Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-06
LACK Of TEAM
PLAY LIKELY To
BEAT HARVARD
"Big BiII' Edwards Says Crimson
Squad Must Bolster Upin
Several Departments,
BY W. II. ("Big Bill")
Edwards,
New York City Street Cleaning Com
missioner and One OF Princeton's
Most Famous Gridiron Heroes.

MOSt dFnOuS STluIFOn F1eFOeSs
NEW YORK. Nov. 6.-This is the
N time of the year in the football
world when team play is the
main essential factor in winning
games The hard preliminary days Of
individual coaching falling on tho
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 machinelike
form.
Eleven men in every play-that Is
The slogan-and If that proves true. d
good quarterback can drive team on
10 success
/ would rather have eleven good
hard fighting. spirited players OF fair
ability than to be surrounded by star
players. Teamwork fails when 100
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 top 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 Satur6 ay did not
prove to football critics that the
Crimson team is the best OF the year.
Much has 10 be done during the com
ing week to perfect her offense, or at
least, get ready for Princeton.
Two Days serimmage.
Harvard has but two Nays for
scrimmage left-W Wednesday and
Thursday-be before Saturdays game.
Whether or not the three men,
o'Brien Mahan and Hitchcock. enter
"A
material on which to depend.
Should these three men enter the
Princeton game they win at least
need some scrimmage work this week
Those who have played football know
TOO well how much II handicaps a
team to lose even for short time
only some OF its best men. The alb
sentees find 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 If they are
not in good physical shape and have
not engaged In some practice ,hls
week their presence viii not be OF
much help.
expect Princeton to be in better
physical shape and to have better
teamwork than Harvard on Saturday.
BrckIey Only Kicker.
Harvard's kicking department., out
side OF 6riokley, 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
kicking on Saturday.
| am pretty certain some OF Har-
wards kicks viii be blocked by Prince
ton. unless Harvard's line holds bet
ter than IL 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
the numerous Princeton and Yale
coaches about doubtless Haughton
took no chances OF uncovering his
real forward passes.
Harvard will have 20 improve in the
handling of punts, for Princeton will
surely do a good deal of punting. Had
Cornell been alert in the first quarter
and kicked often when a strong wind
was with her and the sun In Har-
Yards eyes, catching punts would
have been most difficult
Harvard Grasps Chance
When Harvard got the wind she
took advantage of the opportunity.
Cornell preferred to rush the ball at
the start, consequently she lost the
ball in Harvard's territory, and soon
Brickley, the ever sure, with the
strong wind against him. kicked a
fine goal