The sun., 1916-10-30

BosToN, Oct. 29.--1ntercollegiate foot
ball yesterday was featured by the as
tonishing rise Of Harvard. the equally
surprising fall Of Cornell. the continued
success but unsteadiness of Princeton.
the brilliant offensive work OF Yale and
the uninterrupted march Of Pit,sburg.
The new week opening into November
the month OF big events on the gridiron
finds he Big Three on n far more even
basis than they ever have been In the
last fve years. There ie very little TO
choose among Harvard. Princeton and
Yale.
Harvard showed such tremendous i'm
provement In every department against
Cornell yesterday that II is rather diff
cult to believe that any eleven should
have been able TO make such giant
strides within the space of n single week.
We desire to take nothing from Harvard
which Is Harvard's. but at the same time
we are inclined to believe that a good
deal Of the Crlmson's billl!ancy was due
to the wretched showing OF Cornell.
Not even in n single department did the
lthacans approach the standard which
they had been reported as having at
tanned. With a veteran combination. re-
enforced by the eleventh hour addition
OF Eckley, Dir. Shapes team played like
the veriest tyres taking part in their
first big test.
Ornel May Rise From slump.
Cornell Is likely to rise from yester-
days slump a bigger and better eleven.
for II Is hard to believe that its showing
In the stadium was an index to its real
form and capabilities. When the Cor
nell line did do some playing Il ripped
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and the heavy Cornell backs plunged and
reared through for big gains. Then
came n sudden physical or strategical
let up and the team again sank to the
lowest stage Of Inediocfity.
Suffice 1t to say that Cornell was alb
solutely the worst big team we have ever
seen on the last Saturday in October.
Its tackling was a Joke. its handling OF
the ball about as weak, its tactics all
wrong and its spirit surprisingly poor.
One OF the big form reversals lay in
Kicking. with Shiverick falling OF about
40 per cent. n Horween Of Harvard
improving by rs least that margin.
Harvard had feared Cornells prowess
In punting and went right in to force the
issue without a thought OF playing safe.
When a couple of periods developed the
fact that Horween was outkicking
Shiverick. the Crimson was content to
ilc bdCN u Dlt anu wait LOT the Dreakg,
These came apienty in the form Of
fumbles. Horween's improved kicking
means a great deal to Harvard. for II
wipes out considerable of the advantage
Yale holds in lie Gore and Princeton
possesses in briggs.
Crimson Uses Forwards often.
The feature Of Harvard's play was the
use Of the forward pass, which was tried
twelve times. Never before had the
Crimson made such extensive use OF the
aerial attack. While the Cornell tries at
passing were Of the open face variety,
Harvard managed to put some deception
into the play. Usually one OF the backs
stood with the ball raised hich in the
air as II to throw II. Then another back
crossed over and seized the ball. but III
too waited as II setting for an end run.
Then the toss was made.
Along with Harvard's offensive i'm
provement in passing came an ability TO
dia gnose and stop Cornell passing. Tho
Ithacan ends were covered up all the
time.
Harvard's line had n uniform charge.
showed a lot Of speed and came down
under kicks in great style. Cornell was
handicapped in receiving kicks because
of the Sharpe system, which provides
only one man back. With a kick going
out TOWARD the side lines. Cornell was at
a loss. Harvard had two men back at
all times. with both getting n nance to
receive and one man always there to
protect the catcher and make interfer-
ence for his advance.
The most promising part OF Harvard's
exhibition was the fact that the substi-
tutes did so well. In the line many of
the second string men did even better
than the regulars. hut that may have
been because the seconds faced n tagged
out foe. Early In the game the Harvard
line was none too strong n the backs
did most OF the tackling.
The Harvard backfeld. with Horwcen.