The New York herald., 1922-10-14

With Yale meeting Iowa in the Il
the second triumph in two years TO
Eastern field is threatened. Even as
last October-outplaye the Tigers to
t, score over the Ellis. 1t was no cha
j. last fall-nothinS more than the q
Of Alonzo Stagg. an Eli Titan OF old,
To-day the Iowa eleven which will
take the field against Yale VIII oe
brilliant with the light reflected from
The conference championship, which
the Hawkeyes won last fall for the
FIRST time since 1900. To-day Iowa
win nit the football knowledge which
it has acquired from the coaching Oh
Howard Jones, another Yale star OF
the oast, against Yale team coached
bv Tad Jones, the man with the quar-
terback mind. II will be West against
East-byother against brother-and
battle worthy of a much later stage
of the season.
Iowa. with seven veterans or last year
and four fine stalwarts to take the place
of the men who have been graduated
with speed and more weight than
Vale ana a system of play which last
Fall defeated Notre Dane, 10 to
Minnesota, Al to :. and Illinois. Il TO ;,
PRESENTS a powerful threat.
Ellis Handicapped by Injuries
Against this formidable force the Blue
VIII hurl team which will present
couple OF second string players IN
places made vacant by injuries 10 reg
u,ars. But Yale is blessed with great
material this year and should be apie
10 send out a combination well worthy
or wearing the old Blue against SO
strong. a foe-and those injuries will be
no excuses should defeat come to the
Elue.
The game to-day presents parallel
70 the last previous visit OF con-
ference eleven to New Haven. 1t was
in 1899 that Wisconsin, coached by PM
King of Princeton. came to old Yale
field to battle with the Blue. The
Badgers brought no prestige such as
Iowa possesses They had great
kicker in Pat O'Dea-and Pat that
afternoon took his place as the great.
EST all around kicker in the history OF
The game ODea missed 4 60 yard drop
kick by few feet, and Wisconsin
went back to Madison with defeat
but the feeling that~it had surprised
Yale and done itself proud. The west
never has won over the Blue.
Neither Yale nor Iowa will attempt
ANYTHING out of the ordinary. The
Iowa shifts. which were major factors
in the rise OF the Hawkeyes last year,
have been left at Iowa City Yale has
developed nothing special in the way
Of an offensive for this test. 1t VIII
be a stop along the football road Tor
both teams-but stop which is likely
10 have an important bearing on their
development for their main objectives.
Hawkeyes Are Favorites.
or course. prediction on to-day's
game would be futile. Iowa Is the ia
7, ,vorIte-a Western champion which
clinched it's title by beating even Notre
Dame. against n Yale team which was
rot the strongest in the East last year
However. this is 1922 and not 1921.
-Four Iowa regulars have gone, quite
few Ellis OF last fall have been gradu-
nted There is a strong disposition In
sorne quarters to make this big test
re Eastern football against the Western
kind. It will be that--Eastern football
nf October IA against Conference foot
ball Of October II. Nothing more :.
The Jones element gives an added
tlIlEt OF Nit uldiudAaS W lliU NChSNSN- ~
Yale Tad was much the greater PLAYER.
Both were graduated from Sheffield
Scientific In 1908. Tad was the quarter
back in 1905, 1906 and 1907. while How
ard was out for a job as end. Tom
Ehevlin had the particular wing that
Howard wanted-so Tom got it, They
aid not come much better than Tom in
those days and they don't come as good
very often now.
Howard was coach at Syracuse in
1908 when the Orange defeated Michigan
pnd tied Princeton. He was coach at
Yale in 1909. the year Ted Coy was
taptain. Both Harvard and Princeton
were beaten that November--the Grim
ron by TO o and the Tigers by IL TO 0.
Now Howard. once Yale end and Yale
roach. pits his coaching against that
or Tad.
rowa's Air Game Better.
Were this a November game an analy-
bis OF the football which Howard has
been teaching Iowa would be of vial
interest and perhaps would furnish an
Index to probable developments But
this IS only October IA. Both elevens
are strong in kicking. both may have
rone recourse TO the forward pass. Both
pught 90 use the off tackle smash often
n the air attack is TO furnish the de-
riding factor Iowa stands the better
chance It has seen more of a high
rlass forward passing game and has
used that form o. offensive more than
Yale
Yale's last previous fight with a team
from the West was that OF 1914 against
Notre Dame. The Hoosiers were beaten
badly--2S to 0.
While yale is having its troubles with
Iowa, Princeton very likely Will be hav-
Ing a pretty hot time with Colgate
Harvard Is down for an easy afternoon
with Bowdoin, which Is wofully weak
for that sort of opposition. Colgate is
reported TO be far ahead OF the Tigers
in general development and Is said TO
have done considerable pointing for this
game.
Last season Princeton defeated the
Maroon by 10 10 0. The year before
they did not meet, but in 1919 Colgate
handed the Tigers n smashing setback.
beating them by TO just q week
before West Virginia. led by, the great
Rodgers. srneared the Orange AMI Black
right merriy.
Tigers stilI Experimenting.