New-York tribune., 1914-11-23
Coach Gives Bradlee Lions
Share of Credit for
Long Run Made
by Coolidge.
By PERCY ID. HAUGHTON.

Cambridge. Mass, Nov. 22.-When /
was in college there was a sentiment
among football coaches that it was
poor policy 20 kick goals from the tieId
on the ground OF me bad moral effect
upon the team. They figured, / sup
pose. that the offensive team would un-
consciously ease up in ITS efforts 10
score a touchdown, knowing tha' n },
vas checked the goa from the helc
would follow. This sentiment Aung
around the Harvard camp for years
until Brickey came along, and when
his astonishing skill was recognized
Harvard's scoring plays were all
moulded around him.
Last wear several Harvard graduates
criticised the Harvard policy Of inva-
~iably trying a field goal instead OF at
tempting to rush the bal! over for q
touchdown. This criticism came not only
from Harvard sources but stretched as
FAR west as Michigan.
Coaches and players alike felt the
sting Of these unwarranted statements
and for the last year have been smart
ing under 1t.
Not 2 One-Nlan Team.
Yesterdays performance by the Har-
ward team will, ! trust, be conciu-
siye proof that this years team was
not moulded around any one man.
am frank TO admit that until Brickley
vas stricken with appendicitis his skill
at drop kicking would have been sail
ent figure in Havard's attempt TO
score. but after his removal the coaches
decided that the team must be educat-
cd TO the idea of scoring by rushing,
and then was discovered the truth OF
the old saying that any team uncon-
sciously eases up as it approaches It's
cpponents' goal line if said team has
q good drop kicker on IT.
To overcome this obstacle was one OF
the hardest tasks the coaches had, and
it was not until after the Princeton
game that the Harvard team thorough
~ appreciated the fact that IT had the
weapons with which to score touch
downs.
Another old football adage was shat
tered yesterday.
Yale, so have heard, believed that
the best defence was a good offence,
and from Yesterdays performance IT
was easily seen that Yale had laid the
foundations of its structure upon sand.
Harvard, on the other hand, proved
that its defence was not only theoretl-
cally correct. but that the individuals
were faultess in their execution Of il.
Harvard also invented new adage
which may be termed the best offence
is a good defensive
Yale on the Defensive.
As in the Princeton game, Harvard
rarely gave Yale a chance TO get start
ed. and in consequence Yale was forced
to play a defensive game for the first
twenty minutes of the contest. At
this juncture LeGore's run back Of
kick TO Harvard's 45-vard line gave
Yale its first opportunity in Haryard's
territory. Although the Blue players
made a splendid advance to Harvard's
Award line, they threw their golden
opportunity away by Knowles fum-
bic. which was promptly converted into
a Harvard touchdown by Coolidge.
Coolidge deserves great credit Tor
this play. especially Tor the prompt
ness with which he snatched up the
ball. but the lions share of the credit
belongs TO Bradlee. From photo
graph which | have before me it ap-
pears that Coolidge had not more than
three Yards start over two Yale men,
one of whom was LeGOre. Bradlee is
denoted a half yard behind two Yale
men. and yet in spite of this handlcap
he succeeded in throwing frst one Yale |
man and then the other sufficiently |