Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-11-05
RUTGERS IS
SHUT OUT, 14-O
Syracuse ShOVes Across Two
TOuChdOWnS in Last Half

Syracuse beat Rutgers at the Polo
Grounds yesterday before 10000 spec
tators by a score of IA to 0.
The first half was scoreless with
spirited and gritty playing by Rutgers
against Il gridiron esemble Its superior
in pretty much everything technical.
Through the second half the playing
of rutgers continued to be spirited
and gritty, but the superior Syracuse
eleven, better individually and as a
team, excelled to material advantage
in this period and made w o touch
downs, n in the third quarter, one
in the fourth.
A deft forward pass by Syracuse a
complicated, swiftly moving affair and
Of completely in the directions in
volved, was one of the m~anoeuVres
which won a touchdown for Syracuse;
thanking runs by the Syracuse
backs, topped off with thrusts
through the Rutgers line, won the
other.
The emerald and velvet turf of the
Polo Grounds was mauled and chop
ped considerably by flying bodies. Sod
was flung skyward in large and scarf
flying chunks, but nobody stopped to
replace the divots. All hands were
otherwise engaged. The action of the
game was we'll sustained and consist
ed principally of Rutgers defense and
Syracuse offense.
However, Notwithstanding having
no offence-either in repertoire or ex-
ecution-and q childish sort of a for
ward pass which seemed to &C three
yards ~laterally and n forward, Rut-
gers was in the game. Their quarter
back, Baker, a rafting good little
player, intercepted a forward pass n
ran fifty yards. He was free and
ahead of the pack, but Erwig of SYRIA
cuse was too fast for him..
There was a thrilling chase along
the side line from near the goal line,
where Baker intercepted the pass to
mid field, where Erwig, closing in inch
by inch, caught the scarlet jerseyed
quarry from behind and dragged him
down.
Baker on His Way
Baker was on his way to a touch
down-the best and only really good
chance Rutgers had to score-and
had his mates blocked off he SYRIA
cuse posse in pursuit he would have
made a touchdown and tied the score.
In pursuance of q prevalent policy
this season, only short periods were
played-twelve minutes-and when
the contest is interesting, as yester-
days was, the battle to the spectators
hardly begins before it is over This
business of shortened periods Is being
%overdone. Spectators want to see
longer ones and they're entitled to-.
The close back-of-the-line forma-
tons used by Rutgers, in which the
backs face inward and jump to close
quarters just before the ball is put
in play, was reminiscent of football
taught by Foster Sanford years ago
and didn't take Rutgers anywhere.
Syracuse smeared these plays with
ease.
The Rutgers lads played with a zest
which bespoke football aptitude, and
it seemed O. pity that they weren't
equipped with more with which to
make an impression on the bulwark
of Orange forwards. For their spunky
stand in making the first half blood
less they were cheered heartily and
d~eservedly by their supporters in the
north stands
The game was elemental In the
simplicity of its tactics, which made
1t none the less interesting and lively,
and in it's scarcity of attempts at de-
ception. Syracuse had q shift which
involved the ends, around which
plays were swung with varying sue
cess. This shift often was smashed
and d~isintegrated by Rutgers, but
often paved the way for such fast
and hard running backs as Fallon,
Abbott and Erwig to get through the
scrimmage line and make useful
gains.
A criss-cross of a kim was used by
Rutgers, with the quarterback trying
to owe up the ball and another back
circling back of him and taking it,;
but it was stopped by Syracuse before
1t reached the line. An onside kick,
in which three men punched on one
side to grab the ball, didn't work
either. 1t might have on one occa-
sion if it hadn't been kicked out of
bounds. The short Rutgers forward
pass with the receiver back of the
line was wrecked by Syracuse be-
cause the receiver was right where
an opposing tackle naturally would
come through.