New-York tribune., 1920-10-24
Kelly Is Hero
Of fCa1ac Will,
Mountaiineers
Aldrich's Successor Score.
Two Touchdowns; Blue
Shows Plenty of Power
By Ray Mccarthy


come dubious about the Blues chance,
in its big game can cast th-.r sss,
aside In defeating tno et~.nc w..
Virginia eleven IN the Bow this .s...
noon, 24 70 0, She Elis demon s.-s.e3
quite conclusiveiy 30 so5ne 10000 -
tators that they have a team If wor.s-.
full potentialities, OF superb sc..,ro
spirit and possessed with more tina, -
usual amount Of ability
The victory should give Yale a.
herents hope. not because of The ",
itself, but because Of the manner -
which it was attained.
This West Virginia crew IS no notle~
array of misfts nor set Of eiere,
fellows playing out schedule. I.
good football team, the members n.
which know how 90 conduct -henselvo,
on the gridiron and who showed ple,.,
Of power Of their own tu. 80 hs~4
and so fast did the New Haven lar.
travel this afternoon that toward t,a
end the Mountaineers we're well cor.
tent simply to hang on. ike a gam,
fighter staving off 'ne ana blow in the
closing rounds.
When the struggle began Galv,,
was in place Of Captain Callahan 2.
center and Frank Kelly had been
moved over TO Aldrich's position p.
right half for Yale. kemutor started
the game at the other ha.f with
Thorne Murphy At the wheel of the
machine and Campbell IL fu'lbacs
Otherwise the Blue lineup was tie
same as in ,he Boston College game.
Blue Backfield Shines
And, even without the services Of
the hard-runniny A'trlrf t1a Va,
backfeld shone, with Frank Kelly lead
ing the attack. This former Rutgers
star easily carried of the honors CT
/ the day. He was all over the lot, ri7-
ping off gains Of from i've to fifty
yards, taking forward passes on high
| and covering his territory on the de-
fense like a three-ring circus ten.
His dazzling play was the big feature
Thorne Murphy. al quarter the while
he was IN, drove the team IN mastery
manner. His selection O.. plays was
fawless and his handling OF kicks Wa,
made in perfect form. I'M the secora
quarter, on an end run pay. TINS
slightly built chap was knocked or.
and was removed from the game. bur
his injury proved to be nothing serious
John Mack reported he was sill f.
and ready for further action.
West Virginia trotted husky AMI
fast set Of forwards into the lot, bu,
they were outcharged throughout BY
the Yale linemen, Dickens and INTO
scintillatng in this respect.
In little Carl Beck Harrisburg
schoolboy wonder. West Virginia has
a coming Dhenom, one who is sure 70
be nominated unanimously for the all
American eleven in due time # he
sticks to this game. When he Wen.
out in the second period fhe West Viz
ginia offense when with him. He was
the soul and guiding spirit Of its a.
tack. Had he remained IN there IS no
telling what the final result of this
issue would have been.
Murphy kicked off FOR Yale TO Mar
tin, who, after dropping the bail back
brought it back to the 20 yard line
aided by good interference and slow
ness on the part Of the El forwards in
getting down the field A couple Of
rushes availed nothing and Beck kicked
to Murphy on the 80 yard line The
New Haven team rushed to the u
yard line. where It's march was halted
Murphy then dropped back and drop-
kicked field goal from the Is yard
mark with neatness and despatch for
the first score of the tussic.
West Virginia Shows Form
Murphy again kicked off and then
West Virginia began to snow rs feai
form. Martin. Beck and liarrcs
rushed the bali twenty-five yards be-
tween them and Lentz. Martin and
Beck completed a forward pass with
the latter on the receiving end tina,
netted twelve yard more. Vale then
held and Beck kicked Murphy promptly
returned the kick and Dawson. return
ing the ball, fumbled. Dickens recov-
eriAg. Beck then intercepted for
ward pass, leaping high and spesring
the leather on his 2s-yard line. Con
tlnulng in stride he cluded Two tach-
lers nearby, headed cross-country ND
at the 50yard mark, where he stopped
but scant six inches outside he turned.
stopped abruptly. shook OFF TWO more
tackles, then tackled Giag0nallY across
the lot toward the other side. swnns
toward the goal on reaching mitre'a
and then outran three other Yale play.
ers in the rush to the goal-lne I'd
Thorpe's eagle eye. however, had de
tected the speed malVel stepping ou'-
side and the ball was called back. Thus
the period ended, with the score 20 Q
in favor Of Yale. Shortly after t1e
run Beck. in plunglnE through IN.
line. collided head on with Lay and
was stunned. Thereafter West Nir-
ginia was never dangerous.
Fast Rushes by Kelly
Kelly who was replaced by Lay, wen,
in for Kempton in the second perioa
and the fun began. He made i've ya'c'
on his first rush. and on his mkt rasa
skirted his left tackle for 25-yaro
run and a touchdown. Mummy kickea
the goal.
In the third period Kelly caught the
first kickoff and brought it s'ralEa'
back 55 yards 20 the 45-y8rd lioe. Foi-
lowing this thriller, he took pass OF
the dead run from Kemp,7n ani j kca
TO the 2-yard line from where b. "en'
over. Herr kicked the goal. The iss'
touchdown was made by Kemp,9n, VINO
carried it over from the 3-yara lne,
after rushes by Peterson and Kelly nao
brought the ball from the -O-yard !ine
to that point
The lineup:
Yale 60 Pos. West Va tol
Cutler .--...-...-.. !. T.. E........., M-ree'n
Dickens ........-. 7. T --......---- '.s'n