New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-18
Count ON Tad Jones Es-
tablishing System of Az
gressive Play This Year
By Ray McCarthy

Yale men are hopeful the university
football team will get out OF the rut
this year BY that we mean they are
in hopes an eleven will be developed
at New Raven this season that is able
to beat its chief rivals, Harvard and
Princeton. Whether or not a football
season is a success depends upon
whether a college defeats its chief
rival. A team may lose all of its other
games, yet the season is generally
counted successful one if at the end
that team triumphs over its dearest
rival
In as much as Yale has been beaten
rather consistently the last few years
by both Princeton and Harvard, the Eli
is considered to have been i'll rut.
But alumni, undergraduates and even
the faculty (for the learned body is not
immune. to the football spirit) care
looking for a reversal of things this
year And in that event, Tad Jones,
formerly "a star quarterback on the
Blue, and who coached his alma mater
in 1915 with success. and last year
without success, has been engaged to
turn the trick
Jones signed four-year contract
last winter, after he had deliberated
for a lengthy spell But finally he
on the task ahead And it must be adj.
mitted he faces a bic problem.
Just-at present the odds as far as
Harvard and Princeton are concerned
are greatly against Jones. Harvard
has system, and an organization.
Princeton, too, has developed a sys-
tenn and an organization and. what is
more, has the material this year. The
coaching system at both of these in
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as Jones has not the number Of capa-
BILE. experienced assistants Fisher and
Roper have.
Must Alter His System
1t is expected, of course, that Jones
will launch system of his own this
year. AT present nobody knows wheth-
er that system will go. Jones himself
doesn't know. The style of game he
taught in 1915 is hardly adequate for
the game his rivals new play. That
was proved last year. True he can re-
tain a considerable part of the old
system, but he will have to do a lot of
constructing.
Jones will have Charley Taft, son Of
the former President, who played on
the 1916 Yale eleven; Charley Conner
/ ford, and end who starred on that team,
and the reliable Billy Bull. Johnny
with more power.
Tom Dickens, star tackle Of last
years team, Will instruct the fresh
men this year, succeeding Chef La
Roche the brainy quarterback OF the
1916 team who coached the freshmen
SO successfully last year. Yale men
wanted La Roche to return, but the lat
ter resisted the temptation to go into
business.
That in full is the resident coaching
staff upon which will rest the respon-
sibility of developing Jones's system.
Taft gained experience coaching the
freshman line last year. Comerford
is driver. He was one OF the great
est ends Yale ever had and it IS ey-
pected he will deliver the goods. Bull
is O veteran.
Big Men at the Wings
What will Jones's system consist OF!
What style of play will it contain
Yale's shortcomings in the passing game
last year were roticeably weak. 1t IS
certain, therefore, that Jones will build
up passing game to go with run
ming attack. No team can succeed
without the combination to-day. In
other words, the team must have
sound system of open play.
Thsre is not so much to worry about
on detenSe. fale mas al"a. udu d
line equal to the best. is ends were
weak last year. But Jones, great
believer in big, heavy men for the
wings, will make an especial effort to
develop such pair this year. He has
already started to do that very thing.
He is grooming Diller, fellow weigh
ing 100 pounds, tackle on last years
freshman team, and Sturm, who played
fullback part time on the varsity last
year, for the wings. Sturm weighs
about $50. Both of these fellows are
hard, sure tacklers. Sturm is excep-
tionaIly fast. He is a track man.
Jones believes in fast, heavy rush
line. Cross, who performed we'll at
center, and Into, strnpping fellow of
205 pounds, are the probabilities for
the tackle positions. Both have already
proved their fitness for the job. Quaille,
who weighs about l85 and knows lot
of football, and Hidden, 100, from the
freshman team, will probably get the
call for the guard positions. Norris
is another product Of the freshman
team who is counted on to make good
showing. He is the probable center.
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