The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-28
YALE No 7
HOPEFUL
Of WIN
With Kline and Cutler Hors de
Combat, Old Eli Is De-
cidedIy Gloomy
By DAVIS ]. WALSH
international News Service, Sports
Editor


NEW HAVEN, Conn.,. Oct. %.
With either truth or justice, one
couldn't say that the Yale attack
today didn't have leg to stand
on. That, in fact, seemed to be
the main difficulty. It had leg
to stand on, exactly one and no
more. The attacking force, all
two Of them, has suffered a de-
mountable knee and now the good
word has gone forth that Yale
cannot hope to beat the Army on
Saturday.
The casualties were Kline and
Cutler, the former the best plung.
ing back in the squad, the latter
it's best ball runner. Both, they
say, have begged down with twist
ed knees, all of which may or may
not constitute the old wolf" cry,
O piteous bleat enanating from the
mouth Of q coach when he thinks
he 10 going to win.
One thing was certain, however,
Yale must beat the Army, II 1t
means TO remain a leader among
the leaders Of Eastern football
This happens TO be the present
status of the Yale eleven; defeated
by Pennsylvania, yet rated with the
best.
It doesn't happen to be Tad
Jones' rating; however. Mr..
Jones will talk at some length
about piccolO playing In ten les
sons. the tendency toward pink.
neekwear and other topics OF
polite converse. Never, or even
less than that, about. the 1ale
football team.
II is something to talk about, at
that. A semi-veteran team, with
the new men outstarring the old,
A is q team that is just beginning
to realize its full potentialities. AS
n matter Of fact, 1t began to do so
more than two weeks ago in the
second half of the Pennsylvania
game when 1t scored 1S points and
almost tied score that had seemed
beyond control.
1t was at this juncture that Cut
Ter came forward as a real ball
runner. Kline, Of course, was and
Is a relic of the big three series OF
last year. Noble and AlleI. are ex.
cellent defensive backs, also block
ors, moppers-up and whatnot. Bun
nell is one of the leading quar-
terbacks Of the section, Fishwick
a worthy substitute. Cottle, punter,
passer and runner, has been around
for three years and hasn't quite
made the rifle yet, SO keen is the
competition. There are others but,
as the Indians said to Columbus,
what OF it?
The backfieId seems fOOI.prOOf.
But il isn't. There isn't a man
in the combination, barring Phil
BunneIl, who seems capable Of
handling the ball cIeanIy and
fumbles have been many and
often and often disasterOus. Two
Of them led to Pennsylvania
tOuchdOwns, a third staked Brown
to another while At least three
more ut Providence cheated Yale
out Of probable scores.
The team, of course, doesn't exist
that can continue to five.thunlb
everything and get away with It,.
Never. In any case. against a fast,
alert outfit Ike the Army. It might
also be mentioned that Princeton
has subsisted for years on a diet
OF opposing fumbles.
The line Is almost above reproach,
except for some uncertainty at
cenIer. which Is just the place not
to have it. Burt, a letter man,
had the call until midway through
the Brown game. Now Root, a first
string substitute forward last year,
and Sturhann, 1924 regular guard,
are being considered for the spot.
The tackles are well handled.
Joss. possibly as good as you will
find this side of the AIleghenies,
plays one Of them. Ben Butter.
worth, son of the famous Frank, is
at the othe' when not hors de
combat, wkIch Is not so often
Vandergrift. Benton and Daniel
form a trio Of adequate substitutes
The regular ends are Potts an
Stanley GIL, another son of an ex.
Yale star. They are not up to the
standard of Human and Bingham,
yet GIL was good enough to take
the play away from Bingham lata
In the 1924 season.
Webster and Richards started
the Brown game at the guard posi-
lions, which means that they are
far from bad. II they weren't
Sturhahn and Root would have
had the places :ong since.
That's the 1925 Yale team. Lots
of veterans. lots of class, lots OF
kumbles.