New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-21
Greatest Crowd in History
of Sports in This Coun-
trv to See Big Game.
HARVARD ELEVEN A
PRONOUNCED CHOICE
Result of Thrilling Foot
ball Struggle May Hinge
on Use of Lateral Pass.
Rv HERBERT.

By HERBERT.
When Yale and Harvard take the
sootbell field at New Haven to-day TO
s.3;este the new Yale Bowl before the
Greatest crowd which ever gathered to-
gstber in this country the result Of
What promises 20 be the most thrilling
..-ucrle IN the history Of the sport is
likely 10 hinge on the effectiveness of
he wide open lateral passing game de-
veloped by Frank Hinkey against the
defence especially prepared by the
Crimson.
Never. perhaps, has game between
these -wo rivals been invested with so
much doubt and uncertainty. Harvard
is the favori-e. which is not surprising
in view Of the fact that the eleven is
vrbeaten in three seasons and that in
e.csuons Of gathering power have been
plainly seen in the closing weeks Of
the season. but in spite of the prestige
and what appears 90 be somewhat
stronger bulwarks for defence it Is
ny opinion that Yale will score Of
tener with its varied. bewildering and
against Pr.nccton) smooth running
attack
To be exact and on the word Of Ever
ard Thompson. 6S117 men and women,
10. counting che players and those on
,ae side line benches. viii look down
from 'he sides Of this huge bowl Not
seat will be vacant; thousands, it
would seem. have been disappointed in
,teir efforts TO get tickets and so be
par, of the great spectacle which will
be milestone in sporting history.
lt viii be- q representative crowd,
Goo. q brilliant one and Characteristic
d. college gatherings. while the game
IS sure 70 be one of those tense, thrill
ng and spectacular struggles which
make football SO gripping
The Lateral Passing Game.
There are those who contend that
yale's method Of offence IS not sound.
that j. can be broken up and stopped
By a well drilled, wdeawake team, but
it viii take the game to-day TO con-
vince ne Of this after seeing the Tigers
driven back and back and back m
three periods a week ago for three
t0uchdowls and as many other chances
20 score. There is danger, Of course,
u this lateral passing game the dan
ger Of fumbGug which would be in
'ensiteo by @ wet ball but this par
tcu.ar style of offence IS open TO SO
many variations and carries such q
contnua. threat tha, 10 has aroused i'm
me feeling Of remarkable confidence.
Deductions iu football based on COM
rsrat.e scores are uniformly mlslead-
Lg. but some weight can be placed on
comparative play along general lines,
and Princeton furnishes a reasonable
mean for such % comparison. II has
been generally admitted that the Ilg-
crs were more or less dead on their
.eet ega.n-t Harvard and played with
az more dash and speed against Yale,
and va, for three periods the offence
Of the Blue worked greater havoc
against the Princeton defence on No
tenber Is than the Crimson attack
Did OH November T.
Yale .cored three touchdowns for l9
POINTS while Harvard scored two touch
downs and TWO goals from the field for
-0 points. Assuming that the Tigers
were more alive iu the second game, 1t
70 fair TO conclude that Yale's offence
A 'rorCcr than lIavard's
Question Lies in Defence.
This Brings us down to- the question
Of defence and that amazing fourth per
nd week sg.. when the Tigers sudden
reused from a state of lethargy and
pped and tore their way through the
ale line for two touchdowns iu less
1aa fifteen minutes, showing greater
'enslrc ability than az any time since
1910. J. la.e's defence is 20 be meas
re0 hy -t particular fourth period,
ben Harvard win win this afternoon,
fut. lr my opinion, there were perfectly
aa.urU sons for this sudden break,
acl amounted almost 20 demorallza-
Uon
The Tigers. backed by "a splendid
pm, and Quickening confidence, took
li advantage Of peculiar psyche
logical condition and made the most
Hereof Most of the Yale regulars
were called TO the side lines Do favor
Of econd string men, and while they
.iurued one by one under the stress
oi the struggle they went back cold, 10
md their fellows on the run and no
ume 20 get their balance.
Ihis, OF course. is only one way 90
ehaiyze peculiar situation, and per
Laps 100 much emphasis is given. lt
must be remembered. also. that the
harvard offence is far stronger, far
more varied and far better masked
man anything Princeton had 10 offer,
'Na consequently that the Yale defence
H De put 20 an even greater test, so
.A~t after all, it is useless 20 draw
.onc.nsious from "a premise which is
a'ea on such treacherous ground.
.olgh then, to say that lt is purely
20 opinion, which amounts almost 90
'''ichoa, that the Blue VIII be much
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