New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-17
West Point Forced to
Acknowledge Defeat
for First Time.
ABELL'S PUNTING
TELLING FACTOR
His Failure TO Score on Drop
Kick in First Quarter Pre-
vents Further Effort.
Ry JEROME BEATTY.


Wcs. Point. y. Y. Oct. l6.-Out OF
the north came she nOrdes from Col
gate to-day. and they trar'psed upon
,ho Army eleven. winning by score OF
M % O l. was the first time the
IDIOTS ever were humbled b. these
,.oungstors from Hamilton, y. /. .,,
Colgate had tried since 1905 20 build
tosm that could bend back and pry
spart the units Of an Army llne' ana
81 un.n to-day were they aDle 10 &C
conplish their purpose. But TO-DAY
,bev did their work well, and from me
time that Clio. Colgate freshman;
nabbed the first kickoff and scurfleeGi
sixtv yards through broken he!d
there was only one possible guess as 70
which was the superior team g..
For two quarters the army me
fo,gbt camely against Colgate's plung
inc hacks. but. though Charley DAILY me
west Point coach. kept stream OF SUP
,titutes rushing to aid, in the last nan
Colgate was opening wide holes for the
bscLs 10 tumble through, and when the
last whistle blew the visitors were
ploughing their way toward the eoa'
line only fifteen yards away
The Army made first down only once
in the forty-four minutes OF pay
while Colgate fifteen times forced the
linesmen - shift their sticks. On
rushes the Army carried the plgskln
scant fortv-eight yards 10 2l3 for the
bows that Larry Bankart trained.
As a baseball player might say me
Army's bad work on ground oails gave
Colgate the breaks that sent them on
- 90. "a botb their touchdowns.
tho third quarter Colgate blocked
q nunt bv Coffin on his l5-yard line.
and Cenesse. Colgate's centre, wriggled
tbrouCb and snatched the leather as
COIN was about TO drop on II. IL was
CoIgate's ball, with the goal line NJ
teen yards away.
Anderson called upon Spencer then
Vubben. and they moved the plgskin
ven yards through the stubborn
cadets. Clio. the only freshman on the
team. ,nfde three successive plungess
through holes that Captain AbelI
orcned Tor him and fell across The line
for the first touchdown. Goode kicked
AbelVs punt. fumbled by bingham,
~ The ARMY. and recovered by Nelson,
Colrate's left end. handed Colgate the
onnortunitv that brought the second
touchdown. Il came early IN the las
quarter. and gave the Maroon the bal
eighteen wards from the posts. GlIo
made three yards and Roberts two, but
Anderson, caught in the open before he
could start a forward pass, lost I'VE
wards on the next play Anderson we9i
fsr hack and tried the same signal
again. This time he was successful
and shot the ball on line 20 Roberts
who caught il and stepped over the goa
for six more points. Goode Int tn
crossbar on his try for a goal from
touchdown, leaving the score at Is to y.
Once the Army had a chance 70 score
In the second quarter a long punt oy
CoAin. followed by a short one, out II
bounds. by Hubbell. put the cadets ~
the offensive on Colgste's 35-yard line.
I, was the only time that the Maroon
goal was threatened. Coffin covered
g., yards off right tackle. The defend
ers braced. Hoge lost a yard and Ney-
land failed 20 gain. Neyland went back
20 Colgate's 45-yard line and drove
from placement kick that spun under
IN bar. only foot too low.
IN the first half both teams played
H. solid. plunging game, line batter
inr against line, with the husky colgate
eleven seldom breaking ground. All
forward passes failed until the last
quarter. when Colgate executed three
successfully. Each team tried four that
fa,ed
When the elevens opened the third
quarter. Colgate. confident OF It's prov
ess az line plunging, followed ITS for-
rer tactics. but Daily. realizing that his
teams offence was weak, evidently had
decided 10 try the kicking game. Cot
I'm had outpunted Hubbell in the first
two quarters. and Colgate might have
been in trouble II Captain Abel, an
alyzng the Army attack, had not de-
cided that he could do better than
Hubbell
His decision was right, and by kick
ing as far and as accurately as CONN
or Olphant, Abel broke up the Army's
last plan Of defence Abel tried & So
yard drop kick for goal in the first
quarter. and. failing once, did not at
tempt 10 again.
The Army showed no sparkling stuff,
while Colgate played in November style.
Daily. obviously. is developing his men
slowly. pointing them toward the scrap
with the Navy, and to-day IL was a
green eleven that tried TO stop a team
with tricks and speed and football in
tuition
The Maroon team played saucy
game, outcharging its opponents and
showing more speed m getting down on
kicks McEwan. Oliphant and Weyand
were the only line men who made the
going rough for Colgate Coffin and
Ford were the only back who could
carry the ball.
Captain Abel and West. formerly
back, who this year is forced by a bad
knee 20 play in the line. were the Col
gate men who dug the paths for Spen-
Ger. Clio and Hubbell. Anderson, Col
gates quarterback, IN the summer a
baseball catcher, showed a strong arm
IN shooting forward passes, but fire.
quenly he was harasscd by Oliphant
and Weyand, who managed often TO
break through and wreck Anderson's
train OF thought.
Colgate lost thirty yards for holding
and ten for being ofside. Three time
the Army was penalized for being too
quick IN getting over the scrimmsge
line.
The lineup follows:
,e.s.s us' Pos Army fo
49," .tf....t.......i J. = ............ Refnell
NrH ....s-....t t...t / II .......-. ..... Psrss
tnisir .......... I. e. 49,
s,rifiss,r t+.......... q ......... ..... NrEsa,
lsren ..... ......... n g. .......... Mesrhs.
h.Fl itsgii ......... Y To-. Neysnd tCspf
Nrils'n ...-.......... " p ......... Gilman
And-fson ......... u n 49,
spencer ........... : n H ~,
fslila ........ HT N,f. ~
Hufheu - ~ 60
Toucffesus R1ier's Coal nom ,girN
aoen -''o,sie 81 sttuiigns ARM Jones %