Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-11-19


this up to Grit every other week.
defense. On the whole, the Michi-.
gan men. had the harder charge.
Undoubtedly Harvard played Hard
wick much further back than usual on
the right side as insurance against a
long end run or q forward pass, or, In
deed, almost anything fancy that the
visitors might undertake. While Maui
betsch was ripping through the line
Hardwick could not get up fast
enough to get at him and prevent a
good gain. The other backs were also
pretty web spread
Harvard's Plan Of Battle.
The Harvard defense was prepared
to give ground in order to diagnose the
running plays of the opponents, let
them wear themselves down and then
kick to safety. Against Michigan the
plan worked, although 1t was put to
An extremely severe test. Down very
close to the Harvard goal line, when
there was no more danger from O.
Michigan forward pass, the hard
tackling Crimson backs came mp TO re-.
inforce the line, and the double wall
was Just shade too much for the
Ann Arbof team to break through.
II Michigan declined to shoot q for.
ward pass while on the march down
the field, and so open and close the
defense, at the same time cheering
her backs with an easily earned space
Of ground as well as breather, such
was not the case with Harvard. The
Harvard quarter In the second period,
when the Crimson set out for score.
turned on his forward pass almost
exactly in the middle of the two I'M
pOrtant stretches OF running
Not only was it successful in pick.
ing up 10 easy yards but 1t proved
enough of puzzle to the Wolverine
defense to upset 1t nomentarily.
Proof of that is that the next gain
was not two or three yards, but more
than five. There was brief halt
and then the Michigan secondary de-
tense was swung to the right while
Hardwick, notable touchdown MAX
er, shot to the left, turned in and
went over the line.
Michigan's first quarter, with the
wind behind the Maize and Blue and
the sun In the eyes of the Harvard
backs, was given almost entirely to
rushing Of the hardest kind. The re-
suit was that the period closed with
Harvard fresh, with Michigan having
used up considerable steam, and hay
ing gained absolutely nothing.
An Uphill Undertaking.
Now when Harvard scored about the
middle OF the second period consider
the position in which the Michigan
quarter was placed. There were seven
points against him, and he was play
ing against wind and sun Under such
conditions it would have taken three
field goals to have passed Harvard
Two would not even tie. He simply
must have touchdown and goal to
get on nothing better than even terms.
Surely an uphill undertaking
Consider also this--that II he did
get within drop or place kick dis
lance 1t was practically certain that
any kick formation would not mean an
attempt at field goal There would
therefore be no necessity for the de-
fensive eleven to attempt to block q
kick. There would be nothing for it
but forward pass or hard rushing
game
Under the circumstances 1t would
be easy to cover the eligible men on a
forward pass without any kick threat
to worry about, and there would be
nothing for it but hard, rushing
game by men who already had shown
most Of their plays and were none too
fresh. Truly q hard situation. and a
factor in Michigan's defeat Incident
ally, the Yost brand Of forward pass,
used well out in the field, was SIM
pile affair. One failed by inches, while
another was intercepted.
On top Of Michigan's other misfor.
tunes the Maize and Blue was out.
5puRted, not so much In the actual dis
lance Of the kick as In the distance
the ball was carried back. Not alone
the Harvard ends, but the Harvard
tackles were down the field in far
better style than those Of the Wolver-
ines, and it was practically impossible
for the Michigan back to get away.