The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-15
YALE VASTLY SUPERIOR AT
EVERY PHASE OF OFFENCE

{ Il punt OF. "a forward pass as strategy
Yet TO the whole scheme OF the Tiger
attack there was little scope. Yale with
her running game backs who were capa-
BILE of better al. around work and a
scheme of passing which took In double
: and triple throws. had the other side al
ways in doubt as TO what the Ellis were
{ going TO do with the ball. That counted
as much as the manual deeds themselves.
/ The passing part of 1t was done expertly
even II the backs did run further across
/ he field than forward
Sometimes it looked as If the Yale
backs were running for Carnegie Lake
4 instead Of the goal line. but what they
might do was a constant source Of anxiety
to the home folks. and wha: they did do
; more than offset their futile cross field
! runs, the latter forced on them by Tigers
getting on top of the passers. The lateral
pass sometimes found an end in the play
/ by way OF added variety. Yale using Stlll-
man In such plays and in cIisscrosses.
! The ultimate destination OF the ball.
/ rather than any concealment OF il. was
, the puzzling thing about the complex
passing. ON one occasion the Yale tricks
| Of passing took in throw from the re-
ceivel OF pun; to "A man behind him.
/ superior offence Tells Tale.
! the ball hither and thither to mates when
III Princeton territory. but they had
straight scrimmage running TO depend an
when the occasion arose. They won be-
, cause OF their offence and their ability
to carry 1t ont. Defensively they showed
considerable weakness when Princeton did
buckle down to work. To make up for
that their attack made the Tiger defence
4 look weak. Neither team was high class
on the defence, hut Princeton WIS
I stancher close 10 the goal line than Yale
when defending, and Yale's goal line de-
fence when called on was shaky
As expected, Princeton was outdone in
] the Dackncld. This refers TO the first
/ striug men. The Tiger backs who went
! in late were better than the Yale under
| studies, barring Scovil Click played a
! brilliant offensive and defensive game for
! Princeton and when he took the quarter
, back job became all the better lie had
| able help from Moore and Dckerman but
| aside from Click the first string Prince
! Ton backs didn't shine. Al that Ames
7 played "A better backield game than at
Cambridge. hut il remained for Click to
, put that final punch into the Princeton
I team
WilsoI played hard. effective game
for Yale. lie ran powerfully with the
! BALL handled his team and repertoire OF
/ plays with telling Judgment and with Lee
I gore did most OF Yales secondary defence
/ tackllng. Ainsworth on wide runs and
Knowles closer in. added their yards to
/ Yale's total, though they didn't keep their
feet any TOO well All of the Yale backs
were quick starters. but not all OF them
had prompt decision in picking a route
T.. Trenkmann and BALM were the best
men In the Tiger line, in open field work
| and I'm close scrimmaging. Balm made
| lots OF down the field tackles. and with
! Tronkmann followed the ball In fine style,
! Trenkmarn more than held his own with
his opposite. but on the other side Of CEN
| ~ "a didn't nv ITO r.,
bot OF Yale proved to be competent
! leader. was keen at sizing up PLAYS
| tackled better than n majority OF those on
! the field and smeared plays dead at the
line. Like Balm he was right with the
| ball and was consistently effective more
than anybody except Trenkmann. Mclean
| at left tackle for Princeton, though ne
broke through hard now and then, was
none too steady on defence Belts Of Yale
was stcadier The Yale sub tackles fac
ing Irinceton's eleventh hour attack were
hard put to IT, The Yale subs AS "A whole
| were ineffective.
The centre play lE Genneit and White
! was marked by several poor passes and
by White by good even work az "A line
man. o. the ends Yale had the bette
Of II. They weren't down the field a :
promptly ais the Jersey f,ankers, but they
did better work all around. They were
| much better IN line plays. both at get
ting into those OF Princeton and taking
part IN their own, What Branu did as !,
! receiver OF the forward pass made hin,
stand out Consplcuously, and he was por-
sistent up and after his man when
blocked in going down the field still
nan was the best defensive end on the
field quick to see what wa going on
! and In n great many plays. lie WASH,
finished. but was very willing and hard
worker.
y whole flock of Harvard coaches and
players was on hand watching Els every
! move and with muoh OF their team
absent from Cambridge, not particularly
concerned over the 0 to tie with Brown