Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-10

That success in foot pail is no ioHeef a
close corporation is clearly evident this
overwhelmingly evident in this season
results The extraordinary situation nnos
the following notable array OF happen
ings: Harvard, reckoned at the top or the
heap at present, tied once; Princeton, tied
three times. beaten once and with only
four victories in nine games; Pennsylva-
mia, tied once; West Point. beaten once
Annapolis, beaten once and tied once'
Carlisle, beaten once and tied once; Dart
mouth, tied once; Brown. beaten three
times and in one tie. and Syracuse, beaten
three times and tied once.
Cornell is the only team in the eastern
group that has won all of its games, ana
the Yale freshman is the only team mat
hasn't been scored on. They have been In
two ties and have made thirty-two points
to opponents none in their five games
OF the varsity teams Yale went longest
without being scored on, but now hasn'
as good record in touchdowns by oppo-
nents as Harvard, Princeton or fehnsyf
vania Only one touchdown has Deen
made against each of the last three teams
Two have been made against Yale, more
than were made all of last year, while
two have been made against CORNELL
Dartmouth, the Navy and the Army
Yale-Brown game last Saturday was not
"A wrangle over any decisions by the OH
Gals, but a dispute over which side was
entitled to the ball. The game ended in
tie Referee Mike Thompson took the
ball himself and held on to II. capt.
Dennie of Brown came after him ana
wanted the ball on the ground that Brown
had played tie with Yale. There Is no
rule which gives the ball to one sue OF
the other when a game ends in tle put
il would appear that the home team was
entitled to it in such case. Acting capt.
Hobbs of Yale also came after thompson
and demanded the ball. setting forth that
the game took place on Yale's field ana
that the ball belonged to the home team.
1t was the gathering of the Brown play
ers around the referee which LED the
spectators to believe they were oo1ectlns
10 decisions. Such was not the case.
The players quickly dispersed when asked
to do so by their coach. Mr.. Gammons.
Thompson took the ball with him in the
automobile in which he rode to the Yale
gym to don his street clothing. The ball
is still in New Haven. but some of the
Yale coaches and students think 1t would
be nice thing to give it to Brown as
valued trophy. and it may be sent to the
Brunonians. Only the best of feeling ex-
listed between the rival partisans when
they hobnobbed after the game. and the
feeling between Yale and Brown always
has been cordial.
AS to the alleged disputed points one
was regarding failure by Brown to catch
a punt out the other a decision by the
umpire that there was holding by Brown
when Mckay of Brown made long run
over the goal line just before the game
ended. Fred Crolius, the field judge, was
watching the punt out and saw the ball
hit the ground before being caught. He
so informed the referee, who then an
nounced that the punt out was failure
and that no goal could be tried. No con-
tention to the contrary was made by
Brown. AS to the other play, when Mckay
grabbed the ball and started for the goal
line the referee ran alongside him. as Is
his custom. When they had gone about
five yards he heard Umpire Newton, the
old Pennsylvania end, toot his horn. but
kept on racing down the field with Nc
Kay. That was the proper thing to do,
as the referee didn't know which side had
committed foul, and if Yale had Offend
ed Brown could have declined the pen
atty
When Mckay crossed the line and
touched the ball down the referee blew his
whistle to denote touchdown, but with
the proviso that nothing had happened to
nullify the play. He was duly Informed by
the umpire that there had been holding
by Brown. so. of course, the ball was
brought back and Brown penalized. There
wasn't time for another play and the
game ended. The Brown players abided
by the decision in a sportsmanlike man
ner, it Is said. and didn't question 1t.
Big Shift for Yale Team.
NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, November TO-
Tho 0raofost shift which has heeu made