New Britain herald., 1916-10-21
BACKS QUICKLY
 GRIND OUT VICTORY
Score Two TOuChdoWnS in First,
 Subs Are Used

New Haven, Oct 21.-Presenting Substitute rush line, with a veteran backf1eld in the first half of yester- days game with Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Yale quickly ground out two touchdowns. With this safe lead, substitute backfeld was put in, but the reserve lineup which fought the Virginians during the last three pe- ods of play proved able to check two scoring chances and to increase the Yale score by @ third touchdown. ! ale won, 19 to 0, in a game in which there was much mediocre play, brought about by 8 wet ball and soft, slippery field.
 Played in the bowl the day before the Yale pageant, the fog and drizzle which enveloped the field kept the Spectators down to about 5000. Fewer scouts from rival colleges than were expected witnessed the game. The absence of Captain Black, Sheldon, Callahan and Smith because of in- ! juries caused Yale to present Fullback Rex Hutchinson at center Charley 7 Taft at left tackle, Graham, an ag-
 gressive third string candidate for
 guard, at left guard, and the veteran ' Howell Van Nostrand. last years reg
 ular quarterback, as field general.
 Although not in the best of condi-
 fion, Bob Bingham and Harry Legore opened as halfbaoks, but retired
 when Yale had accumulated @ safe dead of two touchdowns within ten
 minutes after play started. In this
 attack Legore, Bingham and Jacques ! proved irresistible in piercing the U I3o1x ytyoc hn
 most reliable when a fve-yard ad-
 vance was demanded. On both oc-
 casions when Yale, on taking the ball ! for more than half the length of the field crashed by short line plunges
 to the visitors 5-yard line In the ! opening period. Jacques was trusted 8 for the final dash, and on both oc-
 casions he cleft the Virginia defense
 for a touchdown.
 W Relying on both substitute rush ! line and back field, Yale proved un-
 able to register consistent gains dur
 ing the remainder of the game. Once
 in the third, and once in the fourth
 period, the Ellis smashed ahead for a j total of 50 yards, through a series
 of small gains, but were halted on $ both occasions and compelled to sur & render the ball on downs.
 Flukc Leads to Touchdown.
 Yale's third touchdown resulted by < grasping an opportunity laid at the
 Eli door through a Virginia f1uke. A II poor pass to Roden, the visiting quar- # terback, gave Charley Taft, the Yale # tackle, a chance to grasp fumbled ! ball, for the second time during the
 game at the Virginia 13-yard line.
 The Yale substitute attack failed to ' gain ground, but Harry Legores ] feigned drop kick, turned into a for # ward pass, allowed him to heave the E ball to end rush Gates, who stood
 behind the Virginia goal, for the final
 Touchdown.
 Yales bunting, attempted drop
 kicking and goal kicking following # touchdown was second class. Of the
 three tries for goal incident to touch # down, only one was successful; this
 was kicked, by Comerford, after Gates # and Legore had failed in trials fol-
 lowing the first and second score
 Legore averaged les than 40 yards m
 his punts, and two kicks were blocked
 one punt, the other a drop-kick at & tempt.
 # The first blocked kick placed Yale's & goal in danger in the opening playing # period, following closely upon Yale's # two brilliant sallies, each netting a # touchdown. From Yale's 4O-yard # line, Legore attempted to boot the
 oval when Hall, whose tacEling fea-
 tured Virginia's defensive nlav. # stormed through the line and blocked
 the ball. Legore raced with Hall for