New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-12
A NO-SCORE GAME HERE
New York University and Rut
gers in Hard Contest.
CLEAN PLAYING THROUGHOUT
Except for a Time in the Last
Period the Home Team Out
played New Jersey Eleven.

For the third time this season no score
game was played on Ohio Field yesterday
afternoon between New York University
and Rutgers College. The local team OBJ
viousIv outplayed Rutgers I'm every part OF
the game except the first part Of the last
period, but It was unable to score. although
three drop kicks were attempted two by
Eliffe and one by Moore. On the whole
the game was cleanly played. but several
times the officials penalized both sides for
holding, and there were one or two fumbles
which proved 10 be costly. New York made
a much more creditable showing with the
forward pass than It. did in the last ga ne
with Trinity but 1t did not come up TO the
standards set in the games previous to that
one. Four out Of the eight forwards at
tempted worked, but only gained in all
thirty yards. Rutgers, on the other hand
did not work successfully single pass. and
three times the New York University backs
intercepted. Onside kicks were also tried
by both sides but none succeeded.
Contrary to expectations, Brennan. the
captain of the team, played at full during
the entire game, but owing to his crippled
condition he was unable 10 make much Of
A showing. During the first half Elliffe
vas easily the star Of the New York team,
gaining n good proportion of the ground
and getting off several long punts. In the
beginning Of the second period he inter
Cepted one OF Rutge-ss attempted forwards
and ran through the men for twenty-five
yards. only TO he pulled down by Elmen-
dorf. the Rutgers quarter. At the begin
ming Of the third period. after making a
run around right end. he was tackled
around the neck and hurt so badly that he
had to leave the field. Comfort was sent
in to take his place. and he did almost as
we'll as his predecessor both in puntng and
in advancing the bail
During the game Rutgers was able to
make only three first downs. and the play
for the most part was confined to their
territory. although IN the fourth period
they once advanced the pigskin as far as
New York's 35-yard line. feature of the
Rutgers fullback. Every one of his punts
went al least forty-fve yards. and several
Of them went ffty-hve yards. Eliffe and
Comfort did the punting for the city team,
but their longest one travelled only fifty
yards and many Of them only went thirty
five. Alverson besides doing the punting
for Rutgers, was the strongest man on
the team In other ways, and the whole
eleven seemed to depend on him to do all
the good playing.
The team work of the New York Univer-
sity eleven was not as good as ii might
have been, and several times the player
reference OF the Rutgers men, on the con-
trary, was quick In forming and protected
the runner so well that many of the at
tempts TO tackle them We're stopped.
Although the play was In Rutgers terri
tory most OF the time. New York never got
any nearer TO the goal than the 2O-yard
line. The reason for this was that the
opposing line held so well that 1t was al
most impossible TO make any ground
through IT, End runs were tried but they
Jared almost the same. with the exception
of the last part OF the last period With
only two minutes left to play the local
team suddenly came to life and began
ploughing through time after time First
Comfort intercepted a forward and ran
IL seven yards. Then he carried the ball
around right end for thirteen yards and
Moore on the next play went around the
other end for fifteen yards. Once more
Comfort was given the oval and sent
through right tackle. but this time he was
stopped before he had gone five yards.
The team then relapsed into its former
gait and was forced to punt. The game
ended with the ball in Rutgers's possession
on its own 5-yard line.
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