Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-11-20

| lines is not all certain, since Eridron
form has received more than the usual
number of jolts and upsets this fall. 1t
sometimes happens that the strength
and individual ability Of men Of a. COM
| bination is SO great that 1t will conquer
perfect machine moulded from mediocre
material, especially II the breaks in-the
game favor the stronger but cruder play
I ing eleven. This was demonstrated jim
the victory of Yale over Princeton.
Harvard in Fine Condition ..1
| The Harvard eleven of 1915 is not Iof
! the same calibre as Princeton. however.
| for the Crimson is built of better mate
lial and by a coaching system which is
| thoroughly established and working with
perfect smoothness. The Cambridge team
has been carefully trained and brought
/ forward especially for the Yale game,
| whereas Princeton appeared to reach her
| best form at least two weeks before the
! Blue was met. .u. ,.,
| Eliminating all consideration of the
/ games that preceded the triangular con-
| test between Yale Princeton and Har-
! ward. il will be found that Harvard de-
! feated Princeton as the result of per-
one field goal by Mahan against two by
/ Tibbott. Yale also conquered the Tiger
. as the result Of two field goals by Guerr-
sey and a touchdown made after Way
had picked up a fumbled bail and crossed
1 the line through an absolutely clear field
in this game Yale was not strong enough
to prevent Princeton from making team
tol chdown and barely escaped at least
81, hot Iay
ward will display the weak spots in gen.
eralehip and strategy of which Prince
ton was guilty at critical points in last
/ Saturdays game, or that Yale will find
the breaks of the play falling so steadily
II her favor. Under such circumstances
the Ellis will have to depend upon either
/ powerful individual efforts or strong team
pl?y to overcome the Crimson machine,
which is not on par of that Of 1914.
Yale. since her string of defeats at
the hands Of Virginia, Washington and
jefferson Colgate and Brown, has made
! remarkable strides under the coaching
of Tom Shevlin and others. 1t was the
, development of a powerful fighting
spirit and unusual keenness in follow
ing the ball rather than any advance
.lnent in team work. either on attack or
defense that gave the Blue victory
over Princeton. That the same meth
DDS. applied to Harvard, will result
in another win appears unlikely, al
though the Ellis now believe that they
have a chance of defeating the Grim
son. The contest is likely to be played
along cautious lines. with an unusual
amount of kicking.
The lines from tackle to tackle are
about equal while the Crimson has the
advantage at the ends. At quarterback
Watson has shown himself to be bet
ter general than Van Nostrand, but the
Yale quarter plays stronger individ-
Eal game. Both teams have powerful
back fields. Harvard with Mahan. King
and Boles has a great trio of plungers
and end runners For Yale. Capt. Will
son, Bingham and Guernsey. with SEQ
vii as alternate. are almost if not quite
as good. ..... = -.--.
In the kicking department, Capt,
Mahan punts farther and with better
direction than Guernsey, but after the
latter's drop kicking feat against
Princeton. it would be a hard prophet
who would predict that Mahan will
outpoint Guernsey in this respect.
In the other games tomorrow Dart
mouth and Syracuse are certain to
have battle royal, with the odds ia
voring the Orange. which has defeated
decisively every eleven faced this fall
except Princeton. Colgate will meet a
strong Southern eleven in Georgetown
but should win.
Both the Army and the Navy are TO
play teams of moderate strength and
both should emerge victors. Springfield
Y NJ. c. A. Training School which
meets the Cadets, has fast but rath-
er light eleven.
The Maddies will find Ursnius
stronger in line pIunging and end run
ming plays and with a fair quality Of
air passes.
Crimson Favorite
on the eve of the annual Harvard
Yale football game the Crimson con-
tinues to rank favorite over the Blue
although the wagering odds shortened
steadily. Influenced by uncertain
weakness the quotations narrowed from
10 to 6 to to, this evening and il
was predicted that with the influx of
Yale money tomorrow morning the Ellis
would enter the game very close TO. if
not an even choice against the Cam.
bridge eleven. -
Close to 80. 600 spectators will occu-
py every seat in the permanent and
temporary stands when the clevens line
up at r. NJ. and according to Har-
ward ticket authorities, four times tn IT
number of coupons could have been sold
were il possible to accommodate 100000
! spectators at Soldiers Field.
The demand for seats following
Yale's unexpected victory over Prince
ton gave the spectators a boom. Pairs
of seats near the midfeld sections Of
the stands with face value of two
dollars each, sold at prices ranging
from fifty to eighty dollars a pair
Thursday highland this morning.
Line up and Officials
The probable lineup and the officials
for the game follow:
HARVARD YALE
Soucy. lie ................ lie. Church
Gilman, IL .........-... II, 6. Sheldon
Dadr?un, Is ......,........-.. 1g, Black
Wallace, ......-....-.-. c, White
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