The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-02
CADETS SHAKE UP OLD Ell,
WEST POINT AND YALE PLAY TIE
GAME, g TO q.
The Iiluc Easily Esceis In Rushing. While
blocked Kick Helps Army TO n Touch.
down-New Haven Ends Not weak
Good work by Graves ana (hadv lex

wrsr poIyr. Nov. THE West Point foot -
ba!'i-tS to-day sustained their reputation of
bang q disturbing element for top-notchcrs
and held ale TO n tie. to Both touch
Z WINS were made In the first half These
hayes were only twenty minutes each Yale
-sutrd longer halves and had she carried
trr point N this regard IL il altogether likely
Tho Blue would have added another touch
down. as Yale did not get thoroughly warmed
up 90 her attack until we'll along in the second
half when the New Haven men went through
West Point for sweeping gains But taking
tgr game as IL was played. the soldiers gave
a. good as they took and gave Old Eli the fight
% his seasons life 20 date
About eight thousand persons crowded
around the field Mills OF Princeton and
Waters and Lewis of Harvard. were rival
scouts on hand and not one of them saw rea-
son 20 give UP hope from Nale's play There
VAS something of nm impression after the
tr-t half that Yale had been overratcd. but
Yale showed signs of dangerous strength
later on. Another factor was the Army str"ugt h
for these cadets 60 at an opponent with sroh
snap and vigor that they soon knock out
any oyerplls Of conceit that the opposition
may harhor II was 40 to-day Yale was
forced 10 LEI herself out To the limit to keep
~" cadets from placing iyale's goal line IN
frequent jeopardy
Yale gained far more ground In rushing
than West Point. and the formers defence
was, on N" whole. strong But there were
serious exceptions. and that i where the
alrrtuc-S of the cadets cam" into pl1v. Their
touchdown was due TO blocked kick. aud
then Ia two irresistible PUSHES. which knocked
Tho spots out Of lal"'s muCh-prai-od defence.
Tn" soldiers crashed through for a touch
down. From tackle to tackle the Yale line
dt not perform up to its reputation. Sew
orl times West Point made first down
through tackle or through Goss, Who was A
weak spot at right guard Nai"'s right wing
vas nothing like as steady a the left wing,
and the cadet backs made it warm for Hogan
and Goss Hogan was worked hard Oh the
offence, and did better in the tackle back
formation than on the defence.
Tho ale ends have been pronounced weak
but they did exceedingly vel to-day better
than the tackles Shevln played a fine
and sure IN their tdChilug, barring ono ia
stance. when both missed HaCkott and nj.
lowed him 10 get away. The cadet tackers
often threw their man back, SO aggressive
was their defence, aud more than once they
smashed through lale's Interference and
rc9'hed the runner before hn IT," latter could
,nr tine and less cumbersome on their feet
tntu ldl"
The cadets had in team that averaged
c,o-c to $50 pounds. Day did not play hut
Bunker Id. often taking the ball Tor tandem
smash at the other side. Bunker and lackett
formers on the offence with Torney not used
80 often, but tough customer when called
on Tor an advance. II - Indignantly denied
here that DAILY has not played because of any
jealousy, low standing or question Of eligi-
hiity. lie has not played so Tar hecag-"
II was thought advisable to save him for
the ANNAPOLIS game as muC h n possible.
A West Point star to-day was Graves
who did most Of the runting and played IN
the field and his tackng was deadly. Boyer-
was as active ne ever and worried hi opposite,
oit soR,idrfHsbg aot rp1sni for punt
% VI II for %sH sS on ds S " buy ES fsp
so busy that he could not break thrrouTh 10
field showed considerable speed and Chad
wick followed his interference in splendid
interference been loss ragged he would have
done -till better Ward was quick a. a lash
IN Bow Dn man ran had n good HnG
bail away quickly and was hanper"d by
T TaTod Steadily and i'3 Wei The ya R'
Il displayed skill and determination IN h"lping
Che runner. Lifting ana dtaGE'nr ana -hoWng
30 on the runner with such sprvne--, backed
w with vis"-hke rrip., that Yale was often
half 'Nale's attack was irrosistihlv swift and
iorWhahlc IN ~ 2riamHat,on, nm a." ia.t
because of West Point~ ouioknes1. alertness
and resolution in meeting it.
