The evening world., 1912-11-09

Yale had lost spirit; that the men hat
work: that things were in q desperate
Yale played West Point Three
same. None Of Thorn made . very brill
liant showing. although Cornell was
fa<iy good. and Wheeler. playing his
Nrst big game. went well as soon a. his
nervovsness wore on. shifts were made
here and there In the line. One guard.
York. distinguished himself. He was
Suii Of AGgressiveness. He was big and
heavy and fast and rsnEy He got into
the plays better by far than any OF the
others. Yale felt that YorkB place
In the line was covered well for the
ret OF the season. A few days after
the game York died OF pneumonia OF
course this sad event alone was enough
70 dun the enthusiasm OF the team. II
4, may have had much to do with the
hurry call to the coaches
had n good look at Yale's players
81 New Haven q couple OF days ago.
= AZ Q glance they impress one a, now
= srful lot. we'll trained. clean cut. In
;. tslligsnt. full OF spirit. They were
tapering of work a little because OF
! are worrying over Brown. although twa
I, years ago the Brown team whipped
Yale by . score OF p to 0 and thrcc
a'wssks ago the Brunonians fairly smotn.
. cred Pennsylvania. The Brown game Is
o Anal tryout for the team before Il
faces Princeton. and to-day will sec
- much experimenting rs playing
The loss OF York. of course. brought
down the average weight OF the Yale
team. But Il Is sim heavier than
Princeton by several pounds. and a
little heavier than Harvard II Is q
big. strapping aggregation.
kgrcHAM PROVES 4 WONDER.
FuL CENTRE.
Ketcham Ia without doubt one of the
best centres In America. Walter Camp
than whom there Is no better authority
on football matters. picked Ketcham
last year as All-Amsrlcan centre.
asked Camp why he preferred Ketchan
TO Bluethenthsl. why" he said
"Bluethenthai II a remarkable centre
ons Of the greatest I've ever seen. Ill
plays a. good game as ketcham
without q DOUBT. but he 10 = smalle
man, and Ketcham Is better because hi
,.s.ss..s. s..!A .--sss him more efIec
tive"
In the West Point game Ketchan
showed his ability In covering terri
story usually outside the province OF
centre. Often, after passing the bal
out for a kick. he broke through an
went tearing down the field yards In ad
vance OF the rest of the Yale tackleri
h. wi
was making the catch. He was promi
nsM IN interfering for his own bacl'
when they were handling punts. an
no often broke through and smashe
Army formation before they could gs
@started. In fact Ketcham, like Blue
thenthal. covers vast amount Q
ground for a centre. lie has TO do tn
work of a giant, for. because OF hi
reputation. ne Is closely watched b
every opposing team.
or the guards. veteran Cooney
steady, hut he plays less brilliaI
game than Arnold or Pendleton. SIT
Cooney Is very active for such a grea
heavy man. Pendleton IL an aecura'
goal kicker
BOTH TACKLES ARE STRONG o
DEFENSE.
The tackles. Talbot and Warren, a
particularly strong on the defense. TIA
bott especially being eager and quiz
In action. They play high. and do mu'
OF the work OF the ends when on q
! offensive.
As for the ends, they are not Il
strongest part of the Yale line. a
though on the defense they do We
enough. on the ofrense they are wea
like Pendieton's, and uniess there
some Improvement here within the ne
week the Tigers will have little to fe
from 0ai!aner or Avery. should the
be the ends chosen for the big gam
IL 10 almost unnecessary 10 say tn
the ends have been given an especial
Hard Workout since the Army game
Yale 80 heavily handicapped by n
loss Of Romeis.er. The latter Is one
the hest epds IN the country. but
has = badly injured shoulder. He h
~ boep atie - play 6tsa1ily q