The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-11-25

was built up to bring forth a Harvard
weary years Of waiting.
In punting, goal kicking, tackling,
interference, attack n defense and
other departments Of play which go to
make the modern football team, Har-
ward was un~questionably superior.
Her play was better timed and select
ed than that of the Blue and SO we'll
was each attack planned that n of
several moves was always open as a
sequence. If, after a uniting due
Harvard reached t o within striking
distance of the Yale goal the Crimson
never found it difficult to advance the
ball by modern yet conservative foot
ball methods to a. point where Brick
ley could be called upon to try for a
field goal with reasonable chance Of
success.
Should Have Scored Touchdown.
According to these graduates, Har-
ward refused to take an excellent
chance for a touchdown, when, with
| called upon for another kick. The
claim was made that the Crimson vic
tory would have BEEN far more i'm
pressive had a touchdown been scored
to the credit Of the team as a whole.
BrickIey Always "There."
That Brickley's kick was successful
in each of the two such cases takes
much Of the effectiveness out of the
| contention but the fact remains that
such a machine as Harvard developed
this fall should have scored n touch
down on Yale and probably would
have accomplished that feat had the
puzzling fake kick attack formation
been used at the point specified. That
it was not called into action at the
time vas due, in all probability, to the
coaching system and instruction.
Since Harvard won, and by methods
Of attack. of its own selection, few
will care to question seriously the
right Of the Crimson in the premises.
Blue Physically Crimson's Equal.
Viewed from the other angle Yales
defeat "a be accounted for along re-
verse lines: The Blue came to Cam
bridge with a team composed of play
ers equal physically to the Harvard
representatives. Beyond that point
the comparison fails to show the Blue
at equal advantage. Individually and
collectively they were not coached tc
the stage Of perfection reached by
Captain Storer's men and the system
of attack failed to take advantage OF
the wide range of plays open under the
modern rules Of the game. The inter
ference accorded runner ana klcKe1
was neither as compact, smooth no
effective as that built UP at Cambridge
and the offense, as a rule, was both
~antiquated and h~aphazard.
Watch Navy-Army Clash.
Next in Importance to the Yale-Har'
ward game vas the play Of the Army
and Navy teams, which meet here
next Saturday for their annual cham
pionship contest. The Navy had New
York university as opponent and the
Army finished it's preliminary sea-
by facing the Springfield training
! school team. Both academy teams
won, but little III the way Of use
full information bearing on the out
come of the big game at the Polo
grounds is available as a result,
Syracuse a Surprise.
The real surprise of the day came
in a minor college game. Syracuse, al
though defeated by Carlisle, run III
the largest score of the season against
the Indians. To lose by a score of 81
to q against Carlisle in a gam where
victory was in doubt until the last mo-
ment leaves little ground for self-con-
domination.