Las Vegas optic., 1914-09-26
HARVARD HAS AN
EXCELLENT
BUNCH
CRlMSON'S eooT BALI. MATERIAL
PRONOUNCED GOOD BY
EXPERTS

New York, Sept 26.-The heavy ar
tillery of the eastern college football
brigade unlimbers today and the boom
of punt and drop kick is heard on
many varsity gridiron. Harvard,
Yale, Princeton, Pennsylvania, Cor
nell, Dartmouth and many other
elevens enter the field, a majority
playing the initial game of their
schedules. While all report excellent
material from which to build up
teams, which late in November VIII
be battling for eastern football su-
premacy, the coaches make no secret
of the fact that in almost every case
they are counting heavily upon vet
eran players about whom they will
build the 1914 football machines.
In this respect Harvard, which
holds the 1913 season honors, is un-
usually well equipped for the hard
campaign which includes games with
Yale, Michigan, Princeton, Brown,
Washington and Jefferson and Penn.
State. This schedule, probably the
hardest that has been undertaken by
an eastern team in recent years,
places a heavy strain upon the team,
and it is certain that far more than
the usual number of players will be
used in both the major and minor
contests. 1t is fortunate, therefore,
that Harvard is we'll supplied with
first and second string veteran ma
terial. In Captain BriclSley the Grim
son has the most consistent drop
kicker of modern football, This is a
great asset but the team as a whole
must bring Brickley to within strik-
ing distance of the goal and hold on
defense while he gets his kicks away
safely.
For this purpose Harvard has a
majority of the line and back field
which last autumn brought cham
lpionship to Cambridge. On the line
Cowan and Pennock are again avail
able as guards; Trumbull and Soucy
| for either center or tackle and Hard
wick and Coolidge at ends. The
back field is intact with Logan at
quarter, Mahan and Bradlee at half
back and Brickley at fullback. Coach
Iaughton's problem is to develop
from the second string and 1915
freshman squad two tackles and one
end. To select three or four suitab'
players from a squad of some 70 can
didates is not a task beyond Haugh
toms reach and with a satisfactory
second string Harvards lineup prob
| lem should be solved early this sea
son.
At Yale the outlook is not so salts
factory. Graduation cut heavily into
the 1918 eleven and Coach Hinkey
will have to find new players for a
number of positions. OF the regulars
but three of last years veterans are
left, Captain Talbot, left tackle;
Wilson, quarterback, and Knowles.
halfback. Wilson and Knowles, be-
tween them scored close to so per
cent of Yale's touchdowns last au-
tumn. There are several second
string letter men who should fit in
acceptably in Cater, Hubbard and
Brann, ends, Way, substitute tackle,
and wiser, Guernsey and MacLeish
for the back field. The freshmen
eleven should also yield some power
full linesmen and backfield material
and since Coach Hinkey will undoubt-
edly inaugurate new coaching poll
cies it may prove that he can develop
a stronger machine from this more
mouldable material.
New coaching methods at Princeton
mark the Tigers 1914 season and un
der the circumstances the veterans
Iavailable may not prove as valuable
as would be the case were the ole
policies to be continued. 1t is gen
orally understood that Princeton will
play an open game using many forms
of the forward pass modelled aloni
the lines of the Notre Dame attacl
as shown at West Point against thu
army. If this proves correct fast, &C
tive and rangy players rather thai
heavyweights will be in demand
Some of the 1913 letter players will
undoubtedly prove acceptable Will
new regulars may have to be devel
oped from former freshmen and sec
ond string material. Princeton /
well supplied with veterans, having
Baker, Brown, Shea and Shenk 70
guards. e. Trenkmann, ]. Swart, Hay
iland and Nourse are the best of tn
center candidates. a new back fiel
will have to be formed with F. Trenh