The sun., 1916-11-27

Compared with Yale teams that won
the football championship Of the Big
Three In the past the Ell eleven which
defeated Harvard on Saturday cannot
be rated as a great combination. It
wa merely a good team In a football
on year-a collection of raw material
which fought every inch Of the way and
succeeded beyond its widest dreams In
stopping the well conceived attack Of
Percy Hsughton's men.
The defeat Of Harvard was one Of the
best things that could have happened
for he game In general and Harvard
Yale football in particular. Continued
success is bound to make the winner
overbearing and diminish the ardor Of
the loser.
The Yale victories over Harvard and
Princeton cleared up the Eastern situa-
ton to a marked degree. II Is con-
coded everywhere that Brown and Pitts
burg head the list. with the Providence
eleven looming up as II more formid-
able machine. Right behind that pair
come Yale and Colgate. Critics who
had seen every game played by Yale
this season were almost unanimous on
Saturday night In declaring that Colgate
was by far "A stronger team than Har-
ward and that the Yale-Colgate game
was the finest exhibition yet staged in
the Yale Bow.
How Good IL ColgateS
While Yale defeated Colgate. even
Yale men are not sure that their team
could repeat the trick. for injuries
handicapped Colgate and a turn Of
fortune helped the Blue hurl back the
Maroon. Jus; where the Colgate team
will have to be rated will be deter
mined or Thursday. when Larry Bank
harris eleven will face Brown Mt Provi-
dence. That meeting overshadows every
other game carded for Thanksgiving
Day and should be productive OF one
of the keenest contests and thrilling ex-
hibitions OF the year.
Yale's victory over Harvard was &C.
complished through sheer brute force
all along the line. The Ellis had a COM
bination from end to end admirably
adapted for that sort OF game against
the type Of opposition at hand. The
deceptive plays developed by Haughton
failed to split the Yale line for the rea-
son that the Ellis had apparently been
coached to stand together. come what
might.
Yale did not try to diagnose the de-
ceptive formations. nor did II try TO
rush forward 20 stop the %rlfnner. The
line Just played n waiting anne. which
put a tremendous burden on the ends.
The Eli winGs-Moseley. Comerford and
Church-wete physically suited for the
additional duty thus imposed on them.
They played a smashing game-and this
10 not TO be taken merely as a figure o!
speech. Church was. a surprise, for
after he took Moseley's place he excelled
his predecessor. The man who aid tina
Church was slow must ave been mis-
taken. for the Washington scrapper
came down under kicks faster than any.
body else. When he tackled somebody
knew II.
Guards Not Very Coed.
Harvard's deceptive plays got off well
enough. but when they struck the Yale
line they we're usually stopped. The
Eli line was solid and the smashing
ends corked up both avenues OF prog.
ress In their direction. Whatever sue.
cess Casey attained he usually regis.
tered through centre or the guards
Capt. Black played a fair game. but hi
proved nothing like the big figure he wa,
against Princeton. As expected. tn,
raw Fox was a bit bewildered. but con.
sidering his limited experience he die
we'll.
The work Of all the guards was dis
appointing. Fudge H%effelfnger. Yale.
greatest player and probably the great
est guard that ever stepped on a field
said after the game that the guard,
hardly came up 20 the old standard
George Adee gave Fudge only part o.
the solution when he declared: We'll
they can't all be as good A. you" o.