New Britain herald., 1915-12-13

Harvard to work so successfully her delayed passes inside tackle. On only one occasion did this latter style of play fail to gain, and on two occasions it scored touchdowns from 60 to 20 yards. From this same for nation Harvard, owing to the uncer- tainty of Yales backfeld as to the exact nature of the intended play, was able to execute successfully the only two forward passes which she tried.''
 The Need of Stronger Defense.
 He also states that Harvard has laternal pass from this same forma- tion. Wherever any team developed play, no matter how crude, from this kick formation, it proved at once, even with scant interference more successful than any other formation. and Harvard reached the point where in both the Yale and Princeton games she made her plays so per cent. of the time from this arrangement.
 Outside of this and certain Spread plays at Lafayette and elsewhere there were no very marked develop ments in the seasons play. The for ward pass was better molded into the scheme of play and it's real value ap- preciated, while a much more accur- ate knowledge of under what condi- tions it should be used, relative to the number of the downs and the position on the field, was acquired by the field generals.
 The season demonstrated conclu- sively that a study of the defense is imperative for not only the minor games but the so-called big games.
 
 spect, and there are only a few teams in the country that really understand modern defense. Haughton, a thor ough student of defensive work, wrote the night after the Yale game as fol- lows: "Yale formation antiquated To re- vert again to the cause of Yale's de- feat the Yale team itself shower per- haps more plainly than words can describe what a fearful handicap it was laboring under. Not only were the formations, both offensively and de- fensively, of an antiquated order but the plays, with the exception of one, were too simple toI offset the defen- sive training which the Harvard team has had since gt the ee,t btegiRnhing of the season" ~ ,'h '&'' '' &""
 In this paragraph Haughton shows what is tl.e matter with the defense l of manJ teams throughout the .coun- l try.
 The All-America team this year in cludes representative players from over twenty different colleges. The line selected is a heavy one. It ] has been demonstrated pretty closely this year that when men of this phy- sique can play football the power they 1 have, both in attack and defense is ] well-night overwhelming. We have the most agile and clever center of the year in Peck of Pittsburg, weighting about 175 pounds, but backed up by | two guards so powerful that Peck gets
 chance to display his agility and not worry about any weight that may be ] thrown against the center trio; the guards are Schlachter of Syracuse and Spears of Dartm outh, tipping the scales between them close to 500 1 pounds, and both extremely active 1 as well. Schlachter, in the game | where Syracuse destroyed Colgate S 1 hopes of an undefeated season by a l tremendous score, was responsible ! largely for his whole side of the line At tackles we have Abell, captain of 1 the Colgate team, another heavy man and one of the best linesmen that has l played the position in several years
 He was practically the only man in the
 Colgaee line who could really stem the
 tide Of the Syracuse avalanche. For l the other tackle we have Gilman of
 Harvard, powerful and thinking ployer, one of the pair of men that
 made Harvard's attack so strong this
 year and man not only good on the
 defensive but a great opener of holes
 on offense' On the ends we have .Bas-
 ton of Minnesota and Shelton of Cor
 nell. the former one of the best all-
 around men that the west has ever
 had, good receiver of the forward
 pass, fast in getting down the field l (Continued On Thirteenth Page.)