New Britain herald., 1927-10-24
ELI'S LINE POWER
 SM07HERS CADETS
Oncringin9 Forwards and Speedy Backs Crush Army
Special 10 the lIerald)

New Haven, October o4-Again 1ale's alert and variegated offense. Of which the chief weapon contin- ued to be Bruce Caldwell. proved too much for a reputedly strong op- ponent as the Blue passed. rushed and kicked its way to '.s l0-6 vic tory over the Army in the Bowl Saturday. while a line which had been considered a minor portion of the local eleven suddenly showed stun which ranked it among the best in the East. Without the supe- rior work of that line, all the bat tering of the backs would have been worse than futile, for the Army forward wall was admitted to have great strength. Yet it was complete ly outplayed by the Yale line, which opened sizeable holes for Caldwell and Hammersley and which stood unbending on tho defensive.
 It was the right side of the line upon which Johnny Hoben relied to open up the gaps for his running plays, and a majority of tho rushes went between Charlesworth and Webster or Webster and Eddy These forwards battered aside the cadet forwards so completely that all the backs had to worry about was eluding the Army halfbacks. But despite the reliance place so well on the right side of the line. it was the left wing which was called upon to withstand the West Pointers greatest threat. The Army had first down on the seven-yard line and was given five yards on a penalty but Quarter and Greene threw back the attack four times with a combined gain of but yard, stopping the advance less than three feet from the goal line and West Point victory.
 Had Meehan resorted 10 open play with the touchdown so close he would probably have scored, just as Lane did against Harvard. for Yale gathered en maSse about Charles worth and the cadets could not have
 
 tor and plow.' Meehan went on the fact that a straight line is the short est path. but he found it was no path at all when it was blocked. The cadets mixed up their attack hut kept 10 orthodox football--for that matter. it was seldom hard 10 tell just what play either team would use next. Light Horse Harry" Will son, in his strange position behind his right end. was watched deter minedly and was not able 10 break away for any Of his sensational runs in fact. he was frequently nailed for losses.
 It fell to Caglc and Murrell to make West Points yardage and they d::;, galloping 50 yards in two plays at cone stage. but that could not be kept up with fast ends like Fish wick and Scott breaking through on them. Murrell did better than Cagle. who could not hold the ball and fumbled frequently, although twice he was lucky enough to have the ball bound back into his hands.
 The Army again showed itself unable to handle the ball cleanly, a characteristic of Army teams in recent years. Muffed punts cost pos- sible yards on runhacks and tum- bles on running plays lost the ball. Given surer handling of the pigskin and West Point might have won de- spite Yalc's strength. Yale. cured of fumbling by the Georgia game, held the ball in an iron grip. Ho- ben's catches of punts as Harbold and Born hit him together were both pretty and courageous.
 A resume of any Yale game comes back 10 Caldwell sooner or later. This exceptional Yale back had an- other great day Saturday. tearing through the Army line without in- remission. Al times he was given the ball on as many as four con- secutive plays. His passes to Scott were sure, and it was his surprise pass to Quarter. when Army was looking for Scott to take the ball. that scored Yalc's touchdown. The pass was pretty. but Caldwell was temporarily subordinatcd to the red headed tackle. who was closely guarded by two Army backs. but who reached over Meehan's head and plucked the ball away from him for a score. Caldwell regalned the spotlight when his dropkick trar- elled slightly more than 4o yards against a high wind and barely tumbled down behind the crossbar for a field goal. Is there anything this man can't do"
 All told. it was the snapper, more alert play of Yale which brought the victory Tad" Jones's men actually hop into d scrimmage on their toes and off through for salns before slower-thinking and nat footed opponents know the ball has been passed. Army proved too luin- bering of foot and thought 10 stop it. and it looks as if Dartmouth would be forced to the extreme. For the Yale team this fall is tho best