The New York herald., 1921-09-25
Yale BEATS BATES,
$50, ON GRIDIR0N
Twelve Thousand Witness
Opening Game of the Sea-
son in Ellis Bowl.
ALDRICH'S 40 YARDS RUN
Maine Collegians Unable to
Cope With the Powerful
Blue Line.

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New HAVEN. Conn, Sept. 24,-In beat
Ing Bates % to o In the sweltering heat
this afternoon, Yale played a pretty fair
first game. Two fumbles by the Maine
men gave Yale chances which they took
advantage of and quickly turned those
opportunities into touchdowns. Bates
came here having only had two scrim-
IMAGES this season and played a plucky,
hard gone, but their backs could do
nothing against YaIes set of forwards.
Bates made but one first down and that
came late in the fourth period. Earlier
In the game she worked one good for
ward pass for nine yard gain. but was
held finally for downs.
Yale's work grew better as the game
wore on. At the opening the backs
found 1t hard to make much Of a dent
against the Bates line and they were
wild in two attempts at forward passing.
each grounding.
Last year Harvard beat Bates, which
had nearly the same team, 54 to 0. Capt.
Aldrich and Jordan were the PRINCIPAL
ground gamers for Yale, but in the final
period. Wight and Neidlinger tore loose
from the Maine tacklers and made long
runs. the former one OF fifty yards from
kickoff and the latter a run of thirtv-
eight yards on a Dash around Bates's
left end for touchdown. Nefdlipger
was taken out soon after this play.
The Yale line held waIl ~ ali
and, as was forecasted, the Ell backs
were fast. The Blue in all probability
will have one Of the best back fields II
has had in years, and IL the line can be
developed to hold a stronger team, some
of Tad Jones's worries will 60 up the
chimney.
Only Two First String Men.
or the Yale team to take the field
to-day at the start of the game but two
men. Aldrich and Into, the big tackle
were first string varsity men on Tim
Callahan'e team year ago. Callahan
has watched the game from the press
stand, having returned from Oxford,
where he spent several months in study.
He will go into business In New York.
One of the best plays In the first
period was a thirty yard run around
Bates's left end by Aldrich after receiv-
ing Moulton's kick. Steady plunges by
Aldrich. Jordan and Mallory brought the
ball to the s-yard line, but the usual
Yale punch was lacking and Bates held
for downs. Moulton plunged through
Trippe for two yards and on the next
play Davis funibled the ball on a centre
play and Aldrich recovered II on Batess
10-yard line.
Aldrich hit Price for two yards and
Jordan circled right end for seven yards
In the next play Jordan dived over Ross
for Yale's first 1921 touchdown.
Aldrich zigzagged his way for thirty
five yards around Bates's left end on a
fake kick in the middle of the third
period for the best run Of the period.
He placed the ball on the 44-yard line,
from which point the Ellis bucked their
way to another touchdown. AIdrich max
ing the score. A forward pass Murphy
to Mallory. for a ten yard gain helped
in the advance.
Dynamite" Plays Well.
Several sub backs were sent in soon
afterward and all did good work. "Dyna-
mite" Murphy, who played the whole
game at quarter. was a sure handler of
punts and ran well after catching them.
He is making strong bid for the
place generally conceded to Charlie
O'Hearn. who. with Mackay, Quaile and
Cross. is laid up.
A tumble on the 14-yard line in the
third period by Bates gave Jordan an
other chance for touchdown and he
made It after three plunges through
tackle
Neidlinger's touchdown in the final
period was the final score, although the
game ended with the ball in Yales pos
session on Bates's t-yard line. About
10000 persons watched the game.
The lineup:
Yale. Bates