A short while ago TIME OUT shocked the immortals with his gloomy outburst anent the condition of the football team. For a while it looked as if he were on the winning side but the wind was taken out of his sails in exactly five minutes. And the five minutes that turned the trick were the first five minutes of the Bates game. Ironically enough the player directly responsible for his demise was Danny Wells, the very one with whom the article dealt most vehemently.

More Cheerful Story

The story that TIME OUT has to tell now is a good deal more cheerful than that of a few weeks ago. On the whole the team made a good showing in the first game. To be sure, the work wasn't perfect, but then continual shifting about of the players left every one in doubt about the line-up until Eddie Morris turned on his vocal chords. The rapid-fire changes during the week preceding the game were necessary but they didn't make for a coordinated club. The department that felt the effects of this was the running attack and more especially the interference for the carriers. Only on one or two occasions did the team shake runners loose for gains. It was generally recognized that the Crimson had no consistent ground-gaining power. The Bates line was strong, however, and the statistics show that Harvard dented the forward wall for 239 yards, a creditable showing for any team.

Coach Casey must have been a bit concerned just the same over the running weakness, for several shifts in the backfield are on the schedule for the Wildcat--last week it was the Bobcats--tilt. The one thing that everyone will be watching today is the ability of the Crimson outfit to gain consistently through the line. It seemed to us that the lightness of Bates' backs held the Lewiston outfit to a small yardage more than the play of the Harvard linemen. The little fellows were stopped by sheer weight.

The same situation is likely to be in store for the spectators today for the New Hampshire backs are even lighter than the Bobcats.

Lane Deserves Attention

"Handy-Man" Fran Lane will be the "cynosure of neighboring eyes" again today for he is in a new position--not new to him but a change from running to blocking back. He has before worked well in that post; in fact, it was his original berth on the Varsity.

Harvard should have no trouble in setting down the visitors one, two, three. It is rumored that my esteemed friend the eminent doctor, Hu Flung Huey, has deigned to return once more from his forced seclusion in East Cambridge to give the readers of the CRIMSON the benefit of his astute wisdom by predicting the score. TIME OUT has warned him not to be as cautious and wary of the visitors' strength as he was last week. Harvard seems to be going places on the gridiron this fall.

A Word From New Haven

We received word yesterday about the condition of the Yale eleven as it showed itself in the first game with Maine a week ago. We are indebted to the Yale "News" for the information. Although it is rather early for dope on Eli, a little will not be amiss. Therefore TIME OUT acknowledges the favor and prints in full the report from Yale as follows:

"Yale's 1933 problem in football is purely one of adaptation. That is why critics of the game who watched the Elis have their hands full in turning back Maine, 14-7, Saturday, see this particular performance as of little significance in determining Yale's possibilities in its major games. For by the time Dartmouth, Army, and Princeton come to town, Yale followers hope that the players will have become adapted to the new phases in their "Notre Dame" attack, that several of last year's Freshmen who have shown promise will have adapted themselves to the strain of University competition, and that the men who are unused to Reg Root's coaching will by that time be fully adapted to the ways of their new teacher. And as a final and tremendously important factor, it is essential that Bernie Rankin and Joe Johnson, big ends who are new at that job this year, will have come around under Charley Comerford's teaching until they are thoroughly used to the change.

Ends an Obstacle

"This latter problem of the ends loomed as the most important obstacle in Reg Root's way when the squad convened for first practice on September 15, for 150-pound Walter Kimball was the only letter wingman returning. With single bucking a feature of the new attack, moreover, it was absolutely necessary that Root find ends who could smash a tackle or wing back single-handed and at the same time be sufficiently fast. That is why he made his two changes, Rankin from halfback, and later when Tom Wilson, last year's Freshman star was hurt, the conversion of Johnson from his center job. How successful the Eli machine will prove will depend a lot on the work on the flanks.

"Root is pretty well fixed in the middle of the line. He starts with Kilcullen and Clare Curtin, both big, experienced tackles, and he can fall back on Bob "Tiger" Taylor and Sid Stein, a pair of mammoth Sophomores. At guards he has veterans Ed Nichols and Jimmy DeAngelis, both speedy, a distinct advantage in the Eli attack. Webb Davis, Dick Crampton, and Ben Grosscup leave the Eli coach well equipped with guard material. At center there is Vic Malin, 240-pound Senior, who has seen service all through college, and he is backed up by Dick Barr, pivot on last year's yearlings.

Lassiter Chief Threat

"In the backfield Yale's chief threat centers, of course, in Bob Lassiter. Speedy, as hard to tackle as any runner who ever came to New Haven, Lassiter can pass and kick as well, and he has already played a major part in two Eli campaigns. Stan Fuller, a transfer, is another dependable back, who became eligible this fall and promises to do most of Yale's punting. Andy Callan, understudy for Joe Crowley last fall, has taken over the fullback post and looks dependable. Del Marting, another veteran, is calling signals this year.

"Besides these four, the Blue is also blessed with a good crop of Sophomore backs. Tommy Curtin and Jerry Roscoe shape up unusually well, while Dick Cummins and Kim Whitehead, also 1936, combine with Mal Watson, Sid Towle, Earl Nikkel, and Danny Lynch to round out a fairly large backfield squad." TIME OUT.