The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-29
LINE BREAKERS MUST.
D0IT ALL ALONE NOW
Harder for Them to Shine Than
Under Rules Of Coy's
Greatest Year.
MANY SCORES OF 10 to 0

Comparing line breakers Of the present
day with those OF half n dozen years ago
and wears preceding IL not very illuminat-
Ing, for the reason that conditions have
changed. Legore OF Yale hae been called
second Coy. Like Coy. he II a strong
and last runner and a good punter,
whether "a good In those respects me has
vet to prove; but Legore II playing In n
day when helping the runner by pushing
ana pulling IL not allowed. as In Coy's
time. Which makes vast difference In
players line breaking ability.
In 1909. Coy's last year the first sea
son in which runners had 20 80 IL alone.
IL memory Ii right, Coy didn't do any
smashing through tho Harvard line for
points. In wears before that. when he
ripped through princeton's line and
grabbed games out OF the flre. he had
Brides and other stalwarts TO help him.
The Coys and Mcrormlclts wouldn't be
such conspicuous line breakers under the
present rules. There aren't any AS con-
splcuous. but one of the best under pres
ent conditions Is Bradlee OF Harvard. As
one man operator M required by the
present code. we haven't seen anybody
better at boring holes in line. lie goes
hard and fast, Is a difficult man to stop
and has that faculty which counts 40
much OF taking his openings with swift
precision.
In some three hundred football games
this fall the score OF 10 10 mas occurred
sixteen times Whatever may be the un-
desirable attributes OF this number u is
one OF the most prominent In total points
and Is associated with victory a great
deal more than with defeat The score
10 to 0 has occurred three times and IS 20
four times. In three games 10 was un-
lucky, In that Il didn't mean victory. but
NJ the same time WAS not so unlucky as
to mean defeat That H. there have been
three l3 TO Is ties AZ losing yield OF
points Il has occurred four t!mes-by
scores OF 20 20 10 twice. |? to 10 and
II to 10.
The Harvard Michigan game has a
good chance OF being finished in the dark
The Harvard faculty has decreed that
the game shall not be begun until a:45
O'Clock. There are recitations until o.30,
and Il seems that the faculty IL inslstent
that college duties be attended to, how
ever awkward tho effect on the better
known functions in the stadium. There's
a rule at Harvard that prior TO Novem-
her J games shall not be started before
) O'Clock, but concession OF fifteen min
utee has been made for Michigan Con-
sequently students having recitations in
Emerson. Sever Or elsewhere in the yard
or IN halls OF learning beyant will have
Will save no time for hot chocolate or
cream cheese and honey on white on the
way
The length OF time consumed depends.
or course. on the nature OF the game The
last quarter OF the Princeton -Da rtmouth
battle was inordinately long II was made
so by the great number OF unsuccessful
forward passes. When a forward pass
strikes the ground the bail 10 dead. and
time is taken out until It is put in play
again
Wilkinson Of Syracuse leads the Eastern
field in touchdowns He has made eight.
Legore, Yale: Ghee. Dartmouth. and Bar
rett. Cornell are next with seven each.
Barrett has made not only seven touch
downs, but two field goals. Lamb, Penn
state. has made four touchdowns and
Kicked four goals from the field
a contemporary prints a picture Of a
'modish costume for the football held.'
To most spectators they're all alike except
The color OF the Jerseys
For evenly matched teams behold Brown
and Amherst. They grappled In TO 0
lie. and each slammed Wesleyan IS to o.
Now they're creeping into football. In
baseball base hits and errors long since
ceased to decide games-nothing but the
breaks" And from current comment Il IL
gathered that not touchdowns or field
goals won for the other side, but the
breaks"
II IL true that w and ]. has only 400
Students 10 Yale's 5000. but at each place
only eleven can comprise a football team.