New-York tribune., 1909-11-14
STARS OF THE GAME
cor n HERCULES.
Half a Dozen Yale Men and
Three Tigers Ercelled.
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New Haven. Nov. 13-Yale mad hsis /.
6Ozen real stars to-day. men without whose
services the victory might not have been
won. But they sank their individuaU.iss
into team work into the good of the whola
eleven. a. Yale stars are likely 70 10. anf
there was no such outstanding display %
one man power "a IN the game last year.
which COY completely dominated
Captain Coy was a tremendous part u
the Blues strength to-day. of course. RI.
swept along. despite the weight Of tacklers.
on his terrific pIunges through the lire
going along until the sheer weight of hsis
a dozen men bore. him down. stfI
struggling. His punting for a man with A
stiff knee was remarkable. and few cou,t
have cqualled it- He placed his kicks with
splendid skill. giving his ends plenty d,
time % cover them and prevent gain by
the back catching them.
PhUbin was almost az effective a. hls
captain In gaining ground bur hs shor.
particularly a. a runner through a broken
field. getting away from the Princeton
ends after catching a punt I'm = fashion
little short Of marvellous. n seemed 20 %
impossible n stop him and he was "a
elusive ss an eel Time and again Balm
and Welch were on top ~ him Vhan n
caught the ball and biz him hard enough
- stop any ordinary man. but he slipped
cut Of their clutches and went along FOR ten
or fifteen yards. His execution % Tals's
new onside Kick in the second half vas
brilliant also.
Liilev's work in the line was revelation.
He vas far superior 70 Sieziing an AT
America tackle last year and was a iar=s
factor i'm making the holes outside -
&
constantly shooting for substantial gains
Ie was directly responsible with his Two
blocked kicks for all OF Ya,e's points IN
the arst half. and scored one OF the touch
downs. No man on the Vale team had
made such wonderful improvement over
the form displayed year ago.
fitzpatrick stamped himself as probably
the finest end now playing He was deadly
in his tackling. Down the field under C0.-s
long punts like racing automobile. and
unerring in his diagnosis Of every play
aimed at him No problem was too COM
plex for him 20 solve. and he seemed al
ways 10 be al the exact spot where he was
most needed.
Vaughan. playing at the other end IN ths
first half was almost a. good a. FiipstricI
He was just as good in covering kicks and
as sure in tackIing- GOeble played stu
pendous game at right guard. He tOysd
with Waller. rated "a the best man I'm ths
Princeton line before the game, and was
constantly presenting great openings FOR
Coy ~ his plunEes through the Eae.
Murphy and Daily both played well behind
the line, and were strong as defensive
backs.
Bergin was unqUestiOnably the star %
the Princeton team. The little quarterback
was catching punts all afternoon with t5s
Yale ends right on top OF him. but not one
got away from him. and although q
gained little ground that was not his fau.~
He ran his team spIendidly, and his passing
10 the backs was excellent No grttrier ana
pIuckier exhibition of the kind was ever
seen on a gridiron-
Mccormick. playing guard against Al
drus. who was az his best yesterday had
"a combine with this difficult duty the brr-
den OF most Of Princeton s kicking 70
performed his double task in a mannrr
highly satisfactory, and one play by nm
was among the most brilliant of the game.
his 11-yard gain on fake kick near hs
own goal line