New-York tribune., 1912-11-24
Sol Metzger Says Crimson Was
by Far the More Finished Ma
chine and Won on Merit.
FELTON, AND BRlCKLEY STAR
Their Wonderful All-Round
Work Forced the Bulldog
Back and Together They
Share the Honors.
BY Sol Matxger.
lBy Telegraph TO The Tribune.

New Haven, Nov. 23.-HarNard won
notable victory over Yale here to-day by
the score of 20 to 0, two touchdowns and
the resulting goals and two goals from
the field by Brickley forming the total
All Of these points were the direct result
Of poor playing on the part Of Yale. Two
fumbles OF F'eiJons high spiral punts by
Wheeler ano Flynn paved the way for the
two touchdowns, and the drop kicks Of
Brichley were made possible first by a
penalty against Yale for interference on
a Harvard punt. which gave Harvard the
ball within striking distance of Yale's
goal, and second, by an attempted forward
pass by Yale that was so poorly played
that not Yale man was near Brickley
when he intercepted it, Whereupon this
sterling haIfback ran from his 35-yard line
10 Y6le's 25-yard line, and at the END Of
series Of plays made his fnal score.
II was bitter defeat for the Blue, as
the big men IN the line came back"
with full power to-day. and played on
even terms with the aggressive forwards
Of the Crimson, The fault rested With the
Eli baekfald and with the first string, at
that, for when the substitutes were rushed
IN during the second half they proved
themselves ma gnificent in attack and
fought bettGy than an even battle with
the sxultant Crimson. They made a great
last stand for Yale in the closing quarter
Of the game when the powerful Blue
eleven found itself and showed q pswer
10 its attack that one could scarcely be-
lleve possible.
Harvard played hesdy. brilliant game,
and Gardner ran the team with keen
Judgment The contest Was not two min
utes Old before he and FELTON, made pos
sible the Crimson's victory. Gardner
called upon FELTON, repeatedly 70 punt,
and Telton responded in a manner that
will mark him as one Of the master kick
crs Of all time. he seemed able to plaos
his extremely high punts wherever he
pleased, and though Yale's punters out
distancsd him, as I believed they would,
they had not his skiH ta placing
Felton began by dropping these high
spirels clear of Wheeler and Flynn, a
most remarkable feature of mis- play, for
il seemed almost impossible for such a
thing TO happen. Then he Experimental
with Wheeler and found that younsster
unable 10 hold the ball. whereupon FELTON,
gave Wheeler every ball, with the result
that this boy had the heartbTesking OK
pcrience of dropping them and of seeing
stJIer take one Of his fumbles over the
line for a touchdown. once Wheeler was
removed FELTON, tried Flynn and likewise
found him wanting. 1t is a wonder that
the Crimson total did not ran higher, for
FetOn had Wheeler and Flynn at his
mercy. One pisied them.
II was this magnificent kicking ssme,
backed up with Bricklsys able drop kick
ing that Harvard depended on to-day
ard set Immediately 10 the task with
will and surSBess that spelled victory In
more glowing letters than the Crimson
has read IL in many a year.
With this as q basis for the attack,
Harvard was not lacking in judgment in
the selection Of plays when within st5ik-
ing distance. Gardner showed himself a
real general when ne used BriCkley back
in a drop kick formation on Yale's 20
yard line in the third period. Harvard
had a clean lead of seventeen points at
this stage, and every Yale player believed
Brcl,ley would be called upon again to
droykick, 90 that the forward pass from
Gardner 10 FELTON, which placed the ball
on Ysles nlRo-yard hne was siratsgic
move OF the highest sort. II came near
giving the Crimson another touchdown,
but Yales defence braced, and, goal
from, the nsld was the result instead.
Yale was rathcr badly taken in by this
same play sariIor in the third period. Tho
uss OF the end run around Avery, who
was none too strong on defence, owing to
some driving interference by Haryards s
backs, which gave the Crimson a touch
down. I considered fne work. Yale EVIL
IDENTIFY expected line attack as the GRIM
son had been depending upon u, so that
Brickley was clear of the end and oy
spalding. who was caught In on tho play
ere PhiIban could head or the tast rum
ming Harvard back.
There was a marked contrast In the
running Of the two elsvsns. fale was
badly generalled. The Yale method OF
forward passing was far from what 1
thiuk s the right principle 70 follow.
spaldinE's long and high Jobs were easily
handled and Harvard made doubiy sure
OF them. All fall spaldlns has made them
from a formation almost similar TO the
old-styls Kick formation. Haughton evi-
IDENTIFY doped It right, that Yale would not
rush from this formation. He dropped
seyen men back Of the scrlmmage. Three
OF these played FIVE yards back and were
well sUread. three more played ten yards
back and were well spread and the sew
enth was back for long punt Against
such a formation Yale was throwing dis
cretion and Judgment TO the winds ana
attempting something that seemed aoso-
lutely impossible
Yale had a mighty poor attack In It's
other forward passes barring the isst
one. q delayed criss-cross, Spalding 10
Wheeler, that gained a first down and put
Pumpelly within striking distance for
goal from the field Just as time was up
The other passes were all wild tosses
and Harvard's backs quickly found 1t un-
necessary 20 slap the ball 20 the ground,
az there were no Yale men 10 receive
them. In spite OF this. Yale repeatedly
tossed them at Harvard, Dyer sending
one direct to Brickley which the latter
ran back thirty-fiye yards, and placed
his team within scoring distance or rath-
or himself for IL was Brickley who kicked
a goal right afterward.
Indeed. Il is not going too far TO say
Yale's forward passes we're based upon
luck rather than judgment, which is real