Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-11-16
TRUE form AND lJPSETS Mark GAMES
ON EASTERN CRDRONS SATURDAY
binations at both New Haven and
Cambridge.


With the regular Yale eleven facing
Princeton, the New. Jersey team was
almost as helpless as it was a week
ago against Harvard. Although the
Blue scored with an offensive attack
that differed radically from that used
by the Crimson, the result was the
same. The Ellis. using wide open,
loose ball method Of attack, found
Princeton's first and secondary de-
Tense just as easy to outplay as Har-
layed and hidden ball offensive tao
tics. The forwards were drawn out
Of place and the ends blocked off or
from the point of attack with
regularity, and, but for the
splendid defense offered by the Tig-
ers second line the score would have
been much larger.
Princeton Team Weak.
Princeton failed repeatedly to sense
the method and point of advancing
the battle and proved unequal to the
task of consistently checking Yale's
gains. This was due in part to a fail.
nre to grasp the principals Of the
Blues loose ball game, as we'll as
lack of the fundamentals of defense.
was. in most cases, too high,
and too much was required of the
and ends. AS a result, Yale
was able to gain ground with reason
able consistency, using forward pass
es. varied from time to time by short
line plunges and end runs. 1t is
however. If this loose ball
play, with its attendant danger of los
ing the spheroid can be worked with
the same success against the strong
and alert defense of the Harvard reg
ulars. 80
While Brown secures the credit Of
holding the Crimson to scoreless tie
In next to the final game of the sea-
son, the unexpected result furnishes
little reason for fear in the Cambridge
camp. With almost all the regulars
at Princeton in the role Of spectators.
the task of defeating Brown was del
egated to second places. That the lat
ter failed was due most to over-eager-
ness and lack of experience than lack
of football ability. Fumbles, penal
ties and an absence of a real scoring
punch to complete a series of ground
gaining rushes were the weakness of
the Crimson combination. The de-
fensive strength was always apparent
ed the Harvard goal line by straight
attacking. ability. Individually and
collectively there was missing from
the Crimson play. however. that finish
and strength which differentiates the
regular from the substitute.
Quakers Verv Weak.
There was never any question as to
the outcome of the Dartmouth-Penn
sylvania contest, for the Hanoverians
were superior to the Quakers in every
department of play. The Red and
Blue showed a fairly strong defense
in the opening period, but once the
Dartmouth scoring machine got under
full headway the size Of the score was
the only question.
Both the army and navy eleven
came through with victories, the ca
diets defeating Maine 2S to 0. The
middies triumphed over Colby 81 to
21. In both games the United States
academies teams showed the fighting
spirit for which they are noted. The
navy came from behind in the closing
periods and won. Maine had little to
offer in the way Of offense against the
army and once her defensive power
was shattered by the cadets. From
West Point standpoint the feature of
the game was the remarkable play
ing Of the former Purdue university
star, Oliphant, who. in his first real
test scored three of the army's four
touchdowns.
The middies did not win so easily,
for in facing Colby the championship
eleven of Maine, the navy found an
opponent worthy of its best brand of
battle. The Maine players were
physically fit and they clearly out
played and out-manoeuvred the An
napolis eleven for the greater part of
the game, using q remarkably open
and fast attack. The middies. how
ever, outlasted their opponents and
although eleven points behind at the
close of the first half, came back so
strong and persistently that Colby
crumbled before the rushes Of the
sailors in the closing periods and was
defeated.
East and West Divide. ..
The east and west broke even in
the intersectional contests of the day.
Cornell defeating Michigan 28 to 13.
and Notre Dame overthrowing the
Carlisle Indians. 48 to 6. Aside from
the consistent play of Maulbetsch, the
Wolverines were outclassed by the
powerful Ithaca eleven. The Indians,
only a shadow of the famous team
which have made the Carlisle govern
ment school famous in other years,
were helpless before the sweeping
play Of the westerners and never test
ed the Notre Dame defense seriously.
One Of the best games Of the day
was the Colgate-Syracuse contest,
which resulted in no-score tie. The
Orange had the advantage of weight,
but this was offset by Colgate's open
and overhead play which enabled the
lighter team to take the initiative
most Of the time.