The Washington herald., 1907-10-20

West Point, n Y. Oct I9.-The Yale
Bulldog bit of more than il could chew
when it tackled the West Point Cadets
| here this afternoon. and, at the close
of the second half Of the big football
game. the score stood: Yale, O; Army, o.
The West Pointers had a surprisingly
strong defense, and. although Yale
gained more ground that the cadets.
the Blues attempts to advance by
rushing were defeated time and again
/ by the quick charging. sharp breaking
through. and unerring tackling of the
soldiers In open field play. forward
passes, Onside kicks. double passes. and
runs in the clear. Yale was unable to
make any material gain
The strife was carried from one part
of the field 10 the other with sudden
ness and frequency; it passed from
one point 10 another rapidly. and the
briefest description that could be made
Of the game is that il was a case Of
Greek rs Greek, stand-of in which
West Point, using Yale methods as
taught by her coach. Bob Forbes, was
stronger in meeting Yale attack than
Eli had anticipated. and so gave fully
as much as they received. YaIe's de-
fense was very stanch, fully up 10
! the mark, but there will have to be
much soidifying and increase of power
in the attack before the Bulldog can
hope 10 win another Championship.
However, it was a saIutary lesson that
the Bulldog learned To-day, and. no
doubt, he viii profit by it. Similarly.
1 il appeared that West Point has not
vet given as much attention 10 orense
/ as defense The soldiers could make
no headway against the Yale line.
Soldiers Were Faster.
The unsatisfactory attempts 70 gain by
line plugging naturally developed a kick
Ing duel, and Beavers. Of West Point and
Coy. Of Yale, did some rare work in this
regard. Both We're strong at distance.
Coy played a fine game for Yale. not
only pUnting We'll. but Ia catching punts
| and occasionally running them back.
Once or twice he circled back, that be-
ing his only weakness Of moment. That
Yale cid not pIOht more by his kicks
was due to the brilliant work OF the
Army ends in mailing the backs before
they could get under way. Tad Jones
shared the back field with Coy.
The Army line was fine, and the best
player in it was Erwin, the veteran Army
guard. Erwin was a whole show in him
self. He ramued through Yale's inter
ferences. he WAS down the field as FAST
as anybody. he followed the ball with
amazing agility. his tackles were certain.
The Yale men followed the ball well.
but they were not as keen OF nimble in
falling on It as the soldiers on one play
that fact deprived them Of a chance to
nail the ball on the Army 5-yard line.
when the want of decision Of the Yale
men in getting a muffied punt allowed a
Quicker-acting soldier 20 nip it.
Yale's ends We're fast under punts. but
were unable TO lay hold Of the catcher, as
the Army pickets were more proficient
than Yale. All of the contending ends
were equal 20 attempts 10 turn their
flank, the Yale pair especially.
Yale Poor in Onense.
There was little power in the Yale Of
Tense. The backs did not start quickly
enough, and when they did find an open
ing the Army secondary defense reached
them as quickly and stopped them before
the Yale men could rally. The Yale line
appeared TO be playing too high. and was
often bent back on the offense On the
defense it was different, the New Haven
men getting into the opposition with a
jump that made West Points attack
vaIueiess Yet. in Offense and defense
combined. Yale met its match its entire
length. Goebel and CoOney having the
busy times of their lives with Erwin and
Philbin Philbin passed more accurately
than CoOney, but the latters passing was
more dependable.
The game was more or less sanguinary.
but eleanly played Romar was knocked
out in the second half by a smash in the
stomach. Moss left the field with
torn hand. and Coys scalp was cut
early in the frayx
Yale used only simple formations, the
backs doing all the rushing. Philbin
bored into the line well after he went
in, and he and others were pressing the
goal line closely just before the game
ended. There was much penalizing. Yale
losing the most distance for alleged Of
fences. Near the close Of the game
touchdown for Yale was imminent, when
Yale was sent back fifteen yards for
holding. Just before that. Coy. aided by
superb interference, ran sixty yards into
West Points territory, only 70 have the
baii called back because an official said
he saw some violation Of the rules.
Lineup of the Teams.
Amy. Positions. Yale
T johnson left end Jones
Besson. Paige
NJ Moss Bower. left Bridges