New-York tribune., 1909-10-18

NJ COLLEGE GRIDlRONS
r,IE HAS STRONG TEAM.
comment on Games Played and Out
look for the Week.

look, for the Week.
=. many expected happened on Saturday. and
,.ued big team met defeat Cornell going
st ithaca before the superior knowledge os
-.r,e displayed by Fordham II was no easy
~ - s,r the leading elevens. as a matter OF fact
,..,.vh Princeton and Yale made larger scores
- bas generally been looked for in beating
..,nes and the Army. The Navy caught Tartar
{ vuanovs snd vas soundly beaten. while Har-
"a although scoring freely enough against Maine
-. srsf half was held without further tsll,, in
:. second half II being shown again that the
son is deficient I'm first class substitutes Penn
~,-ohsa was scored on and worried somewhat h,,
as Brown team. although not as strong one
!, ,hs, o. isS
vale has good team, a well balanced one. fast
"a aggressive. powerful in the attack and sturdy
: the defence, and after the game with West
,sut on Saturday do not hesitate 10 say that
-sr,sln Coys eleven viii be better and a stronger
s-s than the team that took the field in the final
fnes year ago. OF course form on October IS
sri On November 3 are OF necessity vastly DIFF
s-s-i But tie words OF an old Harvard player
,'rr Saturdays game summed UP the situation
ssry well when he said: That Yale team is lust
shout good as II ought to be al this time OF
vsr" The team Is strong on the defensive Its
stack Individually is excellent The line is speedy
ruch speedier than the same men were a year ago.
tnd aggressive. too Its scoring ability on s,+rr
tsy WIS hardly represented by three touebdovns
-Fo would have been nearer the mark for in.
,vdual work. which cannot be safely relics ,,oo,
Hisr PLAYED big part, but the team did all # was
isksd to do
The Yale attack on Saturday vas essa,,,.,,. -.
iHsni from that usually adopted by Yale team.
'slinst the army. line play and plunginp being
sEey abandoned IN favor Of an open game Cnlv
re olo me b4ue TEST The issue when more than a
arc remained TO be gained on third down. pre-
iET.ng on al other occasions 10 kick or trv for
Vzrd pass The one attempt 10 rush the ball IN
aEt way came after Hyatt's kick bad go
sa'kec when The Army held like a stone wall for
40 Gowns, and left Yale seven Yards 70 make N
E6 the haIL A straight play al tackle solved the
FTo0lern, although only inches remained IN snare
Ini the next play yielded a touchdoUrn This y,as
ilrdly sustained team attack but il contained the
ssnents of such an attack at least and fba esct
ihoFs The real strength Of the New Haven team.
Coming 10 individual workers on the Yale team.
- reaches were probably as much interested in
he work OF the -wo quarterbacks as in ANYTHING
tf j IS probable that the game helped them TO
Fsci ne man who viii start the big games and
Is hard 70 see Why Ford johnson should not
hod the place. against Howe He showed him
fsi good general in the crucial moments after
nookeo kick had DaVed the way 10 a touchdown
IL Tan well with the hall on fake kick forma-
f"' 1--A -oAlpHeu MS interference engine
s'ss the track. although always ready 10 pick a
T=uising opening. Moreover, with Gov 7aines
slt Deuing out OF the game. he did the punting
ne FIRST half and until after Yale had scored
the second period. and did Il well His kicks
VEs not specta acuiar. but they were well and
tcslrstely placed. and the Army backs had little
Glance 20 run the back. Howe played well too.
but hardly as good man. Hobbs IS a much I'm
proved tackle and he and the Alaskan gient Pull
lsr. sEioysd each other thoroughly
fitzpatrick and Vaughan PLAYED great football for
lak % the ends They were down like lightning
'ihasf Bunts anaiyzed plays with unerring judg-
asl- 5 sne spilled Dean one OF the best men on
ne e1alfon Tor circling the ends. good deal more
c,en man not The Army wing men were not I'D
70 uer standard at all, and Pullen. as a matter
2 ~, was down on kicks more often than either
q his ends. Hyatt PLAYED well for the ARMY. and
lsa gooa luoment in the main. although he never
ssrecisted the utter futiit1 Of his forward mass
aEans' the impregnable Yale defence Yale simply
V'scked This play. covering every man who could
F2io} take the toss, and letting the BAH fall
shsre IL would. Princeton showed this 10 be the
agical defence against the play two years ago.
ind any team that uses the forward pass success
i-ly against Yale this year viii have evolved
''ns new variation OF the play.
Ihs Aruv has no need 10 feel discouraged as a
result 81 the defeat. The team played as well
" usual In this game except for an unaccountable
'd half Yale usually tries a rushing game
aganst the Army, 10 he held for downs frequently,
~ this would probably have happened SATURDAY
-se such tactics been followed The second touch
a'En Wa directly Que 10 Coy's wonderful kicking
'el9wed hy a brilliant forward pass and the third
- cue 'n large measure 70 two runs by Philbin,
'ao. bT -ho vav- PLAYED a really brilliant game.
1ch fetted between them something like seventy
'e wards Even then the Army held and a for
arc pass was required 10 make the third touch
hVr certain
F1as 'he leading elevens being worked up
'oV-y - The more important games later in the
4Sson, and The smaller teams are doing their best
axe advantage OF this condition 10 catch their
s'onEer rivals mapping there is always the chance
~ The unexpected 20 happen. particularly under
y revised rules, when keen alertnesE. strategy
s-e speed count so much more than IN the old
-s3t q beef brawn and bsftering ram tactics In
= games next Saturday. however. there is less
nance for upset surprise. and n looks ss
z Yale, Harvard. Princeton Pennsylvania. Cornell
&c Dartmouth could gain much needed experience
'1iaout much fear Of defeat Harvard VIII hardly
ave an easy game on It's hands against Brown.
thlta year ago held the Crimson eleven 20 2
10 : score, but the team from Providence in the
ssne against Pennsylvania on Saturday showed
Ai NayheR. the brilliant halfback, is sadly
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