Evening star., 1923-11-19

Against the Tigers this was not so,
nor has It been so against any team
Yale has met this year: As the goal
posts have drawn near Yale's purpose
has solidified and her tactics have
been characterized by strong certf-
tude and fiery impulse. This means
above all that Yale has two things,
one of which is essential to any COL
lege. and both. under the Yale sys-
tenn of foot ball. essential to the Blue
a real quarterback and a captain
who is mental as well as a physi-
cal leader.
Has All Requirements.
She has the backs and the line to
carry out the designs of these two
men. In past years she has had ma
terial almost If not quite as good as
this seasons outfit, but the driving
mentality has been lacking. Now she
has this and as consequence no
eleven the writer has seen this season
anywhere has seemed more gifted in
an all-around way than this Yale
eleven.
Tho those who did not see the Yale
Princeton game the score Is liable to
The Tigers were defeated by an out
fit that was superior in every way,
but they were by no means outclassed
and they gave Yale a hard and in
teresting afternoon.
They tackled well. their line defense
was entirely worthy, they fumbled
but once. and they had a line attack
that gained almost as many first
downs as Yale gained. What Nassau
season-and what Yale did not lack
the will and the ability to score
touchdowns.
Overconhdence IL a fearful thing
for a foot ball eleven to possess.
The man who has not taken the buf-
fets of the game might thing other
wise, ~eight think that to come upon
the fl J. mentally certain Of victory
is s.tat asset. But it isn't. For
up against a wall. and the forwards
who expect an easy afternoon en-
counter gruelling opposition Re-
suit: The game has ended before they
have mentally adjusted themselves
, Syracuse and Colgate. Forward
passes caught backs and ends nap
ping, errors were made by men not
accustomed to making them. and so
disaster. Without taking credit
away from Colgate, but merely be-
cuse has done and had 1t in her to
do, one cannot resist the feeling that
this resalt should not have been.
When q runner goes to the ground
and the ball has stopped moving for
ward 1t Is supposed to be dead. The
referee must blow his whistle, but
when he fails Immediately to blow It
and the runner momentarily has
ceased his forward impulse, all rules
Of common sense and fairness Justify
the official in calling the ball dead at
that spot. A case in point occurred
in the Michigan Wisconsin game,
when Rockwell Of the Wolverines
scrambled to his feet and ran fifty
yards for a touchdown after the Wis
consin players regarded the ball az
down. The rule that the ball is dead
when II ceases to move forward was
applied by the rules committee in
order to prevent unnecessary piling
on the man with the ball. Officials.
Of course. are supposed to hold up
the hands Of the rules committee in
enforcing the intent Of the rule. OF
course, not having seen this game, the
writer can but refer to the incident
along the broad lines Of the rules.
Browns defeat Of Harvard was un-
expected, to say the least, even grant,
ing that several Of Harvard's best
players were comfortably seated in
the Yale bowl watching the Blue
play Princeton. 1t bespeaks the DOM
nance of Harvard's foot bail directors
that they are able to place their uni
versity In the way Of humiliation by
teams supposedly inferior through a
desire to gain some advantage over
Yale.
Copyright. 1921