The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-08
CONFIDENCE IS RESTORED
UNEASTNESS OF TALE MEN DIS- PEELED BY SATURDAYS SUCCESS.

PEELED BY SATURDAYS SUCCESS.
 The Big Chicago Eleven Proved Rather
 an Easy Mark for Yale's Pigskin Chasers
 Defensive Work Feature-Paulman,
 the Visitors Center, Had His Arm Broken
 Other Games and Football Items.
 4ale's victory on the gridiron last Saturday has had the effect of dispell- ing all fears in the minds of the under graduates as to the unfavorable out come of the games with both Harvard and Princeton.
 It is now the unanimous opinion that the blue will be victorious in both con- tests. The wonderful improvement made by the team in the past week, in both offensive and defensive work, was not fully realized or understood by the majority until the contest of Saturday, There was that vim and dash present which has characterized Yale teams of former years and which has been so conspicuously absent almost all season. The men seemed inspired They have never tackled, advanced the ball or kicked as well as they did on Satur- 1 day.
 The effects of the hard training of the past week were shown. Nothing seem ed to daunt them. The backs plunged through the great holes torn in the line by the tackles and guards for success sive gains of from five to twenty yards.
 
 game.
 The close formation play was well tested and found to be a success. Whenever a yard or more was needed Mcbride was sent through the line by the close formation, and he invariably gained his length The play of tackle | and end over was very beneficial, es- pecially in the formation of the inter- | ference.
 | Captain Rodgers distinguished him. self by his fierce plunges through the | opposite tackle. The interference in the round-the-end plays was exceed ingly well formed and good gains were | made every time This has heretofore been a weak point, but is now one of the features of the offensive work The
  | and showed much improvement since the Brown game.
 Poor defensive work has caused more anxiety among the coaches than any thing else, but the way the team braced up and stopped the onward rushes of the heavy line and backs of the Chica- go team was evidence that the ability to play brilliant defensive game is present and only needs to be brought out.
 The day was superb, both for players and spectators A stiff wind was blow ing diagonally across the field. The Chicago team played well for the first half, but were somewhat weakened in the last owing to the loss of their cen- ter, Paulman, who had his right arm broken near the wrist. Captain Draper was somewhat injured and will be laid up for the week. The tackles, Pixley and Shepherd, were handled rather roughly and considerably bruised. As for Yale, Hall had his left arm slightly twisted and was replaced by Connor, while Post took Cadwaladers place about the middle of the last half. This change was made to save Cadwalader rom pOSSlDle injury.
 All the Yale men did good work. The backs were exceptionally strong, and Dudley and Benjamin will now un- doubtedly be put in first in the Harvard game Hagen and Hall put up superb games at ends, but the latter was in a great measure responsible for Chica- gos touchdown. He misjudged a tackle and run of thirty yards by Draper placed the ball on the ten-yard line. I De Saulles at quarter played a strong, heady game. He handled the team in good style. One of his tackles probably saved a touchdown by Draper
 The ball was only fu1nbled three ] times during the game, but they luck fly resulted in no loss. Chamberlain at | tackle was the same as a stonewall. 1 He made fine openings in the line for | the backs and only once was a gain l of more than one yard made through l him. In fact, the ffve-center men were almost impregnable. Chicago by sev- l eral long runs and line play just out | side of tackle gained some ground, but ,, lost the ball on downs four or five | times by attempting to force the line. | They tried the formation so successful | ly worked by Pennsylvania, but it was | of no avail.
 Draper played a star game for the | visitors. He made several long runs, one of forty yards. He is a giant in | frame, runs fast and works the stiff | arm interference in a wonderful man. | ner. He succeeded in passing six men | on one run, before being downed.
 Captain Draper was somewhat criti- l cised for not playing more of kicking l game, because of the strong wind that | was to the back of the Chicago team. | This was the style of game played by | Yale in the second half, and was Of | much advantage. Corwin and Kiefer | played backs in this half, but had no | chance to distinguish themselves.
 Saturdays game was witnesses by at l least 5000 persons, many of whom were | of the fair sex. The students were out | in force and had their lungs with them. Every good play was cheered to theJ echo, and the men were encouraged.
 The new bleachers are so built that | by kicking the heels against the foot boards a great racket can be made. | This was used to good advantage last Saturday and will be one of the most