Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-11-27
CREST Of EASTERN
FOOTBALL SEASON
HAS BEEN PASSED
Many UpSetS Occur in Grid
iron Circles; Few Contests
on THANKSGIVING Day VIII
Ring Down Curtain,
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New York. Nov 2G.-The crest OF
the eastern football season passed with
the playing Of the spectacular gridiron
classics saturday, leaving in its wake
shattered IDOLS ana newly crowned
heroes. The famous Harvard machine
was serapped by reluvcnaird aye
eleven OF the SAME Hout thHt the
Army Was wrcckiug the hopes OF the
Navy for an eleventh-h0ur victory.
There remain only the contests OF
Thanksgiving day before the curtain
is lowered on the great collegiate
sport for another year
In defeating Harvard the Yale
team achieved far more than the tri-
umph apparent uuOn the surface.
Coach Tad Jones. with the aid Of Cap
tain Black and the band Of fighters
which the latter gathered about him,
laid the ground work for q new sys-
tenn ana more impressive grade OF
play and players for the years thal arc
to come.
The play Of the Vale team members
was more alert, aggressive. and sus-
tanned than that of the Crimson com
bination and this. taken In connection
with better physical condition and tho
breaks OF tho game, was the deciding
factor In the triumph Yale played
ordinary football with a dash ana
power that swept the Crimson or ltS
feet after the first period.
Harvard came on the field with the
same polished football machine thA'
has been turned out at Cambridge Tor
the last few seasons, but the individuEI
parts lacked both the power and speed
Although given the advantage OF inc
first score, it could not hold the
ground under the rugged attack OF the
Ellis. and little by little the comblna-
ton slowed up until at the end the
machine had completely broken down
Evidence Of the uncertainty ana
strain under which Harvard worked
ts shown in the numbers Of penalties
impoged. one Of which nullifled
Cascv's long run for a touchdown
Next year Harvard should return with
a stronger eleven. but II viii also
meet more powerful Yale, for the
Hue tasted victory and apparently es-
tahlishcd a successful coaching sys
ten. all Of which will make for better
and winning football at New Haven
The Army Navy contest developed
a case Of too much OIphant Tor ING
middies
Excluding the former Purdue star
ana his running mate vidal, the SAL.
ors compared fovorably with the Yves
Pointers. The brilliancy and all
round playing ability of this pair
however. was handicap too great iol
the Navy to overcome. The pluck ana
power with which the Navy attacked
in the final half of the game demon
stratod that the middios have Il TOR
midablc eleven iu the making
The other games Of the day deNel
opcd nothing in the way of upsets OF
extraordinary play pennsylvania, as
ing many substitutes, defeated Yves
virginia wesleyan. Syracuse hrough
the fun force of It's weight ana poWeI
TO bear upon tufts. and the conquorel
Of Harvard was Obliged to bow to de
feat but not until after desperate
and spectacular battle, Washington
and jefferson found Chattanooga ehSN
and tho same was true of kutRers u
the gamo against Dickinson BUCK
lupu was unable TO hold the stron'
GEORGETOWN eleven In check but 10
high aud uayorford had to hal''
hard TO win from La FaNelte, Nn'
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