The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-26
MANY Big UPSETS
MARK DAYS PLAY
ON BARRED FIELD
21tgers Princeton and West Virginia Wesleyan Add Sur
prises to Long List -Sanford's Team In Glory
Scarlet Proves Individual Effort Worthless Before
Unity of Eleven Men-Defeat of Yale Freshmen One
Of Days Greatest Upsets.

Several new football surprises were
added Saturday to the record of
season. which has already dubbed
Uvar with gridiron reversals. Rut-
Haxn accomplished one OF the most re-
mor1nb1e achievements in defeating
Cupid Blacks team of former college
stars In a game which proved the
value OF expert, coaching over indi-
Tidqa1 brilliancH
Coach Freds Dawson's team of
iPrfmcetOn Freshmen shattered Yale
dream by rising to great heights and
1ubdu1ng the Eli cubs when New Ha-
wen considered the Blue youths over
:Whezming favorites. West Virginia
Wesleyan turned all calculations up
<ide down by beating West Virginia,
Mn eisven which had conquered such
Keamg as the Navy and Washington
and Jefferson Another stunning
shock was thaa peffoEmAnce of Au-
burn In holding Ohio State, the west
eru champions, to scoreless tie.
In q season like the one which
Hl0&ea thanksgiving Day, all calcula
Moons. based ON comparative scores, are
&et 1t nanght. The reason for the
>uuforsseen outcome of many of the
<ou1es is hard to locate. In some
to[ fhs tactics of the open game,
WHILE I'm other instances the general
ul@organfzation of the elevens due to
NTHr oondftions brought elevenS to-
E1<her under conditions far from
tuc<ma1 Here for instance was the
U4<tmoufh team, which had the
1<rcuEth earlier in the season to beat
auoh formidable opponents as West
Tlr$1nfa and PennSState, only to fall
before Brown by a margin Of two
touchdowns when Brown had shown
Io decided slump and had been beat
en- by Syracuse and ripped ito ribbons
By Cupid Blacks stars.
George Foster Sanford, the Rutgers
cnaph. has always been a stanch adj
~cGake or the theory that a team of
culX mtddling fair players, welded to-
xsIh@r under a system Of compact
team play, was superior in every way
10 an eleven of individual stars.
S4ndy backed this theory up with
nouwlnr1ng proof on Saturday. There
h6& never been a better opportunity
,ok trying out this theory. of machine
{fke Organisation against specialized
<alen< than there. was when the New
Brungw1ck eleven faced the cream of
;EaS>o<n and Western gridirons at Eb-
|befs Field
No0&147ed bv Sanford SO thoroughly
'that they, played with military pre-
.c1z<r1- There was coordination and
<h1<X- onY In every play. The linemen
.Wox<sd hand in glove with the back
l1l[k The plays went or like clock
M0x&- there were no delays in ex-
4@ution- Mo one player was asked to
I<4<xX the burden. The Rutgers play
.ers were like Dumas's Three Guards
|xoou-~au for one and one for ALL
Inc success OF the Newport Naval
Deserves this season has rested on
4he ability Of some star like Charley
Haxrett or Gerrish to break loose and
run% H1ld in an open field. With a
'1ine&of experienced. skilled players,
sues as the Naval Reserves had, 1t
has been no difficult matter for them
40 protect the runner from the oppo-
11t{on long enough for him to get
f1ne The Reserves expected to do
Hhfs same thing against Rutgers.
Their repertoire OF plays was limited.
.Iney did not figure that they needed
= variety OF attack to down any team
Quick low chaksg S6f the Rut-
.E@r4 line, however, put the Newport
dafense to rout- The line of New
Brunswfck forwards were down IN
der their Opponents with the first
.uovemsnt of the ball, and speed and
unity OF effort smashed the calcu1a-
If1ona Of the naval men to bits. Al
fne very outset the over-confdence OF
Blac1<s highly lauded team got a sur
lpr1se from which it never recovered.
a. WCresfmaan who can kick a goa
froz# p1acsment from the 4s-yard line
can ~zmmed1atefy be set down as 8
<1cEsr OF no ordinary talent. This II
.whak young Kecl<. the Princeton tao
&1e, asa against the Yale freshmen ir
N@wR Haven, Saturday, and Thereby
innorsd the three points which marked
the 13eersr margin OF victory. Afte1
12f1nceton's downfall at the hands o.
the Harvard freshmen, and Yale'f
dsfesx OF the Crimson Cubs, Yale wa.
a. 6 to / favor1te before the game al
lnrer Haven Saturday. Princeton's re-
woraa1 OF form was wonderful. and
Hur1nx the greater part of the gam,
<6sy forced the fight and constantly
<hrsntensd the Blue youngsters. Over
confz1ence also may have played &
part IN the downfall Of the Yale cubs
Dartmout1n's 6un1bling was costly IL
Bont1n for both OF Browns score,
n4ne after Captain McDonough and
alH HDIbrook permitted the pigskin II
fric1<le through their hands. Dart
rnoukh stuck to old-faslioned football
1act<ce inst al she did against Penn
and dld NOT resort to an open game
nnttI 1nte IN the day. This open game
nk UnrtmDuth's appeared to be he
1Ho4t e6Dect1ve weapon, and yet hal
neon uBsd only as q last resort.
8Txaoussfs decisive defeat Of tn
1<<chzEan Aggies was another in
x<auco Of the East's superiority owe
kn& West The International con
tAtfa were about even Saturday
Eofro Dame upholding the prestig
Of the West by beating washington
md JofKsrson by the margin of a hel
uc1} Washington and Jefferson wa
>rf6on{1y still suffering from the OF
l&<u c< the beating they receive'
&E6m West Virginia the Drsviou