The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-04
TIGERS, CORNELL
AND DARTMOUTH
SHOW UP BEST
Yale, Defeat Result Of Crude
Playing. Due to insufficient
Early Season Development.
RUTGERS HAD JUMP
on PRINCETON LINE
~ WILLIAM h. HANNA.

~ WILLIAM b. HANNA.
such occurrences as the defeat Of
Yale hv Virginia last Saturday do not
some under the unusual class any more
IN foptba!l. though II IL the first time
Yale has been beaten 40 early in the
season. But when on the same day II
ais, comes to pass that the Navy liz de-
feated by Georgetown. the Massachusetts
Aggies hold Harvard to seven points,
with the Crimson lucky To get those (:
HOLY Cross plays a ~ TO ~ tie with the
Army. where there Is strong material /:
Washington and jefferson is tied BY
West Virginia and Brown by Trinity.
then the happenings are out Of the or
binary for one lay.
Defeats for Yale by teams other than
Harvard and Princeton have come to be
an annual function. The list OF those
admin STEERING them includes Virginia.
Washington and Jefferson, Colgate,
Brown and the Army. Although there
/. much good material at New Haven
last Saturdays case seems TO have been
one of crude playing due to development
insufficient to produce a good enough
offence "a score on as mart All opponent
A. Virginia. and Of misplays which were
seized upon BY the VtrIinians for points.
Personally, We are strong for the
oasaing game wrinkles as adopted by
the Blue for the last two eeasons and
M, strong for that sort Of football
which consists chiefly Of ramming. collid-
ing n capeixing. n regret that
tactics so appealing to the eye do not as
vet make much Roadway against teams
q, the class Of the sponsors for the
triple. double and lateral passing.
The lateral pass and all associated
manpuvres have not had a SUFFICIENT
trial to decide whether or not they are
valuable for turning in points. b so
far. against strong ~elevens. that is, they
have served more to populari1e football
than To win games.
OF the group which figures most In
end Of season ratings for first place,
Princeton. Cornell Dartmouth made
the best showing on Saturday. West Point
proba bly, was not primed for real foot
hall. The Arrny's season has a week longer
10 20 than the college teams. and the
West Pointers don't ripen as early. One
has only 10 loOk at the material as
s,own by the names in the lineup to see
tina. there Is plenty OF individual
strength.
Harvard devoted last week to defensive
practice and had little more than a
nakeshift attack for the Aggies. Then
again Mahan. Coolidge. Cowen and Gill
man either didn't play or didn't play
long. Pennsylvania had another hard
eaine-just managed to win. That's two
o. that sort for the Quakers his fall.
but one thing will be noticed winch
eeaks forcibly OF the presence OF some
get there ability in the squad. Both
games were won. ~.
Princeton met the strongest and best
prepared adversary Of any-except. may
h.. Ysle--and the Tigers engaged In a
clntest with the stalwart Rutgers ar
III .ln.-l xrteh daffnRf credit
70 themselves as individuals. The show
INC in that regard was good. was en-
courasing and spoke well for the new
coach. Rush. The team play wasn't
much. except occasional flashes OF first
cass interference. individually. how
ever. the men did handle themselves well
In several Notwithstanding. getting
down the field and following the bali.
They played like men who will pick
IN other points readily. as time re-
CURES.
The Princeton line men didn't break
through as we'll as they did other things,
and in line defence the Rutgers forwards
generally had the jump ON them. Prince
tons exceptionally efficient backield de-
fence bore a big burden in keeping Rut-
gers away from the goal line. The
end play was better than Yale's has
been at any time this season. and the
puntlnE Of briggs far better tina any
'hlug IN that leather driving respect
Yale has done.
Yale is doing the forward pass more
skilfully. not handling the ball quite so
Cesuly. while In line play the Yale for
wards, in the Maine game. rendered
more and better service on offence ana
defence combined than the Princeton line
men did in the Rutgers game The former
Mere more versatile in the performance OF
duties. The fact Is Yale's offence against
Maine was considerably more varied
than Prnceton's against Rutgers. also
better. but then one was playing Maine
and the other Rutgers, and again Prince
ton, the way the game broke. didn't
have TO reveal any offence. II there was
any TO reveal.
Capt, Click il a spirited player at all
times and his presence on the field a
clearly defined asset. Tibbott made two
dashng. speedy runs. But the Prince
ton btckii.ld as a whole VAS not as
fast, rs quick to get started or as quick
u take openings as the Yale backs.
There was little evidence OF scoring
power from scrimmage or versatility In
the Tiger backtield as il played against
rutgers, hut when several OF that back
feld's candidates nave more training
' f''' NV ~ ~ - ~
There Is a rule in the football code
which reads
NO PLAYER Of the side which did not
r' the bah in play shall, after the
pass has been made. in any manner
.~7'erfrre WIth AN opponent who has
crossed the Inc of scrimmage until the
nail has been touched, except in an
actual attempt TO catch the ball him.
scIf
one wonders whether that rule is
honolci more IN the breach or IN the
observance" y Rutgers man h was
'1rongh and about TO take a forward
BASS was grabbed around the waist by a
Ieer. TINS before the bah had been
'oHrn'd. ana by no stretch of the imagi-
nation oould the action of the Tiger
nave heeu construed AZ an actual at
Tempt to catch the ball himself. II
was u plain violation of the rule and
went unpublished.