There was naturally a mighty cry of indignation after the game yesterday that when the public had been led to expect a chance would be given to make comparison of the relative strength of Harvard and Yale, Harvard should play practically a scrub team. We have endeavored to ascertain the position of the football managers in the matter, and believe the facts to be something like this: Manager Moore arranged the game with the understanding that Harvard would put her strongest eleven in the field and announcements were made accordingly. Late Wednesday night a meeting of the coaches was held in which it was decided that it would be absolutely foolhardy to risk certain men of the first eleven in a hard game. An effort was made to have the game called off, but it did not succeed. Dr. Brooks stated last night that the team as it was made up was the best that Harvard could possibly afford to use; that F. Shaw, A. Brewer and Wrenn were none of them in condition to play at all; and that with one exception it was not advisable to use the other men through the whole game.
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