The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-16
YALE TEAMS ATTACK
STRONG AS HARVARD.
Against Princeton, That Is, and
the Eli Defence Not
So Good.
CRIMSON TACKLING BETTER

| uelence not so good Yale made three
touchdowns against the Tigers, which
were one more than Harvard made. There
is a fundamental in which Yale isn't doing
as clean work as Harvard, and IL Is tack
ling; and in several fundamentals OF
defence as well as In having more men
| who do their work consistently and in "A
finished way this applies TO the lne not
the backs-liarvard Is ahead of the
Blue.
However. a team with the spirit on
offence and the capacity for executing
Kaleidoscope maneuvres. such as Yale
was last saturday, is a hard one to
guess. one of the kind OF which there is
no telling what II will do. The scoring
possibilities of both Harvard and Yale
make next Saturdays game still choicer
morsel. by the same token the varie-
gated Yale game on the one side and the
| deceptiVeness and precision OF the Har-
ward operations behind the line when the
ball is put in play will call for quick
diagnosis by the defenders: and we shall
see which better has studied out how to
take care of tho other.
! Legores fine punting against Prince,
ton showed Yale to be strong in that de-
partment OF kicking, but the Yale full
back ddn't display anything like the
skill at drop kicking of Mahan or the
skill at goal kicking OF Hardwick. He
may do better with his drop kicks II he
stands further back. lie was about eight
yards away at Princeton. and an expert
who saw him said he was too close.
briggs of Princeton stood far back
| for his punts. He appeared to BE- quite
Twelve yards behind his line. and APP
/ parently II was the Princeton plan to
have him that far back TO insure no
blocking. to let his distance back take
care of that. and thus allow the whole
| line to get down. That decreased the
chances OF run back. chances which
always threatened because of the admir-
able handling OF punts by the Yale back
! field.
The game was characterized by prof.
Client catching Of punts. both sides doing
/ II. Yale TO a greater degree than Prince
ton. but both contributing TO handling OF
kicks. which was In mared contrast to the
grounding OF punts which took place In
the Observation-Disclosures clash. The judy
ment of the Yale men who were back there
for fly balls was like that OF a baseball
player. and the versatile Legore's diamond
experiences also was seen in his throwing.
There was a baseball touch to his way Of
whipping the forward pass. The analogy
| Will serve. though Of course baseball aC-
curacy cannot be attained with the well
known probate sphcrod. Legore drew a
/ fine finish on one OF his two attempts to
purposely throw a forward pass across
/ the side line ON the other he hadn't the
same accuracy and threw over the goal
line instead OF the side line. That gave
/ Princeton touchhack instead of COM
| polling her to put the ball In play on the
s yard line.
The Yale-Prnceton game was one that
will help to popularize football, popularize
It per AZ distinguished from such at
traction II has as merely college specta-
Gle. We speak purely In REGARD to the eye
filling. The worth-whleness OF the game.
objections TO or points in favor of. as to It's
basic nature is another matter. The open.
/ swirling. all sorts OF football by Yale.
with team play opened out so that indi-
viduals stood out IN clear relief. took On
the nature of a departure a breaking
away from the conventional viii N tickled
| the onlooker. whatever likely 10 live merits
IL may have az tactics to win games. Such
football suggests more fun and less drudg-
cry Added was PrinCeton's heroic brace,
as fine an effort to turn defeat into victory
as the game has had and none the less
heroic because unsuccessful. Combined
the developments made the game classic
as a spectacle The score will be easy 10
remember--l9l4. l9-l4.
Yale isn't the only team which has
resurrected lateral passing this year. and
the present season marks an epoch by
! reason OF the Celebrations which have
been developed In connection with the
Rugby device. Tho pass itself didn't
bother Princeton greatly. The Tiger play
ers often covered the passer and the recip-
Z
everything. The pass strung out the de-
fence. II provided wider field of opera
tion for getting the ball to the last man
on the offensive teams side OF the scrm-
mage line and Il created gaps into which
the man with the ball sometimes to the
passer's right. sometimes to his left might
turn. The times Yale failed TO gain
were made up for by the gains OF length
which were made
I'VE have learned one thing" said
former Yale player yesterday and
that is It's good policy when playing
Princeton or Harvard to make all tho
points you can while you're making
them" This was apropos OF the big scare
Princeton gave IN the last quarter. Here
was year for Princeton in which the
playing of tho last period brought more
touchdowns against Yale than tho five
previous years combined, They weren't
made by the watching and waiting policy,
seizure Of opportunity policy. which has
won several times for Princeton. but by
fierce, aggressive, do II yourself playing.
We haven't seen such sustained rushing
by Princeton against Yale since Bill
, Church's day, eighteen years ago. But
IL didn't win. aud on that score arises the
question which always arises when a team
that has been outplayed and is far behind
makes a rally What difference would II
have made, IL any. had the point produce
ing tactics been made use OF earlicr2
Harvard's 10 tie with Brown didn't
tell much about the Harvard team, since
most OF the varsity array was at Prince
ton As hint of what tho Harvard var
sity can do Il amounted TO nothing u
did show that II takes more than Har-
ward subs 20 beat Brown. The plan saved
the varsity men, and the happenings OF
last Saturday took a good deal more out
of Yale. week before the finale, than
the Brown game took out Of Harvard
Whether the Princeton tusse took more
out OF Yale physically than II put in foot
balically the end of the week will tell
The brace Penn will have TO make to
beat Cornell gets bigger and bigger, The
Dartmouth team. which has grown better
and better since meeting Princeton and
which probably would like TO play the
Princeton game over again. far outclassed
Penn. while Cornell swatted PENIS con-
queror Michigan. The Ithacans too have
been gathering strength since n couple OF
early season sebacks and are one OF the
heaviest scoring elcvens Cornell has had
The latter's 2S points against Michigan
were the largest total hut one ever in
iicted on the Wolverines, Penn made ~
points in 1905 Failure to kick two goals
cost the Comedians their opportunity to
break "A record at Mchgan's expense.
Incidentally. this Is the first time Yost
has lost three games IN ono season at
Michigan.
snectatnra ae tho dha m -Vern,on,