The Washington herald., 1916-11-09
HARVARD IS slight
FAVORTTE over tigers
Crimson Team Is Picked to Land Game
from Princeton Saturday.

New York, Nov. s.-Saturday will find
Harvard and Princeton football teams en-
countering each other. While scores OF
preliminary games are very deceiving.
they do stand for something in deterJ1ln-
ing the strength of a team. In the
seven games which Harvard has played
II has scored a total of 1Sl points to OPP
ponents Z. It Is true that the points
scored against the Crimson by Tufts
constituted a defeat.
Since the defeat, which came in the
third game of the season, Harvard 5
Improvement has been of most en-
couraging nature to its supporters.
During Princeton's preliminary sea-
son, which consisted of six games, 1t was
able 10 roll up total of 135 points. while
the opposition got only a field goal for
three points. Although Princeton's goal
line has not been crossed this year nor
victory chalked up against 1t, the fact
remains that the Tigers had two close
calls from Tufts. which they defeated
to O. and Dartmouth, which they nosed
out by intercepting a forward pass and
going for a touchdown that landed a
to victory.
1t seems that, although Princeton has
a shade as far as victories go. as the
teams stand today Harvard Is slight
favorite.
The biggest asset which Harvard has
Is the services OF Percy d. Haughton.
who has the ability to teach men to play
football thoroughly and cleverly. He
has a personality which carries a great
deal Of weight among his men. and he
has the faculty Of making them feel the
confidence which he places in them
Haughton furthermore understands
human nature and works each individ-
ual so as to bring out the best that Is
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Harvard today did not come all at once.
but was created only by the constant
and untiring work of Haughton.
The team has been referred to as green
in many instances, because there are sew
eraI upon it who played freshman foot
ball last year, but It must be remembered
that Harvard looks after her freshman
te ans very carefully. Now let us look
at what we may expect from the team
this year.
In Casey, the old Exeter star, Harvard
has one of the best broken field runners
in the game, and with him back Prince
toms ends are always in danger. That
is not all. for Harvard has plays through
the line from the same formation which
are very deceiving. Harvard's touch
down against the Tigers last year was a
play through the line by King. with the
shifty Mahan threatening the ends.
Harvard has good pair OF ends. and
hence 1t is going to be very difficult for
the New Jersey men to gain much ground
by circling them. Therefore the offensive
power of Princeton is limited to plays
through the line, forward passes and
punting.
Harvard should have a lot of troubla
in keeping Princeton from gaining a good
deal of ground through the line and OF
tackle. but whether Princeton will possess
the necessary drive to gain ground when
II is near Harvard's goal line Is the mys-
terry. To date Princeton lacked the punch
against strong opponents.
As to the kicking game. Harvard is
weaker. Princeton has a marvellous punter
in Briggs, who kicks long. high spirals,
which are easy to cover and hard to
handle. Harvard should have trouble in
running these kicks back unless the
Princeton ends fall down badly.