The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-27
Cause of Slump of Blue Foot
ball Team Attributed to
Dearth Of Players.
BIG SCORES ABE FEATURE
OF GAMES THIS SEASON
Abolition of the Flying Tackle
Makes Long End Runs
Much Easier.
BY MANHATTAN,

BY Leased Wire to The Tribune.
NEW YORK. Nov, 26.-FootbalI still
has the center of the stage, but the fire.
ouency of accidents OF late on the field
seems TO be reviving prejudice against
the game The killing of member of
a western team has had considerable to
do with this prejudice.
Yale has been severely and many think
unjustly criticised because 1t had not
builded strong reserve team IN l5oSs
The Yale squad In 1903 was every DIT as
good as the material In the university,
True, there was tremendously power
full varsity team, but in July, 1908. long
before the varsity eleven OF that year
eridiroD. one OF the Yale football au-
thorites predicted what has taken place
this fall.
Yale had been receiving football ma
tcral Of the best type through 1905, 1906
ming teams in 1909, 1907, 1908 and 1909,
but the men who matriculated In 1903
were less ADEPT IN ts fSes9a Ssst han s9s
had been used In preceding years to at
tain success for old ELL.
Yale has not progressed much. fact
which has been played. That would seem
TO be less the fault Of the players than
the coaches.
The Brown Game.
Yale played against Brown with a mis-
taken theory. The team was guarding Its
territory against line breaking, and so far
as line breaking was concerned held Its
own. but II was not prepared for Brown
more diversified attack In puntns and
forward passes,
to change their defense. Their knowl-
edge OF football was not thorough enough
Yale has been In a similar predicament
II would hardly be considered rational
- hat al tef Inn he CIT
preme. The university will have some
good material In 1911, but will not begin
TO receive Its real share OF football wealth
until 1912; when the freshmen OF 1911 Till
the freshman class at the university In
1911 will be filled with good football men,
and when the team takes the field in
1912 there may be another >binkey or
other celebrity.
Big scores were one of the features of
the recent football games. The main fac
tors in making. heavy scoring possible.
the abolition OF the flying tackle. has
without doubt contributed largely 10 the
prevalence Of long runs and of dashes In
a broken field. The range Of the tackler
has been cut In half by compelling him
to keep one foot on the ground. IT is
true that many Of the veterans this year
have been long brought up under the
system OF which a. man sought to pull
the runner down by diving at him, and
they consequently And IT hard to adapt
themselves TO the new conditions. In the
tackling OF these veterans there may
often be observed noticeable hitch
While running after an opponent they
are obliged to stop-in their tracks when
tackling, in order to avoid the desire to
make the old pluaginE leap.
But even If tackling becomes generally
more efficient In another year or so. there
can be no doubt that the path OF the
runner has been made easier since he no
longer has To watch for the flying tackle,
James Reilly of he Ynle football team
is q brother OF Barney Reilly OF the CHI
cago White Sox. He played end at An
dover and started the season at Yale
there this fall When many Yale backs
were crippled he went into the back field.
Another fine end who returned TO the
eleven is Grant Rlakeslee. formerly OF An
dover. He has just been declared eligible
by the faculty.
Player Breaks Arm.
Tho Yale football team has lost the
services OF capable player Pete Fran
els broke his left arm near the shoulder
while at practice. He had been playing
/ left guard and had shown the stcadiest
| form The fracture WAS reduced at the
college infrmary by DR.. Sanford, the
team physician.
Tom Shevln of Minnesota, the coach
who taught Yale the plays that go nys-
| tilted the Tigers, was after the game
surrounded by crowd of Yale officials.
He was rather bored with the flood OF
congratulations which were being heaped
| upon him. 1--WE won: that is all there
is to II. Now. If you DONE go away
! and leave me alone ] shall be forced TO
| say. ! told YOU so.