The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-27
aAUCHT0N TELLS HOW PLAYS
 WERE PLANNED TO BEAT YALE
Great Inside Football Story Written by
 Haryam's Winning Coach

I piece of blocking. knocked him of his feet, which enabled Brickley to
 recover the Bal1 for Harvard. It was | a close shave. If Yale had scored on
 this play it certainly would have se-
 riously affected the morale of the Har-
 yard team
 At this stage it was apparent that
 could not handle Fselton'ss kicks so
 Gardner wisely continued kicking
 game, na,a in spite of the fact aaryarS ssa ls5
 happened when Wheeler dropped 9 i punt after being tackled fercely by
 Hardwfck Sforer was on the ball iD I a moment and with at least five in terferers continued down the field for ! the. first touchdown that Harvard has made against Yale since 1901. The I first touchdown that year was made 1 playing tackle on the Harvard team 1 It is certainly a curious coincident l that after waiting II years the next
 Touchdown should be made by a man playing in the same position as was The next score was the direct result l of what most people consider 8 weak ness on Yale's part The plays were | as follows: Harvard kicked from her own 20-yard line. Wheeler furnbIed | in nidfeld and Hitchcock recovered 1 Gardner. then showed rare judgment | in ordering the same play again. with exactly the same result, thus giving | E1aTNaEds the Dzk4l on ale ZU-YdTO tline,- from which point Brickley kicked 1 a goal
 Many will criticise Wheeler for his
 n1a inability to handle pnnts o,t few peos are to handle. In the four games prior to the Yale fame counted 10 times when the opposing backheld has been well known among the Har- ward coaches that F,e1ton kicked a pe- cuiiar bah and the Harvard team was <7v whenever F'elton punted. Therefore rather than accusing the Yale back field 4of a miserable performance. = traordinary skin ia kicking a. ball which from a catcher's point of view
 IS as 11athewson's fade away is to the batter.
 | In the second period with the ball on Harvard's 45-yard line Yale at tempted long forward pass, and it is
 here that wish to particularly com mend the Harvard team for anticipat- ing the play. When Spa1dfng threw. that pass I noted seven Harvard men off the line of scrimmage. In other words. Harvard had seven men in the backfeId and 1t is therefore little won der that the pass failed. This was ex- actly the same play with which Yale won the 1908 game by score of so. To be sure the rules under which that play was made were radically different from the present, but the principles of the defense are the same
 
 yard was nonp1ussed by the play, or Saturday last, showed that they had I thoroughly digested their assignments and what is far more pleasing exc cuted them to perfection.
 A few minutes later Gardner sig
 nailed for a fair catch on his own 30 yard line, and Ketcham then did the only stupid thing I have ever seen him do. He deliberately interfered with Gardne1ss catch and thereby lost | 15 valuable yards. say valuable be- I C9IJSa the h91Jt given fa Harvard | on her own 45-yard line, which was 1 the point which Gardner had been
 Whereas Harvard had been kicking or I the first or second down sup to this point, Gardner now chose to test his
 running attack with. the result liar ward carried the ball to Yaie's 20- yard line Only once during this ad- vance did he vary from. what is com
 monly known as the simple attack
 but this once was a most excellent
 piece of judgment With the ball on | Yale,s 40-yard line, Briclzley was put l in a kicker's position and inlnedi- ately the Harvard stands imagined
 that Brickley was about to attempt to goal from the field
 1 This opinion was evidently reflected upon the Yale team, for when the ball
 was snapped the entire Yale team line closed in upon Brickley's feet. Brick I ley further led them into the trap then with perfect interference, he started for YaIess right wing, which 1 he completely circIed. He was then nearing the Side lines with the entire Yale backf1eld gradually penning him | in. There remained only one thing
 for him to do and he did it to the queens taste; sssEe reversed his field. '
 and was thus able to side-step one or
 two Yale men, Just as he was break | ing clear Fsultz, the umpire, not ex- l pecting his sudden change of direc-
 tion, got in the way, which so inn peded his progress that he was easily: l caughta from behind. I do not wish i to blame Fultz in any way for this unfortunate occurrence. but I do say that had he not been in Brickley's g path the run would have resulted in another touchdown for Harvard.
 The third quarter had hardly be
 one of Felton's punts. and 1t was Har- wards ball on Ya1e's 1S-yard line On the next play occurred one of the
 ever witnessed. Gardner ordered | Hardwick on the right end of liar wards line, giving the eight men on
 the line formation, which 1 have pre- i k1e either failed to observe Hardwick
 on his flank, or else anticipated
 rush through the line, for he failed to assume his proper position Gard ner was quick to recognize his mis- | take and ordered what is commonly known as "a skin tackle play. Brick ley was given the ball and with Wen dell started toward YaIe's left end. Wendell took out the end completely. Hardwfck boxed the tackle as com
 pleteiy and BrickIey then proceeded to. run around Yale's entire back field, who I assume had also antici- pated line plunge. As I have said, 1 1t was a perfect play in that, first of all the formation baffIed Yale's line. Secondly. Gardner,s Judgment was perfect in ordering this exact play. Thirdly as all football men know, it take outss an opposing end. This wendell did and did thrroughlv