The Washington times., 1915-11-17
Harvard Impressed By
Strength of Eli Team
Hard Work Booked for Crimson Eleven as Prepare
ton for Coming Contest-Yale Practically Done
With Grind for Final Gridiron Battle.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Nov. T.-Yalcs
football victory over the Princeton Ii
gers last week has made the Harvard
coaches get down to real business dur
ing the final week Of practice for the
Crimson team. The eleven has been
confident OF beating Yale since its sue
cess at Princeton ten dsvs ago. but the
PLAYERS who saw Yale on saturday camc
bach verv much impressed with the in
dividuai strength of Tom Shcvlin's out
fit.
There was A real scrimmage yesterday
between the regulars and the scrub
team, which. although 1t lasted hardly
ten minutes. was exceedingly hard. To-
morrow the coaches intend to send the
second team against the regulars with
the Yale plays. and there will he nearly
4 half hours test Of the hardest kind OF
football
varsity did not score by rushing. but
Mahan made two field goals from tho
50-vard line. Later seven OF the var
Sitv coaches. Storcr. Leary, Wigsles-
worth. Pennock. Campbell. Brown. and
Parmentcr-played on the defensive
against the regulars and had a lively
"scrap." The coaches have been figur-
Ing on the line-up for several days and
finally have decided to nut Cowen at
right guard at the beginning Of tho
game. instead OF Moselcy Taylor. Cow
en IL heavier and stronger than Taylor
on straightaway work. but the latter Is
certain to enter the game before It is
far advanced. In the back field there
Is also more than an even chance that
En~rieht will take Boles' place. he
being heavier and better fitted for a de-
fensive game.
ha uill hrtn
weight Of the team close TO IFS pounds.
and II In figured that Harvard will need
every bit OF its beef against Yale.
The SQUAD IL In fine condition. Both
Rollins and Duncan. as well as Mckin-
lock. are readv for hard work. and Har-
one OF its regulars and first substitutes
available.
NEW HAVEN. Nov. l1.-Tom Shevlin
nut the Yale eleven through the last
hard workout Of the season yesterday
behind locked gates In the Bowl. The
practice was divided into twenty minnie >
periods. the first devoted to signals. the
second to dummy offensive work. and
the third to defensive scrimmagc against
strong team Of ineliciblcs.
The eleven Is now practically ready
to meet Harvard. and only little pol
ishinc remains to be done. There will
he light drill today and on Thursday
inc team VIII elaNc Tor SnnnTn0alc,
where it will be auartcrcd until the Har-
ward game.
Three of the varsity veterans were
allowed rest. although all rerorted for
work Cupid Black. Pie" Way, and
Buck" Church were the linemen who
rested. Higginbotham. who is expected
to play at least part Of the Harvard
game, took Church's end. Blacks place
was taken by Kent, who altcrnated with
him In the Princeton game. and Ways
position was nlled by BaldridGc. who Il
steadily improving.
The regular line-up of the varsity as
! they started In signal practice was
Left end, Higginbotham: left tackle. C
sheldon: left guard; Kent: center
] White: right guard. J. Sheldon: right
! tackle, Baldridge: right end. Allen
! quarterback, Van Nostrand: left half
/ back, Wilson: right halfback. Bingham
! fullback. GUERNSEY.
| The signal practice over; sheylin sent
| the varsity against the ineliGiblas FOL
a dummy scrmmagc. In which the m, I
| no tackling. All OF the new plays were
tried out In this fashion. and the coache.
gave the men many new points abou