New-York tribune., 1915-11-07
Field Goal by Andrews in
Third Quarter Brings
Dcfeat to Blue.
MINNESOTA SHIFT
REAPPEARS. BUT FAILS
New Haven Eleven Has Chance
to Win in First Period. but
Loses Ball on Downs.


and a dozen odd graduate conenes,
we're dashed 10 The eartn BY Brown IN
tho Row. this afternoon. when me
Blue eleven was defeated by 70
score. Z was the fourth defeat o. the
season and vas doubly bitter TO lsIe
supporters. vino we're expecting a sno"
OF strength upon which 10 base hopes
for the Princeton and Harvard gamc'
4 field goal by Andrews in the thira
quarter o. play was the only scole O.
,ho game. The kick va. made from
The 2O-yard line at an easy angle. iaie
had an opportunity 20 win the gare ov
scoring touchdown in the first period,
when ? concerted -ush carried the ball
70 The Brown ,-yard line. but here the
Yale attack faltercd. just as II did q.
critical points in the Colgate game
week ago. and Ysle's opportunity was
gone. ,
The showing Of Captain Alec WI
sons team TO-DAY was distinct disap'
poin;men. 20 followers Of the Blue.
The thing upon which they had counted
most. Tom Shpylip's spirit. wa no.
apparent in the play OF the eleven eN'
cept during the first few moments. This
former ali-Americnn end. who IS nov
field marshal on the Yale board o.
coaches. was on the side lines through
out the game. but that was as near as
h, spirit got 20 the team out on ths
gridiron.
In the second half % the game there
WAS a noticeable improvement in the
Yale defence. which appeared TO poor
advantage earlier in the game. As the
came progressed the improvemet IN
this departmcnt OF play was steady.
Anv improvement in fale's defensive
mower was more than offset during the
second half BY Browns ability 10 diaa
no.e .hc Yale attack with more Ger
tainty than during the earlier part O.
the contest Yale's style or play
showed considerable change 10 day.
Tom Shcylir 1pparently. still has faith
in tho Niunesota shift. which he
brought with him IN 1910. when he re
turned 70 New Haven and worked the
miracle OF turning out team when
playcd Harvard TO scorelcSs TIC and
defeated Princeton by n score OF TO
: after a season which. IN disappolnt
monts. can be compared only TO this.
Yale was jubilsnt Immediately after
the initia. kickoff. Captain Wilson
caught tho ball aud ran il back twent.
ards. Scoyil. who played capable
game Tor the Blue. took the oval on the
nest piav and nm .hrough the Brown
.esm for a cain % twenty -nine yards.
nlacinr tho ball on tho Brown 21-yard
line. Then Captain Wilson added i've
yarde pnd ii looked as though Yale
would hpve nothing 20 do but rom7
down the field for touchdowns the rest
of the afternoon. Then something nap
need. Val" FILTERED.
Scoyil had hard time OF " ncgotia'
ing a single yard. Captain Wilson came
20 the rescue with o-yard galn
through the centre OF ihe line, whicl,
brought a iirst down. Wilson gained
tLree wards. which rave tale the o"ll
m the a-yard line. Tac rally was, only
momentary, for Q moment later Scovii
was thrown for +-yard loss. aud VII
on ,aiod 70 advance. Brown TOOK ;fe
b..u o. downs AMI Yale's chance 10
score was zone.
Browne score was fairly earned. e
cane In the third quarter after show
of offensive strength which compareo
verv favorably with that or Yale ~ In
iirst period. 4 Yale penalty OF liftecn
Yards. forward pass. Saxton 70 re
sum. for twenty-five Yards. and se -
c.?l short dashes by Andrews ana POI
ard took the ball TO the irle l5-yara
line. Here Andrews dropped back and
booted the ball over the goal posi-
.crtiy. scoring three points fer browf.
Brown t.icd TO other field goyls
oac in the second quarter. when Nur
phy's et.ompt from thc 22-yard lac
went vide of Inc mari. and oace IN ~
final period o. play, when Andre..s =.
sayed led goal from :hs oS-yarG
line. This tine the ball fcll short
Pollard. the dusky l,ft hslfoack on
,he Brown team. was responsible tor
tIc 'onEest Of Browns aoyances. H.
was n, NOS: consistent ground game
on ether team. In the third quarter h.
made sensational dash OF thirty-six
yards down .he .icld. aud only stopped
when he vas driven out OF bounds:
The Whifenpoofs. q Yale society
which has igolicked over sbe Yale gro
iron during the interval between haiys.
N the Brown game for years. celebrated
its regeneration to-day. While the oann
played funeral dirge twelve pseuoo
professors. with tall black hats. 100.
whiskers aad academic gowns, appeared
carrying Oh s.rctchers the sis members
o. the Whigsnpoof Society.
posed TO have been buried when Dean
tones decrccd that there should be no
Whigcapooi celebration 81 the Brown
game. On that occasion the Whiden-
pools appeared on the 3eid With
ca .ket and sang funeral dirgc. To.
day, however. the supposedly desa
members o. the organisation came ,"
i.re aad ief. t1c.r biers when the co..
tege reached m!dheld. while a tall, be-
nign looking parsonage. Who. onlook
ers said. represented the dean, looked
on paternally.
Whether the song that the Whihen-
pools sang after they left their biers
was prophetic Of the games outcome or
not, IL seemed that way TO some. On
line OF it ran: we are poor black sheen
who have lost our way" There were
other signs. too. which the pessimistss
and superstitious ones among the va.
supporters noticed. As the crowds were
fling out OF the Bowl a purple haze
fell over Esst Rock, a promontory visi.
bic distinctly from every seat on the
Yale side Of the great amphitheatre.
Brown -. Position Yale ,oi
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WARD ......... .......l. T T.. VA
staN .................L C....,..........s Kent
.pragse ..-..........c. .................. Whit~
WADE ................R. G...........J she,doa