The Detroit times., 1914-10-26
p1ern Style Of Play Has Its
Greatest Day Yet in Satur-
days Game
HGCEST FACTOR IN
AMAZING RESULTS
othing shown That Can Stop
Varied Offense Presented by
Speedy Elevens
BY HAROLD '. WILCOX.

It's q 6ne mess OF pottage that the
ri6ders served up TO US Saturday.
xom the top to the bottom Of the
4 HIT the dope was upset-and splashed
around with an abandon not equaied
u decade.
w 4 J. walloped Yale. Penn state
>1ofplayed and tied Harvard. Nebraska
overwhelmed the Michigan Aggies,
1iami routed Mt. Union and clear
4 1oun the roll surprises came thick
md fast. And the scores we're not
HE only causes for establishment. The
|nanner In which they were acquired
viii provide food for thought for
many years TO come
NJ Out Of the mass OF Information and
S 1eos to be cleaned by study OF the
ay,1 performances pair OF facts
md one idea stand out by themselves.
Tho facts are these:
first Never In q single day In the
S &<story OF football has the open game
len worked 90 successfully. Second
While nearly every college team In
~ country proved that IL had made
maxing strides in the development
"a the open game, all have failed to
Envelope any adequate defense be-
~ hunting, against that style OF at
rel. The idea mentioned grows out
4 k these facts and has to do with
1ohigan's chances with Harvard. IL
6iscussed elsewhere on this page.
s.,
n the aggregate Saturdays scores
@oro much larger than has usually
oen the case this late In the season.
orDoyor. schools that would ordf-
~ hxr
noh1ng even one touchdown against
- leading teams OF the country Sat
x&ay made two or three, and In
.ony cases won their games. The
cason was the Wholesale and bril-
mt NE Of the forward passes and
= formations In which the possibility
pass bewildered the opposition.
those cases where the usual fav-
1<eo won, victory was due to the
one fact. But nowhere was there a
nb1nnce OF defense which ap-
0oa6hed the brilliancy Of the open
Il has been contended that II wifi
~ at least another year to develop
NJ defense, and that contention now
ooks very conservative. In this con-
Ccf}on Il IL interesting to recall the
0I1nG early In the season Of the
rInc6ton coach who denied that the
on play was theft from the west,
1nune the eastern schools were de-
cplng Il with q proper regard Of
Ionse. something that Yost and the
cIvcrine mentors imitators had
|xof done.
IA conSidering the term open play,
must be remembered that II In
01e6 not only passing. but the use
formations that makes q pass or
1ck possible. and thus serves to be-
Her the opposition. The usual play
= onch q fake formation Is an end
IN. or occasionally, line plunge by
- quarterback. Usually the open
~ = used to put the ball within
hiking distance Of the goal with the
Mt down MP, when plunging Is re-
S(ad 70 obviate the danger of losing
c1Gession of the ball.
With that In mind, quick "once
Vor OF Saturdays games Is inter
r<inG. The defeat of Yale by Wash
1g(On and Jefferson was probably
~ biggest surprise Of the day, as
HE had been picked as national
hampton and the peer OF Harvard
1d Princeton. A double-pass gave
Tale it, only touchdown. Speigel's
M runs on fake formations and a
inward pass TO Boville gave w. & j.
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