A year ago a team from Maine--yes from Maine, where they have been turning tables even in political circles--journeyed to New Haven and amazed the football world by holding a much-heralded Blue team to a 0-0 tie. And now it is a team from the same neglected college will travel to Cambridge to initiate the Crimson squad into competition. What has Harvard to offer in the way of opposition? That's what they're all talking about!

It's really a sad story but it must be told. Nobody seems to know much of anything about Bates. Dave Morey doesn't know himself. But too many people already know about Harvard. They all agree that there is trouble in the offing unless the squad shows more promise than at present. It is ragged, it is slow, the returning Varsity men are substitutes except for Wells, Dean, Nevin and Gundlach, or else they never have shown Varsity calibre.

Veteran Lettermen

To go over the quartet mentioned above. Wells was a distinct disappointment last year. There is no getting around that. He was heralded when a sophomore substitute for Barry Wood as the coming light of the Crimson. Here was a man who could run and pass and it was the running that the sport writers seemed to think--in 1932--that had been seriously neglected. He was a remarkable field general too. But long before the Yale game people were wondering when Wells was going to open up. They found out that he could run once in a while, that at times he could throw a pass within 10 yards of the receiver but he wasn't doing it often enough to suit them. His passes were terrible and his running was poor. His field-generalship was a matter of personal opinion. Every one is hoping for the realization of the promise of better things this year but it's too early to say yet.

Dean was always an influence for the best in there--not brilliant except in spots, but good--and he could kick (except against Dartmouth). A good blocker and needed with Nevin to pave the way for Crickard. But who will take Crickard's place if Dean and Nevin work together as they did last year? The solution seems to be that Nevin will carry more than before,

Fast-Steppers Going Strong

We could forgive Whitney if we could forget the West Point and the Brown games of last year, but Allie Sherman seems to be a real comer. He is fast, heavy enough and heady enough and ought to make the grade. Barrett? He's a question mark. He's been up in team A during the last week but our memories are strained in trying to remember what he did last year.

The light, fast-stepping backs of the squad are having their days at Soldiers Field now and the question is: are they in there to stay? Peter has shone occasionally in the last few years when shadows filled the Stadium and he is improving fast. His passes look good, witness the connection to Dean on Monday. Whether he can beat out the veteran Wells is a moot question. Pesky has been sent back to the second-stringers in spite of a good show that he put on Friday. Fergie Locke is being tried in the blocking back position and seems to be able to deliver notwithstanding his lack of weight.

Sophomores Offer Hope

It is the sophomore prospects that offer a gleam of hope. Moseley and Lane are up in the first-string lineup and are showing the much-needed pepper. Moseley is doing some of the passing and most of the carrying. He can run and does run wild through the Jayvees, and we must fall back on the alibi of waiting for the first game. He looks like Crickard but lacks the drive--slippery but not as powerful--and should show up well in the first game. He looks like Crickard but lacks the drive--slippery but not as powerful--and should show up well in the first few games.

The line! A tough assignment. You can say that the sophomores have pepped it up and you can say that it is looking good against the Jayvees but the answer to the question: Is it good? must be left until after October 2. Kelly is a real find at right end and White is a tough customer to beat out on the left wing. He is officially in the class of 1936 for he was out of college for a year and ineligible for another. The reserves are not up to snuff. Nazro is a veteran but has not been delivering his wares satisfactorily this year. Kopaus and Francisco at the tackle posts seem to be working well, and Rogers is close on Francisco's heels. The guard prospects are the best in a long time with four men almost equally matched. Gulian and Schumann are the choices at present but it might as well be Healey and Gundlach. Casal misses the call of being a peer of the foregoing quartet by a hair, but ought to be up in there shortly. Center is now being held down by Crane, but he is being pushed hard for the post by Brad Simmons.

All in all the team at present is in a formative state. Coach Casey is trying all possible combinations, and may have hit on the right one in his new backfield. The old A backs were sluggishly slow and the new ones are the exact opposites. With Dean supplying the power they ought to prove formidable. Nothing left to do but wait for the woodsmen from Maine. --BY TIME OUT.