Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-22
By Brad STREET.
(Star FulIback of Princeton Team.)

(Star FulIback OF princeton Ieam.)
TROM all indications, when Har-
L annual battle at the Harvard
ward and Yale meet in their
Stadium, there is going to be one
of the hardest fought games that ever
occurred between these rivals.
For Harvard, which was supposed
to have a team which would walk
away with the Eastern champion
ship, will certainly have to fight to
live up to its reputation, which I
think was very much overrated, and
also to break the tradition of never
beating Yale in their own stadium.
On the other hand, Yale, which
was supposed to have been an easy
proposition, has proved that its
team was very much underestimate,
and as a Yale team always will when
It comes down to the big games. 1t
will show fight and spirit which has
made that institution famous.
Now, as all the big games of to-day
are so played, we might expect a
game. Whenever Yale, Princeton or
Harvard clash each goes into the
game playing safe until the other
team makes a slip. Then they get
that much desired break. So it is
just a question now of having a good,
fast kicker and good open field man
to return punts.
Rushing Game Fatal.
1t is out of the question when two
teams so evenly matched as these are
begin to play to start the rushing
game in their own territory. Al
though they may gain ground for
few first downs. 1t is nearly impossi-
BILE to score a touchdown, and doing
this uses the men up SO that they
would not last through the contest.
This brings us down to a comparl-
son of strength and skill of that
which the result of the game to-day
depends on-that is. punting.
i think Yale will have the advan-
taqe, as so far this year Hardwick's
kicking has been only fair and very
erratic.
1 think Mahan will do the kicking
against Yale. as he seems to have
improved since the Princeton game.
Gurnsey, who will do Yale's punt
ing. is kicker of great ability, and
this alone will be a long factor in
Yale's favor Saturday
Now. as to the next important side
of to-days battle-the returning of
punts.
Both Yale and Harvard are very
fortunate to have such wonderful
men. In Wilson Yale has a man upon
whom she can depend to handle
punts perfectly and also TO return
them in fine style, as he showed
against Princeton He Is a very high
and hard runner and has the ability
to shake Of tacklers.
l look for him to do good work in
this line to-day, but his work will
not be near so spectacular as 1t was
against Princeton. because Harvard S
ends will give him more opposition
than did Princeton's. The Tiger ends
were in very bad condition last Sat
urday, as Shea was out with broken
ankle and Stew" Baker suffered n
similar injury on the second play of
the game and Lamberton had to re-
place him with a pulled tendon in his
leg.
Mahan a Terror.
In Mahan Harvard has an open
field runner who will be terror to
Yale if they don't get him before he
gets under way. He is probably the
fastest man on the gridiron to-day.
He is gifted with the ability Of
changing his speed, which makes il
hard to tell Just where he is going
to be when you dive for him.
He used this change of speed to
big advantage in his long run against
Princeton. But If Yale can continue
its great work OF Saturday in getting
down the field Mahan will be smoth-
cred, as "Hobey" Baker was. Some
times five or six Yale men would be
waiting for "Hobey' to make the
catch. So he didn't have a chance to
show his wonderful ability.
A comparison of the line shows that
Yale has decidedly the advantage
from tackle TO tackle. And as Prince
ton had the advantage over Harvard
and the Yale line completely out
played Princeton, II looks as II the
Yale line will give the backs a chance
to get going. Vale should gain
ground through Hsrvard's line.
Harvard's ends will far outclass
Yale's.