Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-14
YALE MADE MOST
OF CHANCES TO WIN
Els Took Advantage Of oppor-
tunities, Says Strubing. and
outguessed Tigers
THE BLUE TEAMWORK POOR
By JACK STRUHING
Farmer Princeton Ouartrrback

Former Princeton ousrterbscL
Bv tho margin Of two ticld goals Yale
took tho measure Of the Tiger Saturday.
II was a game full OF spectacular foot
ball and also Of football OF TIRE poorest.
Anybcdy's game to the last whistle.
II was q battle that kept the crowd
on edge throughout. One penalty against
Yale for unnecessary roughneSs bears
witness to the cleanliness Of the fray,
although il was hard and rough.
| Yalc's ohcnSc was moro spa Smo6iC
| than consistent, although she gained
more yards than Princeton. it was not
steady marching. Two or three plays.
would be smFared in for no gain or for
loss and then some back would break
through for long gain. Her success
! was due more 10 the individual prOwess
Of her backs than 10 a display Of team.
work.
Th, interference was only fair. and
! had il not been for the ability Of the
! man caTrying the bal! the Blue team
would NOT have gained the ground il
! did Aiding this ability Of tho Eli
! backhcld to run with tho ball was q
! disheartening non ability of the Tigers
10 tack" below the waist line. Tim"
! and again would the Yale back hav"
/ been stopped in his tracks had the
,ackler tackled instead Of grabbing him,
.
! the result that the man carrying the
) hall twisted away from th"m and kept
on going.
Vale Attack Versatile
Yale displayed versatile attack
which matched that Of Princeton. In
tact. it outdid it little. for the Blue
, team outgucssed their opponents more
! than once. while only twice did Prince
/ al hA shn tY1ry
! Yale made during the last two years,
this sudden opening up was very Of
| fcctivc.
Princeton attack was good. Several
times we're forward passes dropped.
, which spoiled the march. and several
times did Yale intercept. but the Tigers
gained pretty consistently and steadily
! despite the misplays. Most Of il was
straightfo football.
II was not hard 70 anaiy2c. Il Yale
expected a forward pass, there WIS
linz play developed. They we're crossed
twice. Snively. on the open formation.
ran with the ball and made II yards.
Yale had expected nothing but passes
from him. The other play started as
line play. developed into criss-cross
/ ard ended as pass. Yale was com.
pletely sucked in. The play nettcd
about Is yards. but for the most part
Princeton did what Yale expected her
TO do. and yet did it in spite of this.
Cieaves Consistent
Cleaves was the mos consistent
gamer for Princeton. lie carried tn"
ball on cut back off tackle and ovI-
IDENTITY did not know when he was down.
Lourie aud Garrity did their part well
around end and through IN" line. But
the Princeton backs were stopped now
and then BY Yale lincmen. who knifei
through and >mc4red the play hctore 1t
was we'll formed. The Blue tackle was
especially proficient at this: big. strong
and quick, he simply bowIcd To" inter
ference over backward.
OHcarn. the Yale quarter. displayed
a broken field running ability which was
remarkable. He has the unusual ability
OF being able 10 come 70 dead stop
while st top speed. The only way ~
ratrh a man like this is 10 play him lat
orally and not head on. lie eluGcl
Princeton tacllers time and again by
simply stopping until they dove past
him. lie also used good judgment in the
choice of plays, saving the dHcHpt'yc
plays until time when they would work
The Yale touchdown was the result
of clever delayed play by O'Hearn,
who carried the ball in the opposite di-
rertion from the play. He knew Prince
ION vas eager. and true TO expectation
they we're all drawn over, II was just
the time for that play. In this depart
meat Yale topped Princeton.
Although on the short oHd Of th'
ouut. he Tigers were not outtough'
and very htt.c outplayrd II anv
Short Passes Good
Princeton lost al lcaS, me lrngth "
thc fold in dropped forward passes o
intercepted ones. Whether these in
tcrceptions we're due to the aertnss o
the Yale defense or 10 poor picking
Ios the Tiger passer is hard 10 say
Probably a combination OF both. tale
forward passing was rather unsucr"Ss
full at long range, but fairly effective ol
rho short masses. Then the man will
tho ball would 60 10 70 ~ yards fur
thcr teforo be was stopped. nithoug
.ruo or three Princeton men would hi
When the Eus hit man he dropped
Their secondary defense was especial
nofiroahlD in this. They came up &
,,hc line Of scrimmage fast diagnose
the play we'll and stopped The ma
',Thcn hc was hit.
Both rrams were pretty well baltero
~. Kecli had ~ leave the game wit
= leg he could not stand on, AIdr!c
,rvcloped cramps that brought hi
wishing and twirhing 10 the ground
pnd ali the other players hor" bruI'r
and twIua which bore witness 20 N
fcrocjty Of tho play.
Princeton fought +" ne end and. al
Though she threatened more than once
something always seemed to slip AaI
made use Of her opportunities m
therein hangs the ,al". II Wss gran