New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-12
Yale Attack Swept
Brown Up the Field

eraI times got around the Ell cnds ,.-
good gains, but when he did get his Az.
portunity to strike In Yaie's territory \.
gave up all hope. after two succes.s,,
passes had placed the ball on Yale's G5-yars
line, first down and ten yards 10 20. ara
called for field goal. II was giving up,
perfectly good opportunity OF striking tv,c.
before resorting to this play. and wa,
greatly surprised, as Spracklng Is as Rood
a field general as any.
One cannot help giving praise 10 this
sterling Brown leader. lie is as sure n,
catching punts as Ty Cobb Is OF gathering
in anything coming his way In the shaps
OF a baseball. Sprackling Will often MAXI
brilliant runs with little protection Re I.
one OF the few quarterbacks who master
football situation to-day. and have twlr.
noted him using successful forward passes
when his team was hopelessly beaten and
In possession OF the ball near It's goal linz
Such plays at such times are forbidden
by coaches, yet here Sprackling showed
strategy and got away with 1t each tina
In point OF comparison with the quarter.
backs OF Yale. Harvard and Princeton
Sprackling has by far the best Of H. th
too bad that ne has not had better oppor.
tunities than this season has given him
His one mistake 10 date was calling for
drop kick under the conditions governing
the play to-day when Brown was using
the same whirlwind attack that drove liar.
ward from mIdheld To it's goal line In I've
plays.
A Perfectly Balanced Machine.
individually the Yale team is not a brllk
liant one. II is perfectly balanced ma.
chine in every respect. First let me speak
OF Walter Camp, jr. No PLAYER is deserv.
ing OF more praise for making the Yals
eleven Than this boy, and his work to-day
was a monument TO the determination he
has shown from the first. Camp has
plodded along for two years and last week
found himself To-day ne was the best Of
Yale's ground gamers and was an exceed.
ingly hard man to down, as he ran with a
sturdy determination to make ground tina,
was seldom overcome. IT was easy To Sc.
that Camp received better interference
than he gave. yet he plays strong clean
game and has a football head, and best Of
ALL he uses II.
Freeman is a harder runner. rushing
down the field like wild bull, but he doe,
not use his interference so we'll as Camp.
and he certainly cannot sidestep or per-
form any of the niceties OF open field work
such as his companion has mastered Dunn
had little chance to do anything to-day as
he was used chiefly to relieve Camp and
Freeman. Bomeisler played splendid
game at end while he was In, showing
flashes of brilliancy and sturdy defence,
but his lack of condition soon became APP
parent and he had to be removed He
should round into form about the day Yale
strikes Princeton and will give a far bet
ter account of himself then.
Sculy and Paul are a steady aggressive
and shifty pair OF tackles. not so brillisn.
as either Hart, of Princeton. or Gardiner
OF Harvard. but most consistent I'm close
work in the line. McDevtt had rather a
hard time Of it with Kulp. but he showed
remarkable agility in getting into the in
reference, IS did Francis I'm gettinG
through and causing trouble In the 0ppos
ing backfield. Ketcham has improved =
per cent since the Army game. but still
tires before 1t is over, and toward the enc
Of the game calls IL a day upon reschin.
the spot where things happen.