Norwich bulletin., 1914-10-28
HARVARD SHOULD BEAT MICHIGAN
Showing Wolverines Made Against Syracuse Causes Much
 Faith Among Crimson Followers- -Michisan's Defense
 is Poor-Harvard Has Strong Attacking and Defending Backfeld s@fes<t

position Saturday. Lyons, however,
 was said to be every bit as good as
 Roehm by those familiar with the
 latter's work, while the work of Wha-
 the only consistent work of the entire Ndichisan line. Consequently if
 Michigan's loss is attributed to the
 absence of it's best players, this was
 only orne out in the quarterack posi-
 tion last Saturday, and if such is the
 case. one MT. Hughitt must be the
 most valuable man in the country.
 Aside from the work of Whalen and
 Benton at the ends there seemed lit
 tie to be praised in the play of any
 member of the Michigan line. Sch
 Iacter of Syracuse outplayed Coch-
 ran. the Michigan right tackle, while
 T. Johnson of Syracuse had the best
 of Reimann, the Michigan left tackle.
 McHale, Rehor and Quail of Michigan
 all were tried at right guara and all
 though each was heavier than McEi-
 ligott and THgg, the Syracuse left
 guards, the latter had much the bet ter of the argument and had little
 trouble in making holes for Syracuse
 backs to charge through.
 Watson Tougher
 Watson, who played left guard for the Wolverines, was a bit the tougher proposition after White, the giant Sy- racuse guard, had been forced from yS gains were made through his position on several occasions. Forsyth, the Sy- racuse centre, was heavier and faster than Captain Raynsford of Michigan. and had little trouble in making an opening for Syracuse gains.
 At quarterback, Bushnell, who has been hailed as one member of a dou- ble. set of high quality halfbacks, was in the harness and failed to cover himself with great amount of glory, either in his selection of plays or handling of the ball. Huebel. who ble even as Bushnell. Maultbetscn was easily the star of the backfield He Is a heavy, hard hitting man back and a good secondary defence man. Splawn, the much hailed Splawl failed to feature, his only attempt al
 drop kicking. being blocked. as wet as two of his punts; and Catlett, who succeeded him, proved a better ground gainer. Lyons. at right halfback, has | the appearance of good man, but he | had very little to show against the strong Syracuse line.
 l Not Much Variety
 As to the repertoire of plays offered ! by Michigan, there was not much of 2 selection offered, and this largely be. lenough opportunity to offer them During the first half, during whi, neither side scored. Michigan ueel old fashioned football sending Mault betsch and Lyons at the Syracuse line evidently in hope of placing the bal near enough to the Syracuse goal fo
 a drop kick by Splawn. They failet | to carry the ball that far, but once ol Il a recovered tumble gave Splawn thi opportunity only to have it blocked. I A forward pass from a placemen
 kick formation, and half dozen at tempts at forward passing from a regu Il lar formation, with the passing bacl II running a fewsSteps in a direction op
 posite to the throw were the only opel
 plays offered. and the former was tn
 only one that proved successful. O.
 around -the-end plays the backs go only a two or three man interference } which Syracuse had little trouble } solving, and Michigan's sole hop l seemed to be that the open defensiv
 formation adopted by any of the col
 leges would prove frail opposition 1
 its backfielo on their direct charge Il through the line.
 | In Syracuse. Coach Yost's team ha an opponent of real quality. presentin s l a line which undoubtedly is the hea. = fest and strongest of thet year, ar s equipped with a corps of natural bacl n who knew how to pick holes and !, o squirm and dodge for every inch Hal
 l wards line, even with Pennock, hs : not appeared as strong as that 6 Syracuse. but has shown suff1ciel n Michigan offered. With Mahan, Braf g lee. Hardwick and Logan in the bacl e field, Harvard has an array of attacl [, ing and defending strength as gre d or greater than that of Syracuse, ar t with these men in the lineup shou Il master the much-touted Michigs