South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-12-12
YALE PRODUCES
ALIBI FOR THAT
DEFEAT BY ". j.
Harvard Coach Was Present So
They Couldn't Afford to Try
Trick PIayS-MiChlgan Pulls
Neat Trick Play,
BY Frank G. NIcnke.

NEW YORK. Dec. 12.-Here she is.
fellers-the Yale aIibi for the beating
II got at the hands Of ". & ]. some
weeks back. It's "a bit late in making
its appearance. but then. you know,
some things are worth waiting for.
The Yale gang. upon entering the
field on that fatefuI October day was
fully determined TO knock the wdd-
ding out of W. & j. Ii was going TO
play its 6arndest against those up
state PCnnsylyanians IL was going to
show them that just because they had
held Harvard 10 a 10 10 9 victory
week before that il couldn't do the
same thing. nor anything like the same
thing, 20 der old Yale.
Orders had been issued to the Eli
warriors to ego out and get EN-" The
aforementioned warriors were going
70 do il. too. They were going TO
dazzle w. x J. By their great trick
plays. They were going 10 pull all
the stuff they had on ". q j.
And then IL happened.
Just a few minutes before the whis-
tie blew a gent was noticed stalking
along toward "a seat near the side
lines Somebody close to him peEe-
trated his disguise. Horrors. II was
Perc HaughtOn, the coach of Fair
Harvard. the bitterest rivull of Hay-
Ha, Hai He was spying-that was IT.
Wei, quicker'n a flash word was
slipped to the Yayhale coaches that
PerC was among those present. And
even Quicker'n that so the alibi states
word was slipped 20 the Hayhale
warriors to LAY off the trick stuff:
don't tip our mitt; Perc Haughton is
gazing upon you with Photographic
eyes"
And there you have 1.-THE main
part of the alibi
Up in that New Haven section they
will tell YOU now that If Perc laugh
ION. darn him, hadn't sneaked into
Yale field that day w. x j. never
would have won. In fact, W. x j.
would have been squashed just like a
pumpkin is before il is inserted IN q
pumpkin pie. But the appearance or
Haughton forced the Yale coaches to
shift the Yale playing plans for the
game. Instead of using its new
tricks. 10 which il had become accus-
toned, y ale, at the eleventh hour and
fifty ninth minute. had to play an en-
tirely different style OF game than 1t
had expected to play.
One OF the prettiest plays seen on an
eastern gridirOn this year was at
tempted by Michigan against Harvard
II failed. but the fact that ii failed
was bit OF luck TOT nary ara.
Michigan had the ball. Splawn drop
PED back about 1 . or 10 feet and sig
raled for the ball He got IT, At the
moment the ball was passed the Mich
.gan right end ran into Harvard terri
tory and wheeled around in position to
catch a forward pass. Splawn showed
back his arm, with the ball in his
hand as though he were about TO
throw IT,
In the meantime Naulbetsch who
had been playing TO right OF SPAWN,
suddenly jumped forward and took
the ball from Splawn's outstretched
hand. just as il seemed. that Splawn
was about TO throw it TO the Michigan
right end.
Maulbetsch raced toward Harvard's
right end. and had taken about four
steps when the Michigan left end run
ninE toward him. took the ball from
him For a fraction of second II
looked as if Michigan with its trick
play would make "a biz gain. but luck
favored Harvard. Hardly had the
Michigan end received the ball when
he tripped over some Harvard men
who were directly in front of him
the same Harvard men who originally
had rushed forward 10 tackle Splawn
and who didn't know where the ball
was until the Michigan end fell over
them.
The action was SO fast that il Devil
dered not only the spectators but the