Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-16
YALE ONLY BARS WAY TO
HARVARD'S TITLE ADVANCE
Physical Unmess of Penn One of Main Reasons for Her
Poor Showing Football Games Over Land Discussed
by Gridiron Expert
By EDWARD R. BUSHNELL

got around end for 90 yards on fake kick
t Dat tnls play was followed by foolish for
sercopted, and ran lack to the 5-yard line.
,Ioni which point II was rushed over for
a forward pass here. It was only second down,
dartmouth hadn't scored and the ball was on
mon sense IN the use Of the forward pass Us
not to try II In your own territory, unless the
team is SO far ahead that ins interception will
ao no harm, or your own team is SO far be-
hlnd that resort to desperate measures Is
= In this case, neither eide had scored, and
iennsylvania had demonstrated Its ability TO
turning point in the whole game And even 4
a forward pass had been Justified. the ball
eid at neygr "h an nave See4 or ptis tooE Il on
tho dead run, and the Pennsylvania defense
Pennsylvania was guilty Of another lapse
when Dartm9gth scored Us second S1HSnao%Sndi %Ssdi
Kicked out OF bounds curtis rushed the ball
back % yards in two P, plaza NSTaoSEn Sf tnSR
raeoSefed oS rod the s BAH T' for partmouh The next
pass 70 WnSEiP. which the part%GigSss s. TisSs WR mGP
the Dartmouth man as he prepared TO make make
the catch, and could have batted the oali d0Tp
It, but for some reason he merely looked on.
and the mischief had been done.
ATTACK WAS WEAK.
Pcnnsylvania's attack was OF the feehlest
nature. Sometimes team doesn't score pc
tho bali all the time. Dartmouth had the bal ball
good part OF the afternoon on this occasion, ~
running strength they had ample opportunity
to demonstrate, 1t. During the game me-, tqs re
tines tines. though once they lost Il on the nrst
play through a tumble. ONLY once were were ,rsss imes
times tine 70 aid Isl short forward passes give them
rst down only once in the ThS's ran Ese vas asS
their own 24-yard line to Dartmiouths .aso 4o1 o1
ward line on two successive forward passes OF
10 yards each and 13-yard penalty against ms,
Dartmouth. But here they lost 1t on an un-
The lame sO proved once more to the writer's
satisfaction that any team which depends
HpTn tIS h LoFTaTT Soomeg to disaster Out Of the 2s
times that Pennsylvania put the ball IN play,
punting excluded, tho forward pass Sor was total
OF as yards Efforts we're made to rush the
ball just eight times One such play sainea
eIthor losses or gains Of but q yard or two.
The scheme OF Dartmouth's attack called tor
rushing and running attack as the basis, ,
with the toward pass for variety and TO keep
the defense weakened. Also, dartmouth h19
interference for runners, and ends VINO couIa tha
Dartmouth ends this year were quite as eI,
fective those OF year ago: Merreli hsu
hardly n chance to run back kicks ana the
wonder is that he held punts as well as no
did.
Princeton almost Joined the ranks Of the
famous Comeback teams" That wonderful
rally in the fourth period, with the score lS,O
in Yales favor. will become historic In the
Tigers gridron annals. The only thing lack
ing to make the game famous for all time was
that Princeton didn't get the third touchdown
which would have won the game. Previously,
Pennsylvania and Yale had enjoyed the dis
tinction of producing the only real comeback
teams. In 1902, Pennsylvania was led ITO
by Cornell at the end of the first half, but
in the second half the Quekers tailed ~
Princeton in almost the same way in 1907.
In 1912. Pennsylvania was apparently over
21-O in Mlchigan's favor but In the second
half the Quakers came back and scored 20
points, winning the game. 26-2o,
SUBS DO THE work.
The marvellous feature OF Prlncetons exhi-
btion on Saturday was that up to the moment
Princeton turned, the Yale team seemed to
have an immense advantage, and It was eX-
tremely doubtful II Princeton could score. Yet
Tigers were second-strlng players Neither
Dlckerman nor Morre has been considered
and even Law had been regarded as sub
Before the game. the writer expressed the
football, notably the forward and lateral
passes, the Yale men had built the more
soundly. These combination passes had much
to do with Yale's first two touchdowns. But
both of them were well screened and had so
whore Yale would strike. But Yale also had
a good rushing attack, and gained through
as did Harvard the week before
II was largely through the rushing and run
ming attack that Princeton scored against
Yale and this weakness on the Ellis part Is
likely to he fatal against a team so powerful
as Harvard in rushing tactics. Since the
been able to break up all kinds OF forward
passing. They VIII meet complicated for
ward passing game from Yale, and the in
genu'ty Of their defense will be tested to the
running. and rushing offense coupled With the
Crimsons strength In the Kicking department,
looks to be, far more formidable weapon