South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-12-30
MICHIGAN TEAM
NOT WAITED At
HARVARD IN 1915
Clear Case of Geld Feet Causes
Game With Western Team
and w. & J. t. Be Cancelled.
Team viii Be Weakened.

NEW YORK. Dec. 30.-Harvard's
refusal TO give games TO Michigan and
Washington & jefferson in 1915 is a
clear case of cold feet and some
thing more.
W. d j. came so close TO beating
Harvard last fall that they are shiver-
ing yet up in Cambridge way. And
that green eleven from Michigan put
mp such great fight gainst the vet
eran Harvard team that the Crimson
wants no more OF Maize and Blue.
Michigan was offered a game with
Harvard for 1914 and Michigan ac-
cepted although il looked like a Ger
tain defeat for Michigan Harvard
had a 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 gamc-Alichigan took q
chance in the hope that Harvard
would give it a chance in 1915 when
the positions would be reversed.
But Harvard has crawlsd 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 1919 would
be "dihicult'-and it would be some
thing more IL would probably be a
N-elk away TOT MICH gan TOT TIE
Michigan eleven in 1915 viii be an
eleven that has had the benefit Of
1914. IL viii be a veteran eleven
and il viii be one that every team
must fear
Stars Will Graduate.
Harvard's great 1914 will be shot
10 pieces by the graduatiOns OF Hard
wick. Bradlee, Pennock. Brickley Lo-
gan and a half dozen others who
brought fame and victory TO Cam
bridge. Harvard enters 1915 with
Mahan and a few others of the old
9nard left and Coach HaughtOn up
against the proposition of building up
a powerful team from among a dozen
likely recruits and just a few veter-
ans
If Harvard went against Michigan
i'm 1915 the chances of victory would
be in favor of Michigan. but the 1914
chances were all with Har ard. Yet
Michigan was spOrtsmanlike enough
70 accept the game. Michigan was
willing TO take chance. They
ha emit cold feet or a yellow streak
ont in Ann ArbOr, but up in Cam
afidge. it seems that they play only
tEose teams that they are sure they
can beat.
W & J. was dropped from the Har-
ward schedule for 1915. There's
4 .tLoNlt anu Nllt lNd0tU cttlilo 10 bt
that w. a j. gave Harvard too hard
"a tussle last fan. Harvard beat W. &
]. by 10 90 score, and that Har-
ward victory was a huke. Harvard
won through luck and nothing else.
" x J. Outplayed Harvard ia every
tlepartment OF the game.
Probably up in Harvard they fig
tircd that if w. & J. could make such
E showing against Harvard's veteran
1917 e,even, ii might 60 so far as to
l>eat Harvard in 1918 And the Grim
son folks are taking no chances.
They just ignored w q J. for 1915.
Harvard may offer the excuse that it
dropped ". x J. because one of its
PLAYERS was "a bit rough during the
game. That's weak excuse. for the
action of the w. 4 J. tackle was not
offensive 1t was defensive rough
ness. He had Co defend himself
1gainst the rough tactics of one of
he Harvard men.
One Was Not Caught
Patterson. the w. x j. tackle was
caught while doing little rough
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 x ]. in 1915
Dartmouth, if YOU remember, used
TO play Harvard. And with consider
able frequency, Dartmouth used to
give Harvard a beating Harvard