HARVARD!

Although the Pennsylvania team has been playing an unusually poor game all the season, their stand against Harvard on Saturday was unexpectedly weak. Aside from many technical and general faults in their eleven, the physical condition of the men was much inferior to that of Harvard. The strain of their trip to Chicago a week ago, coupled with the questionable policy of keeping the team at the seashore until the morning of the game, resulted in the exhaustion of even those members of the team who were not crippled. The Harvard team, however, was in superb condition.

Pennsylvania's old guards back formation was useless. It is a play which requires a strong team to back it, and even then it has been proved ineffective against a team of equal strength. The few gains the Pennsylvania players were able to make were on clever trick plays and on a variation of Princeton's old revolving wedge. At one time only did they get the ball within Harvard's 25-yard line, when Wallace ran 30 yards, but then they could make no impression on Harvard's line. In the first half Barnard tried a goal from the field from the 40-yard line but failed.

Harvard's offense, in contrast to the defense, was full of faults, the most fatal of which was fumbling. Against a team playing faster and more accurate football than Pennsylvania, a dropped ball would result in a touchdown for the opponents. Attempts to correct this fault were made early in the season, and it is very discouraging to have it crop out now. The overeagerness of the forwards also cost Harvard the possession of the ball at critical times. Daly's generalship was open to criticism. He undoubtedly put dash into the team, and, as an individual player, was brilliant throughout the game. But his plan of repeated attacks on the same points in Pennsylvania's line did not result as well as varying tactics would have.

The other backs played an uneven game. Sawin made a dashing halfback, and gained at will around right end and tackle. But his try for a goal from the field was blocked. Kendall was not so successful as a rusher. He was frequently slow in starting and often allowed Coombs to down him for losses. He was replaced by Warren in the last five minutes on account of a minor injury to his leg. Reid was used in the first half on account of his defensive ability, and was of great assistance in stopping the guards-back play. In spite of his bad ankle he was energetic and effective on the offense. Ellis, however, surpassed him in bucking the line, for he hurdled the line or dashed into it with an impetus that the Pennsylvania players could not check. He was most successful with Donald back of the line to push him.

A strong wind, blowing diagonally across the field, made accurate punting impossible. In the first half Coombs punted frequently, and had the slight advantage of the wind over Hallowell. The latter made some longer punts in the next half when he had the wind in his favor and gained over Coombs on every exchange. He was well supported by Campbell who made every punt count for its full distance.

The line was strong. Lawrence and Donald not only defended their positions with ease, but also followed the ball well. A fake play, directed against the centre, often gained ground for Pennsylvania when straight football failed.

Captain Hare was the main strength of his team, and as usual, undertook the bulk of the work. His confidence in his own powers unfortunately led him to attempt to rush the ball himself when the use of other men might have resulted in more gains. Coombs kicked well and was strong on the defense.

Burnett kicked off to Hare who was promptly tackled by Hallowell. The guards-back plays failed to gain and Campbell secured the ball on an attempt at a fake kick. After a few rushes Reid failed to gain through centre and Sawin tried a goal from the field. Wallace blocked the kick. Coombs punted to Daly on Pennsylvania's thirty-five yard line. Five rushes, mostly by Kendall' carried the ball over the line. Daly's punt out was poor and no goal could be tried.

Hare kicked off to Sawin, who ran it back five yards. An exchange of punts followed and finally Sawin ran around right end for a touchdown, but was called back for offside play by Burden. The revolving wedge gained a few yards at this point and then Wallace broke away for 30 yards. He was tackled by Campbell. Harvard then secured the ball on downs, and Sawin ran 57 yards to the 35 yard line, behind splendid interference. Reid and Sawin plunged through Pennsylvania's centre and tackles until the ball crossed the line. On the last dive, however, Reid lost the ball and Hare fell on it for a touchback.

Daly misjudged Coomb's next punt, and lost fifteen yards. A weak kick by Hallowell went outside at Harvard's 35 yard line. Barnard tried a goal from the field but failed. During the rest of the half Harvard had the ball on the 15 yard line twice, but could not score. Daly used the double pass for long gains, but was prevented from scoring by the call of time.

Daly gained 30 yards by returning Hare's kick-off in the next half. Coombs punted short to Campbell, and then a steady attack on the guards soon resulted in a touchdown by Ellis. Daly punted out to Hallowell and Lawrence kicked the goal. More punting followed in Hallowell's favor. Burnett tried for a goal from the 51-yard line after a fair catch but failed. Finally Harvard se- cured the ball on downs on Pennsylvania's 20-yard line and soon pushed Ellis over for the third and last touchdown. Lawrence missed the goal.

The remainder of the game consisted of punting. Burnett again tried a place kick, but it was blocked. Time was called with the ball in Harvard's possession on Pennsylvania's 20-yard line.

The line-up was as follows:

Harvard.  Pennsylvania.Campbell, l.e.  r.e., Coombs.Donald, Eaton, l.t.  r.t., Wallace.Boal, A. R. Sargent, l.g.  r.g., Teas.Burnett, c.  c., Overfield.Burden, r.g.  l.g., Hare.Lawrence, r.t.  l.t., Snover.Hallowell, r.e.  l.e., Potter, Stehle.Daly, q.b.  q.b., Outland, Woodley, Gardiner.Sawin, l.h.  r.h. McCracken, Smith.Kendall, Warren, r.h.  l.h., Kennedy.Reid, Ellis, f.b.  f.b., Barnard, McCracken