The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-18

NOTRE DANES
VAUNTED TEAM
Makes Four TouchdOwns,
Scoring in All But One Quar-
ter@ScOre Is % to q.
EXCELS WESTERNERS
EVEN IN OPEN PLAYING

with reputation for gridron might
could do against the Yale team this after.
noon was to come close to the Ellis goal
line on couple of occasions Yale. a pep.
perry and lively aggregation and equipped
with goodly variety Of effective plays,
beat the Westerners by n score Of rs to o,
The New Haven team left no doubt Of
its superiority. Yale scattered her four
touchdowns. from each OF which the goal
was Kicked. through three periods-one In
the second. two In the third and one In the
fourth. by means OF the forward pass
which 1t didn't spring until after Yale hat
scored, and running back OF kickofis, the
Notre Dame men twice had the ball inside
Yale's yard line. and these flashes OF
productive attack came near the close OF
each half. when the visitors were cutting
loose with all they had in the hope OF get.
ting over the New Haven line.
The first half ended with Notre Dame
having the ball and nearer than five yard,
TO Nales goal. the Ellis being engaged In
putting up stff and quick diagnosing
defence to avert the danger. Just before
the close Of the second half Notre Dame
again was less than five yards from q
touchdown. This time the Illegal return
OF player. Cofall. to the game imposed
penalty OF fifteen yards on Notre Dame
Cofall had been in the game twice before
ana was Ineligible TO reenter again. The
penalty was fifteen yards. though rule
o. the playing code says something about
II penalty Of half the distance 10 the goal
line for an Illegal return.
Notre Danes attack was no, nearly
sustained enough In efficiency, coming
only at late hour In each half and Yale
outpIhNed and out manu'uvred the wish
tors. who were "A Swapping lot and APP
peared 10 be heavier than the Blue by
big margin once they scored on Notre
Dame Yale, with repertoire of line pling-
ing ana forward passing and backward
or lateral passing. smartly executed went
over and through Notre Dame in telling
fashion.
Tho lndianans made the tactical mistake
or rushing too much in their own terri
tory and II was only In extremities that
they ate up ground for any Sustained
profit They did do some pretty forward
pass work. but II wasn't dependable and
was raggedly done quite as often az II
had precision. Yale mixed up forward
passing with double and triple passing
ana gave spectacular display OF this
sort or work. The men were alert and
handled the ball well. The field was
heavy and slippery from rain. and under
the circumstances the runners kept their
feet and handled the ball credtabIy.
iale was outplayed In the first quarter
when on runs from kick formation her
ends were turned for several fat gains
me Yale line defence from tackle TO
tackle was stanch. better than Notre
Danes. which line was pierced for
healthy gains. All told the Yale offence
was more consistent than the defence
which was fooled number of times on
wide end tours Nevertheless Higgin-
botham. on Yales left end, improved as
the play went on and was n nifty per-
FORMER hn I'D
Yale backield showed up strongly
Bergman, tho little Notre Dame quar-
terDack was corker for speed but big
Eichenlaub wasn't conspicuous except
once, when he ran a kiclof back thirty
Ave yards
The total yards gained by rushing were
2lS for Yale and 1855 for Notre Dame.
Yale was outrushed In the first half but
In the second gained 14i yards by rush.
Ing TO G2 for Notre Dame Notre Dame
made total of ne yards by forward
passing 10 22 for Yale. trying this play
a great deal oft'ner Yale worked ono
forward pass over the goal limo for a
touchdown. but 1t was with the double
and triple passing that the Blue had the
Notre Dame folks all at sea. The latter
weren't up TO coping with this play.
After Wiley's kickoff for Yale In the
nrst quarter. the ball quickly changed
hands twice on fumbes. There was more
fumbtng In the first Ave minutes than
In all the rest of the game. Although
the Notre Dame men had the wind at
their backs In the first quarter they per-
sisted In preferring rushing tactics to
punting' The strife swung up and down
between the twenty yard lines with no
material advantage on either side.
Yale hit up the speed in the second
quarter and on quarterback run Aleck
Wilson ripped off eleven yards for a
first down. The ball went TO Notre Dame
on Legores punt, and from scrlmmags
Cofall stepped eight yards around Yale's
left end. illegal use OF hands cost Notrs
Dame fifteen yards and Legore> caught
Cofall's punt. Yale ann. Xed five Yards on
double pass and using the crsscross
travelled along briskly for n first down.
Eichenlaub broke through and stopped
"A play for loss, but with "A dextrous
triple pass Yale made ten yards The
Ellis plunged along TO Notre Danes 1S
yard line and on rugby pass Legore
skirted TO the s yard line Knowles hit
the centre for gain and the first thing
the Notre Dame men knew the ball was
on their l yard line. They held splendidly
at this point and stopped line hRmmerinR
but on the third down Legore, In n back
ward pass from Answorth. circlcd Notre
Danes right flank and breeZed across
with "A touchdown. Legore took all kinds
OF time kicking the goal and Notre
Dame voice exclaimed. Hurry up: GO
on kick the ball"
Eichenlaub ran the ensuing kickoff bach
thirty-hve yards. going like n steam engine
Cofall and Mills worked a long forward
pass to Yale's 20 yard line Then Berg
man went IN and threw another forward
pass This landed the hall on Yale'a 10
yard line. whence Bergman ran II 70
the 4 yard mark. A shift by Notre
Dame didn't gain and the teams were
hghting inside the yard line when the
whistle sounded a welcome relief for Yale.
Yale wasn't long In scoring in the sec
ond half Poor judgment by Notre Dame
in trying to rush on fourth down in
stead OF punting gave the oval 10 Yale
ON downs on Notre DANES "a ward
line. Knowles slapped through tho Or
posing right wing and never rtopp~d
until he had romped over the line, IL
gore kicked his second goal,
Wlley's kickon was returned by CO.
fall. who punted to Yale's 46 yard line
Yale made twelve yards on sidewiss
pass, Ainsworth cleaved tho line for four
teen more, and soon afterward the prettiest
sort OF complicated pass yielded touch
down. The balrs route was from A. Wilson
to Legore and then q forward pass. diago-
nally over the scrlmmage limo. fran Le-
gore 10 HisEinhOthau. who nepbed the
throw IN the end zone. II was a,-neatiy