Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-12-30
HARVARD SUFFERS
FROM "C0LD FEET"
Refusal to Play W. and J.
and Michigan in 1915 Is
Nothing Else.
(By Frank G.. Menke.)


New York, Dec 29.-Harvards re-
fusal to give games to Michigan and
Washington & Jefferson in 1915 is a
clear case of "ccld feet" and some
thing more.
w. & j. came so close to beating
Harvard last fall that they are SILVER
ing yet up in Cambridge way. And
that green eleven from Michigan put
up such a great fight against the vet
eran Harvard team that the Grim
son wants no more of HAZE and Blue
Michigan was offered a game with
Harvard for 1914 and Michigan ac-
cepted although it looked like GER
tain defeat for Michigan. Harvard
had veteran eleven-an eleven made
up of the greatest stars in the game.
Michigan, on the other hand had two
veterans and nine green men. But
Michigan was game-Michigan took a
chance in the hope that Harvard
would give it a chance in 1915 when
the positions would be reversed.
But Harvard has crawled out of a
1915 game with Michigan, with this
excuse:
"a game with Michigan in 1915
would be, too difficult"
The Harvard folks are right. A
game with Michigan in 1915 would
be difficult land it would be some
thing more. 1t would probably be
walk-away for Michigan, for the
Michigan eleven in 1915 will be an
eleven. that has had the benefit Of
1914 experience 1t will be veter
an eleven-and it will be one that
every. team must fear.
Harvards great 1914 eleven will be
shot to pieces by the graduations of
Hardwick, Bradles, Pennock Brickley,
Logan and a half dozen others who
brought fame and victory to Cam
bridge. Harvard enters 1915 with
Mahan and few others of the old
guard left and Coach HaughtOn up
against the proposition of building up
81 pow erful team from among a, dozen
likely looking recruits and just a
few veterans.
If Harvard went against Michigan
in 1915 the chances of victory would
be in favor of Michigan, but the 1914
chances were all with Harvard. Yet
Michigan was sportsmanlike enough
to accept the game Michigan was
willing to take chance. They have
Mt cold feet or a yellow streak out
in Ann Arbor, but up in Cambridge.
it seems they play only those teams
that they are sure they can beat.
w. & J. was dropped from the. Har-
ward schedule for 1915. There's
reason, and the reason seems to be
that w. & J. gave Harvard too hard
tussle last fall. Harvard beat w. 4
J. by a 10 to score, and that Har-
ward victory was a fluke. Harvard
won through luck and nothing else.
w. & J. outplayed Harvard in every
department of the game.
Probably up in Harvard they figured
that if w. & J. could make such a.
showing against Harvard's veteran
1914 eleven, it might go so far as to
beat Harvard in 1915. And the Grim
son folks are taking no chances. They
just ignored W. &, ]. for 1919. Har-
ward may offer the excuse that it
dropped w. & j. because one OF It's
players was a bit rough during the
game That's a weak excuse, for the
action of the w. & J. tackle was not
offensive 1t was defensive rough
ness. He had to defend himself
against the rough tactics of one of the
Harvard men.
Patterson. the w. & J. tackle, was
caught while doing little rougn
work. The Harvard tackle wasn't
caught, and that seems to be one OF
the excuses Harvard may have for its
failure to schedule w. & j. in 1918.
Dartmouth, if you remember, used
to play Harvard. And with consider
able frequency, Dartmouth used TO
give Harvard a beating Harvard
stood it as long as it could. Then 1T
severed athletic relations. 1t refused
to schedule Dartmouth for future
games. It's excuse was that those
New Hampshire youths were TOO
rough.
If Johnny Maulbetsch, who hall
back for Michigan, hadn't been So
= rough, maybe Harvard would have
:, given Michigan a game in 1915. But
Johnny would get rough. He would
4 bust holes right through the Harvard
line. And now Harvard won't play
Michigan in 1915. If Spiegel, Fleming
and Young, of w. & J. hadn't beer
SO rough, if they hadn't run right
Y through the Harvard line and around
Its wings, Harvard might have given
W. & J. game in 1915. but they did
and now w. & j. must suffer.
The moral seems to be: II yot
want Harvard to schedule you for
game each year, you must be carefu
not to come anywhere near beating 1t