The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-05
IN THE FOOTBALL WORLD.
YALE. MEN NOT CAST down OVER
POOR GAME.
Believe Team WIN Get Together and Front
by west Point Lessons Tho Army
Eleven Likely 90 Worry Anybody
Princeton Leads In Polish and over.

in the gentle gridiron pastime, but with
them the feeling IL that they would be better
employed in trying to profit by the lessons
OF the West Point game than crying over
split milk. So they do not concede that the
Princeton game already Is as good as lost.
The team will get going yet. said Trainer
Mack yesterday. They've got to get going.
The showing yesterday was one Of those
things that will happen, and the team can
play better football than that. l think
you'll see the offence get to gether before the
season is over" One of the coaches also ex-
pressed confidence In the ability of the team
to rally. The West Point game was a good
thing for the men. he said. Nor is con-
tdenoe lost in Tad Jones. who fumbled so
suffering from skyitis OF what. he doesn't
get that way often. and his generalehip was
all ri ght.
The best thing about the Yale-west Point
clash was that IL was a clean. square contest
on both sides. Not that its being 40 was q
rarity deserving OF comment. A majority
of contests this fall have been OF that sort,
and other kinds OF games are not 70 be found
at West Point; but IL was one OF those strug-
giles that emphasize the fact that no matter
how hard and stubborn mag be the strife 1t
can be fought out in a manner thoroughly
sportsmanlike. There, we're no wrangles.
no roughing, no taking unfair advantage.
and the work Of the officials was good. Little
time was taken out under the new rules-there
Is not as much delay as there used to be-and
all the players appeared TO he 1T for another
twenty minutes hard work If necessary.
Ill In well to again call attention to the fact
when telling OF other teams weaknesses
against the Army that. while the weaknesses
are real enough. the Army eleven IA n hum
mer. II there is any team that is as good
as the cadets at quick charging and get
ting the jump on opponents 1t has not tackled
them so far this season. None Of the opposing
lines as yet has eQualled the soldier line in
uniformity of strength and activity. Prince
ton is expected to be a match for West Point
next Saturday in this regard. All eyes are
on this game to see what the ~conquering
Tigers will do to the hard lighting West Point
ers. The development Of the Princeton
teams attack has been more rapid than that
of Harvard. Yale or West Point indeed the
development OF the Harvard and Yale at
tacks do not seem to have been begun yet
so that anybody could notice 1t. Are the
Tigers at the top OF their form now or will
they keep on getting better? That is a ques-
ton that arises. That both Harvard and
Yale will have n much stronger offence than
they now have il certain. The point is.
80 far as Yale IL concerned. can the greater
improvement essential to a victory for the
Blue be sufficiently so to acquire equality
with the Orange and Black?
Looking for the brigh spots in Yale's
game last Saturday. one can dwell on the
fact that In two departments where weakness
wRS expected there was not any alarming
weakness. One of these has to do with the
centre Of the line. The three middle men
stood up TO their work pretty we'll and were
not easily handled by the other side. Erwin
and Brides. the guards. played agGressively
and besides played the best defensive game
in the Yale line. Hockenburger, while less
agile, was hard to bulge. and he passed
pretty we'll on the whole. His passing for
kicks was very good. The other depart
ment which was well attended to was the
p%unting. Veeder kicked for good distances.
low it is true. but low punting is one OF the
present years fashions. With the advent of
the onside kick there il a certain advantage
in low kicks. They carry faster. are harder
to catch and are likely to shoot past the man
playing back on the bound. There was a
jump to Veeder'S low booted drive which
meant all sorts OF trouble unless perfectly
handled. IL came about that the West Point
backfeld men did handle them admirably.
Yale won the game after the shock of being
scored on first. and that, too. Is something
In her favor. The Eli specially OF blocking
kicks, was much in evidence and cut a ire
fensive accomplishment in which Yale rarely
fails to turn a few handy tricks during the
season. DeIenSlNely 1dt sum NDpNtu TTSb
class ability in stopping rushing attacks.
She was beaten back for one touchdown.
Just as Princeton was by Cornell. but a for
ward pass and a penalty were mixed I'm with
the touchdown. While not strong enough
to repel the savage onslaught OF the West
Point SSSrders inside the : y saG line; the
other times. This does not include defence
for the forward. pass; In stopping the for
fence was many chips shy, The duplex
action, splendidly. executed West Point
forward pass simply bcTildered the falen-
Princeton showed far superior ability in
diagnosing forward passes. 4 much nimbler
wit is needed by Yale If she is to cope with
II Sss on the offence. how ever. that Yale
wa conspicuOusly deficient. The attack was
was no helping OF the runner. Why there
was more quick concentrating TO pull and
hsnl the runner by Yale Il No the . wsSisySn u
be out Of his element a. fnll0ack, az a loss
TO get moving. OF the, backs only little
Knox sprang for his opening with speed and
precision or put vim in his movements. Yale
did not try to rush a great deal; maybe be-
cause she found she could not, maybe because
she set out to play a kicking game and stuck
TO Il. But in the second half, when the ball
was n West Point territory. the rushing was
wofnlly weak The hitherto speed ana
Regarding the offence. Yale vas beaten by
West Point two years ago but played a more
encouraging game than in her victory of this
wear. Her offence showed something in
1904. II showed nothing this time. Form,
not scores. Ia the thing to be Teckoned with.
Not since 1899 has a Yale team displayed such
ineffective attack at this time OF the year,
and not since 1898 has there been such FUN
bling. As the fumblinR ailment is not chronic
n is 10 be presumed that II can be corrected.
IL looked for "a while last Saturday as II the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. game was to be re-
Deated. but the work Of handling puntE was
assigned TO another man. and the danger
was averted. Poor tackling In the open and
headless following Of the ball and falling on
n we're other faults. All this. too. with a
by no means bad lot OF material. symptoms
OF individual worth we're plentiful. II II
Was merely an on day II Was one OF extreme
offness. However, We are all Of us an in
consistent lot. We're the same sort Of game
played against Princeton and the same n vim
ming game the faults would be lost sight Of
ia the victory.
Saturdays game supplied another batch
Of pigskin pursuit of all sorts and the specta-
tors were again treated tn the hurry Ecufry.
duick changes and I'm certainty Of tho new
football. Defeats and victories. I rm and
the lack Of II are secondary 40 long rs the
game II better. Only Princeton of the
leaders bowed polish and power. Harvard
and Yale are about on a par in their offence.
Har vard's game against Brown also was a
disappointment. The Crimson showed some
Improvement over the game OF the week
before but only in occasional streaks. Har-
wards bgCkheld was weakened by. the an
scence Of Capt. Foster, a. Was Yaler by
the absence Of Roome. There was more
fight In the Brown team than IN Harvard