The New York herald., 1921-11-02
HUBBARD AT GUARD
FOR THE CRIMSON
Coaches Are Pleased With His
Play-Team Works to
Strengthen Attack.

Special Despatch to THE NEW York HERALD
CAMBRIDGE. Mass. Nov. 1.--Harvard's
football eleven is IS ready for its in
vasion of the Palmer Stadium for Sat
urday's game with the Princeton Tigers
as ever it will be- The workout to-day
was held on a slippery field and in the
rain. the coaches taking pthe greatest
care that there should be no accidents
for the eleven is just beginning to ge,
together physically and there is not a
player who can be spared.
The workout was for the same team
that lined ZIP agains. the scrubs yester-
day, when the seconds did their best to
show how the Jersey plays might be
expected to go. Macomber and Crocker
continued at ends, Kane was at one
tackle. while Tier-ley and Ladd worked
on the other side. and Hubbard and
Brown continued as guards.
Grew was with the substitutes again.
and this is taken to mean that Hubbard
Will be the first choice for righs guard
Hubbard's work has been pleasing to
the coaches, who have a feeling that he
will find himself against Princeton and
will be able to play a splendid all round
defensive game Grew is heavier than
Hubbard by more than Is pounds, but
he is not so fast and his aggress;veness
is not so directly applied
Fits was full of speed this after
noon, and his leg is mending up well.
At the same time Chaplin was worked
with the other backs. Gratwick and
Owen. and it will be Chapin's province
to do the puntng in case it is necessary
for Fits to retire. Fits is a tender
player, and will be desired so much in
the Yale game that he will not be held
very long in the Tiger game unless he
keeps absolutely in trim.
The injury to johnson, the substitute
quarter. is keeping him on crutches. It
seems hardly possible now that he can
play football by Saturday and Conlon.
the baseball captain, who has not played
in any game since the beginning of
the year. is being groomed for first
substitute berth. Conlon's forte is run
ming back kicks and forward passing
Clark, the 167 pound centre, is being
coached on defence against the Tiger
plays by Havemeyer, centre on the
varsity two years ago. Havemeyer and
Robinson are supervising the general
defensive work this week and are doing
their best to make the scrubs go through
the proper motions on the Jersey as
signments.
Tierney has been equipped with a
warllke looking helmet, which affords
splendid protection for his jaw and
nose. but Ladd also is being kept in
motion with the regulars. as Tierney
also has been bothered with a lame
leg. In the event of Tierney being
needed at centre Ladd will be ready to
step in as first substitute at right tackle
Harvard is working overtime on its
own attack, making smoothness of some
of the best plays that have been shown
this fall, and also developing speed and
snap in the new plays. Wigglesworth,
the 1910 quarterback. always has pro-
vided the plays of a strategic ord er
and he is certainly on the job this
week. For several seasons Harvard has
been figuring on some new offensive
wrinkles. but anything new that is tried
this year is more likely to be a "friir'
than something embodying any radical
change In method OF general attack.
Two older coaches. Logan and Leary,
were on the field to-day. Harvards ends
have not looked really good this year
and every effort is being made to make
them better both for straight play and
for down the field work on kicks.
George owen is in remarkably fine trim
now and every one at Cambridge be-
lieves he will be as brilliant against
Princeton and Yale as he was last fall.