Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-28
yALE'S FOOT BALL
SUPREMACY POSITIVE
Dark Blues Record for 1909
Has Never Been
Euualed.
Rv Edward r. Bushnell.

Rv Edward r. Bushnell.
Lor .n,.c 4 foot ball season has pro-
s,cad ! rem championship team. whose
ans Tnat team is Yale. BY playing
..~,,-~H is season without the loss
single came. without even being
s,orcd or ard holding all opponents out
..ds its g1-5 ard line, Yale's 1900 eleven
.ra,ahly made record never before
a,ra,f! II Ills country.
prr,,ars TN most gratifying feature of
ya,e.s championship was that it was
Y -, tAr1u-h q superior application OF
,rafr,s au9 knowledge of rudimentary
f.ot bali rather than mere physical SUI
,ariori.r til tact. no one who saw the
y,,e-Harvari game could escape the con
,,,eior trat Harvard had a better team
NvsiralIv Indeed. in the opinion of the
u.ritcr Harvard never turned out q finer
"a. ~ athletes than those who went down
., defeat i, fore Yale. to q. In ability to
r.sh tie | III Harvard gained twice as
mich ground as Yale did, yet the Grim
g, was hard pressed much oftener than
the Blue.
The final result was tribute to field
generalshiF and the kicking game, for it
vas the perfect combination of these two
factors that won the game for Yale. AS
a punter AMI drop kicker Capt Coy did
NOT have Al, equal in the whole country.
From beginning to end he was able to
ovtkick MiUat of Harvard 10 yards on
every exchange. Furthermore Coy never
failed to kick when the ball was in his
own territory. In this way he gained
many yards for Yale by merely outpunt-
ing Mnot. and this advantage he in
creased when the Harvard backs were
Unable to handle his kicks properly. Add
ing Yale's advantage in running back
kicks t. Coys superior punting, Yale
must nave gained an average of some 20
yards an every exchange.
While Yale was using rare headwork in
PLAYING tie kicking game Harvard was
dong the opposite by persistently trying
10 rush the ball while in her own terri
tor Time after time Harvard made
long advances. starting from her own
territory. but the minute she got near
Yalo's 3I-yard line the Els defense
stiffened. This thing was repeated
I rousaout the game. and it was the
unanimous opinion that superior phys
lea eleven had been beaten by better
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Probably the most unique feature of
Yals's 1901 record was that no team Yale
has met this year could advance the ball
inside Wales 2a-yard line This was
made possible by an unusually powerful
defersa and an alertness to take ad-
vantage of opponents mistakes shown by
10 other team Of tire year. From the
very start Coach Howard Jones insisted
o. a mastery of ruGimentary foot ball
Yale did ell these things well and fully
deserves her title to the American cham
p!onshp for 1909.
Michigan a Surprise.
Not in years has western foot bal
furnished bigger surprise than wher
the University of Michigan won the west
ern Championship. Michigan's 1909 team
will go down in history as one OF the
best She Wolverines ever turned out L:
double victory over Pennsylvania ;nt
Minnesota in the last two games of the
season rescued the team from being
elassed as a second-rater. which has beer
tde classification to which Michigan has
been generally relegated since leaving
the conf erence.
Michigan cannot overestimate the value
OF her two triumphs. Her victory ovel
Pennsylvania re-estabiished her reputa
ton among the eastern universities. ant
her defeat of Minnesota, after the latte
had clearly won the conference cham
pionship. restored her to the supremacy
which she lon" enjoyed in western foo
bail
Naturally Miclisans enemies in the ives
CRASHED their teeth when they saw tn,
Wolverines annex the western champion
snip. still ignoring the conference from
which she seeded four years ago. \,
one could have foreseen at the beginnin.
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ing 4 game with Minnesota. would have
chance to win the western champion
ship. When the Michigan eleven came
east to play Pennsylvania it had moi
made much of a reputation for itself
II had been held several times to close
scores and had even been defeated by
Notre Dame.
THE winning OF the Pennsylvania game
was tie making of the Michigan eleven
Tat sictory inspired Coach Vests mer
AM they played even better foot bal
asa.as. Minnesota than they had played
against Pennsylvania. Naturally there
+ ono institution in the west which dis
r,.sss Michisan's right TO the title o.
Western champions. This team is Notrt
Dane. which defeated Michigan .he
Wei bc:or" the Pennsylvania game BY
TIE score Of II to 3. So confident /:
luke that she offered TO play Michigan
second game There is. of course
some Justification for Notre Danes
staaG. but 4 is Impossible for Il sinai
team playing 4 light schedule to expect
ea3al crHsidcration with team o.
9.higans caliber on the strength O.
ore game
n tie east similar situation is pre-
sent"d whereby Lafayette College. which
efs"2ted Princeton and played Pennsyl
.ahla 70 4 tie. Is claiming a rank mex
@ Harvard and Yale.
u vii b" Interesting to note the result
Mich rtr's victories on her relation:
g Tie Conference Association. Some %
s.e members - this body cherish the
iaea ttat Michigan will now return, but
= long as Michigan fiourishes with hel
saSterH crHEt TONS She il not likely Il
Itrmt til Conference Association t.
- her Lands - II would Ike To do
!. Re only was t. win Michigan back itn'
- - -o.tf * g. return to some fair eligi
NY codes = which all universities car
subscribe u good taith.
ne rerur' that Chicago University in
,Has t. add another game to its SEIZED
" next yea" and that it will be al
tsaS'eifi university las revived considera
n sHerH alton Il is improbable thai
tisF!Fa"'a would consent to add Chi
go - schedule in addition to Mich
-. + Is Hcrr than likely that Brown
de Nas. will be the team the west
Fa4fs Wit meet
Big Field for Hopeful Stakes.
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