Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-09
FREQUENT UPSET TING Of EXPECTATIONS
lSFASC|NAT|NC FEATURE OF FOOTBALL;
UNCERTAINTY DUE TO CERTAIN CAUSES
Analyst of Gridon Game Tells How Apparently Inexpcabe
Reversa Of Form and Upsetngs Of Dope Are Traced
Definite Tactors-Mud Points Lineup, and Ivory
or Briliance Are Chief Reasons.

won in all, previous games was worth
less against the Illinois, because of q
slight weakness.
Pulling the unexpected has proven
the downfall of many teams. In 1910
when Michigan defeated Minnesota
and won the western championship,
the game was won by the Wolverines
because they pulled something the Go
piers were not expecting. A lateral
pass ending in forward pass was
executed with success by Michigan.
The Gophers were watching for it on
the next play and, although Michigan
hardly dared to pull 1t again, she did
SO and scored the only touchdown of
the game.
In this years Iowa Illinois game, the
1llinf revived the old discarded one
sided kick and when an Illinois back
recovered the kick, and scored a
touchdown, he won the game
While "heady" work in pulling the
unexpected has won games. "boners"
have done their share in losing them
Had 1t not been for Brickleys great
toe Harvard might have lost to Yale
to in 1918, instead of winning Is
to 5. Early in the game O'Brien, Har-
ward player. picked up the pill on a
kick that had hit the goal posts and
fell on 1t back of his own goal line,
thinking It touchback, when 1t was
really O. safety. Brfckley, however.
saved O'Brien from disgrace by boot
ing five pretty field goals.
In college game in the middle west
couple of seasons ago, a player start
ed toward his own goal with the ball
and had to be downed by one OF his
own men, to save them from being
scored on. In a recent game in Cali
fornia, two players of the same team
recovered the ball at the same time.
Both held it and looked at each other
for a few seconds, when one started
running with IT, but was downed at
once. Had they not lamped each other
SO long, q run of some length might
have been made.
Men have leaped into fame in a sim
lie game, by pulling something I'M
usual In 1911 Sam White of Prince
on picked up blocked kicks and raced
for touchdown against both Yale and
Harvard, winning both games. In
1908 Kennedy of Harvard was sent in
against Yale in the last few minutes
of the game. The score was to 0
and on his first play, he booted field
goal and defeated Yale to 0. (Ffeld
Goals then counted 4 points,.
fluffy Conn of o. A.. c. leaped into
fame by his long run for a touchdown
against Nebraska in 1916. He was
rather obscure before that and was
never again heard of. In the Yale
Harvard game of 1914, Yale at once
marched down the field to within
striking distance of Harvard's goal. AS
a Yale back was carrying the ball to
make the final lunge, he fumbled. Coo
lidge, Harvard end, picked up the oval
and ran the length of the field for a
touchdown. This proved the turning
point as Yale never again threatened
and Harvard won SO to 0.
So even though one can never pre-
dict the outcome of football games be-
cause upsets do occur, yet certain fac
tors enter into these upsets. 1t may
be the condition of the field, weak
point, brilliant play or boner, but
something Is continually upsetting
dope in football. more than any other
game.
Squedonk beat Devonia and like the
champ did look; but Cavaleria came
along and SquedonS's goose did cook.
The experts then got busy, called Ca
valeria champ; until Devonia came to
life, and on her frame did tramp.
Bushwa college next did loom as the
best one of the bunch. Cause when
she won from Kimqua, 1t gave experts
a bunch. But Devonia won from
Bushwa; on Squedonk's neck she fell.
That's why the experts now reside in
n nice new padded cell