The sun., 1913-10-23
YALE TEAM AS SEEN
BY HARVARD EYES
two Distinct improvements Are
At Quarterback and in
Fundamentals.
THE lpES or NOVEMBER
Will Bc Followed by Consider.
able Mcrrimcnt-Dartmouth
Team Statistics.
THE lpES or NOVEMBER

t..uEn 'olla'nore. Iiar>std. 'a9 is one
49,, most >ie,lant of football scouts. but
.o.t, 'nr nobody hut himself lie scout, /,
'o- 'hc 'uii OF II, knows his football and
fo'rs lus opinions without bias Ev-
d.'' hc doesn't thinli Yale is any weak
49, ue,n,linv aggregation merely waiting
,o h. ed to tho slaughter. This is what
r. thinks of the Els.
The Yale.Army game OF 1912 and the
s~le With Lehieh took place on cor
r">ppnding SATURDAYS. comparison Is IN
order TN view NJ the drastic change in the
.ss'liug = stem AZ New Haven w those
vro ~aw both contests the Improvement
der present conditions was apparent.
'ie advance WAS remarked most <lvidly
IN tvn respects First in the matter Of
dtWcttIls: secondly, in the aging Of
'' Quarterback. Last Saturday Yale
Old was an almost ideal Nofumble,a nd.
it" 't"hius ot the hacknsld WAS perfect.
.'i with one exception Cornishs passing
w. r'oan a> an up To date drinking bag
"rt ''rwards were keen on the scent of
taIl and materially increased the size
ihc score ny constant and persistent
loV,ng There was naught to criticise
~ ''c ta"kling.
The MAN trouble at West Point and
fot that matter. all the year. lay in the
qaaItclhdck position. .fhis year Cornish
tNpN- '''Nlillue ana ls dDle 10 OrlNe. htS
hscktteid play is clean and he is no mean
runner back of punts With "A capable
man at the helm there was considerably y
more cohesion and precision In the attack
against Lehigh than against West Point
9 car ago. A greater variety OF play
was also disclosed.
cornish is perhaps too prone to take the
bail himself both in runs at the centre
Of the line for~hort gains and at the ends
lxf.# tt,ta Nf d..
usually accompanied by the cry There
we GO" When close to the Lehigh goal
Inc he made two consecutive vain at
tenpts to buck his way through the CEN
tire. And this discloses defect. there
vas AZ times a distinct lack OF final
punch in the attack But. all in all. the
offensive game is considerably further
advanced than at the corresponding period
In l9ia
In the rush line the play of Ketcham.
NsrtHug and Brann was conspicuous,
The former was as usual Jack Of all
trades. guard on the offence. rowing cen
ire on the defence. persistent interferer
and Ubiquitous tackler. on the offence he
watches his men too carefully and does
rot pay enough attention to the playing
q his own position He tries to do a
little too much. The quiet efficiency OF
Braun's end rush play was good to the eye
He fought of Interference stoutly and
Nes ever III the right spot down the field
'Ncrily. the system of end rush defence
.s disclosed saturday was almost identical
with that played by Harvard in the
'arlv '90s) Carter on the other side
of the line was frequently pushed in and
"ut and did not measure with the man
vino broke the Lehigh idols hurled at
Inn.
In the backheld " ilson plays a row
tS dsfencs. with apparent cart. blanche
T. move as his judgment dictates lie
has an almost uncanny intuition in dag
ioS'nS plays and should develop into a
really high class defensive back. But
tul ously enough. his offensive play Is di-
iectly antithetical. He runs hard. devel-
OPS great speed quickly. but. unlike
Thorpe. who seemed to have eyes on all
s.d"s Of his head. his dashes lack method
and he seems disinclined 10 dodge. pre-
ferrinS to bull his way through prospec-
tive tacklers rather than evade them by
sGestepping and dodginE.
Wheeler. on the other fand. adopts the
contrary system and is IA Very shifty rum
10y ~ 4 broken field. His catching was
faUl.ss. but on this point II must he
stated that the Leh.gh forwards iroT
sheer exhaustion never got neaf enough
% worry him. For the rest no back OF
especial brilliancy was shown. though
they all were capable and are certain to
iuI>roE.. In the kicking department Yale
has a more than handy man in Knowles
l..s, Saturday his punts averaged well
Above forty yards. AS he stood twelve
Yards behind tho line and kicked high
soaring ball. the forwards had plenty OF
time TO cover. Scrmmage goals from the
Held were kicked from placement. Many
old fashioned football enthusiasts gather
more thrill from the common. or garden
drop kick. but three points are three
points no matter how they are garnered.
That Yale has profited by the lessons
OF 1912 is unquestionable at this writing.
This year "A second string backfeld will
no, start the game. Barring accident.
= capable quarterback will be In com
rnand There will be considerable merri
ment a few days after the Ides OF Novem-
be-
T. the list Of weights OF the Dartmouth
VARSITY squad. subjoined. 1t will be seen
'tat the two centre candidates are both
HgNt that the ends are in the same cate
CORY and that what bulk there 10 the line
distributed through the guard ana
tackle positions. Whitney and snow, hrst
string backs and veterans. are heavy.
with the rest OF the backheld men light
10 medium The statistics OF the hrst
Eil second string men are as follows'