Yale lad the kick Il and Bowman drove
a low balI only fifteen yards into the "r"uy's
territory Wst Point AZ one" tri"d rushing
and Bunker. by means of H." tandem, split
through Go-s and Hogan for two yards
The Yale d"lrIc' was on t. toes FOR ia" next
try and there was no gain Graves puutod
10 Metcalf who misindr d N" pan and had
to 'htsa hack to Nalr's .5-yard line. Here
y al" lined m for an assault on a." Army In
ir"uchmauts Chadwick and Bowman forced
West Point to Weld three Yards. then kinney
nod through for four wards and ldIWtfk
for four more. Ward was downed IN II heap
for no gain trying an end run and Bowman,
rIntcd 70 shannon shannon m n 1t and
tn ball bounded To liocin.. who trmbl"d In
4grambl, Tor tho pig,I,in, and West Point br.ns
rhr moro visilnu', got it Graves puntcd
to Nooaf bowman At ono" Kicked back
and Sh"vlin laid shannon low with Il b"auti-
rorn"y hit the centr" for d? yard, but con-
8, Wv" gains thtoHGh lai az : ne Wrt" out
Mrt,lli The latter caught neatly aud dodg-
Inc th' Wost Point ends Circl,d swiftly past
yNo '!tSd N!etcaifs lo-yard dieLt ,.Yait
s.rimmago nut W.st Points goal in greater
danger and finally, with only two Yhrd~ TO 20.
Ward banged through Bunker and iIomp-
sou Tor touChdow1, the "niir" Nai" team al
Til toucl down rather dazed the CADET, but
w 9DyrnSd nn HuoeT(,. NE "it Fi,n'u
and Poyer~, splitting the Yale night a. if II
were paper. ru-ted down on Bowman. This
Wa on IN" li-N7rd line and IA" ball re-
bounded from Boycr>'s Ghost to b" i-ylr dime.
~ this critical lunturc the al" d"i"nC" Was
rot equal to the occasion. Bunker ~lOok IL
for two yards and Iorucy tot the remaining
three and n touchdown.
The -Orpst roint with the Val" coaches
between halves was the blocked kick and
several diSpa. Siouatc critic Ob-erved that
IN" Yale team Wa rot a good n they had ,
played better foot bail, dcsp itc 10 scoring
1orney kicked OF TO Sheyliu. VINO ~Curricd
back fifteen yards when NCAudrew doVued
him % hard hi bones shook. Ward made a
pretty gain of Ave yards and then 10 gain
then u three yard gain. bowman pu It.d
to Iackctt on West Poiut'S ii-yard limo
and Wilholmi put ll1Ck'tt down on the epot
An amusing incident happened here. Iaohott
held on to the leather, While mother bali was
on the ground near the side line,
oct hOid OF that bal, suuuted a West |
Pointer. spying the second tai Three or !
four men Owed poll-mcll after the useless |
Graves and Iornoy slammed through |
Goss for seven yards straight before the Yale |
line stcaded Here West Point took No |
the tandem formation. but a kick clos" to the |
line was the real play. NetCalf caught on |
lale's %o-yard line and after several good |
gains and n touchdown threatened n penalty
took tho ball away from the New Haven !
team Torney pun'rd Bowman puuted !
back and llaCkott, being missed by three |
Yale men,. scampered along twenty wards |
unhinder"d. 4 number Of punt~ '...,d"d /
the leather on Yal"'s lO-yard line. nj which /
stare the blue settled down to an rNuih ion |
of gft orb ,l.t III