New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-29
YALE SCORES WITH EASE
COLGATE Offers Little Resistance
to Substitute Eleven.
CAMP PLAYS BRILLIANTLY
Son of Great Coach Gets Into the
Struggle and Puts Up a Spec
tacular Game.

trouble in scoring twenty-three points
against colgate to-day. using practically
substitute team yale looked strong. Per-
haps the most encouraging feature ~ all
was the working n the line in what Fos-
ter Sanford calls unit"
The line opened big. gaping holes today.
through which The whole backfeld poaghed
frequently FOR gains. rarely less than seven
and often over thirty Yards. on the de-
fence Yale played we'll Colgate ala not
make single first down by rushing.
Camp. who did Yale's puntng. had ample
time to get them or without the slightest
iptorfereuce. Thus two Of the most serious
faults IN the play at West Point-incon-
s,stont defensive work and lack OF hns
unity-were apparently corrected
outside or tho general line improvement.
which now shows sigu- ~ the get to-
eether" tho playing Of tlc substitutes vas
most closely watched. The man who stood
head and shoulders above any individual
player on Yale Field to-day was Walter
Camp. ir. he never before played such A
game FOR Yale. ard never before gave any
indication he was capable OK playing the
game he did to-day. Used as "a back al
most a. a last extremity. Camp made good
his punting was by far the best Of any
seen az Yale Field this year he several
times uunted for ffty-hve and sixty Yards
a long. high spiral bail that was well
played. and only unusual eieverness on
the part Of the Colgate quarterback, Hunt
ngton, permitted him to handle it. n vas
the best exhibition of plntng. since the
days Of Ted Coy.
Camp as line punger and end runner
surpassed Anderson and Reilly. his half
backs The long gains were almost IN
variably by camp. Hho followed his inter-
ference just far enough. and knew when
90 leave g. He made some beautiful
tackles. and figured In the forward passing.
He seemed stronger and more powerful
than ever in his career. The surprise ar
Camps playing was great everywhere az
ne has been given o very thorough varsity
tryout 90 the last two years. and failed 10
make good His work to-day will certainly
entitle him 20 another good trial, aud n
he plays as well as to-day Doc will cer-
tanly bc a varsity back.
Merritt and Strouf were the lale quar-
terbacks. The former was Injured in the
FIRST period. when Huntington tackled him
Merritt was forced 20 retire. and left the
field. Strout. who succeeded him. put more
ufo into his men and used better Judgment
but slowed up the play considerably. H.
was steadier than Merritt. Marting player
centre most ~ the game. but his passtne
/ was poor He did not cover anywhere near
/ the ground that Ketcham does, but played
well. Cooney played a good steady game
+ at guard. and St Germaine. who went IN
/ toward the close, opened up some big holes
| for the backs 10 make long gains.
/ The work II the ends was hardly up 20
/ standard. Francis. Avery, Dunn and shell
don alternated in pairs. They all signally
failed TO cover Camps beautiful puuts. and
much u Yale's advantage was lost IN this
/ respect. particularly as Huntington made
several brilliant returns. Sheldon PLAYED
good defensive game. but Dunn was oc-
casionauy drawn I'M and got mixed in his
formations.
/ Colcate's line was totally unable TO cope
with Yales. r. was lighter and the heavy
/ Yale forwards simply shattered IL. The
/ Colgate ends were also overwhelmed, but
they had 20 fight the best interference Yale
| has shown this year. The Colgate back
/ field. and particularly Huntington, was
/ fully as good as Yales. He was an excel
/ lent general. and brilliant In the open field.
/ His return Of the Yale punts after very
| clever handling was splendid.
His speed and footwork frequently car
| ried him through nearly all Of the Yale
eleven, and he was kept from scoring only
/ by the slenderest Of margins. His punting
was very heady He never attempted 10
punt for distance, but made short high
7 kicks, pulling IN the Yale backs on the run
/ Il resulted in many Yale fumbles, and HIS
/ ball was most difficult 10 handle Colgate
| frequently recovering. His judgment vas
very good. Swarthout and Robinson were
most capable aids 70 Huntingtous brill
fancy. and the punting Of the former was
very good. Between them three forward
passes we're worked clearly in succession
They failed 20 gain much ground, but were
perfectly executed. Yales passing was also
the best seen this year. II was cleverly
done and very accurate When it failed
10 work it was not tie fault OF the pass or
the formation. but Door handling on The re-
ceivng end.
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