The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-11-04
Y4LE, rs; VEST POINT, s,
The Soldiers Played a Fine Game in the
First Half.

First Half.
| West Point, ~ Y, Nov 2-The cadet
and Yale football teams had fifty
minute game here to-day. Sleet, snow
and rain did not dampen their ardor
nor that of the large number of spec
tators
1t was expected that the game would
be hard one, and Captain King was
| anxious to put his best men on the
field, The Dartmouth game, however,
had played havoc with his stars, and
substitutes had to be used.
| Berry, who had been lying in the hos
pital threatened with serious sickness
all the week. got out last night and in
sisted upon taking his place on the field.
| Williams could not play ON account of
| his injured back, and Humphrey was
| substituted. Reisnger is in the hospi-
| tai, suffering from entertaining and
Savage was put in his place. Stacy
rib bothered him considerably, but
when he warmed up he forgot all about
his ills and did some good work.
| King played an excellent game. His
| kicking was marvellous and did much to
make the result so favorable to the
| cadets.
| 1t was after / o'clock when the Yale
team arrived Dinner had been ordered
| at the hotel, and the men kept indoors
until it was time to go on the field. The
hail storm which had been in progress
all the morning turned to snow, and
soon the neighboring hills were white.
| At o'clock the teams lined up. Yale
| had the ball. Jerrems kicked off, but
| Nolan fumbled and missed. The visit
| ors rushed. through the cadets center
| for five and ten yards, until West
| Points goal was seriously threatened.
ut was at this point that the cadets
/ made the prettiest play Of the whole
4 game, They had the ball on downs. 1t
4 was passed to King, back of the goal
posts, who punteds for seventy-five
yards. Nolan held Jerrems down, but
| Yale slowly got through the soldiers
center and around the ends until the
| ball was in West Points five-yard line.
King attempted his former feat of kick
! ing from behind the goal posts, but he
was crowded too close, and'was downed
| by Hinkey. This counted for the
| Yale men.
| King on the lineup kicked off nearly
| the length of the field. Jerrems made
| pretty catch, but was downed by No
| Ian. The Yale heavyweights proved
superior on the wet field, and slowly
pushed the cadets for five and ten yards
to the twenty -five-yard line. The sol
| diers made a determined stand and got
| l,aI ~, who wa G
| PLAYING a defensive game, did not at
| tempt to assail Yale's strong center He
| Kicked the ball well toward Yale's goal.
| West Point quickly secured the leather
| again, and for the first time made big
holes through Yale's center. Nolan and
King were making brilliant plays for
| the cadets and it was evident that ex-
| cept for a fluke they were bound to
| score.
Never before was such fine playing
seen on this field. Cheer after cheer
rang out for the soldiers, and when
Connor by brilliant run of thirty
yards, placed the ball on the visitors
| goal line the echoes rang from Storm
King to Turks Head.
| 1t was evident that Conner had real
| ly made touchdown, but Laurie Bliss
who umpired the first half seemed to
| think otherwise, and the cadets gave in
| without argument. Only foot was
claimed by the visitors. The cadets
pushed three yards over the goal line,
making the first touchdown from the
cadets. No goal Score--West Point 4,
| Yale 2.
Jerrems kicked off and Foy fumbled.
! Dewitt was not slow to see his chance
and dropped on the ball. The Yale men
now worked like fiends. BY good end
play they succeeded in pushing the ball
across the line, but failed on goal, and
the score stood to in favor of Yale.
on the lineup King kicked off for
twenty-five yards. Jerrems made a,
| pretty catch, but Nolan downed him
promptly. Jerrems attempted to punt,
but was blocked. The ball did not go
to West Point, and another kick was
tried, with the same result. The ball
now went to West Point, and was
quickly worked to Yale's goal line. In
another minute touchdown was made
by Lott. from which King failed to kick
goal.
Jerrems kicked off and soon Mills
made touchdown for the visitors. No
goal
In the second half the West Point
team showed signs of weakness. King,
Dallam and Berry were injured and had
to give up and the visitors had easy
work. They piled up a score of %,
which made the final result: West Point
8, Yale Is.
The lineup:
| West Point. Positions. Yale.