Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-04

The Army-Nayy game on Saturday, which was won by the Navy on two field goals kicked by Brown late in the last quarter and which closed the season, brought out no new football which wasn't shown under the .old code. While this seasons gridlron campaign has been productive of bet ter games than during the last few seasons, none of the stronger teams of the east has developed an offensive play or system of attack which seemed possible after the rules were revised last season, says the New, York Times.
 Nothing aside from old-fashioned football tactics was shown in the Army Navy game. Both teams used line buclzing plays, wearing their backs out in hopeless smashing against strong defense. There was a great lack of variety of play.
 The championship goes without question to Harvard, and yet Harvard followed old football tactics all season. The crimson had a carefully drilled football machine, mechanical in &C., tion rather than brilliant or spontan- eous. Victories over Brown, Wander bilt, Dartmouth, Princeton and Yale give Harvard as clear a claim to the title as football team in the east has had in several seasons.
 While there have been more touch downs during the season with four rushes to carry the ball ten yards, the running, open game has not been de- veloped as the football rulemakers had anticipated. Coaches realized that they could still develop a defense great enough to offset the additional privi- leges given to the attack. The result was that in many of the big games the teams had to resort to the kicking game.
 Good Offensive Teams.
 Two teams developed the offensive game to a high degree, these elevens being Princeton and the Carlisle In- dians. Princeton had one of its light est teams, and from the very first of the season used open play with speedy execution. They made use of all the changes in the rules which favored the rushing game, and displayed a wide variety of play.
 The team, however which developed the running game to high degree of perfection this season was the Carl isle Indians under Coach Glenn War ner. Here was the most successful scoring team of the year. with fast open attack, highly developed inter- ference, skill with the forward pass all built around Jim Thorpe, one ot the most sensational players the game has developed. The Indians great offensive game was developed to its high state of efficiency, however, al the expense of their defensive game and 1t was this uncertain feature o1 their play which prevented this years Indian team from being a great eleven Small Teams Successful,
 It has been an unusually successful season for the smaller college elevens | which are coached to come to theil best form early in the season These teams have profted by the new rules l the additional advantage allotted tho offensive play giving them a better | opportunity against the big elevens Many of the coaches have been back. ward about making use of all the ad- vantages given to the attack during the past season, Most of them havt followed what they believed to be { safe and sane policy. But it is be. lisved that another season under thu
 new code will lead to 8 greater de.
 velopment of the running game, A feather in the cap of the rule.
 makers is the small number of ser
 ious injuries this season, While tn,
 four rushes allowed to gain ten yard has brought back into use eld-fash
 toned line bueking tactics, the elim
 nation of pulling, tuggiRg and push ing the runner has practically don
 away with the danger of serious grid
 iron accidents. After all, this was tn
 thing that the rulemakers aimed al