Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-12-12
c0otb III Games Won
On Single PLAY.

I is estimated tat more games
ave been won or lost on one play upon
gri lire n this year tnan any otae'
inct tie sd fae 'o~ styl of p3.
IS done away with.
[ az not u4c, HGn IN t past 70
pull 4 came out OF the fire by single
move, but this year tie thing has been
more common than ever before. For
instance, in the contest between liar
ward and Yale, reputed tackle by
Field did more than anything else to
save Yale from defeat.
Harvard had worked the ball within
Is yards of Yale's goal line and it was
first down. CorbCtt was given the ban
and pluneed against the right side OF
Tale's line but he was tackled SO
fierceIy that he dropped the ball and
the golden chance that Harvard had
for scoring was lost. That one play
spoiled TIE best chance Harvard had
all afternoon for scoring.
There was another instance where
orc play caused Yale d defeat. Way
back in October when the big blue
team ployed its annual game at West
FONT and in the first half Quarter
back Corey. after failing to gain on
straight football, signalled for for
vard rass. He heaved the ball toward
Kilratrick, hut iiust as Yale's gr"at
end was about to jump for the bah,
Halfhack Brown of the Army eleven
grabbed it and ran 40 yards to fales
5-yard line.
Yale and most OF the spectators eX-
pectod West Point to try a little line
bucking Just al that time The Army
quart rterback tried a forward pass in
stead and the Ellis were caught nap
ping Dean shot the leather over one
end to Surles. who caught the ball and
had to but step over the line for the
touchdown that beat Yale
Two weeks after Yale used pretty
much the same sort of play to beat
Princeton on this occasion there vera
two star performances Oh the same
play and it was preceded by a stunt
almost as pretty. 1t was in the second
half. Yale had the ball in midfield and
had nine yards to so. Howe sent a
long low punt to left. Pcndeton caught
it and started up the field close to the
side lines. He had advanced only five
yards when Fitzpatrick swooped down
that he dropped the ball, and in the
scramble that followed Scully OF Yale
recovered it. a scrimmage play fol-
lowed with no gain.
Yale was now 23 yards from Prince
tons goal, and Howe dropped back as
il for a punt; but instead of kicking it,
when the ball was snapped back, he
held it while Fitzpatrick scooted down
the sidelines. White, the Princeton end,
swooped in and grabbed Howe, but he
wriggled away and tossed the ball to
tance to the goal and scored a touch
down.
Probably the most ensational single
play of the year took place about
week before the Yale Princeton con-
test, when Dartmouth and Princeton
played their annual game. Pendleton
grabbed one Of the Dartmouth kicks
and in a broken field zigzaggcd his
way. lodging and straight arming for
a distance of 65 yards to score.
The play with which West Point
beat Yale. and which the latter used
to defeat against Princeton, proved
Browns undoing in the Brown Har-
ward contest. Brown, on q sensational
sround-gaining tour. worked the ball
to within 10 yards of Harvard's goal
and esSayed forward pass, but Brau-
VEN. the substitute back on the Grim
son, grabbed the ball and ran about
loo yards through the Providence team
to touchdown. I