The Washington herald., 1915-11-14
HARVARD Eleven Is Near
Mechanical Perfection

An offside play set Harvard back to the
3o-yard mark and Boles' failure moved
the Crimson back to the Ss-yard line. 1t
looked as though Mahan would try for
goal from field. He went back and
stood as though to receive the ball. In
stead ii was passed to quarter back Wat
son. who started for Princeton's left end
behind his interference. That drew the
Princeton defense out OF position. Mahan
had started forward with the snap of
the ball and taking IL from Watson on
the dead run jumped through a wide
opening in the Princeton line before the
Tigers could recover themselves. Mahan
/ play. 1t was used in varied form sew
eral times afterward and never failed TO
gain. II is such a play. however. that
requires a man of Mahan's great speed
and strength to execute properly.
Harvard now has one more big game
| to play. that with Yale. 1t is Yale's last
chance. and 1t will be the final oppor-
tunity Of Tom Shevlin and his Old Guard
to show what they have been able to do
in their efforts to rescue the Blue. Yale's
flash of power, but 1t was not long
enough sustained to score a touchdown.
To the end OF the game Yale's attack
wavered Even the old Minnesota shift
was revived. but it failed to give Yale
the needed punch.
After next weeks game Yale men will
begin a work Of reconstruction. Frank
Hinkey has one more year to his con-
tract. Yale, of course. will treat him
fairly, but It is almost certain that the
rehabilitation OF the game will be in
trusted TO other hands than his. Yale
chung TO Hinkey because men like Wal
ter Camp and other authorities were
sure, even after the 1914 hasco with Har-
ward. that there was something worth
striving for in the lateraI-forward pass
ing game. Undoubtedly there was and
still is something in II. but It has 10 be
built on the solid foundation Of ele-
mentary football and a good defense,
neither Of which Yale has properly en-
phasized.
VIII Cornell BE ChampIon.
Harvard's victory over Princeton and
CorneIrs smashing defeat Of Michigan
elevates the Ithacans to the very front
rank of big teams in the East. Outside
Of Pittsburgh and Colgate the Cornell
team is the only one Of Importance that
has not been beaten. But one game bars
the pathway of Cornell to the champion
ship of the East. That is with Pennsyl-
vania at Philadelphia on Thanksgiving
Day.
In view of the miserable showing the
Quakers have made this year the
Ithacans are already an overwhelming
favorite. If they win 1t will be the third
straight triumph for DR.. Sharpe's men.
Pennsylvania coaches and players
think they have a chance not only to-
hold out, but TO beat Cornell This is not
the first time that a wonderful Cornell
team has gone down TO defeat before a
supposedly inferior Pennsylvania eleven.
Pennsylvania chances depend upon
the extent to which the Quakers can
get together. They demonstrated in the
Dartmouth game that they have a splen-
did secondary defense and that Bell is
the hest man they have yet tried for
quarter back. Rarely ever has a team
been so hurt as the Qakers were last
week by the loss OF four players. The
most serious loss was that of Howard
Berry. the quarter back. considered by
the coaches to be the most mechanically
perfect and brilliant player they have
had since the days OF Vincent Stevenson.
But Berry seems to have lacked other
characteristics of a great player. For
his poor WORK in the Lafayette game he
was made a substitute. He declined to
continue as a substitute. refused to prac-
tice or to go with the team to Dart
mouth. BY that act the coaches consid-