The chronicle=news., 1913-10-21
Harvard Shows Up
Better Than Other
Eastern Teams

halfway mark passed on the sched-
ulcs OF the big eastern Golles. foot
ball teams. the strength and weak
ness Of the various elevcns is begin
ming 10 be- apparent. Some OF tht
weekend games tried the stamina
and skin Of the big Six" teams to
an extent not particularly pleasing Ia
! their supporters. In view Of the hard.
er games still to come. II IL becom
Ing more and more apparent each
season tina, the minor college teams
must be- rcckoned with. and that the
oid-fashIoncd clean -slate-foT-thc-sca-
son days ar" past.
The Army lust evaded u defeat at
the hands OF Colgate by n touchdown
game. which. considered In III. light
of III. Nays steady playing. 'aanot
he tn. bnsiS OF oy.rronfid.Ic. at
West Point.
Although Harvard was scored up
on by Holy Cross In Saturday. game.
III. Crimson appears to be moving
forward NJ faster pace than any Of
her formidable rivals.
In Eiii. M,han. Harvard appears
to have running mate for Hrickley
and Hard~lrk. who rounds out the
backfi.li well.
Brickicy and Mahan. between
them. have already Kicked four ,;oais.
and. with Hardwi,k. scored siN touch
downs. The one weak point In til.
Crimson com mb!nution Ia quarterback.
and to dat" "a satisfactory player for
this most important OF all positions
mar not been discovered.
While Il Is quite likely that the
Blue dcfcns. IL ON IA par With that OF
both Harvard ard 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 tho blue inside
their own iIyc-yard line on straight
rushing and the forward passing Rnd
field goal campalxn has not yet gone
beyond thc practice stage. Their. rc-
mains much TO be- accomplished NJ
Yale field before Ella will he ready
for the final game Of the season.
Princeton completed the first half
OF Its 1919 schedule On Saturday by
defeating Syracuse ~ to o. In four
games the Tigers have rolled up l5i
points In 1884 minutes. OF the is
touchdowns. STREET alone has scored
eight. while Captain Baker has NC
eouatod for three more. NJ this time
II would appear as though the Tigers
were building up an eleven around
owo or three star players aud this
system ii.- never failed TO win Tor
them In the past. In Ia. five games
To date. Pennsylvania has scored l:'
points In a:i minutes u! play. The
uunkcrs appear TO hay" developed
siren; attack. combined with m cx-
ec'ient defense. The Pennsylvania
Interference and concealed plnys COM
pare favorably with anything OF the
Kind fccn oil eastern gridirous this
season.
CcoIncli's play this scI1on has
been ma! keel by Inconsistency. but
the Ithaca elan promises 10 be- u fac
tor To reckon with before the final
vamcs are played. In the second Ill
visicn of eastern teams. Dartmouth.
Colgate. Carlisle, Army and Navy. all
figure c,osr ai the heels Of the big
varsity combinations. Lafayette. by
defeating Swarthmorc l. TO q. proved
that the scoring comparisons furn-
ishcd by the PcnnsyNania games
were about correct. since the Qunkcra
defeated l.afnyctt. 10 To %. ani the
Swarthmorc - to u.
The outstanding feature OF the
football situation in California. where
rugby was substituted for the Amer
lean game scyerll years ago. is the
crushing defeat OF stanford univer-
sity. the university OF California ANA
'nc Ol.hDi' Hhu bsi ouii" 'a""" "
San Francisco by the New Zealand
fl-Black Squad. The Invaders have
played five games. rolling up a larger
score each time. until they have ac-
formulated a total of 100 points with
out having been scored against or
seriously threatened.
The ovcrscas ruggers offer an un-
answcrablc explanation for the poor
showing of the Americans. The!
don't know the game is the way
they sum 1t up. Then they prove
wha; they say by overwhelming al
opponents. Yesterday they defeated
Stanford for the second time. the
score being &c to y. and that too