The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-13

weakness developed for a team no strong.
than Princeton proved to bs TO be Of any
use to Princeton
Yale did come back. carns back enough
clearly TO outplay Princeton at least. and
the brace At New Haven that had been
hinted at as having taken place within
one abort week. but not generally credited
az likely. did mateTlai,ze Yale showed
great improvement IN al respects. and
had moro progress been made In eradicat-
ing backiield weakness IN handling kicks
haie would have wen by a -li lightly bigger
margin
Inc Vale men were a bi, slow and hes.
tatine IN railying arc .nd Daily when the
latter caught the opening kickoff. and in
the arst quarter. although showing unmis-
taxable signs Of a substantial attack. APP
pearei uncertain OF themselves both
physically and N their mental grasp Of
the game. Bu: that wore Of by the sine
one quarter had been played. and conf
dence, GOODNESS and sagacity came TO the
ale men. Apparently they found them
selves TO be better than they thought they
would be.
TALE not LONG UNCERTAIN
Bouh sides had streaks in which the play
suggested thai between two vacant lot
esevens the Yale play ers somewhat dubious
OF just what they could do and with the
shadow OF the Brown game still over them
"A condition which. a. told. did not last
and Princeton seemingly nonplussed by the
Yale form OF attack and by the exceed
lngly aggressive defence OF tho Yalensians
fales brace and Yale's shift. in the line
prior TO nearly every play were distinct
features. Certainly rev dictionary changes
had been made in Yale offence since the
Brown game The wing shift employed
by Yale brought two tackles side by side
on one side % tho centre. Instead OF
the shift being all in one movement. il
had tao separate and distinct movements
One tackle ran over to the other side of
the line and just before the bail was put
IN play the two tackles stood together
about a yard back OF the line Then
just before the ball was put in play they
jumsed into their places in, the line side
by ode
On the shortened side OF the line and
some wsy out from the nearest team mate
stood an end. or il there was going to be
a punt man from the backield went to
the short end and raced down the field
TO cover the kick. Little Baker OF Yale
did this several times IN running plays
Yale used the shift to send man around
the end and 10 shoot him through the
line. The latter method worked more
successfully than the former and pro-
duced the most POSITIVE ground gaining
through the line seen in an important
game this year. Yale nearly always
- Al sho lrp1 aida ~ kA ah,f. NO,
using the short end as Harvard does
PUZZLED PIT THE SHIFT
III. shift was hard nu: for Princeton
better by the Tigers in rhs second
half due partly TO the fact possibly
that Yale was then playing for
time and trying TO keep her lead. Still
Princeton stopped the play o!-eI al.
through the game, bur vas 1s liable % be
worked the Princetonians were drawn
straight m. Sometimes the play wen.
around them and sometimes dar;sd
through them where big gaps ware
For a while the Interference formed "
the shift snveloped The whole Princeton
line leaving il TO come back g ge' he
runner. BIZ spreading ont and coming
at the play from a point further -e'T, o-ei
from the middle OF the line the Princeton
men did much better at solving the play
fTinGeNOl OutNCe NOItllg III
adequate Il amounted 20 practically
nothing Pendleton. the main Es!.ancs
- a ground gainer in oren plays. never Rad
, chance TO get loose Yale won idnt .-t
li:ri get a start % run back kick and
y as equally Arm IN not allowing him 60
get around the ENDS
The Yale forwards broke through tine
And again and stopped Princeton plays
'or no gam Princ.,ons line was bf ar
IN defence than fence. but was out MAYED
"a both departments The oa!y approach
something new shown W Princeton
vas long forward pass across the field
20 sli ghtly forw ard A. 10 ne almost straight
.croas l. vas a pretty play and "A hast
-esoT- play. Out the Yale men were wise
md made Cor the catcher hotfoot and
20; him q llck.y From first to last Yale
showed ability - die IN ose Princ"t on's
sack
YALE BErTERiN MANY POINTS I
Taking tho game IN is entirety tn.
r gers follow ed the hall better than the
Ellis though there was little TO choose
rom IN this regard IN the last half Yale
show ed knack Of overcoming her faults
On the defence Yale distributed four rren
IN the hack ground and didn't suffer from
ack Of protection hack there a. against
Brown Yale blocked kicks better than
Princeton. Princeton not blocking any
BallOu of Princeton was rather clever
With the onsIde kick. n play that Yale
jitn, Use Yale did guard agains; the on
Tide kick well. however With Baker ana
Howe playing clear hack Yale COPIED with