New-York tribune., 1904-10-23
YALE BEkIEN BY ARMY.
RIG FOOTBALL SURPRISE.
BEocEed Kick and Stolen Bal DO
Tt-ScOre, II to 8.
f.v rElpoRAPH TO TIE TRIBUSE-l

Siers wrote their names iafee Az =.
tory bv emerging from bitterly fouent 00i.1eS,
against Yale with . victory % 'he -
20 g. The result created little shor' OF se'iS1-
80, srooDe the crowd Of over ten thousand per-
soDs who saw u, for. though close game ana
small score were expected. nobody but the
most sanguine OF the Army's partisans anfiei-
psted victory -
u was q bitter pin Tor yale 10 swallow oui
Il uiu perhaps comfort her 10 kno" that N tne
opinion OF every expert Who watched the game
che better team was beaten. Il would. inoeeo
l,s ssiT 70 describe the Army's victory as won
hy q auke o. 10 be more accurate. TWO hukes
Cor one q the cadets touchdowns was scored
:, q blocked punt. and the other when Torney
mole the ball IN 9 scrimmage which began with
Yale or the soldiers lO-yard line anc with
so,,rhsovn apparently only a matter Of one
more rush
An ths same that run OF Torneys-lO0 YARDS
=. AS slnos, the entire length OF the field
was something well worth seeing. ano u was
small wonder that the cadets went Wild win
delight end when the final whistle blew rnsheo
-nndly on the FIELD carried Captain Graves OF
On their shoulders. and then performed oahce
q Victory an over the Gridiron field. while the
band footed music that no one cou4o heeI .
reason OF The vocal uproar
Yale hao her strongest team IN. and she would
De AAG l4eA 70 AlaAC any ~%N~N-~ -
q weakness IN the personnel OF her eleven
aaoreover the New-Haven players put up de-
rsdedly stronger game both the defence and
qhe offence than cid the who must have
fhs credit OF defeating them II is probable
thai the figures would show that Yale gaineo
BY rushing ten yards 20 every one gained IN
the same way by the amy while on the at
tack West Point made the irsr down through
Yales line only twice in the two twenty minute
hAlVsA
CADETS ATTACK IS WEAK
ne cadets had no attack that would COM
pare with the crashing tandem that Yale or
ganfzed successfully again and again. with
Hogan, Bloomer. Morse and Kinney for its COM
ponent parts Occasionally the soldiers braced
and stopped the onward march Of their oppo-
nents. but IL was only occasionally. and the
superiority Of the from Yale was apparent.
How then Il VIII be asked, is Yale's defeat TO
Be accounted for A rapid glance al few feat
ares OF the contest will show how the weaker
team won. Within one minute after play had
begun Yale hao the ball. and Vee6er was or
dered 70 punt Roraback the Yale centre made
q poor pass TO the kicker. the ball going so
high that Veeder had 70 jump for II to pre-
vent It's going over his head. This maneuvre
took precious time and before he could get the
pigskin away from his foot Upton. West Points
him and blocked the kick Erwin seized the bail
IS il bounded of Veedsr's foot, and, with no
one between him and the goal q touchdown was
easy. Then Doe kicked the goal
Luck again came 70 the Aruy's defence when
Yaie had pushed her way steadily down the field
and was only twelve little yards away from
touchdown and sui going. only 70 lose the pro-
spective tally when The referees whistle
announced that the time limit OF The hrst half
had expired.
But even this was no; enough The third and
Lest appearance OF the goddess Of chance on the
Soldiers side OF the field was really her most
spectacular apparition OF the Gay. YaIe's attack
hhc ripped hole after hole in the Aru1y's line. and
when on the ten-yard mark the tandem was
hurled ahead once more. IL could be seer that
BlOomer had the ball Then twenty-one men
elOsee In upon him
ToRNEV OUT FROM THE PILE.
second later Torney emerged from the mass
e legs and srrns with the ball tucked under his
arm and began the los yard sprint that ended
tn another touchdown for West Point Hoyt
os Yale. was the only man within even chasing
distance Of the West Pointer. bui he was never
near enough 10 be really dangerous
The narrow margin Of twelve inches or so was
al thai kept West Point from adding four more
points 70 her score for Captain Graves missed
q drop kick for goal by only that distance
Il was SAD lot OF faces that were carried
ee5ectsely OF the field in the Yale group after
the game. for. after al. explain it away as Won
will. they had been beaten by = team at whose
hands defeat was a novelty ana though their
opponents fought them desperately and with
both skin and power. the vanqu shed knew that
they had played the better game
Doubtless defeat was all the more bitter be-
earlier. Yaie's dearest foe had won victory-a
narrow one but victory for All that Yet It is
more than doubtful II Mr. wrightington or Mr..
Cochran the Harvard coaches who 1ourneyea
from Cambridge 10 see Yale beaten. took much
comfort from the defeat Of the Rew-Haven
team.
The biggest crowd OF The year was assembled
when the referees whistle blew. and fl was in
many ways a brilliant assemb!age. with the
large proportion OF pretty girls that big foot
ball game may invariably be depended upon TO
bring out The perfect October weather doubt
less cosXeo out many a spectator. who REGARDED
The occasion as merely an outing. In which the
autumn foliage and the clear ano bracing air
played fully as large q part as football win
me Yale team came a perfect swarm OF coaches.
including Class. MetoaiE VanderpoeI. Tborns
ano q host Of others who have won faus IN
slue uniforms on many grieiron
CAPTAIN GRAVES WINS TOSS
Captain Graves wor the toss for the Cadets
and chose 10 cefend the south goal. thus pe,-
ting ne seneft of whatever breeze was blowing.
Rorsbaek kicked os for Yale and after West
Point had tried the line twice with little resuI,
Prince punted- Rockwell uuffed the mass when
Yale lined up. and theE Veeder fell hack from
leies @@-yaro line to punt for the FRS, time.
Al tAis Jgncture came Rorsback's bad pass from
when I1plon tlnckef tie rr,rt ~ r. -