El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-15
BY WALTER CAMP

-HE strangest Of all strange foot
ball seasons has staggered to a
= successful close-successfuI be-
cause by a sudden reversal of form the
tension. instead of dying out on Nov
ember Is for eastern possibilities, was
increased by Yale's victory over Prince
ton, and this led to the possibility OF
the unexpected occurring IN the Har-
Tard-Nale game But that game proved
that garrison finishes" and last-hour
frenzy are not q sound basis for sue
cess against a seasoned, well-coached
team.
The season began in a commonplace
way. The first games OF all the So
called big teams went OIL IN the ira
ditional manner
Then, suddenly and without warning,
things began TO happen, and within the
next few weeks Yale had gone down
before Virginia 10 to 0, and TO wash
ington and jefferson 16 TO z: Harvard
had been defeated by Cornell 10 10 o.
Pennsylvania had been beaten by Penn
State 10 to 3; Dartmouth had been
Smothered by Princeton 30 TO Z. the
Army had been beaten by Colgate IS TO
Q. and the Navy had not won game
AL the season. By that time Cornell.
Pittsburg and Colgate were so lar
along that IT looked as il they would
finish the season without 0eLeaL-
Then came the final lap and with IL
q riot OF exciting happenings
How the Upset Happened
The three eastern teams LltlL udQ not
been scored upon were Colgate. Corneli
and Pittsburg- Harvard, " Washington
and Jefferson. and Princeton were re
Earded as following closely syracuse
and Yale were down in the ruck- But
there was yet history to be written
Now arrived the fateful 18th. and syria
cuse showed Colgate under, while Yale
defeated Princeton, and P1ttSburg put
an end TO any aspiration of Washing
ton and jefferson Even Cornell hau
a bad fright for Washington and Lee,
with another Barrett on her team had
the IthacamS Well-nigh Qazed IN the
early part OF the game. running up a
score Of q TO = only, however, 10 De
OTertaken gradually By Shapes better
organized ana more persistent a.
tack. combined with captain BarretIs
brilliancy. Michigan had been beaten
by the Michigan Aggies- the Miehlgan
Aggies then unbiased by the Oregon
Aggies, and these beaten IN turn by
another Pacific Coast team
The TaIe-Harvard Game.
Of course the largest crowd was
present at the Harvard-Yale game, and
Yale in the first few minutes Of play,
in spite Of having lost the toss and the
wind. carried the ball up to Harvards
20-yard line, and thus made the huge
crowd eager for the unexpected me
tumble came when Yale fumbled and.
within striking distance, lost the bah
to Harvard. But this was not enough
1lahan punted, Yale muffed the eaten.
and the Harvard end seized the pan
and went over for a touchdown .
The final was the worst beating Yale
had ever received-nO less than Al TO
coming within seven points OF the
score OF IS TO o that Yale made against
Harvard in 1880
On Thanksgiving day Cornell de-
feated Pennsylvania after the latter
had led all the way up to the fourth
period. in the end running wild over
the red and blue q TO 3, and PlttsDur5
decisively ended Penn States asplra-
tons 20 to o. The powerful syracuse
team 100. was tied by MOntana-sug-
FESTIVE evidence Of western prOWess-
On the Saturday after Than sglying (
the Army and Navy met IN New YORK Z
under Wretched weather conditions but ,
before a huge crowd The Army haa
been tied by Holy Cross and beaten py Z
Colgate, NillanoYa. and Notre Dame, 4
and the Navy had been beaten by 4
Georgetown, Pittsburg, the North Caro- /.
lima Aggies. and Ursinus- The Army, D
thanks largely to Oliphant won 4 to O. (
Yet. no matter what is said the Army Z
Navy game is always an exciting con {
test The abandon Of the two schools (
in the way they play the game is worth
seeing at any time and New YORK was
full Of football enthusiasm
Colleges Return to Fold.
It was a pleasure TO welcome back +
into the American football fold Colum- +
bia university under coach Metea!, +
and also TO find the University OF Cali Z
fornia taking up the game once more /
on the Pacific coast
The season marked the elimination I
formerly so-called big teams, notably 4
Yale and Pennsylvania To win in &
football requires the apparent contra 7
dictiOn Of the car principle and the &
consent Of the governed-let there be 4
no mistake, II requires both Of these 4!
factors
HaughfOn Describes Play.
In the great lessons Of play E
developed during the season Haughton +
of Harvard has been prominent in 4
carrying the farthest to the front the /
kick-formation principle, which he de- 4
scribes as follows
perhaps what led more than any Z
thing else to the success of Harvard's &
rushing game was the ever-present 4
threat Of 1Iahan in his kicking pos I
ition-"
He goes on 10 describe how from 1
this formation Harvard threatened to B
kick, run the ends. forWard-pass. or I
send the backs He continues;
1T seemed to me that in both the /
Princeton and Yale games Harvards I
opponents acted as If they feared this I