Norwich bulletin., 1915-11-18

sHEvLlN MAY, USE
TACTICS OF 1910
Guernsey Might Be Replaced BY
scovil.
The distance gained by Guernsey's
punts is compared with the distance
success as a drop kicker Is compared.
with Mahan's success as drop
kicker. Guernsey versus Mahan
seems to be in the. air.
upsets Predictions.
In 1910, when Shcvlin last appeared
as rescue coach for the Ellis. Kistler
was its best offensive halfback.. In the
| 1910 game with. Princeton Kistler was
a bright and particular star, and his
4 rushing ability, as shown in that game,
! was the talk of the country over. His
work was compared with that of Wen
/ dell, Harvard's star back. as the Har-
vard-Y ale game approached. and the
i 1910 game between the Blue and the
Crimson found the advance dope pre-
dieting rushing duel between Kistler
And Wendell,
i When that game was played, how
ever, the lineup showed no name of
h1stfer, nor was the name of another
star rushing back of the Ellis listed.
/ In their places were the names of
Field and Demnling, two defensive
backs, and instead of a rushing duel
/ between Kistler, and Wendell, the spec
ltators of that Harvard Tale game saw
j Harvard's great rushing backfeld OPP
posed by an Eli backfield Of no rush
i ing ability, but of wonderful defensive
ability. 80.
This year Otis Guernsey was the
bright and particular star of the Yale
| Princeton game. He earned his laurels
honestly and by about as skillfui a
demonstration as ever was seen on
football field. He is deserving of the
praise and prestige he has, been ac-.
corded, but Tom Shevlin is guiding
Guernsey, great as he proved him
self, is quite likely to become as pro-
nounced victim of Shevlin football
tactics as was Kistler of the 1910
team.
| ShevIin Changes Tactics.
In 1910 ShevIin opposed Princeton's
defensive team with offensive tactics,
and won the game for Yale. Last
Saturday he opposed Princeton s often
sive team by defensive tactics and
| employed defensive tactics against
! Harvard's celebrated offensive team
and won a virtual victory by holding
that Crimson offense from scoring.
With what type of football he will
J face Harvard Saturday can only be
ventured.-but leave it to Tom Shevlin
to select the proper type every time
The Harvard team this year is q
Il combination offensive and defensive
team and is about as strong in either
J | type of football. Harvard's best game
this yecr was played against Prince
ton, when defensive tactics supported
| by Mahan's punts, led to its lead and
victory. This, defensive strength
proved anything but powerful when
} Princeton really awakened, but Prince
ton awakened too late. and even Their
= did not employ it's attack against the
weakest part of the Crimson line.
) The Harvard offense which has sew
) eral times shown to advantage this
! year. is largely Ed Mahan. Mahar
I usually can be counted upon for e
gain. His teammates, however can.
I not be so counted upon and only wheI
a fake play with Mahan as the sup
= posed carrier have the gains of Ma.
' hans backf1eld mates amounted t
: anything. In was a Mahan fake play
4 that allowed King to score a touch
; down against Princeton, and it wa.
, a Mahan fake play that led to King
4 | other two gains in the Tiger game.
The question that now is confronting
E Coach Shevlhl is whether Harvardi
offense and defense is Harvard's bes
!, | asset, and the impression gained. from
: conversation with his is that Yale cal
: work its offensive backs against Har
! ward and still retain enough defensiv
: strength to hold Harvard's rushih;
attack.
The replacing of one man in TIL
L
: the whole aspect of the Yale team
! The man to be replaced to accomplish
n this is none other than Otis Guernse,
!, the star of the Princeton game, an
: the man to be sent in to handle tn
q fullback position is Nal Scovil. Yale
= greatest rushing back. Hence the sug
a gestion that the name of Otis Guern
= sey will not appear in the Eli lineu
q when the game opens.
= ScoVil is a great man to sen
| a q nrnVQ6
= and again as a member of the Dart
- mouth freshman team three season
+ ago. He proved time and again as
- member of the Yale varsity last fal
- and he had proven it time and agai
" as Yales greatest rushing back thi
q year.
= And the centre of the Harvard lin
q should prove a great place to sen
# Scovil through. In no game has til
e center of the Harvard line shown
great advantage. and in several game
a it has been ripped to bits. This wee
the three linemen who fill the guar
"A | and centre positions have been tn
~ chief consideration of Harvard coache
- indicating that Harvard coaches al
- fully aware of their weaknesses. Fac
- of the three has been given much III
II dividnal attention and drill, but Sal
- urday each of the three will be or
posed by men of rare ability, one
d, whom is one of the greatest lineme
o. Yale ever boosted.
g Black, White and Sheldon compris
"a Yale's centre trio, and Black is tt
At great man of the three, while Whit
1r and Sheldon have shown themselvt
J. superior to Harvard's centre and lie
as guard. What Scovil will do to tt
m Harvard line when, in advance of hi
"a are Black, White and Sheldon, on
" can be estimated: but that he ca
70 make a reasonably good impressic
20 cannot be doubted. =
&c worrying Harvard's secondary d,
re- Tense far in the backfieId by fake fol
I'd ward passes and then sending Scov
ig through one of the three middle pos
at | lions has the advance appearance
ar being Yales hest offensive play ar
q will be worth watching Saturday.
Boston Post.
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