New-York tribune., 1920-12-19
i.:es a favorable answer.

iIes a favorable answer.
.u s.tu~t.on as regards
Jones and the reason popular sentiment
iavors him. In 1916, when things had
been breaking badl' for the Eli eleven,
it having suffered Al to defeat in
It's mai slruggle-that with Harvard
the previous season. when all was dark
and gloomy, n call was sent to Jones.
Tad went to New Haven with pros
poets none too bright for a winning
combination He Immediately restored
confidence in the students and their
team, gradually brought the players
through one of the hardest schedules
Yale team of this modern era had en-
countered. and wound up glorious
season with q 10 to victory over
Princeton and a to victory over
Harvard.
Lost Only to Brown Eleven
Those weren't the onl.' teams Yale
lost but one contest-that to the great
Brown team, which included in its line
up such stars as Pollard. Purdv and
others of note. Carnegie Tech was
beaten in the first game, 25 to- 0, and
the Pittsburghers had a capable eleven
that year. Vircinia was overwhelmed,
81 to 8. and the Lehich team, which
was going great guns that season, was
sto~~,d - 70
Virginia Poly was the next victim. by
score of n 10 0, and then care the
powerful Washington and jefferson
team touted as one of the best in the
country. TIE Presidents succumbed to
the prowess of the Eli warriors by
36 70 u.
Everybody remembers what a whale
Of team Colgate had that year. and
how it had trimmed such heavies as
Illinois. Syracuse and Brown the team
that walloped Yale. The score of the
Colgate-Brown game that season was
28 to o. and was one of the most
astorrano unsets of TIE year. Well,
Yale beat that Colgate eleven in a
grueling battle by 7 to 3. There
seercd to be no stopping the New Ha-
ven team.
But in the next game the shock came.
Brown wsltzed out OF New Haven with
q ~ u '-ic+n~v a-d ovo~vbCdv began
to fear for the Blue when it met the
Tieers end Harvard Rut Jones never
faltered. He brought that team around
in mastery manner and made the play
e~- 'o-~e' ~ Nbrr+ pr0r~, ard the re-
cult was they toppled Princeton and
y stalwart Crimson ma
chine by 8 to 8:
;d all that. and that is the
reas~n why those who ave most inter-
fe'-d - +he success of the Nav Haven
institution are go strongly in favor of
his return.
Many Suffer Injuries
One may say that Jones had excep-
tionally good material that fall. 1t
wasn't above the ordinary, as matter
OF fact; certainly no better than tina.
he had to deal with this year. His
backfeld OF Smith. Carey, Lagore and
jacques was strong. but so was this
years. Cates and Comerford wern tho
ends, Hutchinson was at center, Black
and Calf a. tho ~''or1~ and Taft and
Ba'hridge at the tackles.
Why, then, did Jones fail this year?
Principally because he had been away
from the game for three years. He
wasn't quite sure of himself, as he was
In 1916. Moreover, as Jones told Yale
men at dinner one evening. and as
everybody knows, he was greatly handl-
capped by injuries. He said that no
Yaie team he ever RENE rnbered had
suffered go much from injuries.
When the season ended Jones said
that if he is retained he would be back
IN the spring. Which means that he
Will go to New Haven with the firm
resolution OF putting more energy into
his coaching work than in anything else
he has ever done before.
Every Yale man who tnows tho tr~a
situation wants Jones back, and il will
not be at all surprising to see him
senoered term contract. in whicn
case you can rest assured Yale will
nave system as good as Harvard's or
Frlneeton's or any other.
Many. including Yale's supporters,
nave criticized the echedule arranged
FOR the Blue next fall. We ha al
ways maintained schedule makir was
matter that concerned q university
aione, but that large universities
should schedule harder teams than the
smaller colleges.
Now System Installed
;. however, Yale can offer the excuse
Is. going to install a system and
mat the schedule was made up for the
oeVelopment Of the team. There is
s'pething in this. For instance, Bos-
ton College was not dropped because
plays hard football. The Bostonians
oont pay any harder than The Army,
and the cadets viii meet Yale OF,
October % next.
But The point is that the Army is
coached by Charlie Daily, q product Of
harvard, who uaes Harvard methods
Sotton Colleges system Is more like
VaFtmouth's. Boston College Is dropped
Ior 1921, therefore, for the good Of
tne Yale team and It's future develop
iaent' and, according to Yale men, it
,s hkely that the Bay Staters will be
aelnstated to the scnedule in 1922.