The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-24
FIGHTING YALE
TEAM CRUSHES
WEST VIRGINIA.
Crippled Els, Playing
Brilliantly, Smother the
MOuntaineers, "a to O.
BECK ROUGHLY USED
Supporters of Blue Greatly
Encouraged by Result
Of Game.


NEW HAVEN, Conn. Oct. 23.-Yale
came back to-day In true Yale style and
By playing a slashing game from start
to finish smothered the much Wanted
! University of West Virginia team in tho
Bowl by n score OF "a to o. There was
hardly a moment that the Ellis were not
complete masters of the situation. the
only real fash of Southern football speed
being In the first period, when Carl
Beck, the brilliant left halfback for the
Mountaineers, ripped himself loose from
Yale tacklers once in a while and COW
cred many yards before he was thrown
TO earth.
The backbone of the West Virginia
attack was fractured and the morale Of
the team literally shot to pieces when
Becl, was all but carried from the field
In the final moment OF the frst quarter
Beck had Just been stopped by Walker
In an OF tackle dash. and as he lay on
the ground. Bob Lay, who had taken
Frank Kelly's place, landed hard with
both knees on tho West virginian's head
and knocked Beck groggy. After three
minutes OF nursing he failed 70 revive
and he was led to the side line. hardly
able 10 walk.
From that moment West Virginia
PLAYED like an overgrown high school
e and never did the Mountaineers
get chance TO rcore. They got no
nearer than the 80 yard mark from then
on. Their game. meant nothing but a
lot Of wild heaves In the hope of pulling
of successful forward pass, but their
attempts in this style of play were pitt
full. Over fifteen passes were tried after
Beck went out, and but four were sue
cessful. Their attempts to push the Yale
line back by medium OF straight rushes
| were oven more futile than their efforts
with the forward pass.
YaIe's Irresistible Attack.
Yale on the other hand uncovered a
brand OF football that gave their sup
porters great encouragement Their at
tack. led by Fido Kempton. the former
quarterback. aud Frank Kelly, who
messed things p last week In the Bos-
ton College gone through his loose
handling or the ball, could not be
stopped. Murphy ran the team witty
| fine judgm snt at quarterback and the
line held llkn a stone wall. especially
the left s.de. which was vulnerable
| spot In the Boston game. All in ell IL
looked like a fighting Yale team and
It had no trouble in handling the West
Virginians, who outweighed them By
over twelve pounds TO a man.
fale's forward passing was better
than ever before and many gains re-
suited through the medium OF this play.
In less than four minutes after the first
kick Off Yale had scored three points
through an easy field goal by Murphy
from the 90 yard line.
West Virginia cot rra aret doupa IN
row through the fine running OF Beck.
who made "A sixty yard run around Dill
worth for what looked like a touchdown,
but he stopped out of bounds by inches
at the centre OF the field and the brilliant
run went for nothing
After changing sides at the end OF
the hrst period Frank Kelly shook Off
six would be tacklerS In an of tackle
run through the right side OF the Yves,
Virginia line and ran twenty-five yards
for touchdown. Murphy kicked the
goal.
The much looked for slashinS attack
By Capt Lentz. Martin Dawson and
Harrick failed 10 show itself before the
half ended. and was even less con-
spicuous through the last two quarters.
keIiy's Fine Run.
Catching Martins kickoff at the
opening of the second half. Frank
Kelly pulled off the best run OF the
day. sprinting through the entire West
Virginia team to It's 3-yard line. A
brilliant forward pass. Ilempton 10
Kelly, put the ball on the 3-yard mark
a moment later, and In two plunges
Peterson took IL over. Kempton kicked
tho goal.
4 i5-yard penalty following n poor
kick by Martin from his own goal line
was costly 10 West Virginia n few mo-
nents later. Yale had just lost the bail
on downs a yard from the goal The
penalty put tho ball on the 9-ysrd line.
and after three jabs through centre
Kempton wormed his way through cen-
tire on a quarterback plunge for the
third touchdown, after which he boosted
Yale's points 10 q with a goal. Lineup:
Yais co. West Virginia C0l
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