The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-10-20
ARMY
TIES
YALE
Cadet Goal Only Once
Seriously I Threatened.
Jones Stars.
West Point, 0; Yale, o.

West Point, 0; Yale, o.
WEST POINT. n. Y, oct, 1s.-The
Yale bull dog bit of more than ne could
chew when he tackled the West Point
! Cadets here this afternoon. and at The
close OF the second half of the first big
Football game Of the season the score
stood Yale 0. Army O.
Inc Cadets have a habit OF giving
| Yale's eleven & sprint for its currency.
| To-Day they did more than that. They
| played The Blues 10 standstill. and al
| the conclusion had an even break at
| least, and IN the opinion Of most of the
| spcci ators. had a shade on their op-
! pO!.-llts- The contest was a beautiful
ore from the spectators standpoint
/ being characterized by much open work
| brilliant kicking duels, and spectacular
/ forward passes
Tad Jones Stars.
Tad Jones. Yale's star quarter. was
really tbs big man Of the game. Ills
running back OF pants was the most
distinguishing feature Of the contest
/ IN which honoTs for the most part were
even Though the West Point puntsrs
had about an even break with the Blue
| kickers, T. Jones' brilliant work made
/ the kicking Of his team mates more eff
/ fective than that ~ the Cadets.
Made 20 order football weather pre-
vailed and the big field on the top Of
wnen the two teams started on the grid
/ iron this afternoon amid the ovation
| Of thousands Of spectators, whose sport
Ing blood had been set ungling by the
/ crisp autumn air.
| West Points defense was superb, and
/ though its Oneuse was a TidG ineffec-
/ tive against It's heavier opponents, the
soldiers played q brilliant defensive
/ lalteflnE. Yale appeared 70 have q bet
| ter mastery Of the forward pass.
Neither team was effective at line buck
/ ing, and the quarterback kick, the pop
/ ular play Of two seasons ago, proved in
| effective today.
On Cadets Is-Yard Line.
/ only once was either teams goal line
| seriously threatened. This was about
| the middle Of the first aalf, when Yale
| had worked the ball to the Cadets -
/ yard line Bomar made an attempt al
/ goal from placement at the 25-yard line,
/ but his kick was a poor one, and the
/ ball went low and wide
| West Point won the toss, and chose
/ the north goal. Wiley sent the oval
/ T. d. JOnnson rushed IL back fifteen
yards before he was brought TO the
/ turf. Coy and Beavers engaged in a
/ kicking duel, with honors even. Finally
/ Yale got the bail on her Own 55-yard
+ line, and gained twenty yards on 3 dOu-
: bic pass. Coy carrying the ball Jones
| Coy punted to the Cadets 15-yard line.
Another kicking duel resulted, during
the course OF which each side tried its
| opponents line without finding a hole.
| Each side was also penalized fifteen
/ yards for holding, both teams being eX-
/ CeeCingly nervous. Failing 10 gain on
line plung1 and an attempted end run,
! Beavers booted the oval TO Iale's
25-yard line. The ball bounded badly,
and Coy lost 1t. Besson capturing the
leather for West Point
Army Makes Touchback.
An outside kick gave the Cadets a
touchback. and the ball was brought
out. Coy bootng Il out OF The danger
zone. Shortly after Yale hit the
I Cadets line for eight yards T. Johnson
made first down, and the army was pen
allied twenty-five yards for holding.
Beavers punted TO Coy. An exchange Of
punts followed, during which Tao Jones
contributed toe most spectacular run OF
the game, An on-side kick, q torWaru
mass and an end run then took the
ball TO the Cadets 15-yard line. and
Roman made a weak attempt at a goal
The ball was in Yale's possession on
her own 45-yard line when time was
called in the first half.
Seore-Yale, 0; West FONT, O.
Second Half.
Ayres relieved johnson in the Cadets
I
half. and Beavers kicked 70 Yale's s.
yard-line. Tad Jones running the ban
hack ten wards. An exchange of kicks
followed. and Yale received the ball on
her own S5-yard line. A spectacular Tor
ward pass over Yale's left end, Howard
Jones getting the ball, Melted the Blue
fifteen wards Yale tried lire smashing,
But If failed. and both sides fell TO
kicking. Surprised at its failure TO
sweep the Cadets before It, Yale started
20 rough II. The Cadets came right
back, and gave Yale more than Il lad
bargained for. Tad Jones accidentally
lineed Stearns, putting him out for tho
count A few moments later. Erwin,
the big Cadet guard, whose tackling had
been a feature of the game, was also
put out for the full two minutes as a
result Of a daring headlong dive at
Yale runner.
Hanlon Relieves Stearns.
At this stage a forward pass to
Roman gave twenty yards. On the next
play the Els attempted to repeat and
Jones was thrown back for a loss OF
fifteen yards. A third attempt resulted
in a West Point man getting the ball, /
which went 10 the Army on Yaie's 90
yard line. HaclOp took Stearns' place :
in the Cadets line. More puntlng fol-
lowed, and during this stage there was
considerable fumbling and holding IN
-A4O AA4lS-s each S41t Ut4AE U%uallEGQs IN .
the midst Of this Tad Jones retired in
favor Of Dimes. Beavers punted to
Wylie or Yale's Award line, and aided
by splendid interference, the latter
made a brilliant dash through a broken /
held to the Cadets 25-yard line. The
bail was called back, however, ard Yale
loSt twenty-five yards for holding.
Grebei took r. D JOhhnson's place.
Wylie punted TO the Cadets 40-vard
line, and the latter lost the BAH for
holding. Bigel.w smashed the Cadets
line for ten yards. Murphy took Ro-
mans place, and Dimes snapped the /
ball over left end for a forward mass
and the first down for Yale The nall
was on the Army's I5-yard line Dimes
tried a quarterback run. but failed IN
go out the required FIVE yards. and YaIe
Was penalized fifteen yards Just as the
whistle sounded
Lineup:
West Point. Positions. Yale
i. JohnsOn.........L. E........... II. Jones
Besson...-.--..---.-L. T............... Paige
MOSS. -......s........L. G............ Bridges
8hlllon ...........Center.- ........ Coonev
Erwin r. G...............C ~ebe
Weeks-...,.........R. T............. BigeIow
Ayres- ;..-..s..-R- E....-.........B urch
Alountford-..--....Q Q. B..--.-.......T Jones
II. Johnson. III. B..-....-... Wylie
X. ii. Smith......L. III 6.........,. Roman
Beavers .----.-..-.-F. B--.-........... Gov !
Field judge, W. w Morrice. Referee