Norwich bulletin., 1915-11-17

to turn snarling onythe Tiger and tear
him apart. So they won.
Shevlin is not a team builder. He,
has never had the time to stay with
an eleven all season to show that he is
a maker of machines. But in ability
to put courage in the hearts of men
and make them. believe in themselves
and their ability to win a single game
he has never had an equal.
His Second Effort.
He is the miracle man of the grid
iron, is Tom Shevlin. Twice IN six
years his alma mater has called him
out of the west to lift her up from the
depths, and twice he has answered
her call and lifted her to victory over
Princeton. His work in 1910 was
miraculous, yet many deemed it a
mere accident. There can be no Ques-
ton of mis- genius after Saturday. To
appreciate the real wonder of Shev-
football situation at Yale preceding his
arrival. Not merely the situation as
it appeared on the surface-an unus-
ually poor Yale eleven that was being
tranpled on by minor colleges-but the
inside situation.
New Haven as it was in. the days
that Immediately followed defeat at
the hands of Colgate will not soon be
forgotten. The Yale campus was blue
with the indigo tinge. Talk of dis
sension among the coaches and incom-
potency of Frank Hinkey was rampant
The LeGore incident added fuel to the
flame. Then came Capt. Alex Will
sons announcement of the coming or
Tom Shevlin and presto! all was
changed.
There was confidence everywhere.
The players dropped their plodding,
hangdog ways. They came out on the
field full of life and fight. The under
graduates, not actively engaged in the
game, assumed a different air They
talked hopefully aof 1910. Shevlin had
saved them once. He would do it
again. So Shevlin arrived amid much
hurrah! =
More Difficult Feat Than in 1910.
He faced a situation 100 per cent.
more difficult than in 1910. That year
he had one of the greatest players of
all time Johnny fitzpatrick, to build
on. This year he had no star, just a
disorganiZed mass of mediocre foot
ball material, that had been trodden
on and beaten as no other Yale team
ever had.
Shevlin drove them as only he can
drive men. Rough and browbeating
methods, if you will, but they were
mighty effective.
Follow the Ball.
Shevlin did not teach Yale any Sc
ries of wonderful formations. He did
teach the blue to fight, and to follow
the BALI That is the entire secret o.
his miracle Princeton fumbled eight
times and Yale recovered five of them.
One of the fumbles Pie Way converted
into a touchdown.
Follow the ball! That has always
been Shevlin's favorite slogan. THE
work Of the ends and tackles is never
done while the ball is in play" he
said the first day he came east in
1910. Follow that ball." Word for
word he issued the same command two
weeks ago when he first appeared at
New Haven.
Princeton lost on Saturday, primar-
lily because she fumbled the game
away. But lick of their fundamental
weakness lies another reason. Yale
Shevlinized, driven to a frenzy, played
out beyond her normal speed, played
the much more powerful Tiger eleven
to standstill, secured the breaks and
won.
| TWAS mighty hard on John H. Rush
He buil6ed well at Princeton. But
there is a psychological something that
makes the. soul Of the Tiger squad
quail at the bark of the Bulldog.
On the gridiron, given anything like
an even break, Yale is Princeton's
master.