The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-11-19

LACKING IN GINGER

NEW YORK, Nov. 1s.--As bearing
ON the game with Harvard next sat
urday Yale's showing against Prince
ton was not encouraging. me Blue
team Is expected to improve TINS week
and be better against Harvard than
against Princeton. 1t Is pfopaple
there will be Improvement, put
throughout the season at New haven
Improvement in attack has been
hope deferred. The announced brace
between the Brown and Princeton
games did not materiaiize when time
came to tackle the Tigers, and II the
Yale team ia capable Of real improve
ment the burden of proof Is on II.
The Yale scheme of offence may be
fine conception, but is has been SO
far next to nil in execution
There were two points of play in
Yaies game against Princeton which
increase the probability of doing ut
tie something against Harvard. though
there was no evidence last SATURDAY
that Yale viii do what she hasn't done
in the last three years. and that ~
score touchdown against Harvard
The two points referred to are better
handling of the ball than In any games
that preceded Saturdays and resources
that have been developed In the kick
Ing department.
There were n few fnmbles In the
Yale Princeton game. but football Is
nor so perfectly played as to make
erroriess games something 10 be ex-
pected. There was comparatively
small share of manual errors last sat
urtiay, and what there were weren'
so tremendously important in their
bearing on the outcome. They aidH
cut such "A figare. Our sense of pro-
norton la not as good as. in baseball
in Regarding gefTuss. We are inclined
10 look on football errors a. some
thing fearfuliy bad, whereas in base
ball they are looked upon more AZ part
OF the game The errors of the Yale
Princeton game were not SO very Vita
Ia their etsees on The result and h9it
sides did pretty well in handling the
ball with the exception of Bluethen-
that's bad passing.
ANYWAY there was distinct I'M
prpxement in Yale's handling or Inc
hall over previous games and Prince
TOMS handling. pretty good all sea-
. son. vas better than in the Harvard
battle. For that matter Prineetons
PLAYING last Saturday was better
than against Harvard. In a
kicking way Yale hasn't any
xuu,er who can combine height
with distance as expeTtly as Fettor
or fs as gifted an artist in making goals
from the field AS Brickiy, but never
theIess Flynn kicked admirably against
the Tigers. incidentally giving as goet
an exhibition Of kicking against tbs
wind as one could wish to see. he
also proved that he was something ol
Mace kicker Then again though
the Ellis haven't a Brickiey. they have
Ira pulnpeiiy one who is no slouch "A:
O drop kicker.
Pumpeliy's field goal. dramatic ans
s,fHrult will rank among the historic
achievements of the griairon. 1t Is tbs
best drop kick made by an Ell sinc'
Sharpe's long one against Princeton
in 1898. pumpeiiv. hy the way. Is
nephew of Raphael Pumpelly. the dis
tinsuished geoiogist and explorer. 81
II was in the blood for the nephew
to send the leather on its great aersa
exploration.
'swhen | saw that ball drop Owe
the bar says Tom Shevitn. Il had al
inch OF cigar in my mouth. swai
lowed the cigar but. thank the Lord
II wasn't lighted"
The way couple Of keen eyed YAH
men. former players. size 1t up tn
main fault In Yale's play was tn
hardness of the backs in getting al
to the line when they were carrying
the ball. The Princeton line Otter
was opened sufficiently for the back
10 go further than they did 20 IL the!
had timed their rush better and no
lost the fraction of second necessar.
TO go through provided opening.