Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-09
Harvard's 0verconfidence May
Give Vandy an Opportunity for
Great Showing IN Big Battle
Statistics of Men in Today's Big Struggle

is easy to see. That happened in
the game last Saturday with Am
ME Skies.
Their Dander Will Be Up.
"Of course, Vanderbilt will be at
a disadvantage at Cambridge, be-
cause they are playing away from
home" This is the argument put
up by many football fans, all of
which Is the exact opposite of the
real conditions
To be sure, Vanderbilt will be at
a disadvantage because of the long
trip, but as for the foreign field,
the Commodores have never vet
failed to play better surrounded
by sympathizers Of the enemy than
at home among friends. The very
fact that there are none or few
friends in the stands seems to set
as a stimulant. This will be the
case today.
Considering the game from a
psychological viewpoint, Vandy has
certain advantages. But unfortu-
nately for the Commodones the
men have to meet much Drawn,
which, alas, may put the psycholo-
gy to the bad. The Harvard eleven
is far heavier, more experienced
and in better shape than Wander
bilt.
In the kicking department, Har-
ward will have 1t all over the Com
modores. If Brickley plays, Van
derbilt will bend all energies to
block his attempts at field goals.
This man has been performing
marvels lately and is due an off
day. In the first place, Brickley
will take his time against Van
.derbilt, thinking that he has all
day with his powerful line in front
of him. Right there he will find he
is mistaken. It's dollars to the
holes in doughnuts that he will be
rushed harder when kicking in the
Vanderbilt game than he was in
the Princeton game. Vanderbilt
has been working on a defense for
his kicking as well as for the reg
ular Harvard attack.
Then there Is this too. Brickley
may possibly be taken SO by sur
prise on his first attempts at kick
ing that he is more liable to lose his
cunning on account Of nervousness.
After a man has had his kicks
blocked or nearly so once or twice,
he will be in such hurry to get
the next one off that it will be
wilder than q March hare.
Vandy's Punters Punk.
AS for the punting, that Will be
3 where the CommodOres get in bad
sure enough, if FELTON, is as good a
man as he is cracked up to be
There is not even a fair punter on
the Vanderbilt team Curtin aud
Robins do well in practice some
times but not even when they
have all day do they get their boots
off with anything like the regular
ity that should be attained by the
punter of the Vanderbilt team of
1912. FELTON, may gain consider
able ground by his kicking and that
very thing may be the factor to
change the tide of battle. How
ever if Curtin stands up as he did
against Virginia in. the back field,
assisted occasionally by Captain
Lewie Hardage, Vanderbilt may
have the edge on Harvard in re-
turning punts, and thus make up
for some of the lost distance in the
actual punting.
Finally there is this to say. That,
though Harvard is mechanically far
better than Vanderbilt, the Commo-
dores will give them one of the
liveliest young scraps they have
had, and when ii is finished the
chances are that the Crimson will
not use Vanderbilt again to fill in
for a rest game.