Evening star., 1915-11-17
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YALE LAST DEFEATED HARVARD
IN FOOT BALL BATTLE IN 1909
Dark Blue Likely to Make Most Any Kind of
a Showing Saturday, Thoug Tech
Wins High School Championship.

game. which mystified Princeton Sat
day. as it had done year ago.
| Likewise. a year ago, in the Palmer
stadium, Frank Click was the man who
aroused thoroughly beaten Princeton
team, and in twelve minutes drove
them down the field through the Yale
line for two touchdowns and almost a
third. That incident will go down in
foot ball history as one of the most re-
markable rallies in the annals of the
game. 1t was pointed out as an illus
tration of what Princeton was going to
do this year.
running attack unfortunately convinced
too many Princetonians that it was the
sort of thing the team could do against
anybody. Shea and Tibbott and briggs
labored manfully for their captain last
, Saturday, and he was a host in himself.
But the difference was that last years
Yale line was composed of poor material
inadequately coached, while the Harvard
line that faced Princeton Saturday was
of average Harvard material, excellently
coached, which had proflted exceedingly
by the lessons learned against Cornell and
Fem State. Even so, Princeton possessed
the greater inherent power. which, If ap-
piled with a little more craft, might have
goal line, instead of having to accept two
field goals. due to Tibbotts remarkable
mastery of the art of drop kicking:
'It is worth while to analyze briefly the
MECHANICS Oh the Two CIIeTSeS. HarVdIQ
used principally the well known Harvard
square, with Mahan directly behind the
quarterback Boles as first man on the
tandem, King as second man. In front
of the tandem was the strong side Of
the Crimson line, always composed,
whether the formation was on the right
or left, of Dadmun, Taylor, Gilman and
Harte. reading out from the center. Oc-
casionally the individual Harvard backs
interchanged positions in the square"
from ,;<xI,f
tackle made on direct pass from center
to the second man on the tandem or to
the fullbacb were most frequent. But
number Of delayed. fake and double
passes in whi.a Watson was the prin-
cipal ''shell-game artist" were also very
effective. OF course, Mahan's runs from
kick formation were frequent, though he
gained ground thus only on rare Oc-
casions
Princeton used similar tandem
up close or dropping back. and also
used the straight kick formation. Pos
slbly the only feature in which the
Rush system of offense, in its first trial
by fire, proved slightly inferior to the
perfected Haughton system is that in
general the Princeton system Is ex-
tremely simple, really not sufficiently
complex to puzzle opponents. Yet L
know that certain plays were held in
reserve that might have proved more
puzzling.
1T is pleasure to say that, as usual
IN Princeton-H Harvard games. there was
an entire absence of unsportsmanlike
conduct. The officials were competent
and sensible.
In conclusion, a standard, but not a
wonderful, Harvard team, which has
form shown in midseason, beat a
Princeton team of greater inherent
power. Harvard won by taking instant
advantage of the opportunities that came
WI n prt -
the utmost on it's chances to score. Both
harvard and Princeton are capable of
beating Yale. which is not the same thing
as predicting that they will do So"
Technical High has won the school
foot ball championship of the District,
The Manual Trainers, by their decisive
defeat of Eastern yesterday. get the
tight to be cfassed at the head OF the
local scholastic elevens. Techs cham
pionship is not SO clean cut as it might
be, inasmuch as it has not defeated
business. and neither has any other
eleven placed a beating to the discredit
OF the Stenographers. 1t certainly is
remarkable, to say the least, that two
OF the high school teams should finish
their seasons without a defeat.
Tech outplayed Eastern yesterday In
every department. The Manual Train
ers got away to good start. and after
the first ten minutes it was evident
that the only question was how many
points they would roll up. Techs
eleven was the heavier, and it played
better foot ball by far, though the
Capitol Hill team deserves much credit
for the fine spirit it displayed.
1t was learned this morning that the
Muhlenbere authorities had barred
three of its foot ball players from
further participation in sports. One of
the trio was Red" Fleming, the player
protested by Catholic University last
week. 1t was the sustained protest of
the Brookland management which was
upheld. it being proved that Fleming
and the other two men were playing
Sunday foot ball professionally.