Omaha daily bee., 1915-11-20
MANY Big BATTLES
ON GRIDS OF EAST
General Interest Centers on Cam
bridge Game, but Several Others
of Importance Slated.
THREE STRONG TEAMS OUT

NEW YORK, Nov. i9.--Wh'le the Har-
vard-Yale contest overshadows all other
foot ball games to be played on eastern
gridirons tomorrow. there are several
ether struggles which will have an i'm
portant bearing on the final alignment OF
the elevens for the season of 1915.
General interest will be focused upon
the outcome Of the annual meeting of the
Blue and Crimson. but the Dartmouth
Syracuse. Characterization, Trinity
Wesleyan contests and these In which the
Army and Navy teams compete will all be
followed with more than usual keenness
There will be missing from the weekly
lineup. however. several OF the larger
Institutions. for Princeton has completed
it's schedule. while Cornell and Pennsyl-
vania are resting for their Thanksgiving
day game. which will close the season
for both teams.
Harvard n Favorite.
Based upon the theoiy and science OF
modern foot ball. Harvard should be and
ia favored 10 defeat Yale, but that the
game will follow these lines Is not at
all certain. since gridlron form has re-
ceived far more than the usual number OF
jolts ana upsets this fall Foot ball In a
team game. where the perfect co-opera-
ton OF eleven players on offense and de-
Tense should outweigh the efforts Of an
equal number of athletes who fail TO
work with the same harmony and cohe-
sion. IL sometimes happens, however,
that the strength and individual ability
OF men forming such n combination is 30
great that II will conquer q perfect ma
chine moulded from mediocer material,
especially n the breaks in the game favor
tho stronger but cruder playing eleven.
This was demonstrated In the victory of
Yale over Princeton.
The Harvard eleven of 1915 In not OF
the same caliber as Princeton, however,
for the Crimson IL built OF better material
and by coaching system which Is thor
oughly established and working with per-
feet smoothneas. The Cambridge team
has been carefully trained and brought
forward especially for the Yale game,
whereas Princeton appeared to reach its
best form at least two weeks before the
Blue was met.
How Crimson Beat Tigers.
Eliminating all consideration of the
games that preceded the triangular con-
test between Yale. Princeton and Har~
ward II viii be found that Harvard de-
feated Princeton o. the result OF a per-
fectly engineered team touchdown and
ono field goal by Mahan. against two by
Tibbott Yale also conquered the Tiger an
the result of two field goals by Guernsey
and a touchdown made after Way had
picked up a fumbled ball and crossed
tho line through an absolutely clear field
In this game Yale was not strong enough
to prevent Princeton from making n
team touchdown and barely escaped at
least one other.
II seems unlikely that Harvard will dis
play the weak spots In generalship and
strategy that Princeton was guilty of at
critical points In last Saturdays game,
OF that Yale will find the breaks Of the
play falling 70 STEADILY IN It's favor. Under
such circumstances tho Ellis will have
10 depend upon either powerful individ-
ual efforts or strong team play to over
como the Crimson machine.
Yale Makes strides.
Yale. since its string OF defeats at the
hands OF washington and jefferson. COL
gate and Brown, has made remarkable
strides under the coaching OF Tom Shev-
lin and others. II was the development
OF a powerful fighting spirit and unusual
keenness In following the ball rather than
any advancement In team work, either on
attack or defense. that got the Blue VIC
tory over Princeton. That the same
methods applied to Harvard will result
in another win appears unlikely. although
It IL conceded that the battle will be far
closer than was thought few weeks ago.
for the Ellis now believe. and rightly 70.
that they have a chance OF defeating the
Crimson The lines from tackle 10 tackle
are about equal, while the Crimson has
the advantage at the ends At quarter
back Watson has shown himself TO be a
better general than Van Nostrand. but
the Yale quarter plays a stronger indi-
vlduai game. Both teams have powerful
bacitfields. Harvard with Mahan, King
and Boios has q great trio Of plungers
and END runners. For Yale. Captain viii
son. Bingham and Guernsey. with scovil
az alternate. are almost. II not quite. as
good.
In tho kicking department OF the
game Captain Mahan punts the ball fur
Their and with better direction than
Guernsey. but after the lattePs drop
kicking feats against Princeton II would
be a hardy prophet who would predict
that Mahan will outpoint Guernsey In