirit better results will follow
The backs must be quicker In takini
their openings and show more dash anC
v,gor I'm starting and hitting the line, els,
the attack will lack the precision, polisl
ara nover so conspicuous by its absence