Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-06
LACK Of TEAM
PLAY LIKELY To
BEAT HARVARD
~Big Bill" Edwards Says Crimson
Squad Must Bolster Up In
Several Departments.
By ". H. ("Big Bill'D
Edwards,
New York City Street Cleaning Com.
missioner and One of Prineeton's
Most Famous Gridiron Heroes.

missioner and One of Prineetor's
Most Famous Gridiron Heroes.
FEW YORK, Nov. s-This is the
time OF the year in the football
world when team play il the
main essential factor in winning
games. The hard preliminary days Of
Individual coaching, falling on the
ball, learning TO tackle. etc. are over,
and every team which is to be sue
cessful has mastered these points.
Coaches everywhere are now whip
ping their teams into mRchinelike
form
Eleven men In every play-that is
The slogan--and II that proves true, a
good quarterback can drive a team on
10 success.
l would rather have eleven good,
hard fighting, spirited players OF fair
ability than to be surrounded by star
players. Teamwork fails when 700
many individual stars are together
Haughton has ahead OF him a task
20 perfect team play. l had expected
Harvard to be more on the ton Of the
wave than she proved to be against
. Cornell. Perhaps the absence of Ma
nan, O'Brien and Hitchcock accounted
for lack OF finished play
Harvard's playing Saturday did not
prove TO football critics that the
Crimson team is the best Of the year
Much has to be done during the com
ing week to perfect her ofrense, or at
east. get ready for Princeton
Two Days Serimmage.
Harvard has but two days for
sorimmage left Wednesday and
rhursday-before Saturdays game
Whether or not the three men,
nFQrfan Mohap nd TT{trhrArIg
Saturdays game, Harvard has fine
material on which to depend.
Should these three men enter the
Princeton game they win at least
need some scrimmaEe work this week
Those who have played football know
too well how much It handicaps
team to lose even for a short time
only some of It's best men. The alb
sentees flnd themselves out of prac-
tice and their playing and signal work
is not up TO the standard,
Just what effect the presence Of
these men will have on the Harvard
team do not know, but II they are
not in good physical shape and have
not engaged in some practice thls
week their presence win not be OF
much help.
expect Princeton to be In better
physical shape and to have better
teamwork than Harvard on Saturday.
6rickley Only Kicker.
Harvard's kicking department, out
side of Briokley, seemed weak. But
Haughton no doubt has his eyes on an
available kicker. Surely no team
could have better coach than
Haughton, so | expect to see better
idcking on Saturday.
] am pretty certain some Of Har-
vard's kicks win be blocked by Prince
ton. unless Harvard's line holds bet
Ter than II did last Saturday.
! understand Harvard VIII devote
much time in perfeCting the forward
pass this week Very little Of this
play was shown Saturday, and with
he numerous Princeton and Yale
coaches about doubtless Haughton
took no chances OF uncovering his
real forward passes.
Harvard will have TO improve in the
handling of punts, for Princeton viii
surely do a good deal OF puuting. Had
Cornell been alert in the first quarter
and kicked often when a strong wind
was with her and the sun in Har-
wards eyes, catching punts would
have been most difficult
Harvard Grssps Chance.
When Harvard got the wind she
took advantage of tho opportunity
Cornell preferred to rush the ball az
the start, consequently she lost the
oal in HarVard's territory, and soon
Srickley. the ever sure, with the
strong wind against him. kicked q
line goal.