The sun., 1915-10-03

Harvard's champion team will lose
by graduation the backbone Of It's won-
derful machine. which has moved down
all opponents for the past three years,
with one exception.
The Carlisle Indians succeeded In
turning the trick on Fishers sub team
in 12. Jim Thorpe. the Olympic cham
pion, slipped n goal over the cross bars
in the closing minutes OF play. giving
the Redskins l6 to "a victory. The
defeat in this can be attributed TO
Haughtou's system OF giving one game
each year To- the substitutes. regard
less OF the result. The plan IL Il mighty
good one to develop the subs and give
them a lot Of confidence. but ON the
other hand 1t is liable to mar the sea
sons record. as proved the case in
Fishers year
The loss OF such men as Hardwick.
possibly the greatest all around player
that has played Ia many years char
lie Brickley, the phenomenal drop
kicker and one Of the greatest point
scorers the game has ever known
Trumbull. all-American tackle and act
ing captain last year after Bricklcy's
operation Bradce. all-American half
back. wonder on the defence and u
man who could hit the line like human
cannon ball Franrk, the other half
back. who was also n power on the
defence: JEFF Coolidge. running mate
uf IIarIwirkc Logan, quarterback,
whose judgment Of play has always
been prime factor in IIaughton's vic
tories Weston, guard Henry Smith.
sub end. and last hut not least. PEN
mock. three years all-Amcrican and pos
sihly the greatest guard that ever repre-
scntcd Harvard leaves "A gap In the
Crimson ranks that will test the skill
Of even the great Haughton and his
coaches.
BESIDES this IIaughton's two right
hand assistants. Fisher and I.cary. find
their business obligations too pressing
to devote any time to football. These
men have been Of valuable aid in build
ing up 'he Crimson machine. and the
lack Of their services will be kecnly
felt
Being deprived Of ;hesr players leaves
only four regulars, capt. Mahan, full
back Wallace. centre Parson. tackle.
and Soucy, end and centre Mahan
will hold down his old position as full
back. wher. he is past master. being
the most elusive man running In an
open field playing to-day. good for
ward passer. second only to the great
Rrickley as "A drop kicker and can
any time. In other words, he is about
half the team himself. The mere men
ton of his name around Yale or Prince
ton campus causes slight chill TO
run up the backs Of the undergraduate tes.
Wallace at centre is "A good. hard.
steady player and looks like a fixture
at the pivot position. Virgins looks
promising Parson came into his own
in the Penn state game last year lie
Is a big. powerful rugged player. not
brilliant. but every time the ball is de-
clared dead you can find him close by.
Soucy was regular centre last year un-
til the middle of the season when he was
shifted to end. where he was SO badly
injured that ne was unfortunately lost
to the team. Haughton Will probably
keep him At one OF the wing positions. Rs
he is wonder at receiving the forward
pass.
Gilman. tackle 1918. ineligible last
year, has made up his back work and
will be in the lineup again. He is a
corker and probably thu greatest tackle
that has graced soldiers Field since the
days of QUITS. Il. G. Curtis and Bige-
low both III" men. will make an in
tercsting fight all year However. they
do not have the natural ability that the
other two men possess. cowan. guard.
who was also Ineligible last year. will
partially make NJ tor 'ennock's loss
While not the all around man Harvard
had in Pcnnock. still he is high class
player,
Duncan l. holding down the other po-
si;iou at present, but has his work cut