Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-10-10
BY HERBERT REED.
(Riakt WING.

er materials left over from last year
net forgetting that the veterans are
older and heavier secessions from
the freshman eleven CT year ago and
the retention in power CT an expert
enced and progressive coaching sys-
TEN. Harvard begins the football sea-
son Ct 1918 with great potential al
vantage over the other Eastern uni
verSities. Remember the little word
potential for il has been a football
"ickera for years Yale had tre-
|mendons potential strength year
ago, which never came &C fruiticn be-
cause of tangled coaching. Princeton
had 1t in 1897. plus even greater stel-
lar support than this years Harvard
|squad-and was beaten at New HaV-
en-.
On paper the Crimson at the begin
ming of this season is In a command
ing position. and 1t weuId be folly to
question the ability Of the Cambridge
coaching STAFF to make the most of
whatever material comes TO hand
but il would be equal folly 70 cuacede
November victories To Harvard on the
strength OF the wonderful showing
made in the first call for candidates.
Reputation 20 Sustain.
The fact remains, despite the sta
tlstics, that Harvard Is in the uncorn-
fcrtable position of the university that
wears the football crown, and such be-
Ling the case, 1t is as we'll that Haugh-
ten and his aids have at hand as re-
markabIe a squad as ever turned out
in the East. The Crimson will open
the season a popular favorite for the
big games, and undoubtedly will re-
main popular fayorite until pulled
down. Such Is the penalty Of previous
and recent pre-eminence.
In the forward line Harvard boasts
of two of the best tackles Of last
year in Capt. Storer and Hitchcock,
two veteran guards who should
prove stronger than year ago, and
wealth Of ends, not without expert
ence, from which to choose When q
line appears to be so strong that it Is
puzzle to place a man like Tudor
Gardiner, some idea may be gained OF
the prospects up forward at Cam
bridge. With such strong support on
either side It should not be difficult
matter to develop center.
AS long ago as most OF the younger
generation Of football followers can
remember. there hn1e be6n GOOD
backs al Harvard, and this year Is
no exception With the work Of
BrickleY everyone is familiar and the
keenest followers Of the game realize
that in Huntington Hardwickn Haugh.
ton has at hand one of the country
greatest backs, the man who may this
year take up the burden Of the kick.
Ing game laid down by that remarka.
BILE punter, Sam FELTON,. It would be
a mistake to suppose that the present
Harvard kickers will not by NoYem.
her learn to place their kicks, for
Haughton Is specialist in that de-
|partment Of play. and he Is poor tim.
Der indeed who does not improve uIl-
der the drilling of the master Of plac-
ed punting.
In addition to Hardwick and Brick
ley, there are Eddie Mahan OF last
years freshmen, himself a first class
kicker and an all around back Of the
first Galore; Bradlee, WendelFs sub
stitute OF a year ago, and a host OF
others. We're Harvard to face Yale
or Princeton within week the issue
coulu hardly be in doubt from the OBJ
ening whistle.
Same Style Likely.
Doubtless the Crimson will adhere
closely to the successful style CT gen
eraIship of year ago, building there
on for the big aInes, so as 10 top
sound football with advanced man
euvers, not of a freak" nature, but
calculated to bring Harvard football
to the point of precision that 1t has
been seeking. Bar accident, HarFasd
should have good team, perhaps
even a great one. Whether 1t can
win its, big games is quite another
matter.
Neither Yale nor. Princeton is to
be beaten simply by the nlarshalling
of wonderful material, and there is
every Indication at this writing that
both the Blue and the Orange and
Black are to have elevens that will
measure above the standard of a
year ago. Once more We find the
view Haven Squdu FBShluS win poF
er, and once more with the quarter
back propIein to solve. Fortunately
for the Blue, there is no longer a
coaching problem, for probably no
man has assumed the position OF
head coach with more solid support
behind him than Howard Jones, and
| doubt if in five years or more there
has been leader like Ketcham. Is
is significant that older heads viii
h;=ndle the team this. year than has
been the case recently, and that no
man who has ever worn the ~" will
be without welcome at Yale field.
When Yale digs into every till OF the
coaching register, as is the case this
year, the bell is apt to ring once at
least. ..-Ez
Up Hill 1t Yale.
Yet The going at New Haven will
be up Hill, for the old spirit win have
to be rebuilt, and although the real
Yale football is only a scratch or 50
below the surface there Is Just, lit.
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