New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-11-20
YAI F. CAPTAIN SAYS
RESULT IS VICTORY
THAT Intangible Something
Made Blue Come Back
in a Fortnight.
CREDIT TO "TOM" SHEVLlN
DAILY Also Praises Sanford
Neither Team Took Chances
Harvard's Deceptive Plays
-Eulogy Of Howe.

baii eleven
New Haven. Nov 19--Well, we did II |
Yale came back as strongly as il prob
ably was possible to do in the short
period OF two weeks
To US it is a great victory. 1t Is
sweet morsel to think over the coming
winter. It is one more illustrat ton added
to an already illustrious list OF that in
something that is driven into a
Yale team. 1t comes from the coaches,
it comes from the undergraduates and II
has a compelling power that unif1es a
disintegrated team and spurs them TO
fight as they never have fought before
This Yale team felt the force Of ii I'M
when it was combined with the coach
ing skill to make capital out of it some
thing very tangible was produced
I only wish We could have had one
more week of such training as We nave
received the last two weeks, and II
might have been an even greater VIC
tory But under the circumstances we
are completely satisfied. Yale came from
behind sufficiently to overwhelrn Prince
ton and catch up TO Harvard In an
other week there Is no telling what
would have happened.
AS a game itself there was little adap-
tation of the new rules. Yale's wing
shift formations were something differ
ent from those used in the old game.
but it was simply a means Of securing
power. and certainly. so far as possible
under the new rules. Harvard's play was
practically the same.
The Cambridge men had a peculiar line
play that vas very deceptive, and in
Wendell they had a man who made It
particularly effective. He has an ideal
build for such a play, is built close to
the ground and takes short choppy steps
that keep him going all Of the time It
vas hard TO tell when he was downed.
But the play was merely another
means Of using power and avoiding the
chance element of the new game It sent
a powerful speedy interference into the
line. ahead of the man. that made il al
most impossible for the linemen to stop,
if the back was speedy and shifty- 1t
fell upon the secondary defence to dag
nose the play as quickly Is possible, and
then down the man the instant he left
his interference I think We did this
very successfully and the line began to
break Up the play as the game prog
ressed
Neither team took very many chances
with a wide open game. except for punt
ing Only one of Harvard's forward
passes was successful. Two teams we'll
coached would block such an open game
successfully practically all Of the time,
Rarvard's onside kicks were complete
failures. Yale tried neither, because we
were PLAYING a safer game, and recognized
the fact that the ma jority OF such plays
would prove unsuccessful. We would
have tried the forward pass had We sud
denly got in a striking position, and one
reason why We held it in reserve was
partly with the hope of taking Harvard
unawares on q quick scoring play.
The offence OF both teams was as
strong as could be expected under the
present rules Both teams had developed
| strength without sacrificing the element
If reliability. but the defence Of each
team was strong enough 10 hold OF the
! others attack
| All of the great credit for this year
| ,aau il due to Tom ShevIin- Books
| couId he written about what he mas done
| for Yale. He came here and found d
| diIanidated team. which had nothing but
| . Mighty good defence. and that was
wholly due to Foster Sanford In TWO
weeks ShevIin gave the team an attack
that if it had been developed would nave
been irresistible.
| 7 am absolutely convinced that II SheN-
lin couId have had the team one week
more no team in the country could nave
| stopped il. His spirit is wonderful he
| always stuck firmly by the men, and
was with them from start TO finish Inc
| fellows were always eager and glad 10
absorb everything he had 70 say, and II
Was always thoroughly worth while
Tho wonderful defence of the team is
due 10 Sanford l would like TO write
| both of their names high III Yale's Hall
| of Fame and with them the wonderful
arrav of coaches Yale has had here this
| season.
| The game was the cleanest and most
! sportsmanlike I have ever played IN
| The fellows had little 70 say TO one an
other but worked like demons Only
once did anything pass between the
| men. and that was amusing
Smith. the Harvard end. inquired once
why Harvard was penanzed. Howe had
| Just been recovering from the effects OF
an Illegal use of hands, and while We
were waiting for his signal he spurreo
| out the reasons for the Harvard penalty
Many a begrimed face lighted up with a
smile when he had finished
For Captain Wilmington Of Harvard
I have the greatest respect. AS cap
tain he was an unusually good leader
| and as a player very reliable. Mckay
seemed to me to be the best man in the
Harvard line by far We found 1t very
| Crimson. Harvard lost five yards for OH
| side play just as the period ended
Corbett reappeared in the game and start