HAWLEY BELIEVED NOW

Jesse Hawley is a master of psychology. He is always pessimistic, and metropolitan sporting writers have always taken his statements before a game with a grain of salt. Accordingly, when the team left for Harvard, the Boston papers disregarded his declaration that Dartmouth was all shot to pieces physically, and that they had only an outside chance against the Crimson. The papers predicted a U. S. championship, the odds were 10 to 6, and the undergraduates placed all their available money on the team.

To the correspondents who sat high in the Stadium press box that day and saw the sad story written on the field, the final result was not a surprise. Marsters and Breithut, the crack running backs of the Dartmouth attack, started the game, but before play was ten minutes old, it could be seen that they were a hindrance rather than an asset. Marsters could hardly run, and Breithut limped so badly that he was no use to the team.

There is always the open question, though, whether Dartmouth could have defeated Harvard that day with their full strength. For credit be to the Crimson, they showed a real smashing football attack, and looked unbeatable. They fooled Dartmouth with a lateral pass consistently, and [their line outplayed ours from end to end, which was the greatest shock of all, for the Dartmouth forward wall was reputed the strongest in years and was in good condition.