The Washington times., 1910-11-13
Declares Yale Owes Debt of
Gratitude TO Former
End.
VICTOR'S DEFENSE
is IMPENETRABLE
Football Expert Has Commentator
for Princeton's Work In
Stopping Plays.
By WALTER CAMP.
Advisory Coach at Yale, Famous
Football Expert, and Member
Rules Committee.


Thomas H Shevlin. the former Yale
captain and All-America end, came
out of the West and pulled the Yale
team out of one Of the deepest holes
the Blue has even been in.
Taking a team that had been beaten
twice and tied once, that had Just
been trailed in the dust by Brown to
the extent Of NJ points, he opened out
their attack with shift plays, and in
one week made them a powerful, ag-
gresive attacking machine that was
dangerous to their opponents the IA
vorite.
There was still another surprise in
store for the adherents of both sides
in that Yale's defense. which had been
a perfect sieve in the Brown game one
week ago. was turned into a steel
trap in which almost every Princeton
play was caught. With almost no eX-
CeptiOns every offensive play on
Princeton's part was taken care Of
Furthermore, Yale had figured out
the possibilities Of Princeton's backs,
Pendleton and BallOU, running kicks
back, and they so handled the situa-
ton as to put enough men down the
field under the punt to take no chance
of a run back
Tigers Play Well.
But there is something not to be for
gotten and that is that Princeton, placed
suddenly on the defensive before a style
of play that they had never before seen,
met It far better than could possibly
have been expected from any team
The Yale team as individuals put up
a game that was remarkable in cOnsid-
Grafton Of what had been expected Of
them The Yale ends, and many had
anticipated that they would be cIrcleG
repeatedly, were always on the job. In
stead Of the Princeton backs running
around them they nipped them often
times with a loss.
More than that, when they forced the
man in, the Yale tackles were ready for
him, and il was Well-nigh impossible for
the Princeton attack through the center
10 eiude the grasp Of the guards. Final
", the Yale center took care Of plays
out so far that once he collided with
his own end, both Of them getting the
runner.
Forward passes were few, but Prince
ton brought of two very good ones and
Yale won the game with a clever one
made by Howe after a Princeton man
had reached him and actually slid over
Gim. 1t was a wonderfully cool and
cleveriy- executed play and 1t gave Yale
the touchdown that beat the Tigers.
Pendleton Handicapped.
PendIetOn. Of Princeton, and Howe, Of
Yale, were both most elusive even when
apparently stopped, but the mainstay OF
Princeton found too many men on him
after he had caught the kick to give
him any chance Of getting loose. There
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their own penalty with them, but as d
whole the teams handled the ball well.
The wind was to the side against II,
a terrible handicap, and kept them in
a situation where they were always
anxious. The Yale line showed the re-
suit Of early season coaching on detail
work, which, although It was there
earlier. had no chance TO show itself,
because both the offense and defense
was ineffective.
Tody Sanford must have been proud
of his pupils. for they were alert in
breaking through and steadfast in
blocking. The kicking OF Howe was
wonderful, considering the fact that he
has not been heralded as "A punter.
Every punt was carefully placed and
sent high enough to give his ends 4
splendid opportunity TO cover the kick
And Denning, sent in to pull his team
out OF n hole on their own goal with n
gale blowing against him, put his good
right foot against the ball for a clean
carry of forty yards and of 10 the side
1t certainly helpe da lot The Yale
backs were drivers on the attack and
sure on defense The faVOriteS had an
almost unfair proposition, for they were
sent against a team potentially a hun
dred per cent stronger than had been
anticipated. and they succeeded in pre-
venting that team from running across
their goal line.