Norwich bulletin., 1914-10-27
SATURDAYS FOOTBALL GAMES
 PRODUCED STARTLING RESULTS
YaIe's New Style of Play Crushed by -- Washington and Jefferson-Harvard
 Has Mastered New Feature in Foot ball,

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 ball. aeria! football ever witnessed on eastern gridirons furnished the sensational climax in Saturdays game which has been feared and fore cast since the beginning of 1914 play: Forward passes, lateral passes and held goals all served to produce series of startling upsets which have not been equalled on any one day in many years. Small college teams which Tor several seasons have been fighting for recognition against the elevens Of the larger universities. broke down the in visible barriers which separated the two classes in the autumn sport, leay- ing coaches and critics stunned by the overthrow of form and tradition. Yaie's Championship Honors Crushed. The Yale university eleven, fondly believed by it's adherents to be on the march for championship honors. fell before the powerful team representing Washington and Jefferson college/ an institution with an enrolment Of ap- proximately 800 students. The Penn- sylvanians with one of the best rec ords in the east during the past two years, were not under estimated by the Ellis, for last season they held the Blues to a no-score tie and two weeks ago forced Harvard to play at top
 
 showing made by Yale against Notre Dame week ago, however, caused the supporters of the Blue to believe that under the coaching Of Frank Hin- key, Yale was regaining the plane for merly held by New Haven elevens and that this years combination would prove equal to the task of checking Washington and Jefferson's advance To fail where Harvard had succeed ed two weeks previous came as bit Ta11w y-sv1 H1e. visitors left no doubt as to their su- periority for the day. at least. Both from an individual and team stand point Yale was outplayed. With the exception of Captain Talbott. the Blue | had its regular lineup in play and this combination, which had previously de-
 feated Maine, Virginia, Lehigh and
 Notre Dame by double figure scores. | was outplayed in every department of the game. So powerful was the wis., l itors' attack that Yale was kept on
 the defense a greater part of the time out-manoeuvred. On defense. Wash
 ington and Jefferson repeatedly check ed Yale's attempt to advance, block | ing line and open attacks with equal | skill. All three touchdowns of the
 game were made directly as the rei | suit of porward passes or lateral
 passes, although Spiegel's open field running was a marked factor in bring | ing the ball within scoring distance | of the winners.
 | Harvard Barely Stayed Of Defeat. | Harvard, for the second time in 6 forenight, barely staved off defeat by | a last minute rush, which tied the
 lead previously gained by Penn State The Crimson, weakened by the absence | of Logan Mahan Pennock, Hardwicl | and other regulars, was completely
 outplayed by the opposing team ant
 but for several funbles at critical mo ments by Penn State would have beer decisively defeated. The Pennsyl
 vanfans: opened with a rush that swep
 the Harvard team off its feet and sooI had a ten point lead.
 The Cambridge players, however
 continued to batter away in determined
 fashion and with the aid of a forward the try at goal. When State scored a second field goal the game appeared I to be clinched but the Harvard secon' string men found themselves in tn
 final period and. gaining the ball ol
 a tumble uncovered a brilliant attacl along Rugby lines, in which the bal
 was passed repeatedly in loose run
 ming advance. Penn State was unpre pared to face this method of attacl
 and the tying touchdown and goa were secured with less than three min
 utes to play. It was a costly effort
 
 that Harvard had mastered a featur
 of new football which the Ellis wer inclined to believe was better under stood at New Haven than at Cam bridge.
 Princeton Held Dartmouth's Combina ton.
 In defeating Dartmouth in the frs . game played in the new Palmer Memo
 rial stadium, Princeton showed tn | ok ofp alr nd lafA q 1 the day so far as the larger easter universities were concerned. Tn , Hanoverians' powerful conlbinatto , was held in check most of the tim l and the Princeton generalship was ex | cellent. the Tigers striking with flu ....-n tne opportunity offered Forward passes and field goals figure 7 prominently in the Princeton scorin, although the Tigers showed that the 3 could smash through the line and stal
 the ends when the necessity aros A sensational 75 yard run and two per fectly executed forward passes. follow [ ed by a sharp line plunge, accounte for Dartmouth's. score. Prihceto proved superior in team work but in 5 dividual honors were generally con s ceded to the New Hampshire player , Michigan Completely outpIayed. For the second time this season western eleven was crushed by a ? pletely outplayed Michigan, which ne1 Saturday meets Harvard at Cam
 bridge. The game was almost devoi
 of open play, the Wolverines pre- 'fn-ai -- !. ing efforts for the Crimson contes | | services of Hughitt. at quarter an several regulars in the line. This UT |, doubtedly weakened Coach Yost's me 2, . chine, which except for a few fashe 2 played a rather listless game. Splawl . the Michigan field goal kckezr, faile . in two attempts to score over the gol