New-York tribune., 1920-10-04


the quarterback, to Johnson. left half
back, Of the Carolina eleven account
for the Southerners' IA to 7 victory
over the midshipmen. Noyes, LETT half
back of the Navy, according to report,
scored in the latter part of the second
period. Thus the explanation of this
startling upset is quite obvious. The
Navy, taking the Southerners lightly,
stuck to straight football, and were un-
able to cope with the aerial attack of
its opponents.
Word of Warning
The quicker these big colleges re-
alize the Importance of the forward
pass in football as the game is now
played and the sooner they utilize it's
opportunities for their otfense the bet
ter are they going to withstand the as
saults of their early season opponents,
generally scheduled with the idea Of
preparing these big teams for their
later struggles.
In the good old days. when nothing
but bull-hke rushes were used to gain
ground. the little fellow had to submit
meekly to q general all-around beating
He the little fellow couldn't hope to
retalate. because Of his inferior size
and weight-also assistants. But now
he can revert to the forward pass when
pressed and can run the heavy foo ted
one dizzy-as he has been doing.
But the rules don't prevent the big
guys from using the same tactics in
order TO conserve their strength. The
game as now constituted is so arranged
that all have an equal chance-very
good indeed, and conducive to highly
successful seasons.
The Navy undoubtedly learned val
liable lesson from that defeat. But
what about Yale? 1t will meet these
young warriors flushed by their unex-
pected triumph in the Bowl next Satur-
day And Yale has no forward pass
game to speak of. 1t has good possi-
bilities of developing the aerial attack.
as was shown by the snappy passing of
Thorne Murphy to his halfbacks. Tad
Jones had better practice up on this
side Of the game a bit And while he
is about it he might teach his forwards,
particularly the wings, how to tackle
In open field.
The work Of these fellows against
Carnegie Tech Saturday on punts and
on kick-otfs was wretched. Invariably
q Pittsburgh player brought back
kick from ten to thirty yards on re-
ceiyinc y. Not once, as far as we could
oct, was 4tt tpff4tfti Ill MS u Oil
the other hand, the Carnegie ends and
also the forwards, especially Irwin. the
center, we're down the field with every
kick, mailing the runner time and again
as soon as ne had made the catch.
Blue Line on Job
Otherwise the Blue eleven showed up
very we'll indeed. It's work in follow
ing the ball was the best ever sh -wn
by an eleven in the early season It's
line was on the job at all times in the
scrimmage and it uncovered three nifty
backs in Aldrich, Murphy and Kemptcn.
who, when they get to working to-
gether should make things interesting
for the other fellow. North Carolina
State won't put anything over on old
Eli next Saturday, and, in fact, we
think the New Haven lads will go on
to larger victories.
As was expected, the Lehigh- West
Virginia struggle was a grand milling
a nip and tuck affair, that ended in
7-to-7 tie. One report had it West
Virginia should have won because it
made more first downs. Nonsense
The main thing in this game of foot