The Washington times., 1922-11-27
HORSE SENSE IS
LACKING IN
ELI GRID
Poor 0eneralshIp Brought For
sward Passes into Game
Too Late. r.:
By DAVIS J. WALSH.

NEW YORK. Nov. 27.--Probably
an fine q football team In sheer
physical ability and man power ~
there is In the iand has Just I'm.
ished . season In which II lost three
Of the four games Il considers worth
winning Furthermore. Il got only
. tie In the fourth and In the en-
tire lot scored Just one touchdown
and one field goal.
That II not an indictment Of any.
one man or net Of men. II IN an
indictment Of Yale football. which
year In and year out can produce
moro material and lees victories
than any similar project In America
Before proceeding further, we
wish to make ourselves thoroughly
understood on this point. 10 Wit:
That rals's football problem h
Yale's own. The solution must come
from within and suggestions st this
time are In bad taste.
Quite q few Of the alumni we talked
with after the Harvard defeat on
Saturday are all for having Tad
Jones sent on his pestiferous way.
They point oft. with accuracy. II
not with mature Judgment. that he
should 20 a. head coach because
Yale has not only failed to beat
Harvard, for the fourth time In
succession. but has crossed the
Crimson goal only . few times
since 1907. -,
The figures. arc right, the res
soning wcns. One might yuse
icr the Johnstewn flood ~ 70 hold
him accountable for . succession
o. defeats dating back years be-
The culprit is Yale football itself
and the charge against n n iack
81 intuitive horse sense.
We are not altogether sure that
Jones 10 TO blame for Saturdays
defeat. Certainly he sent well
coached football team on the field
--speedy, strong, and well equipped
spiendid command on the overhead
same, but this came too late for
All practical purposes.
ten minutes to 70 and traiIine nv
one touch6owh, Yale was stiii pur.
suing the running and kickink policy
and gettihg nowhsrs. with two
minutes 10 play, II suddenly opened
up with passes and advanced fifty
yards In four plays. Where wsre
hose passes eight minutes before
when some, tangible return might
have been obtained? why the trn-
seemiy delay when delay meant
everything7
Those questions must be an.
swered BY someone at Yale before
the alumni win be satisfied. Jones
may or may not be expected TO
furnish the answer.
ne, no doubt, win be sbye to
point TO the fact that he rave
the team tverythlrtg and Il raye
him nothing N return, not even
. touchdown IN either 0f the Hsr.
vard of Princeton games. He
might 10 70 fsr, n he cares 20
Involve any 81 his players, which
b not likely. AsS 20 question the
team dircction on the field. where
4 = supposed 70 be e1t Of his
Having done this. however. his
case would havs to 70 to the jury
without further rebuttai. II 10 4
rood. strong case. at that, but Il
has one loop hole. What was Jones
thinking OF n he wasn't satisfied
with the team direction ten min.
utes before tho final whistief He
had q small army Of substitutes
ready 70 carry the good work on
the field any time q change IN
policy was deemed Iieccssary.
OF course, this practice - said
70 be ethicaliy taboo. But show us
the football coach vino doesn't
make use OF II and We WIN show
you q pink mustnche