New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-01
TEAM WILL RALLY,
SAYS YALE NEWS
College Paper Predicts
Football Crisis VIII Be
Met as 1t Was in 1910.
nv TELEGRAPH 70 TIE Tribune. J

New Haven, Conn, Oct 31.-The
"'Yale News" will say tomorrow, rels-
tive 70 the reorganization OF the Yale
football coaching staff and system:
an 1910 the Yale football team was
defeated by West Point, Q to 8; played
a scoreless tie against Vanderbilt and
was defeated by Brown, 81 to 0. In the
one week between the Brown game and
the Princeton game the team was Writ
ually reorganized. An almost impreg-
nable defence and an entirely now OF
fence were built up. Princeton was de-
feated. to 8, and the Harvard team,
recognized as the best team that had
represented Harvard In many years,
was held to 0.
at is doubtful II any team stands
higher in the esteem Of Yale men than
the team of 1910. In the face OF an ad-
verso season, lighting against tremen-
dous odds. they did what no football
expert deemed possible. To their un-
conquerable spirit homage will always
be paid; but 10 the body Of graduate
coaches, who came back at that time
and really made victory possible, credit
Is likewise due. They made any sacri-
fee necessary 20 help Yale, and they
gave gladly all that they knew TO save
her from defeat.
THE 1915 team stands in just the
same crisis to-day, and it is going TO be
met in the same way. Following de-
feat last year by Harvard. which set
a new record in Yale defeats, they have
stumbled along thus far, winning but
three out Of six games. and one OF
those by l-point margin. Physically,
the squad is above the average and the
spirit OF the men was never finer.
"They simply do not know how TO
play football. They have been taught
plays, offensive and defensive, but they
have not been taught how TO execute
them. In the days when Yale was the
acknowledged leader in football 1t was
Fundamentals that primarily made her
great. Yale, out-charged, out blocked,
out-tackled her opponents. To-day Yale
ia being beaten at her own game. She
IL not playing Yale football.
THE present coaching system mas
been accorded the loyal support that
Yale undergraduates traditionally give
10 the men selected 70 coach their
teams. They rely upon the superior
judgment of the graduates ana the
undergraduate captains in choosing
them. and they realize that their part
in helping 20 build up winning sys-
tenn ia 20 back up the men, 10 support
them in every way possible, and, above
all. 10 refrain from criticism.
whether or no: this blind con-
fidence. this unqlestioned support, is
right we do not know. WhetheI OF
not IL Is source Of strength to faie
we do rot know. In the long run no
doubt it is. In this particular Crisis
however, to continue 10 profess CON
fdence which no enc feels Is hypocrisy
too bald 20 be tolerated Facts, no
matter how unpleasant, must De raced
The Hinkey regime has been gwen a
fair trial, and il has failed. Inc TWO
recent defeats were not needeo 70
prove II. H..
"Only one thing could save the situa-
tion and that has been done. Inns
week the men who brought victory 70
Yale in 1910 will take control OF tnings'
among them Tom Shevlin.
"He will be surrounded by men VINO
ne players and coaches, have made yale
foo,hall famous. II remains TO be seen
whether what was done FIVE years ago
can be done to-day. We believe II can
Confdence will be reborn in the gradu-
ates. the undergraduates and, most I'M,
nortsnt of all, in the team itself. ana
4 will sweep them along, we are Opt
misticallv inclined 20 believe, TO VIC
.orv on November 13 and November 20.
e, the ANNOUNCEMENTS OF the past
season be forgotten. Much can DE oone
in two weeks.