In the final game before the opening of the Big Three series the Harvard football machine on Saturday overwhelmed a bewildered Tufts eleven by a 69 to 6 score. This count betters that made by last year's team against Middlebury by one point and thus stands as the largest Crimson score since 1891.

The squad will be able to muster its full strength for this week's tilt with the Princeton Tiger, since not a man received a serious injury in the Tufts encounter. Guarnaccia and Saltonstall, both of whom starred in the long marches down the field, were lame and bruised, but will be in perfect condition by next Saturday. Bell, Kilgour, and K. D. Robinson, the three players who were unable to take part in last Saturday's game, will be fit and ready before the end of the week.

Although the University attack functioned smoothly and powerfully and the showing of the individual players from the starting eleven to the last substitute was excellent, the game threw very little light on the probable showing of the Crimson in its approaching objective games.

Tufts Hopelessly Outclassed

Tufts was playing out of its class and the size of the score was due to the irresistible momentum gathered by Harvard offense early in the game. Miller's 72-yard run for a touchdown on the second play of the contest was the key note of the whole afternoon. After that, with the exception of the few moments which produced its lone score. Tufts was completely bowled off its feet. Crimson backs and linemen hit a terrific gaining stride and the game outfit from the Oval never recovered sufficiently from the first few blows to offer any effective resistance.

As a criterion of what the same Crim- son players might do against sterner opposition Saturday's victory is practically valueless. Last year's Middlebury runaway and the subsequent inability of the same, team to show any gaining power against Dartmouth and Princeton is a good example of the deceptive quality of such triumphs.

However little it may mean as a prophecy of future Crimson success, nevertheless, the brand of football displayed in the Stadium Saturday reflects great credit on Coach Horween and his charges. The Crimson attack was executed with a beautiful precision and drive. Interferers cleared out the opposing tacklers effectively, and the running backs showed speed; and a continued drive, which often carried them on long after they seemed downed for a certainty. They also picked their openings and employed a shifty method of running to much greater advantage than they have done at any time this year.

Tiger Game Looms Threateningly

The team now faces a week of vigorous preparation for the Princeton battle next Saturday. The Tigers have been coming slowly this year but have excellent material which under the direction of the experienced and long successful Roper ought to be in shape to do considerable, damage by the end of the week. Princeton beat Swarthmore Saturday by four touchdowns, playing well within itself. Slagle and Williams, two of the hardest backs to stop in the east, have not yet made their appearance in the Tiger lineup and Caulkins, a stellar quarterback, played his first game Saturday after a prolonged lay-off from injuries. Slagle will be in condition for the Stadium encounter next Saturday and past experience has taught that with him in the line-up the Tiger eleven becomes an entirely different proposition from the point of view of those who want to see it stopped