The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-17
HARVARD EXCELS
IN INDIVIDUALS
Has Done Better Work Than
Yale Thus Far in Majority
of Positions.
TIGERS AND THOSE TIES
Willing to Have 1t Out With
Crimson Again-Giants Buy
Rapp of st. Paul.
BY WILLIAM II. HANNA.

BY WILLIAM II. HANNA.
Taking the individuals as they
played against Princeton, Harvard will
have the better of it in eight positions
: in the Yale bowl next Saturday WhQr
Harvard did against Princeton ard
what Yale did against Princeton may
: not be worth shucks as a criterion for
next Saturday. but II is the best one
there is. Whatever figure team work,
. strategy and mental attitude may cut
I. end In those respects. too, Harvard has
been better so far-the Crimson as in
! dividuals have done better to date than
their opposites Of the Blue.
~ Harvard has done better in both end
positions, at least one tackle position,
one guard position, centre, quarterbacls
one halfback position and fullbac6
Any OF the Harvard ends -Macombe
CASTOR, Crocker--are better than d.
= worth or Cutler of Yale. Cutler, how
. ever, Is an end who will improve Fe
y rugged, hard worker and porsever-
Ing. SedGwick OF Harvard is a fine
tackle. better than. anybody Yale has.
with Dickens out OF it. and not even
Keck of Princeton lays over him.
NJ He is much superior to MacKay or
Walker Of Yale and much more ex
Lerienced than Into, Yale left tacki"
= but the latter will make his presence
count In the tackle play on Saturday If
c plays the game he did against Prince
ton. He did exceedingly well In tn 1T
I. scrap and made the Tigers know they
were against good one.
Harvard is stronger in one guard po-
sition and possibly two. Woods has
has done, but Callahan or Acosta IS
capable of making one Yale guard po-
sition as well taken care Of as Harvard
will do 1t. Havemeyer, Harvard a.
centre. is first class. more experienc al
ard a better all around man than Cross
II Yale. though the latter can make It
interesting for anybody and has come
y along fast.
Harvard has excelled all fan at quar-
. terback. and that isn't saying much.
Among the other backs Aldrich holds u
yales end in any company, but Hor-
ween and Owen, ind vidually and as
Isir. are superior to Kelly and Jordan.
With excellent prospects for next year
: and a feeling that they have good
chance to beat both Harvard and Yale
I the Princeton football authorities
wouldn't mind in the least another game
with Harvard this year to decide the
question Of superiority created by two
tie games In fact from what has been
heard they would welcome IL. and II APP
pears that II Harvard feels the same
way about it the game can be ar
ranged.
There are two influences in the rise
to the front rank of Princeton football
who are but little known as such. One
{ is Keene Fitzpatrick. who keeps the
players In such good condition and Is
valuable although non-obtrusive In
nuence generally. The other is Knox
Taylor of the football committee, silent
but effective figure in the whole gridlron
reconstruction in Tigertown. He has
been strong support to Roper by stick
ing to the latter In his coaching poll
cies. Taylor played guard on Prince
toms successful eleven Of 1893, and has
kept in close touch with affairs OF the
pigskin ever since and Is devoted
worker In the cause OF Nassau.
The Giant management announced
Yesterday the purchase of Joe Rapp
third baseman. from the st. Paul club
The price paid is said to have been
$4,000 and a player OF two. The ac-
o,isition Of this player was forecasted
in THE New YORK HERALD OF last Sat
,,rdav and to its readers will hardly be
fresh news. Whether John McGraw VIII
shift Frank Frisch TO second base and
keep Rapp at third or send the new
man 10 second. Is a question 70 be de-
cfded during the spring training fTisch
is the faster Of the two and therefore.
NAV be more valuable at third. Rapp
played with Cincinnati while. Last
season he stole ffty-one bases and
x batted better than $50.
Walter Keeley OF Modesto. Cal. has
signed a 1921 Brooklyn contract ne
ts a collegian and an lnfelder HIS
college Is St. Mary's. Oakland. Cal
Eugene Mccain. who has been scout
ing for the Reds for two years mas
resigned that berth 10 become manager
OF the Bridgeport Eastern League team.
Mccain. one time Brooklyn pitcher. was
4 A big help to Pat Moran In building
a championship team In 1913.
Army Has stiH Workout.