The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-08
RUGBY WITH AMERICAN SAUCE
YALENSTANS AND BRITONS PLAY
S~CORELESS GAME.
Rreaking Through and Tacilins Of Els
Knock Spots Out of Passing Tactics
One Team Green, the Other Rusty
Lots OF Fun and Little Science.

Lois OF Fun and Little Science.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. April THE game Of
rugby football on Yale Field this afternoon
between regulars and substitutes OF the
Yale varsity squad and q team Of English
men from New York was a wild, jovisl scram-
bic in which there was more fun than science.
Thirty minute halves were played and the
better SHELTER tussle ended in a tie. o to o.
II there we're any ideas In Rugby adapt
able to the revised American game Of foot
ball they did not crop out extensively this
afternoon. That probably was less the
fault Of rugby than Of the way it was played
to-day. To most Of the Yale men the game
vas absolutely new. while the English
men were out Of practice both as to team
work and individually There was only the
slimmest resemblance between to-days 60
40 you please frolic and the sklful and fast
exhibition given by the New Zealanders
when in this country.
The Rugby that the Englishmen knew to-
day could not cope with the American tao
tics with which the Yalen SLAMS broke UP the
Rugby ideas. For a while the Englishmen
excelled in heeling the ball out from .scrums.
but the Yale men broke through so sharply
and tackled so cleanly and theoretically that
there was no chance for the Britons to adj
vance the ball by passing and running-a
strong card in ordinary Rugby. The Ellis
training in following the ball aud dropping
on it served them in good stead. They were
TOO alert and speedy for their opponents.
In their rusty condition, TO make any head
way BY passing and lodging.
The Yale tendency when a man had the
ball vas TO tuck It under the arm and race
along Had not the ball been loose when
aver there was a serum. Yale would have
scored time and again, gaining much more
ground than the visitors. At first the col
legians were very shy about taking chances
ON passing. but they improved in. this regard,
and passed oftener in a hit or miss fashion.
sometimes accurately. sometimes not. They
were prone TO forward passing. and hence
Incurred frequent penalties. They showed
marked Improvement. as the game pro-
crossed, in foot work and getting possession
of the ball in scrums.
Habit was too strong upon the Yale players
for them to wholly resist desire to plunge
straight ahead. More than once they broke
through the opposing pack. then pounded
along. GLIDING or shaking Oh tacklers. They
made numerous runs OF from ten to thirty
yards, Sammy Morse. the Yale varsity
captain Roome. Linn. Wylie. Hagan. veeder.
Congdon and Andrews all split around or
through the opposition for long gains. The
Yale team was captained by Bower. an Eng
ltshman. who is a student in Shelf.
just before the game ended Congdon nipped
the ball from somewhere and scooted forty
ydIOS over LIE goal lut. lOe CTOWQ yelled.
hut it was not a try. Some unknowine
Yale man had done something he should not
have done. which was often the case when a
run was made. There were only fourteen
men on each side. The Englishmen were
shy a fullback. so Rex Finn. the Yale half
back and hockey captain. became an Eng
ltEhman pro tempore. As a rugby star Rex's
rays were dim. Morse. Linn. Congdon
Veeder. Stevenson and Wylie played well for
YQIa Uhila RlpR Stuart fha vareifv euh and
was busy putting English backs over for a
loss.
The go cd work Of Bell, the En- glish captain.
tns what to do with the ball when he had it.
The srit2ns were the better at knowing
Bsi's p y es'f but hey did In not toe oosnSineer heisS It
1as e5isAg P%SstIas -ssoa did ss S"R SoosiSR u
The Yale men we're nattily attired in blue
T TSre 3 b SGsqbsflfiG suit T5' Ri Pinf the tka nIGte a4bSsEer,
otit of above the knee, All we're bare kneed.
Sammy Morse's trunks we're so short as to
NOM" a classmate yelled at, Sammy before
the game. and Sammy responded with a High
ings Of every, conceiSabie color and a few
oolors in addition, Moreover, several Of
ths mbs sP9 }stf6w sas . II Re9p{dgssSSr rirsr,. s,o,.tnad
tas sssied' cap S'Ds s&66. / hes 81 a t ciFSdus Pider. $'s said
anotneI. !
"Oh. look at Sir Thomas; he's down. cried
. frivolous spectator. as a bald headed and
Inustached member Of the English team took
q header and lit on his features. But players
the game, which. though crude. was snappy,
vigorous and sPortsmanlike, It vas not
not done by the Americans. There were
Jolting tumbles for both sides. but the ground
soft and no one was disabled. One
English player was laid out for a few minutes.
4 hand tackle sent veeder spinning, but both
Walter Camp. Head COACH, Rockwell and
ball department. saw the game. So did a
big crowd of students. The teams were as
follows:
Observation-Disclosures, Scott, Grooves,
Fin"h. Johnstone, Grayre; Hazel. Glasgow.
Three quarteroacks-Robertson Bell, Harvey,
Roberts,
F~ulback-Fllnn.
MISUNDERSTANDING, stuart, Andrews,
Bower, Congdon, Beebe.
Hafbacks-WyiIe. Hagan.
Three Observation-Disclosures Morse, Roome,
Linn.
Fullback-veeder.