Arizona republican., 1913-10-26
HARVARD HAS
 STRONG TEAM
And Will No Doubt End the Season in Top Place-De- velopments in College Football Show Line-ups Pretty Well

With the halfway mark passed on the schedules of the big eastern col lege football teams, the strength and weakness of the various elevens is beginning to be apparent. Some of the wek end games tried the teams to an extent not particularly pleasing to their supporters in view of the harder games still to come. It is becoming more apparent each sea son that the minor college teams must be reckoned with and that the old fashioned clean slate for the sea son days are past
 The Army just evaded a defeat at the hands of Colgate by a touchdown in the closing seconds which COnSid- cred in the light of the Navy's steady playing cannot be the basis of over confidence a West Point
 Although Harvard was scored upon by Holy Cross, the Crimson appears to be moving forward at a faster pace than any of her formidable ri Vals.
 In Eddie Mahan Harvard appears to have a running mate for Brickley and Hardwick, who rounds out the bacllfieId well. Bricllley and Mahan. between them. have already kicked four field goals and with Hardwick scored six touchdoWns The one week point in the Crimson combina- tion is quarterback and to date a satisfactory player for this most inn portant of all positions has not been discovered
 While it is quite likely that the Blue defense is on a par with that of both Harvard and Princeton, there is not the slightest question that the attack lacks the drive and finish of the Crimson. Several of the visiting teams have been able to hold the Blue inside their own five-yard line on straight rushing and the forward passing and field goal campaign has not yet gone beyond the practice stage There remains much to be accomplished at Yale field before the Ellis will be ready for the final games of the season.
 Princeton completed the first half of her 1913 schedule by defeating Syra- cuse. 13 to 0. In four games the Tigers have rolled up 124 points in 1S4 minutes. Of this IS tOuchdOwns Streit alone has scored eight, while Captain Baker has accounted for three more At this time it would appear as though the Tigers were building up an eleven around two or three star players. and this system has never failed to win for them in the past.
 In the five games to date Pennsyl- vania has scored 124 points in PA minutes of play. The Quakers appear to have developed a strong attack combined with an excellent defense The Pennsylvania interference and concealed plays compare favorably with anything of the kind seen on eastern gridirOns this season.
 Cornelrs play this season has been marked by inconsistency. but the Ithaca clan promises to be factor to reckon with before the final games are played In the second division of eastern teams, Dartmouth, Colgate Carlisle, Army and Navy, all varsity combinations.
 Lafayette by defeating Swarthmore 19 to o, proved that the scoring com parisons furnished by the Pennsyl cania games were about correct, since the Quakers defeated Lafayette 10 to and SwarthmOre 20 to c.
 The outstanding feature of the foot ball situation in California, where rugby was substituted for the Ameri- can game several years ago, is the crushing defeat of Stanford Univer- sity, the University of California and the Olympic and the Barbarian clubs of San Francisco by the New Zealand All Black squad. The invaders have played five games, rolling up a larger score each time, until they have a total of 190 points without having been scored against or seriously threatened.
 The overseas ruggers offer an un- answerable explanation for the poor showing of the Americans. They don't know the game is the way they sum it up. Then they prove what they say by overwhelming all opponents. Saturday they defeated Stanford for the second time, the score being 56 to and that too with in three weeks of the time Stanford is to meet California in the big game of the Pacific coast season.
 The All Blacks maintain that the offensive unit of any rugby team is two or more men. They frown on individual efforts. Their combina- tion work is instantly organized from any sort of play by any group of the 15 men on the team or by the whole team. Even perfect defensive playing cannot stop it. The invaders declare only an attacking team can hope to check them and the Ameri- can ruggers lack the skill to set their scoring machinery in motion.
 The AII-Black play California next Saturday for the second time. Their final game will be against an All California team after the Stanford California game.