New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-21

all the history Of her footpail lie.
Yal. had been Shevlinized for nine
DAYS. but Harvard had been Haushton-
ICED for eight years. The answer was
~ TO O. with Yale as far back OF Har-
ward as nine days are back Of the $3.50
days that make up eight spicy years
Won can figure out the ratio for your
elf. but it isn't very far away from
$50 to 1. A.,
We have always contended that wisle
.erve. inspiration and courage are
,qrt Of sport. the ruling power, a1ter
an. is efficiency. Yale came with an
efficient but an inspired team to-day
avid within ten minutes Harvard EN-
e.e,cy had cut It's heart away and
turned il into disorganized group
that had forgotten whether football
was round. square or oval.
Efficiency the Answer.
rAeieuov. nine times out of ten, will
beat all the inspiration that even
Shevlin might devise, and this is ex-
actly as il should be. Yale had the
hoorah and the old hip-hip, the fury
and the fire, but Harvard had the eoid
and clammy stuff.
II is simple enough to charge IN
he-oically and blindly when your OPP
uonent is willing 20 battle the same
way. as Princeton did a week ago. But
when. at the outset of some such
charge. you suddenly discover that you
have been fanked, smpushed, outgen-
eralled and crossed at every bewilder-
ing turn, the more spectacular your
rush the greater the impending rout.
When Yale found that all her fire and
fury had merely led her all the deeper
into the slaughter pen, the rout was
utter and complete. Princeton met Yale
with the obvious. and Princeton mis-
takes plus Yale fury cost the Tiger his
beloved hide.
Harvard. with her batteries masked
and her attack covered and sheltered
by Haughton's cunning, let Yale charge
in. and then sent her attack over an
other route. Harvard went where Yale
wasn't. and after five minutes Yale gen
orally wasn't. Yale wasn't because Yale
didn't know how TO be and because in
SEPARATION is a punching bag for eff
cheney nineteen out Of twenty starts.
Granting all this, you may say, how
did an eleven that beat Princeton only
week ago fall so FAR apart to-day ?
Was il Yale weakness or Harvard
strength II has TO be both when a
score is Al TO 0. Yale, once thrown off
her balance, was joke eleven, and
Harvard at all times was fast, power
full machine that made few mistakes
and that struck at unprotected spots
with amazing power. And as Princeton
broke against Yale, so Yale in turn
caved in before Harvard. Princeton
made eight fumbles q week ago and
Yale made eight fumbles to-day, and
the first Of these presented Harvard
with the first touchdown she had ever
made against Yale in the Stadium.
How did Yale break so badly? Be.
cause she had nothing but inspiration
70 work on, and the minute this in
spirstion was chilled and numbed the
only thing Yale had left was her foot
bail suits and an intense yearning to
leave Boston culture fiat upon its pris'
tine back.
For Yale caught Harvard in an en-
tirely different state of mind than she
caught Princeton. The Blue not only
found the Crimson wonderfully eff
Gent, but also just as eager to rush
in and mix IL and meet hard football
with still harder football as the list
Of nine imposed penalties will show.
Yale Frenzy No Help.
None of this can be charged against
Shevlin. He had nine working days in
which to reorganize a broken and bat
tered lineup and get il ready for one
OF the few great machines OF the year.
His one chance was 10 develop q frenzy
that would overpower better stun. IL
worked against Princeton. But when
the second frenzy or madness feels q
controlling grip upon its windpipe or a
throttling hand upon its thorax. said
frenzy Is very likely 70 fade swiftly
into a subdued and melancholy sanity
that only yearns for the sanctity of
Its cell 20 brood over the evils Of a
rough and cruel world.
when fale's inspired frenzy was
ehcksd on by those hrst two Harvard
toochdowns she had nothing left ex-
espt the drsb outfit that fell in turn
before Virginia, Colgate, Washington
and Jefferson and Brown.
Get crazy" rosred Mr.. shevlin. But
"hat does II profit one 10 get GRAVY
with handouts on and q large iron hail
attached 10 either ankle7 Not a terri
Bile lot, unless you have ksle enough
10 hire an alienist.
Last Saturdays Ysie-Prineeton game
proved that figures tell but little OF
the drama on the field. To-day Har.
ward got but 200 yards rushing the
ball, 20 Ysles i43. Yale gained more
ground against Harvard than she did
sgsinst Princeton. Harvard made eight
first downs 20 Yale's three. while
Princeton Q week ago made twelve frs;
downs against four. Harvard gained
only % yards on forward passes
against Yale's 22 yards. and Harvard
returned kicks only 100 yards, against
Yale's 30. Harvard averaged 81 yards
on Nshsn's punts. while Yale averaged
80.
These figures might indicate a close.
hard battle. But they tell nothing Of
the way that Yale slipped and erumbled