The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-10-18
Yale Team In
 Need Of The Fundamentals
fRv A. F.. MAHEzR, }

The Yale football team, which was defeated by Boston College on Sat offense and neglected in defense. When Yale had the ball the team showed it had been taught a great many principles of an an offensive fer e,5 game me fact was revealed that Yale had no defense whatever. In other words Tad Jones has thus far consciously or otherfise fallen into the same er- feat to the Yale football eleven. In the old days when Yale was constant winner and such 8, thing as a defeat was 8 matter of football his- tory no attention whatever was paid to the offensive tactics until week before the Princeton game. Then the eleven was taught the simplest sort of an offense.
 And Yale always, or most always, won.
 The old Yale coachts believed that if they could get team which could successfully defend that team couldn't be beaten and thus the battle was half won, for a team that couldn't be beaten would be very likely to win. The Yale team would permit the op- posing team ta use up all the punch 1 it had and when it became weary 1 Of fruitless punching Yale would un- l Timber it's simple offense and the bat l tie was won.
 i But no aYle coach in the old days l would think of permitting the Yale team to do anything whatsoever in l the way of an offense, excepting such | offense is inherent in all football teams, till immediately before the l big game. The Yale teams were train. i ed and trained in the rudim ents of football, tack1ing. catching punts and following the ball, particularly follow' l ing the ball.
 l In Saturdays game there was a l woeful lack of fundamentals. The Boston College team trained by Frank l ~ 1f T, F. 1e+ t,N },1 1 the business, had been trained in the 1 fundam entals and the better team won on Saturday. There can be no question of that.
 CTS who witnessed the game the play ing of Yale was a very sorowful sur l prise. There was no teamwork. Ninety per cent. of the tackling by l the Yale players was around the neck.
 There was no defense for the man l Ca tching punts and absolutely no at- tempt to stop the opposing forwards going down the field on kicks. Upon at least three and som etimes four Boston College men were waiting for | the Yale man to catch tht ball. Twice the Yale catcher, Rely, fumbled and into touchdowns for the enemy be-
 cause the Yale back had no protec- ton.
 If the Bridgeport High School play
 
 play that the Yale players were guilty
 of Saturday they yswould ge relegated to a second team or the bench, be-
 cause high tacl1ling Is something which is unpardonable in football. ] Jones has month or nearly 9 month in which to attempt to remedy the defects in the Yale play. But neither he nor any other man can turn out a championship football team of material which either will not or i canont get the idea that you cannot stop good back by tackling him around the neck. And all of Jones' Ateaching of an offensive will be wasted l unless the team is trained every day i for a month in teamwork in following 1 the. ball and in low desperate tack l ling.
 l. It would be a mighty fine idea if Jones could make that Yale squad eat | together, think together, sleep to- i gether, study together, and walk i around together every day for the I month. There is power enough in this | Yale team to win but the power must l be brought out in the right way.