Norwich bulletin., 1909-11-22
YALE FOOTBALL CHAMPION.
Coy's Kicking Beats Harvard, to o.
No Touchdown by Either side-crim-
son Best at Rushing Game.


The splendid kicking of Capt Ed
ward III. Coy of New Haven brought
the eastern intercollegiate football
championship back to Yale on Sat
urday in an d-fashioned football
game in which Harvard went down to
defeat by a score of to at the
Harvard Stadium. Driving the Grim
son team steadily back by his long
punts, Captain Coy dropped two goals
from the field. and the aggressive for
wards of the Yale team contributed
two points more by blocking a Har-
ward punt which resulted in a safety
for the Crimson The result gave Yale
the honor of passing through the sea-
son without being scored on
It seemed Yale's policy to rely on
Captain Coy's kicking rather than on
any intricate plays. Only twice in the
contest did Yale seriously threaten the
Crimson goal line by straight rushing
In both instances the Harvard de-
tense stopped progress at the IL yard
line and Captain Coy's efforts for field
goals on those occasions failed.
While the Harvard forwards "got the
jump" on those of Yale, their agrees
siveness robbed the team of more than
100 yards in penalties. Twice Harvard
was within 30 yards of the Yale goal
only to be set back by off side play
and holding. On. the other hand Yale
suffered but twice. throughout the
game, while her line of heavy men
withstood terrible battering
On the opening kickoff LilIey was
knocked out by an avalanche of Har-
ward players falling on him.
The game started encouragingly for
Harvard after O'Flahertys first muff.
The ball was rushed twice to the Yale
80 yard line, some of the Harvard
gains being Is and 20 yards straight
through the Yale team. Then came the
Crimson penalties, which seemed to
take away much of the aggressive
power. Kicking was resorted to and
each time Minot received poor protec-
ton. Finally. on his 20 yard line the
ball was blocked by Cooney and rolled
back over the Crimson goal line, where
Corbett fell on 1t for a safety and the
first score of the game. For the ball
ance of the half the ball was always
in Harvard's territory, and three times
unsuccessful tries for goals were made.
With the ball on Harvard's rs yard
line. and standing ten yeards back,
Captain Coy added three points more
by pretty field goal, with two min
utes to spare
Yale did more rushing in the second
half, but usually kicked on the second
or third down, and again Harvard was
driven steady back until the ball was
OhSC AAOl 2 OiA Tile 20 ydTu line.
Here Captain Coy repeated his feat
and three more points were added to
Yale's score
The character of the game can be
well understood by an analysis of the
play. Yale rushed 81 times for total
distance of 9S yards. Coy punted %
times from downs for a total of It's
yards. The Yale backfield ran back
the Harvard punts for a distance of
So yards. Yale had two first downs
and suffered twice from penalties for
a total loss of rs yards.
Harvard rushed so times for PA
yards, and Minot kicked % times from
scrimmages for sos yards. The Yale
kicks were run back for a total of IS
yards, while Harvard scored eight first
downs through the Yale line. Har-
wards ten penalties showed an. aggre-
gate loss Of 100 yards of which 1913
were in the first half.
Nearly 10000 people in the usual
football costumes watched the game
and urged on the players with constant
cheering and singing. The lineup:
YALE. HARVARD.