Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-21
HARVARD SUCCESS
DEPENDS ON PASS
Crimson May Regain Its High
Grid Standing if Air Game
Is Perfected.
BY WILLIAM r. KING,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

~ AMBRIDGE. Mass, September
21.-Harvard has great
chance to regain its foot ball
~ prestige this season, provided
Head Coach Arnold Horween
succeeds in perfecting strong forward
passing offense and corrects the Grim
sons glaring inability to repel air at
| tacks.
He is starting his fourth. and prob
ably his last, season under the most
, favorable conditions. His system has
been we'll established during the past
three years and he has veteran team
with exceptional replacement material.
Harvard had tremendous power last
season, but 1t was not fully controlled
until the Yale game, when Horween's
heaviest weapon, the lateral pass, gave
Arthur French and Dave Caurnaccia an
opportunity to run their ancient rivals
ragged and break the Blues streak with
ITO victory.
Retains Favorite Play.
Though French and his running mate
have departed, Horween intends to re-
tain their favorite play, which he con-
siders vital to the Harvard attack. His
veteran backs have been well tutored
in laterals, first introduced in Cam
bridge by Frank Shaughnessey, the
McGill rugby coach. and they show
evidence Of reaching the point of per-
lection.
Most of the lateral's effectiveness will
be lost, however, unless Horween's cur
rent eleven handles the forward pass
with greater facility than did its i'm
mediate predecessors. AS the squad
needs but little drilling on fundamentals,
due to its past experience and last
| Springs successful three-week course,
Eddie Casey, the new backfield coach,
| who has often been mentioned as Hor-
weens successor, will probably have
much time to stress overhead play.
Casey served as freshman coach for
three years. His teams lost but one
game in all that time. He was able to
| teach his yearlings how to use forwards
effectively, and as most of the varsity
backs played freshman foot ball under
him, he should have little difficulty re-
| inStilling a state of ir-mindedneSs.
Reports from the five practice ses-
sions which Harvard has been through
to date indicated that Horween intends
to have four triple threats in each Of
| his four backf1elds. He has been en-
| phaSizing passing as never before, and
each Of the bali carriers has been turned
over to Vic Kennard, the kicking coach,
IOr exCenQeQ QrlllS. Arthur t1uSuley,
Barry Wood, the tennis player; Tommy
Giligan and Eliot Putnam seem to be
the most promising punters. Putnam Is
an all around tee artist and he registered
two drop-kicks in the last Yale game.
Line Should Be Strong.
Harvards line should again be strong.
Six veterans are available and seven
strong candidates are waging a merry
battle for the only opening. Replace
ments are plentiful for every position
and the backfield squad contains enough
seasoned players to give Horween four
high-powered combinations.
This seasons schedule, however, is
poorly balanced and this flaw may dash
Harvard's hopes. The first two op-
ponents are Bates and New Hamp-
shire, neither being regarded as for
midable. Harvards third opponent is
the Army. This major contest has been
set for the middle of October, and from
then until the end of the season the
Crimson must carry on without single
breathing space, as Dartmouth, Florida.
Michigan, Holy Cross and Yale follow
one after the other.