Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-28
.YI|E'S FOOT BALL
SUPREMACY POSITIVE
mark Blues Record for 1909
Has Never Been
EuuaIed.
pv Edward r. Bushnell.

Bv Edward r. Bushnell.
-. once = foot ball season has pro-
sod = real championship team, whose
.,reracv every one cheerfully acknowl-
That team is Yale BY playing
.s~orch it's season without the loss
: single came without even being
roa on and holding all opponents out
"a &c o5-yard line, Yales 1909 eleven
-,,blv made record never before
,.ofsd in this country.
p.rsars the most gratifying feature of
xa,a,s championship was that it was
Y ION throuah superior application of
,.o;,s and knowledge of rudimentary
80 hall rather than mere physical SUI
,.rori.v In ract. no one who saw the
y,,e-Harvari game could escape the con-
.,,s;on that Harvard had a better team
,treiralIv. Indeed. in the opinion of the
liter Harvard never turned out a finer
:. ~ athletes than those who went down
J. defeat before Yale. 8 to q. In ability to
.rsb the bali Harvard gained twice as
,,ch ground as Yale did. yet the Grim
=, uas hard pressed much oftener than
the Blue.
The final result was a tribute to field
esueralship and the kicking game, for it
xas the perfect combination of these two
toctors that won the game for Yale. AS
punter AMI drop kicker Capt Coy did
not have a. equal in the whole country
From beginning to end he was able to
eutkick MiDot of Harvard 10 yards on
every exchange. Furthermore Coy never
failed to XII when the ball was in his
many yards for Yale by merely outpunt-
ing M!not and this advantage he in
creased when the Harvard backs were
unable to handle his kicks properly. Add
ing YaIe's advantage in running back
kicks to C"ys superior punting, Yale
must have gained an average of some 20
wards on every exchange.
While Yale was using rare headwork in
Playing the kicking game Harvard was
doing the opposite by persistently trying
10 rush tie ball while in her own terri
tory. Time after time Harvard made
long advances. starting from her own
territory but the minute she got near
Yale's 35-yard line the Els defense
stiffened. This thing was repeated
throughout tire game, and it was the
unanimous opinion that a superior phys
ic&l eleven had been beaten by better
gtneralship and rare kicking ability.
Probably the most unique feature of
Yal-'s 1919 record was that no team Yale
has met this year could advance the ball
inside Yale's 2J-yard line. This was
made possible by an unusually powerful
defensa and an alertness to take adj
vantage of opponents mistakes shown by
IN other team Of the year. From the
very start Coach Howard Jones insisted
OF mastery of ruiimentary foot ball.
Yale did all these things we'll and fully
deserves her title to the American cham
p!onship for 1909.
Michigan a Surprise.
Not in years has western foot bail
furnished a bigger surprise than when
the University of Michigan won the west
ern championship. Michigans 1909 team
will 90 down in history as one OF the
best the Wolverines ever turned out. It's
double victory over Pennsylvania and
season rescued the team from being
classed as a second-rater. which has been
the classification to which Michigan has
been generally relegated since leaving
the conference.
Michigan cannot overestimate the value
OF her two triumphs Her victory ovel
tor 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 long enjoyed in western foo
bail
Naturally Michigan's enemies in the ives
gnasned their teeth when they saw the
Wolverines annex the western champion
Ship. still ignoring the conference from
which she seeded four years ago. NJ
one could have foreSeen at the beginning
o. the season that Michigan, by schedul
ing a game with Minnesota, would have
chance to win the western champion
slip. When the Michigan eleven came
east to play Pennsylvania it had moi
Made much of reputation for Itself
i had been held several times to Close
scores and had even been defeated b.
Notre Dame
The winning of the PENNSYLVANIA game
Was tie making Of the Michigan eleven
That victory inspired Coach Vests mer
and they played even better foot bal
agaas. Minnesota than they had played
against Pennsylvania. Naturally Their,
Is one institution IN the west which dis
patts Michisan's right to the title o
Western champions. This team is Notr'
iJme. which defeated Michigan the
week before the Pennsylvania game bl
the score or II to 3. So confident Il
Metre Dame that her victory was III
"NhE El4oI S4ie bll-Ttu ~ play MICIllSdI
a second game. There is. of course
some Justification for Notre Dame.
stand. bu: # is impossible for n small
team playing light schedule to expec
equal consideration with a team o
Gshieans caliber on the strength o
one game.
In tile east a similar situation is pre-
sented whereby Lafayette College. which
eefeated Princeton and played Pennsyi
Vah!d 10 tie. Is claiming a rank mex
% Harvard and Yale.
Y viii be Interesting to note the resul
o Michigan's victories on her relations
70 the Conference Association. Some o
: tae members of this body cherish thu
f'ea that Michigan will now return, hu
- long rs Michigan fiourisheS with he
Eastern connections She is not likely Il
Kermit the Conference Association Il
Y Lc~ hands as IL would ike to do
lie oaiy WAY Ia win Michigan back i'm
.te in!f' Is To return to some fair eligi
oil5'y codes to which all universities car
subscribe in coed faith.
ne report that Chicago University in
Shds 10 add another game to its SEIZED
ue next year and that il will be al
tsasterTl university has revived cOns'dera
y speculation. Il is improbable tina
pennsylvania would consent to add Chi
Ego 70 g. schedule in addition to Mich
saa II IS more than likely that Brown
y ne Navy will be the team the west
efners viii meet
Big Field for Hopeful Stakes.
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