The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-19
LATERAL PASSING OF
Ellis A GREAT TREAT
whatever Its Ultimate Value. 1t
|, Spectacular and En-
frctiye SO Far.
OTHER GRlDIRON GRAPPLES

%, ,h. Yti, team. sometimes In associa-
ZION SIS 60 70 forward pass and sometimes
not, was 'lr prcttiest development so far
,tth. year Whatever its ultimate value.
. wa .- effective too AS it was stirring.
and r.W tl.l, VIII be- lots Of speculation
A, 70 u.w j. Will work against stronger
.eam. ..u Nutre Dame. teams that will
be- coached Pc trying to stop II. and Just
how far Oh, weakness of NOtre Dame
prov.l .l NaS Nptre Dame weakness
rather cham progressive tactics cleVerly
carried uu, and that IL question open
10 de5a:y.Nt responsible FOR the effec-
t.veres- shown boy Yale against AN eleven
which was anything but weak in Drawn
and speed.
big disappointment The lndianans. re-
ruted ~ ar more than ordinarily expert
with o.. forward pass. did use that play
, gr,At d,l. and at times for decided
gains but forward passes will work now
md then .u any football game AZ Foster
sanford says, II you throw them often
enough thy, viii get there some time. with
-eEari 20 the play as used by Notre Dame
however - vas very much hit or miss
and generally vas a long. looping pass
not sDH' with baseball speed or accuracy
swls dome by Notre Dame last year.
n tlu has any monopoly on across
he fe,I passing nor is II new. II was
used year, ago, but infrequently and just
% an occasional ot-much-faith-in-it
play Th.. year Tor the first time 1t -
growing into regular part Of teams
REPERTOIRE al Yale AZ least and few
other centres Probably from now on 1t
will Dee tried more extensively. but for
aHythaE Ike reliability il is play re-
gu.rug considerable practice
a;erai and ohlique backward pass in no
uncertain haphazard manner. To the
aymru and great mass OF football in
experts u ,h' stands (the general public
s MUCH .rHNpert In foothalD the play
lookei radical because of It's novelty
Also 70 looked daring, this partly because
u the uit.tconservatlsm and scarcity
u hkt-l-ehtnce tactics which have at
teniel football methods Yet, so far as
Notrt Dame was concerned. the play was
sound and carried with II the elements
y clearly defined skill az well as boldness
Certainly those are points which make
ootha. more attractive and increase tho
scope "' the game itself as a sport calling
'r strategy and team and individual dex-
t,r.iy
what risks there were In the play ne
Used by Yale on Saturday were slight
'lmpafri 10 its effectiveness. Used with
relation 10 the part OF the field In which
he teams We're struggling and with a
Group "i men near at hand to grab the
ball In case II was missed or nail an ad-
versary !n Gaze the pass was intercepted
didn't seem to present any great risk
At most il was nothing more than a
legitimate risk, and game without legltl-
mate risks through which opponents might
get an unexpected advantage would be
pretty dull
II timing the play and slipping into
pos!tOr TO receive the ball, the lateral
passing at New Haven had little sugges-
ION 81 laborious calculation such as some
times goes with the forward pass. Il
seemed 20 be- more natural play How
ever better idea can be had OF its
worth when tried against team OF equal
strength and with some drilling in de-
fence against II, In any event. Il Is one
play more 20 keep the defence guessing.
The Els were good at having their men
free 10 manipulate the pass and appar-
emily had been coached in 20 deploying as
10 reduce the chances OF interception to a
minimum.
Continuous action and shifting tactics
made this game interesting. and on the
Tale side, Judicious use of downs. BY
this Is meant using downs to try out the
running game and not an abundance OF
pu-tins prompted by not being able TO
mink OF anything else to do. Notre
Dame would have been better OFT with
more punt!ng, punting with the wind in
her favor and the hall in her own side
OF the field The excellent work OF the
omc!aIs-Pendleton Murphy. Morice and
Ihompson-whlch was alert and business
IKE, had TO do with keeping the action
brisk
Yale showed a capable lot OF backs
willing line material and the usual quick
charge and strong defence against line
pounding There were. however. recur-
ring and frequent instances OF ragged
tackling, high tackling and onehanded
tackling. The backs kept their feet
spield1dly The ends were down under
KICKS well. but were bothered a lot by
vide runs from kick formation and can
stand great Improvement before they I'M
uertake 20 head of such a speedy and slip
perry customer, helped as he will be by
nlgh class interference, as Mahan, and
mayhe r. Tiger or two. The Ellis didn't
distinguish themselves by their agility at
"orm'nc their way past interferers IN the
open were spilled often. and didn't shine
- running back kicks They've good
ways 10 go In several details, but Hinkey
Ms them hustliTg
Harvard for the second time In success
son squeezed ont a victory narrowly,
wv loT tn' second time I'm succession pro-
uuce1 Oh" drive and get together power
70 VIII under pressure. The last two wins
~ Harvard mean fighting ability: and
since the team is weakened by Injuries
~, Ne Goose scores aren't surprising. Had
"il'H Logan, Pcnnock and HardwiCk
It" "''' 'h' games, the two scores then
"vu,l nave been a much nearer measure
We 'rIWsOn's mldseason strength.
Eu'oHneSs IN taking advantage of oppor-
unity auI that has been character
SC '' many Princeton teams. enabled
u'' I.f''s 10 win by n comfortable mar
s." 10 "m" from Lafayette in which the
'S,''A .".N1"ls were poor on the offence
rem, hrnclng, played surprisingly
good grm. against the big Navy eleven,
my ing enough versatility. In point ac-
JUS .' I" lower the cOlors OF the mid
Two field goals are pretty use
\" N.'H They represent what would have
'' 'N1ot difference between victory
'' i' had the Navy converted its
..-.... 'h INTO goal The Quakers
'"'I' .rNu behind TO win this game, and
~"I -'u was that they weren't dis
.".''"''l hy the fact that the Navy
~. over for a touchdown shortly after
". "n.rng kickoff,
."' NrWr, taking advantage OF Col
t''" 'iuh..ng prevailed over that team
N.'N '''r'N 10 spare The West Pointers
,'n' ..,'r own forward pass under cover.
.,'' '..gr'r's forward pass worked to
,I's Vantage as well as to Colgate's.
~ i'.' INC forward pass last Saturday.
pong .',rc.ptcd so often, was often
hoon-nnr.
WOW gmOtherng Bucknell, struck
s'''.'- stride with a vengeance prepare
..'f 70 'h. lthacans' game with Brown
NJ '' POLO Grounds next Saturday, The
hur .- haven't been through the UPS
~ - lie rh.,s