The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-06
SHUT OUT.
Academy (: az Did
Not Score
AGAINST YALE 'O2.
sdy
Visitors Won on Superior
Interference and Team Play

be members Of the varsity squad if not
of The varsity eleven, a year or two
henee--net Worcester Academy yes
terday afternoon on the Worcester oval
These sturdy Youngsters from New
Haven emerged from the contest vic
torious, having 16 points-three touch
downs and one goal-to their credit.
The Worcester Academy team never
succeeded in pushing the ball over the
goal line of the Blue, and, in fact, never
seriously threatened the visitors goal.
Yale Freshman won the game for
just one reason 1t was because she had
the better team. Her men We're heavier.
nut this was not her most noticeable
strong point; her mqn We're perhaps a
trifie older, yet surely they had not
enjoyed the advantage of playing to-
gether so long as the Academy's repre-
sentat1Ves. The secret of Yale's success
lay simply in her team work. There
were individual stars upon the team to
be sure, but it was the team rather
than the individual that did the work.
And team play always wins in the end.
The Interference of the visitors was
simply grand. At every stage of the
manifested itself, but never more strik-
lngly than after Academy's kieks-off.
Ihen when the back had safely caught
the ball, it seemed as though the other
ten men would form an almost impreg-
naole mass of hum anity about the man
Wl6hethe ball. Before Acade my tackles,
guards, ends and backs had succeeded
IN breaking UP this wall and hau an
opportunity to reach the runner. half
LENGTH a1d -, i
Not once, but three times, this play was
worked to the disappointment of the
Academy students and to the few of
the freshmen faithful who had accom-
panied their team to this city.
In line hucking, too, it was concert
ed team work that enabled the visitors
10 make so big gains so frequently.
Inc man Who was signaled to take the
ball was not depended upon to gain the
ground All that was required of him
was to keep his feet so long as, possible
The men behind him did the work.
They would come in on all sides at the
same time, and the poor Academy men
seemed unable to withstand the weight
thrown against them Occasionally the
man with the ball would, with lean
ana bound. temporarily extricate him
self from the mass, but once in the
open, some Academy man would nal
him.
Captain Fincks of the Yale team di.
rected nine plays out of ten against the
line. And in these plays, Cunha. the
Hawaiian center, was a veritable tower
of strength. 4 He was talked Of early ir
the season for the place on the varsity
but his lack of knowledge alone pre-
vented him from being made a perman-
ent member. He weighs upwards OF
240 pounds, and is as quick as a cat
tT mn lsaa -
weight, too, and by simply giving one
man and then another the shoulder
would have a hole opened up Of suffi-
cient dimensions to allowing of the
driving through of the prevrbial horse
and cart.
Another very effective play for Yale
was a tackles back formation directed
at the opposing tackles. The interfer-
ence would strike the point of attack
diagonally, and sweep away the men
for the runner Yale, however, in
most of her plays showed preference
of sending the man in first, and letting
the other players pile in afterwards
Of course to make this method Of play
successful, the runner must have abil-
ity to keep his feet, come what may
And more than one Yale man possessed
that ability to a marked degree Yale
worked the ends but little, and then
the gains were small.
Those in the grandstand remarked
upon the apparent lack of knowledge
that Yale players had of their owT
signals. This was in a measure true
and yet there was good reason for it
An entirely new system of signals hae
been worked out for the team last week
and after. being practiced for only two
days, were used yesterday. In conse:
quence the quarterback had to repeal
them many times, and occasionally Z
signal was mistaken, which meant {
down without a gain.
Against Yale, Worcester Academy
showed up poorly. The Worcester meT
had few chances to run with the ball
but when the spheroid was in their pos
session they did not make the most OF
the opportunity. They had the ball sly
times during the game. Three times
they were forced to punt, and thus lose
st; once it was lost on four downs with
out a punt; twice 1t went to Yale OF
fuInbles This well shows the charac
ter and strength of Yale's defensive
work. azAeademys defensive work, az
might be Imagined, was weak, none o.
The line being able to hold.
Not once during .he entire game
save on The hzickof in the second half
did Yale freshmen attempt to advance
fine ball by kicking. Worcester Aead-
eny on the other hand, resorted tc
hunting tactics d number of times, ano
Of course had the Eick-of every time
after she had been scored against,
Coach Gammons las been devotine
oons{derable attention to Norris punt
ING during the past week, but there is
etiIl ample opportunity for the Acad-
anv fullback to show d great deal
more Improvement In kicking OH
work. Norris generally got his toe into
the pigsliin fairly, and his WORK IN TINS
resuect was creditabe. But IN attempt
inc to punt, assin former weeks, ms
work was wletchedly poor. Little POT
nl1nts that go up into the air as hlgn
&c tbevl ID forward, count but for lit
tIe Yala did not break through quick
" so Norris had plently OF time. BuI
he was SLOW, as usual.
Of the players on the winning team
c,,,yba ~ which mention has already
been made, Wilbur so long as ne con-
tinued in the game, ana Hall ~ lne
way through, were the stars. Nllpui
was at one stage Of the game me cen
tre of attraction He received 2 Sc
we're blow in the head. and was dazeo
for at least Is minutes, but could hol
he induced to retire. He went into
the came with absolutely no prepara-
zion: I'm fact he has donned foot pal
suit for only few times this season
and was really in no condltion 10 play
Hall. as fullback, made some niasllili-
cent PUSHES through the line, having
been preceded by Cunha.
On the Academy side there were few
rael stars Davis, CT course, as q
ground gamer could be depended upon
sna usually made good distances. But
in defensive, play, probably because o.
the strength OF the opposing line. he
Ma not show up as well as usual. Will
hur when all right. simply toycd WITT
ne light-haired youth, but blagden
Who succeeded Wilbur was moro of
match. Abbott at right end played Drill