Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-07
LACK Of TEAM
PLAY LIKELY To
BEAT HARVARD
Big Bill" Edwards Says Crimson
Squad Must Bolster Up in
Several Departments.
By W. II. ("Big Bill")
Edwards,
New York City Street Cleaning Com
missioner and One of Princeton's
Most Famous Gridiron Heroes.

missioner and One of Prnceton'S
Most Famous GrIdiron Heroes.
a FEW YORK, Nov. 6.-This is the
v 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 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 machinelike
form.
Eleven men in every play-that is
the slogan-and If that proves true, a
good quarterback can drive team on
to success.
I 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
to 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
han, O'Brien and Hitchcock accounted
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 offense, or, at
least get ready for Princeton.
Two Days Sorinnmase.
Harvard has but two days for
scrmmage left-Wednesd and
Thursday-before Saturdays game.
Whether or not the three men,
O'Brien Mahan and Hitchcock, enter
Saturdays game, Harvard has fine
material on which to depend.
Should these three men enter the
Princeton game they will at least
need some scrimmage work this week.
Those who have played football know
too well how much 1t handlcaps a
team to lose even for a short time
only some of its best men. The alb
sentees find themselves out of prac-
tiGe and their playing and signal work
is not up to the standard.
5uss what sffect the presence of
these men will have on the Harvard
team I do not know, but If they are
not in good physical shape and have
not engaged in some practice this
week their presence will not be OF
much help.
expect Princeton to be in better
physical shape and to have better
teamwork than Harvard on Saturday.
Brickley Only Kicker.
Harvard's kicking department, out
side of Brickley, 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 will be blocked by Prince
ton, unless Harvard's line holds bet
ter than it did last Saturday.
| understand Harvard will 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 to 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 Gtasps Chance.
When Harvard got the wind she
took advantage of the opportunity
Cornell preferred to rush the ball al
the start, consequently she lost the
pan in Harvard's territory, and soon
BrIckley, the ever sure, with the
strong wind against him kicked a
fine goal.