CARENS LOOKS FOR WIN AGAINST BLUE

One of the Harvard football coaches was discussing the possibilities of "Red" Barrett's team on the way to the Michigan game.

"I feel certain," he said, "that this Harvard team has one great game in its system, and it wouldn't surprise me to find that it can rise twice to the heights. If it has only one really great game, I hope that it will come against Yale, but you can rest assured that the line and the backs will do a fine job against Michigan."

Two Hard Games Ahead

These prophetic words were borne out by the developments at Ann Arbor Saturday. Harvard made a lasting impression, and its magnificent comeback augurs well for the future. There are two stiff tests which is just beginning to show its latent offensive possibilities, and of course the 13-13 the between Yale and Maryland does not offer any sort of an accurate gauge of the Elis at the Harvard Stadium a week from next Saturday.

Yale Has Mental Strain

No one in his normal senses would go down hook, line, and sinker on Harvard or Yale to win the November 23 classic. Too many things can happen before then. Head Coach Horween of Harvard has a job on his hands to lay his plans for a successful assault against Holy Cross next Saturday, without jeopardizing the prospects against Yale, but Harvard has been through four hard-fought games on the last four Saturdays and there is less of a mental strain this week for the Crimson than there is for Yale in pointing for its traditional clash with Princeton. One reason for this happy state of affairs--from a Harvard viewpoint--is that the Holy Cross game seldom takes a serious physical toll.

Offense Must Be Rounded Out

Only about six more real practice sessions remain for Captain Barrett and his men before the Big Blue team invades Cambridge. There remains much to be done, particularly in rounding out the offense, but the Michigan game produced a higher caliber of play by a Harvard team than has any other major game during Horween's four years at Cambridge Harvard was beaten at Ann Arbor, it is true, but it came back from the first trip to "Big Ten" territory with a heads-up attitude, and if left behind a profound respect for the work that Horween has accomplished. I have criticized Harvard teams that Horween has coached, but there was no adequate reason for any' criticism of the midwestern defeat.

Yale Ends Strong

Yale has a wonderful pair of ends in Barres and Hickok, one of the best tandems that Charley Comerford has produced. The line from tackle to tackle has made steady progress under Adam Walsh, the former Notre Dame center and captain. Marvin Stevens undoubtedly is a better head coach than he was last year, but he has been sorely beset by the developments which have made Albie Booth such an all-important factor in making the Elis' movements towards opponents' goal lines.

Yale apparently is too close to being a one-man team for comfort. Harvard has no outstanding star like Booth, but it has a well-balanced batch of material and has no outstanding weakness, now that the Michigan game has proved that the line can function. One defect is that this Harvard team lacks the finesse of