Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-10-19
herst and Trinity fought a fierce

scoreleSs game.
The Princeton Tigers resorted to
their old straight football habits Sat
urday and trimmed Lafayette 16 to
o. The Princeton team was outplayed
in their reported speciality, the open
game, but their opponents could do
nothing when it came to down-the-
field line smashes.
Notre' Dame Failed.
For the first time this season east
r to form in the weekend games.
The Yale-Notre Dame game, gener-
ally conceded to be the most important
from the standpoint of general inter-
est In this section on Saturday, a a
surprise. Because of it's splendid
and Its big scores this autumn, the
western university was expected to
give the Ellis a hard struggle. The
poor showing of the Notre Dame team
therefore a distinct surprise. Physi.
cally equal to, the Yale players. the In.
diana squad failed in almost every de-
ern university football teams played
the reputation that preceded it east.
Generalship Crude.
The. generalship of the eleven was
extremely crude. Individually the
team played fine football. but poor
Judgment in the selection Of plays at
critical moments nullifed all chance
Of defeating Yale, Eichenlaub and
Bergman played a dashing game for
the westerners. 49,
Yale's attack and defense was par
ticularly strong and we'll balanced.
During 48 minutes Of play Yale made
Is first downs to the visitors nine,
and those of the Ellis followed in
sequence and usually terminated in a
touchdown. Several Princeton and
Harvard coaches and players witness
ed h game and it seemed the gener-
al opinion that the Blue had an un-
usually powerful team.
Crimson Good on Offense.
Harvard. with a second string team
on the field. found Tufts a formidable
foe and had to fight desperately for
every yard gained. The Crimson CON-
nination appeared stronger on offense
than defense, scoring two touchdowns
by hard and consistent rushing. The
visitors puzzling formation in which
the quarterback alone stood on the
line Of scrimmage and shot the ball
back fve yards or more to the run
ner. surrounded by massed interfer-
ence was an innovation in the stadi-
N n .sOre]y puzzled the Harvard
second squad players. 1t was runs
from this formation hat gave Tufts
Its only score of the game.
I ~ SpTdHR LHe real SUR
prise Of the day by defeating the Navy
eleven III a game in which open play
n kicking predominated. A for
ware pass opened the way for, the
Middies' initial and only score, and
PENNSYLVANIA, by intercepting another
In the closing period. won after pre-
viously tying the score with two field
goals. From the spectators stand
point it was one of the most interest
ing games of the day. Astounding in
open n sensational plays. =
The Army's clean victory over the
strong Colgate team did not add to the
Nays joys. The West Point players
showed a strong defensive game
coupled with keenness in following the
ball.
Both Cornell and P%ittsburg played
up to form, defeating Bucknell and
Carlisle. The Ithaca eleven scored
rapidly from the opening Of the game
and the result never was in doubt.
Pittsburg. however. had to fight for
every point made against the Iowans,
who scored once OF a field goal. !.
Princeton. by a clever use of open
and close play, scored a decisive VIC
tory over Lafayette, counting two
touchdowns and a field goal by a Sc
ries Of plays In which line plunges. end
runs. forward passes and. skillful kick
ing We're all used to advantage.