The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-29
Vale 20. West Point 0.

yvaet Point, N Y. Oct. &.-Yale loot- hall team defeated West Point 'ooay " the score of 20 to 0, making three 'ouen downs and one safety. Hales iarse ,.,1 aSoiS was made during sudden spurts III "iitS" ! th1 baa,,v eleven threw West Point de- fense aside with apparent ease anu oioss- e ed the gridiron for touchdowhs III a ie" ,,ass nlavs Aside from these few mn ,tss nlav. the game looked quite prohls-
 inp for West Point. Toward the ciose U. inc game Yale's attack strengtheheo' anu sensational runs were continuaiiy iMisue' M The game was practically enoeo oeioie the time limit by hundreds or enthusias tic spectators running out upoh 'i,e s M after Yale's last touchdown ana pee,l made on A 45-yard run by Quarterpack Jones. ,4 Rotb elevens used mass plays almost entirely Frequently group or TOUT or five Vale players broke through west Points defense and started an eNci'ihs obstacle race toward the army goal
 for gains of five and twenty yards. At such times the soldier tackles were dras- ,oa ,1ong the ground by the Yale mass and stopped its progress only by throw ing themselves on the ground to De ! trampled on, thereby tripping their op- ponents. and breaking up the play.
 Touch Down In First Minute.
 
 the first touchdown. Beavers ol the ariny 1 received the initial kickoff, and Tn run ,ine hack with the ball threw himself so fiercelv against the Yale tackles that he fell limp on the ground ana droppeu | the ball. Yale secured the rumble on | inc armvs 3O-yard line, and in three plays | pushed Leftback Vender over Tor touch- | down Veeder also kicked the goal
 The army then kicked off and on Yale s | nOSspSiOn Of the DHll | In midfield Immediately West Point ! tandem two backs and tackle began l to drive against Yale's right guard, Tripp : with such force that the opposing line
 was backed from midfeld to within two | yards of It's own goal line Yale sup porters had given up hope of preventing | the touchdown when their team saved Its | goal.
 The army menaced Yales goal during 1 nearly all the remainder of the half. but the half ended with the score 6 to In l Yale's favor.
 | The West Point team showed the effect 1 Of Yales pounding when the second half | began Yale carried tho ball soon after | the kickoff to West Points 15-yard lne | where the army team secured 1t on | downs. The ball was immediately pass l ed to Beavers to attempt a run around | Yale's left end but the West Point half | back had only started when Capt. Shev- | lin of Yale. running from the opposite end | of the Yale line, came up behind the army's flying backfield and throwing his arms around Beavers, tossed him back l upon his own goal line. Other Yale lines | men had broken through by this time and ! their impact threw Beavers still further | back. allowing Shevlin to tackle him for 8 I safety behind the army's goal line. Yale's | next score was touchdown by Veeder. | Near the end of play West Point se- cured the ball, and instead of attempting | to buck Yale's line, Gillespie ordered a | punt Quarterback Jones of Yale. caught | this kick near the midfied and sprinted back with the ball towards the armys | goal. He ran straight at the center of the advancing army tackles from whose clutches he was saved by long running dives of his teammates, who thus opened