The Washington times., 1922-10-29
ARMY HOLDS
OLD ELI TO TIE
AS EACH TEAM
SCORES SEVEN
coIorfuI Scene at Yale Bowl as
Cheerful Throngs Z Follow
Fortunes Of Respective Sides
Through Bitterly Fought
Game.

Through Bitterly Fought
Game.
By DAVIS J. WALSH,
International News Service SPORTS naitsr.
NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, Oct.
N 28.-Much after the man.
ner Of . stationary wash
tub which gives not, neither does
II take, Yale and the Army bat
tied to q futile 7-to-T tie score
before q roaring, festive crowd
of 10000 semi-;unatics in the
hollow confines Of the big bowl
this afternoon. II was q RanSs
almost without incident until lafs
in the second half when both
teams barred the strategic hand
long enough to launch an overhead
attack that resulted in the two
touchdowns.
down to the bromide, every day
business Of playing loose, inadeouate
football to the unsatisfactory con-
clusion.
All the color, all of the glamour.
spectacle and incident was confined
to the second half. At least, all
that was not furnished by the highly
colorful crowd itself. which rose in
great banks on all sides uf the
amphitheater, the Army cadets
claiming the eye as they roared
forth their call for victory from the
gray expanse Of the West Point sec
ton. ....4 - :. T.
Yae Counts First. -
Yale was the first to score, break.
ing out in a rash OF forward pasAes
In the third period and ultimately
blazing the way for Neaie TO coast
over the goal line from the 4-yard
line behind q spread formation.
Getting possession Of the ball on
proceeded to shoot Jordan into the
high as twelve yards. Then, with
the Army defenses drawn in by the
threat of further depredations. Yaie
swung Mallory loose on the snort
side Of the line and while the cadets
were still wondering what II was all
about, Neale waited forward pass
out over the milling line, and Nal
lory suddenly appeared from no.
where to snare the ball in mid-air
and go on to the 3-yard line, q net
gain Of SO yards. st'+
1t was a matter of mere convention
for Yale to carry the ball over.
That seemed to settle the issue 10
far as the crowd was concerned and
Yale enthusiasts were all for cete-
brating early. But II was only q
comparatively few momepts later
that Smythe ciutched p punt on his
own s0-yard line. and finding HUI
man, the Yale left end, very m,ioh
on his shoulder blades. proceeded to
romp thirty yards down the side
lines to Yale's 40-yard line. Follow
ed then, successive passes, Smythe
to Wood, the first netting thirty
yards and the second eighteen yartE,
and before Yale could rally its dis
concerted resources, the ball was
on the 3-yard line and Wood poppei
for the big leap. Smythe, however,
elected to try his luck with Timber.
lake first and the latter added q
scant yard before Wood was per-
mitted to take over the assignment
and cross the goal in q spectacular
dive over the left side Of the Yale
line. .-.... So ~t'-' &'
Army Drives On. -
All of the drama went out Of the
affair with this last and successful
drive. by the Army. Subsequently
Yale fell heir to, the ball and pro
ceeded to hammer It's way down
into Army territory, but TO no avail.
On the first Of these occasions.
Wight stood on the 46-yard line and
drop-kicked a ball that had the
best Of intentions and the worst OF
Instance. the ball falling under the
crossbar. %ts
. The second saw Charley o1Hearn.
who had returned to the Yale lineup
after an absence Of three weeks, pass
into the intercepting arms OF Timber
lake on the Army's 26.yard line.
That was the beginning OF the end.
Less than two minutes the timekeep-
er insisted upon calling II an after
noon. ~ ' y"s
What slight honor there was to be
derived from the tie score went to
Yale. which gained nine first downs
against the Army's six. and 1S6 yards
from scrimmage against 78 for the
Army. At least, West Point did more
threatening and less fulfilling than
any team the writer has seen In
some time.
Early in the second period the c.
dets went 90 far as to carry their at
tack down to the Yale s-yard iine.
but Smythe's ill-considered pass was
grounded behind the goal and the
rally became relapse without 'fur-
ther notice, w,
Rides Toward 0oal.
Again in the third period the
Army was riding high. wide and
handsome toward the Yale goal
when Wood essayed a forward pass.
The effort was very much hurried
by the Bulldog defsnse, % much
90, IN fact that Wood in Aesper.
alton cast the ball from him with
the air of one discardinR 3 nsed
cigar. As q result younk man
by the name Of wight. who had
been substituted m the Yale mack.
field. raised himself TO his longitud-
inai heights and intercepted the
~ On ots-t though lee. propn,oo.