The sun., 1916-09-25
TACKLE TROUBLE
HINDERS HARVARD
FOOTBALL MACHINE
Contest With Colby Accentu.
ated Difficulty Crimson Is
to Encounter This Year.
ORTHODOX GAME rs
LIKELY TO DOMINATE
ny DANIEL.

Football results In September may
have very little bearing OH those Of No.
verber. but a score such as Harvard 7,
Colby ." commands come attention at
any time. The developments OF the game
It Cambridge last Saturday may be
taken rs n fair index to conditions at
Harvard and the difficulty the Crimson
8 going TO experience In It's quest Of an
eleven that will oven oDproach within
%soycral DEGREES OF the ~Ifaughton stand.
ard
EcIgle Brown. commander Of tho Har-
vori stfa'csical forces, is prompted to
COT fess that the Crimson now stands last
enlong the Big Three. While such ad-
wissllns are all the 60 at this time Of the
year Brown without "A doubt means every
word BE says-and IL there had been
ans uncertainty about the status OF Har-
Ntrl football that - to 0" dispelled Il.
~. 1'huliGs are W AGAINST IL for line
ir"i, and according to our way VI think
!"g viii lie mighty lucky to come
'"'unsh with th'rd position M o East
'n teams. Inc big gaps are at the
tark.cS and probably right guard.
IN Robinson and Murray ut quarter
ana Flower, Casey. Horween, Bond and
Wilcox behind them. Harvard possesses
"hat looks like a formidable set Of indi.
N'dtals Ia the backfeld. But they will
ave To play considerable football TO dis.
count the Weaknesses along the line. Only
Iadnun and Harte remain from the Har-
ward line regulars OF 1915. Various sub.
tiiutes OF good rating. like Nose Tayior.
duncan and Charley Coolidge, who has
ut Yet returned from China, may Dol.
sier up the line. Tho ends will very
likely be well taken care Of, but the
tackles, who usually get the brunt Of
me rushing attack, bid fair to give Leo
Lea'y and Haughton all sorts Of trouble.
smashing Hack Needed,
Harvard should be able TO devotion n
INST rate offence, but az for that bulwarl<
81 the Haushton system-Defence with
a capital There's the rub. While the
OaeAs are as yet inclined to Ignore team
WORK they sGou,d round out an effective
combination Yet even there We may
ma me .ack OF a real smashing back of
me Nehde!l' or even the Bradlee, type
costly. Horween nearest to that
type, but Casey. Bond. Flower and VIII
cox are'all OF the running class.
REPORTS from Vale indicate that the
Ola trouble at quarter is giving Tad
Jones some wrestling practice, but n
!ad cannot get a first class general
rom among the available candidates.
Robinson, formerly of Pittxburg: Van
N%ostrand, who played In the biz games
last year: a. es. Smith. Potter and half
" coEen o~thers--'ts a pity. It's, better
man an even bet that Robinson will
before long be found holding down the
JOB with Van Nostrand second choice.
Little Information Is coming down
rom The Princeton camp at lake Mime
sAssa. briggs Is kicking better than
ever. but a real quarter Is still lacking
and there Is some trouble at the tackles.
lie IIsers VIII move up 10 Worcester
70 play Holy Cross next Saturday and
lhen We may get Il real lire on what's
what. Judging from that meagre VIC
tory over the Connecticut Aggies, 7 to, o.,
Holy Cross will not give Speedy Itush's
charges any formidable opposition.
conservatism May RuIe.
Dartmouth was not satisfied with Its
fre touchdown victory over New Hamp-
shirc State last Saturday, but a heavy
field pretluded Frank ~Cavanaugh's get
ting a reliable line on his men. On
paper Dart outh looks about as good
IS last year. though Spears will be
missed.
Washington and Jefferson caught n
Tartar In little Bethany. for the West
Nlrginians were heavy and knew a little
football. We fear Sol Metzger has a
hdrd row 90 hoe this year. his first at
". and j. McCreight and his wonderful
baseball pass" is still there, but the
men Of the Flemlng-S piegel-PattersOu
observation-disclosures type. who made
w. and j. "A power to be feared. are
missing Perhaps Metzger will develop
them. Given the material he can.
from what We hear OF doings at
college camps this season may be pat
''rn"d. ~ far as strategy and tactics
arc concerned. after that of 1915. Har-
ward viii undoubtedly adhere very
ooscly 10 conservative football built
ab0h, the running game, with the for
Ndrd pass and even half wide spread
formations as drastic measures to be
7csorted 10 only in the moment "
d!rcSt necessity.
what About r~rincetOns
Princeton last year played a pretty
opcn game unt!l it hit the Yale-Harvard
series. Then tho Tigers went back to
the running game and close spread Tor
nations, What Princeton might have
done had II possessed the daring to hold
10 rs half wide spread formations and
tnc forward pass In the big games IL q
problem, but 1t would undoubtedly have
beaten ~ least Yale. 1t remains to be
- we wa W e"v s>
.Io.n the conservative.
u seems TO W. TO he poor policy TO
'.'S a team along through the Dart
mouth gam with 4 fairly open game rs
iar basis OF the Offence and then to
switch to the orthodox for the major
battles. We'd like to see Princeton
WORK nm That open game for all there
-' IN tit has the material and the
coach ~ do it-and then we might SEQ
r i.;s. With the tremendous advan.
wage II a punter like briggs, Princeton
my be IN Il position 10 TAX chances.
li!e last year ~announccd Itself from
iA' start rs favoring the open game,
wan The lateral pass as Il prominent
- .'. What became of that announce
l'at ana the lateral pass Is now n mat
-' - history, little cherished by Frank
'I"h,j. Yale vii! no doubt return to
' conservative style from the begin
iIe with the running game as the
major offensive. For this style 1t has a
'~'HdrHablc tXpGnent-Le Gore OF the
""'''" toe, great speed and ability to
"''"e ms val through q broken field
of j. the open.
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