New Britain herald., 1916-10-30
ALE AND HARVARD
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SulIS III the stadium aSalnSt COrnell
 Saturday. The Crimson players,
 Rny of them constituting green
 arsity material showed all the
 enents which go to make up a
 Eong football eleven. They were
 sourceful and were never at a loss
 know what to do. HaughtOn's S
 west machine has been taught to
 Indle the ball properly and showed
 lcouraging acumen, too, in follow
 g the leather ovoid. Cornells
 ose playing gave the Harvard play
 s an excellent chance to profit by
 cir. ability to be in the right place
 the right time when the pigskin
 as free
 The last two weeks have worked
 onders with the Harvard team. Last bar, in the Cornell game, Harvard's bvelopment had not reached it's pres ht stage. Cornell, on the other hand,
 las keyed up especially for the Har-
 ard contest and got the jump on
 e Crimson. Profting by last years
 kperience, Harvard was prepared for
 nything which Cornell might present.
 ven if Cornell had sent to Cam
 ridge 9, team as well prepared as
 st years Ithaca eleven was, it is 4pubtful if it would have had much
 a chance against Harvard. The Exposition afforded by Cornell on gaturday was not strong enough, to 4xtend Harvard to a display of it's ut host power. It was evident that the rimson had much in reserve which < did not have to show. It was a Higher type of football demonstrated Jftc >yr4J q +ao Aggressive and smarter than any tacti- hl array which pr. Al Sharpe's am- itious eleven could offer.
 Hopes of Cornell Crushed. ... # Tn direct opposition to it's status of
 year ago, Cornell was lacking in 7 wo of the fundamental principles of 8he game. The men handled the ball . oorly and their tackling was hap T hazard and not effective. The lack Eli knowledge of this kind counted n eavily against the Big Red team. With this surprisingly weak showing, Mornell loses it's chance for the cham &ionship honors attained last season. &At the same time Harvard looms up Els 9 stronger possibility than ever #n the games which are to come \ Eddie Casey gives promise of de- &-eloping into the sort of backfield far which the Crimson needs to fill 8he shoes of Mahan. Casey is one zpf those lodging, wriggling runners &1ard to bring down in an open field He has one of the most valuable as- 7sets for a half back in that he can 3Seep going after the tacklers hit 3him.
 S The game brought out another Encouraging point for Harvard. Hor- tween showed that he can fill the bill @as punter. When the season be- zgan there was much worrying at 2Cambridge because there was no pro- Sf1cient kicker on the Harvard squad zThe coaches set about to make one land Horween is the result. If there R is any football ability lurking dor Imant in any member of the Harvard squad Haughton and his staff of coaches seem to have a very happy faculty of bringing it out. After the showing against Cornell Yale and Princeton will now jot down in their little books that in spite of the loss ofMnumerous veterans of last season. this years Crimson aggregation is a ssa1art, wide-awake proposition which S1OoO Saturday afternoons next month.
 Princeton's Obvious Defects.
 Princeton found no reason to be jubilant over its defeat of Dartmouth. The Orange and Black did not show the power and strategy which one naturally looks for in such a veteran eleven. It showed two serious Weaknesses, fumbling and over-high tackling. On more than one occa- sion, the tackler missed his man en- tirly The Figer line is a formidable affair, plays compactly together and has the necessary faculty of tighten ing up within the 2O-yard danger zone. The ends, Highly and Wilson got down under Drigg's kicks vel and Dartmouth gained little ir running back punts.
 The Tiger backfield seems a care fully drilled smoothly working quar- tet, but in Saturdays exhibition somehow or other, no star loomed up Every great football team must have at least one player who not only fits in with the play of the other players with perfect harmony, sbut who also has something in reserve. A cham. plonship team needs one who is SC great an individual performer, that when the team is in woeful need O. a few yards he can go in and by supreme effort pull the eleven out O. hole There is no conspicuous line smasher on this years Tiger eleven.
 Princeton showed no novelty in at tack. In fact, right up to the time that the luck of the game broke fo