The New York herald., 1921-10-23

motion quickly. His passing gave Yale
many an anxious moment. and when he
and Wood took to end running from kick
formation they not only ran swiftly but
as IL they meant to get there at all
costs. French had a way of squirming
and shifting his pace which made get
ting hold Of him tough job Tor the
Blue.
Beckett handled Muiligan's opening
kickoff poorly. He dropped It under his
goal posts and went ahead only ten
yards before the Army crowd was on
him. After Yale had made first down
at the 80 yard line a good punt by AL
back toward Yale territory. II came to
a standstill on the Army's 40 yard line.
and In the next scrimmage Deaver
spilled Wilhide for a FIVE yard loss. An
exchange OF punts took the ball to the
Armys Is yard line. where Into dropped
his man.
Wood punted so poorly that the ball
crossed the side line at the Army'5 20
yard line. and after q forward pass,
Aldrich to Beckett. had taken the ball to
the IL yard line there followed a hot
fight near the Army goal, The soldier
defence was strong one yard away and
Jordan was trying to bore the centre
for q touchdown when he dropped the
ball .
Wilhide grabbed it behind the line and
ran it out IA yard into the field of play.
In this period and the early part OF the
next one the West Pointers twice showed
defensive metal and took the ball on
downs Garbish. Mulligan, Breidster and
Davidson. with quick and powerful
charging. broke through and stopped
Yale's advance. 1876
Drop Kick Fails.
A forward pass, Smythe to d. Storke.
landed the leather on Yale's rs yard line
and the Ellis had to mind their P's and
as. They tossed the soldiers back on
their heels and forced kick Gsrbisch
tried drop kick from the 35 yard line
and missed
Aldrich set out beautiful punt and
Wilhide made the mistake, as he did on
other occasions, of letting It bound him.
This time Blair flung him the instant he
decided to pick up the ball. short
while later one Of Aldricl's drives was
played in this manner and netted gain
of sixty-four yards for Yale. Aldrich
heeled a catch on the Armys 46 yard
line, but was. short by ten yards In ms
drop kick for goal
Early in the second half Aldrich had
punted to the Army's s. yard line when
Smythe carried the plgskin instead or
passing 1t. as Yale expected. The Blue
was drawn in and the artful smythe
stripped the green for eighteen yards
on the swift bias. Right away again
the Army tried the device. This time
Yale was watchful and the Army lost
eight yards. A weak punt by the Army
went out Of bounds on Yale's 4s-yard
line. Mallory hit centre for three. Jor-
dan plunged for eight and the Army
lost five more for being offsidc. Aid
rich turned right end for three, after
which he Tipped his touchdown forward
pass to Beckett. 1t seemed to be
psychological moment, for the Army
wasn't looking for it. Beckett juggled
It, but II settled in his arms and he
had a clear space around him. One
Army man did get within reach but
missed his tackle. All he got was
Beckets head guard, and the head guard
was not carrying the ball. So Beckett
kept on and scored. He ran about eigh-
teen yards after catching the pass. an
obllcue throw of ten yards net. Aldrfch
soon made 1t seven points.
Harry Cross. Yale lineman, put his
team in a fix In this period by speaking
to a player as he came on the field to
relieve Lands. The Army had the ball
at the time. and the breach Of regula-
tions cost the Blue fifteen yards.
Army EncrOaches ON Yale.
Johnson. who succeeded Wilhide and
proved live wire. muffed punt, but 80
neatly did he shoulder Blair aside that
one of his mates recovered the much de-
sired probate spheroid. The Army
worked the ball to Yale's 16 yard line.
uncomfortably close for the sons of Ell,
but as usual when in danger Yale
stopped the opposing march dead When
as a last resort and on the fourth down
johnson threw a forward at Wood. Aid
rich smeared II. A troop Of subs were
rushed in pro and con and some tired
regulars left the field. AS the fourth
period began the Army had the ball on
fales 45 yard line. French crossed the
iield. shifty and swift for a net gain of
nine yards. Next came a first down for
the Army. then French sizzled space for
eleven yards and to Yale's forward line.
Things were sizzling and boiling and the
pace was swift and set with uncertainty.
French tried a forward pass on the
second down. He could have waited
down or two for that play. and he was
making trouble for Yale by his running
of the TANKS. The forward pass how
ever, was tried and II meant defeat for
the Army. Aldrich seized the ball on
the run and away he went over the lines
and far away. He took the shortest
route. He SKINNED the border The
only question was whether or not he
would reach the other goal line. He
didn't do that, for an Army runner out
stripped him, but he took the ball TO the
Army's IL yard line and that was a lot.
In some small part OF minute the
Army instead of assauiting Yale's goal
was defending It's own.
A yard penalty for being off side
did not help the soldiers any and did
prove a boon to Yale. AldrIch had been
thrown by Goodman for loss when
O'Hearn was sent wide and TO the right.
He IL q fast lad and selects his route
with shrewd Judgment. lie made bis
turn at just the right time. and went
with such momentum that two West
Pointers couldn't get firm hold on
him. He fought his way the last three
yards to the touchdown. He wouldn't be
denied. II was the work OF high class
back. that bolt.
From the press stand after play had
been resumed Il looked as if Myers. a
sub-Army end and an accomplished
youth at taking a forward pass. trapped
one. II looked like a clean pickup, but
the officials didn't see II II II was. The
play netted West Point twelve yards
French made a twisting run of ten yards
Johnson had iauffed forward pass
from French. when French threw am
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