The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-22
OVER OLD ELI
MEANS BOOST FOR
CRIMSON SYSTEM
By TOM THORP.

By TOM
NEW YORK, Nov. 22.-The +
instruction will be put to the cru
day after tomorrow. Much has
this worId-famed style of instrJ
inferior teams drilled in the dal
can triumph over superior mater
The Ellis have some fine mat
system of instruction that Tad
Haven this season is as sound
ward can bring forth an eleven til
the present conditions, the fam
long step forward in the process
Yale is being selected as the
favorite by majority Of critics. The
AEell-earned victory scored over the
Tigers last Saturday is enough to
dogs a favorite over their Crimson
rivals. :
The history of the Yale.Harvard
games is one that leaves much room
for thought. The Ellis have been
favorites many times when Harvard
has won the honors. The fact that
the Blue eleven is going to do into
Saturdays classic q decided favorite
over the Crimson is not going to
make one iota Of difference in the
playing Of DR.. Bob Fishers men.
Harvard always fights hardest
when its back is to the wall. Few
gave Fishers lads q chance to win
last season. The sensational way
they put across that victory over
Yale IL enough to make football
followers hesitate In picking like
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The traditions that have been Is.
tablished by such valiant scrappers
as Tacks Hardwick, Eddie Mahan.
Eddie Casey, Tom Woods and such
stars that have sported the famous
eolors OF the Cambridge University
IL never lost sight Of by q Harvard
unit in q Yale game. It is upon
this old custom Of fighting from the
rear that has made the Cambridge
lads famous the world over. It isl
going to cut a wide path in the big
classics on Saturday.
On paper, to the ordinary fan it
would appear as IL Yale has an edge
because Of the way the Bulldog tri-
umphed over Princeton In the New
Haven bowl. Any outfit that can
take the Tigers into camp by score
Of "a to IL not to be taken lightly.
Or. Fisher knows this as well as
any one In America He appreci-
ates the sort Of job that he has on
his hands.
However, It is because. of what
MS pupils have accomplished in the
part that he is counting upon them
% come through this week end.
No lack Of confidence can be
found at the Crimson camp. Every
one up around Boston feels that
1aAe Is going to receive a very
startling surprise when il sends its
Roam against the Cambridge repre- !
sentatives on Saturday.
The Harvard backfield has been
o problem all season. The eradua.
ton Of such star as George owen.
one OF the greatest all-around backs
developed at Harvard in some
years, left a big gap in the Crimson
0utfit. Owens real worth was
never fully appreciated. The fact
that such an able field general as
Charley Buell. was in the same
backfield caused many to think it
was the way Buell. ran the team
that he led to make Owens work
stand out so prominently.
Nevertheless If Owen had not
been In the Harvard Yale game last
season the Ellis would not have
been defeated. The Boston lad was
the man Of the hour. Besides
getting many valuable yards, Owen
came through with the run that put
Harvard in scoring distance of the
Eli goal line. It was this same
lad that carried the ball over the
final chalk mark for what was one
Of the biggest surprises of recent
- ale-Harvard football meetings.
True it is that Buell. is missed
from the Harvard backfield. How
ever. when the final analysis is
made, we are sure that George
Owens absence is felt more than
the loss Of any other former star.
II has been a hard task for DIR.
Fisher and his able aides to de.
velop some individual to take this
lads place.
Quite q number have been
given the assignment in the past
games. None have measured up
70 the high standard Of play of
the former Harvard AlI-American
back.
Quite contrary to the feeling that
has been spread broadcast, the
present Harvard team is far from
an inferior lot of players. Yale
has displayed super qualities in
beating West Point and Princeton.
Harvard showed fine staying power
20 win from the Tigers. It may be
when the final test comes that the
Cambridge players will improve over
anything that they have shown to
date and score a triumph over Yale.
Few thought Notre Dame could
Dse. However, Fred Dawson proved
20 the football world that nothing
can be taken for granted in football.
While Yale is going to go into the
game a favorite, that fact does not
mean the Bulldogs are going to win.
II will only be after sixty minutes
OF the hardest fighting witnessed
on any gridiron this season that
the final winner of the classic will
receive the plaudits of the fans.
Tad Jones is not taking any
chance with his men. He knows
what overconfidence means to a
gridiron outfit. Many games have
been lost In the past because of
the optimistic frame of mind of a
football team than by the strong
play OF opponents. Football is a
Tar different game than any other
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