New-York tribune., 1909-11-07
YALEBURIES BROWN
UINS By MARGIN or
FOUR TOUCHDOUNS.
Mex HaUen Eieucn, Although
PLAYING Poorly. OCcr7chelms
Lighter Opponents.
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fhnt ranking score ~ last wear. when the
eleven from Providence al but won the
gaue Brown put up n sturdy defence in
the afternoons contest hut tho Blue was
o. us msttie and tore through the visi-
tors winning by score of q % O. But the
erfsat Was not such-a bitter hlor 60 tn.
supporters of the Brown team for al
though tho eleven was outUeiehed. il
ulaved i,lst rs rood Il not better football
thsn trr Fli team.
Yale rut her regular hackaeld into the
game and tried out sll three auarterbacks.
HoNe. Corey end johnson. IN order. Had Il
~ ben Tor this precaution I'm playing the
hest men hacF IL fs doubtful r the Blue
would have u,sde an. sori of = showing. for
R~eun consistently smashed through tn.
Yale lne fer gains 81 anywhere from three
~ dozen yards The Yale defence in this
respect was surprisingly poor and ii Was
onlv the powerful work 81 COY and the
hackfeld that kept the Brown team awsv
from tho goal Even Al that. mad Brown
~ been quite so aggressive when she had
the hall she might have scored on Yale
Prt holding u the line and ofsde PLAYS
rrnriized rho Providence .sesm on two oc-
casions Nhca q score was reasonably a.
tured
sa.e's only touchdoRn came IN the first
haf an a lucky forward pass that Coy
-sEof to Vaughan on his own 55-ysrd line
end tho speedy right end ploughed down
me neld 10 Browns s-yand line before he
vas brought 20 earth by McKas. n the sec
enc hs.f ole had things a good deal easier.
fer fle Rhode Islanders were apparently
tired ont and were an casv prey 20 the
riuzinc Tale bsckdeid Philbin made a
spectacular S-vard ran through a broken
field for . touchdown. but otherwise play
vas tame. and ultimatelv degenerated into
rrr1rr duel between Coy and Mckay
. - vach The Yale man had somewhat the
bette
Remembering what had happened the
sesr before. The hale undergrad yates were
lreseut almost in body. The stands were
better filed than ~ any previous game
.rs season. but the croRc WAS almost
entirely local For once the New Haven
E-s had tho field practically TO them
Er.Ves and They made p brave showing.
There vss small crowd down from Prov
lisnce. but NOT large enough 20 make it.
sef heard IN the overwhelming rro-Yale
F~sswhlage The entire cast stand WAS
t7keu uQ hy some eight hundred city hovs.
Ho were the guests Of the Yale Tnan-
Hremert
As whole the showing OF the Yale
ts7fT i0 what many considered the dress
rehearsal for the Princeton game next
week was not credifahlc. and evrn seemed
cisarpoinfi"e The team is made I'D OF
eleven eiants iu height and weight. and
There was nos much s1ap or ginger in
fhe'- sfEle ~ play. Brown. with its light
fsarI PLAYED havoc with tho centre Of the
7's lnc and disclosed thiuIv guarded
spots between And~us and Hobbs and
'7ofheI ana Li'ey Through these spaces
Brown alnie1 lts plays and time and again
ma iAe sstisfac'iou ~ putting McKsy
o- hornT Through f1r lot fucorsidersble
gains
~ course. tho Yale team depended al
most ent'relg on Gov. Wheneve~ the hig
h'one captain Ect Tho bsl there wa danger
~ rhe Brown defence. although twice m.
Providence Fne NOT only resisted tov-s
dsshing pluuEes but threw hin, for small
Losses Co, PLAYED left hslfback in the
hrst half and well on into the second half
UNI Savage retired and made way for
him - fulIbsck Phibtn then vent into
the place left by COY.
lr made no difference 10 Gov whore lie
vas piaying, however. Tor his work vas
above par in both positions. Francis lasted
the game out an right haifback ana PLAYED
s consistently good Zame throughout. BE
vas quick in getting aWav with the ball
and PLAYED Wei behind his interference
The only weak feature q fhe Els hack
tele vas thefr handling ~ the hau n
was MOI sloppy. FOR there were few fiIrlh hipS
bur IN was faulty and not up 90 standard.
The regular ends, Efluatrick an1 Vaughan.
psved sterling football. ran down under
punts In superb style and tackled fercely
Tneir work I'm the latter department vas
fho hest done by any member % the Yale
team and was one 20 the Few redeeming
lectures ~ The game Brown found II i'm
possible 70 advance the hau on end runs
and gave r. up early IN the game for
eirher Vaughan or Fitzpatrick r1ussed such
rays up before they e-en Ect under way
GormEn. left end on the Brown team. was
not slow on TINS style ~ play either. but
fis tscklins was poor. and thus plays which
hf could end ssoul5 have STOPPED went 10y
rIn.
of The three Yale quarterhscks. Johnson
made. perhaps mo best showing for he
KEEP the team going ar higher speed than
eifrer - hrs predecessors and chose his
plEve vel. corey did not play poorly. but
hs work was not quite Up 10 HoWc's. who
hogan rne game and engineered the PLAY
that led 90 the only score of the first
hsf
Brown was unfortunate early in the
game. for IIiEh. m one of the first half
dozen plsvs had his ankle badly strained.
ueo.ssItafiuE lis retirement 10 Tho side
Zines AItcrdorfer took his place and
p's 20 = fair game. McKsy. however. by
reason 90 his ability. as a punter and his
speed in plunging through The line, out
sHons Pos teamFnstes. Although De aver
sE~d q rife Jess than coy on hts punts. he
saTed the sear from an utter rout IN the
second harf Young was used often ia
Tiunges through the Yale line. and IL was
seldom, indeed, that he failed TO advance
the ball
Tne Brown line held surprisingly well
once taking the bali from the Blue on their
own 30-yard line, when successive tries by
Fha'iu ana Coy were good for only eight
cards on attack IL more than held us own
vith THE Yale line. The work Of sprack-
Ing The Brown quarterback. was a strih-
inE feature OF the contest. He not only
fsu his team well and handled The ball
c.eauiy but tackled with a sureness anc
rerceness that brought the runner down
every time In the second half. when coy
20 the ban on Browns se-yard line ano
had shaken or the entire opposing team II
vas Sprackling who nailed him with
neat farklc When there was no one except
rmself hefu1oeu Gov and the goa.