The Detroit times., 1913-11-20
If Johnny Beats Up Eli Again,
He Will Break LOng-Estab-
ished Precedent
BRICkLEY AND MAHAN
ARE HARVARD LIGHTS
Yale Has Had Poor Season, but
it Can Always be Expected
to Rally for Harvard
Bv HAL SHERIDAN.

NRW lONh, NOV. lu.-r.NcIf thiL-s
was poised today for the big splash
In football for this year. The annual
ale-Aarvard tussle 10 on the brink
o. beng called and with these two
ola rivals at each others throats Oil
SATURDAY. some tall and lofty football
ing n always on tap.
Yale or Harvard may be booted
and abused by other teams during the
season. but when they are turned
loose on each other things are diff
foreut. A new fire springs up where
spirits Jagged before. and the team
that wins always comes out with a
thorough understanding OF what it
means to be In fight.
Yale Ia usually represented as q
fierce looking bulldog, with over-hang-
1ng NV. But the team this year In
the early games. qualified nearer to
the sd-terrier class. Way back In
this terriers breeding. however. will
~ found a strain Of the ancient bull
oog which the New Haven rooters
expect to cling on to the sons of John
Harvard TO the limit. II might DE
added. Just for the sake of argument,
however, that at Cambridge this ex-
p0ctntion 10 regarded AZ containing
moro bull than dog.
Harvard is picked to win, and
should win, Saturday. II the Crimson
lives up to expectations, Capt. Stor-
ey's team will turn the trick OF hav-
Ing defeated Yale in two successive
years for the first time In history.
Harvard came out on top last year by
= score OF 20 to 0. and the lacking on
U smother victory without break
win establish q precedent.
They are not very strong for break
ipg presidents In the staid section OF
the country where "Yalers" and 'Har-
'varders" are cultivated. But every
o0ce IN q while Harvard man grows
NJ IN such q manner that In time 1t
q almost forgotten where he got his
trouounciation. and the stout eleven
fepresenting the Crimson may do
some precedenting, AT all events
etoFy one IN Cambridge. from the
Arooping-eyed sophomore. whose men.
tim OF Harvard Is a. devoid OF RS
old grad u getting down his money
"a the CJlmBOu.
II this coming conflict Yale has two
blg things against her and one In her
favor. Against Yale ID arTayed Brick
10y. Harvard's great fullback, and the
Blue's weakness. Precedent alone
stands II her favor. History tells Us
tha& fsA healthy walIops. such as
Charles Brickley Is capable Of deal
ing. usually puts precedent talk on
The blink. No mention OF Harvard Is
complete without Brickley, or pos
eibly Il should be put the other way,
60 It 10 necessary In making yourself
clear to let It be known just where
this young man holds forth
II was q narrow squeak for the
Crimson when they met Princeton.
Brickley's toe alone brought the de-
cision He II undoubtedly the great
est drop-kicker ever developed In the
country, lie shoots them over with
unerr.ns aim from the IS or 50-yard
nne Without an efkprt-As an open
1cld runner, he has few equals. His
tcam.mate. Eddie Mahan. playing half.
back probably can come closer TO
Rrickley than any other man In this
depa rtment. Both twist. turn and
wiggle through broken field and II
takes a hard, sure tackle 10 bring