El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-10-31

N vard-AIichigan game in Cambridge
ought to be the high spot Of
the football year. theoretically it
should be attracting more attention
than any other contest OF the season
and also theoretically II should be one
Of the best games 10 watch. since as it
is the most advertised test of east
versus west on the gridiron- But
those theories all were builded weeks
ago, before the injury jinX got in his
fell work As the game looks now,
just before the teams line I'D on the
gridiron. il will be nothing more nor
less than just a plain everyday football
game instead Of the titanic battle that
was expected some time back
As for the game deciding any cham
pionship as between east and west.
that now is impossible An annual
custom in St Louis used TO be TO have
the Browns and Cardinals play a post
season city series for the cellar cham
pionship OF the baseball world. This
football battle is not quite as bad as
all that, but IL seems nearly so in
comparison TO what il was expected to
be before the stars Of the two teams
were strewn prone all over the field
through illness and injuries
Others besides Brickley Injured.
Harvard is certain 10 be without the
greatest single player on its squad if
not the greatest in the game. Charley
Br1ckley- And at least three others Will
be missing from this flock of injured
Mahan. HardWick. Logan. PeunOck.
Soucy and TrumbUlL Coach Haughton
may take a chance with a few Of them,
but not enough to make his lineup look
anything like the Harvard team that
should be-
Michigan viii be minus two Of the
most valuable members OF its team,
quarterback Hughitt and halfback Gait
The loss Of these two hits Michigan
harder than the Gripping Of half Of
Harvard's team. for the substitutes
rhat 1OSt has to put in for them are
not nearly up TO the grade OF the Har-
ward alternates- XOst was provided
with eleven top n0tchers this fall. but
the laying out Of any one meant a weak
spot in the team. for he has not a single
extra man OF first class ability Besides
Hughitt and Gait his great kicker.
Larry Splawn. may not be able to last
through the game. being still in rocky
shape as the result Of his injury in the
Syracuse affair last Saturday
Both suffer Disaster.
Both Harvard and Michigan began /
their seasons in the most promising
way, rolling up big scores against
their early opponents. But the last
three weeks have brought disaster
Harvard managed to hold washington
and Jefferson. Tufts and Penn State
in its crippled condition only through
the greatest Of luck. The failure Of a
W. and j. man to kick an easy goal
7
win by 10 to three weeks ago
The next Saturday IL was only bad
judgment on the part Of the Tufts
quarterback that lost a touchdown for
Tufts and presented an extra one TO
Harvard so that the Crimson was able
TO win by that margin instead OF losing
by it, And then last Saturday Penn
State outplayed Harvard all the way
only to have a fluke result in a long
run that gave Harvard a touchdown |
and tie at IS to Is. Here was Har-
ward. expected TO outclass everything
in the east. being outplayed instead /
in three straight games
Syracuse Won Easily.
Michigan went along all right until |
a week ago last Saturday when IL !
bumped into the Michigan Aggies
Yost's pupils were really more than
held even but got the breaks Of the /
game and beat the Aggies by to on ]
a field goal Last week. though. came I
the blow. Syracuse. which had been
downed by Princeton earlier in the I
year walked all over the westerners. !
making the score 20 to 8 at the finish. !
The tipoff on how Michigan compares ]
with the other teams in the west was ]
shown last Saturday when the AEEies. ]
who baf1e1 the NCstmen. were showed I
under By Nebraska by a TO o and the /