The Washington times., 1934-11-01
ELI To FACE
GREENS IN
I8THFRAY
By FRANK BUCK" O'NEILL
Times Staff Writer

BY FRANK BUCK" O'NEILL
Times Staff Writer
There's a greenish tint in the
very sky these days as Yale pre-
pares for it's annual battle with
Dartmouth'S unbea ten team.
which under the coaching of Earl
RED" Blaik has taken its place
among the undefeated outfits OF
the country.
Dartmouth never has defeated
Yale in the II games played since
1884 when the Blue buried the
Green under a score Of lib to O..
The adding machines broke down
at that point, so the score may be
approximate rather than accu-
rate.
In all probability the largest
crowd ever to witness a Yale
Dartmouth game will gather in
the Bowl on Saturday. Dartmouth
men have trooped to the Bowl
year after year, hoping against
hope that the game Of the day
would mark the end of Hanover
defeat.
There was that hectic tie of
1881, when the teams fought to a
tie at 80 all. This probably was
the most thrilling game ever
played between major colleges.
Perhaps the play itself bordered
closely upon prep school calibre,
but the thrills and excitement OF
that contest will live while a
single Dartmouth man lives.
InterceptS Pass
Yes, and there was that great
game when Tommy Longnecker
threw a forward pass which Hoot
Ellis intercepted and ran for a
touchdown that turned defeat into
victory. Critics wondered what in
the world impelled Longnecker to
hurl that pass, just as fans won
dered why Eddie Dooley banged
the center four times from the
5-yard line several years ago.
Well, now football affairs are
ready to go at Dartmouth. Blaik
started to work on his modelled
Warner system with single wing
back as his basic formation. He
perfected his men in half a dozen
plays and their checks. There
was no chance for confusion IN
the selection of plays and not an
earthly chance of the men be-
coming confused as to their duties
on each play. Plays as such 90
not win football games. It is what
players do with the plays that
count.
Football men whose opinion is
worth while tell me that the
Green was nowhere near its peak
on Saturday. 1t seemed to be saw
ing something. That is entirely
within reason. Blaik naturally
wants to be the first coach to
send a Dartmouth team to victory
over Yale. He will be ready to
take the covers off everything he
has in stock on Saturday.
Hurls Forward
Dartmouth completed one for
ward pass. Clark hurled an
aerial to Marine from the A.
yard line. That is, his own A.
ward line. The tackle was made
on the Harvard 7-yard line.
Then Dartmouth launched a
thunderbolt. The ball was
snapped to Marine. His inter
ferance formed like a flash, the
linemen pulling out and heading
the phalanx. Marine scored
standing up. The Dartmouth
machine just moved down any
thing in Crimson as harvest
cuts down wheat. The play was
a thing of beauty.
Track Hardwick, one OF the all
time greats at Harvard, wrote OF
the Dartmouth scoring play:
at was very impressive, but
what impressed me more was
its complete unneCesSarineSS
(if there be such a wOrd).
ONE MINUTE TO GO
''BareIy one minute remained
before the end of the half,
Dartmouth was in its own terri.
tory, its running attack pre-
viOusIy had been no great
potatoes, having produced but
two first dOwnS-there was
primarily only one thing to
fear-a long pass, a "tOuch-
down play"
"There, under no conceivable
circumstances, should the Sec
Ondary defense have permitted
potential pass receivers to get
beyond them. AS for the final
safety man to have allowed
receiver to shoot between him
and his goal-well, one would
sooner whistle during a cathedral
service.
"Such did happen, and that
play broke Harvard's back.
"Harvard never threatened
during the second half and its
play in general gave the i'm
preston Of encouragement.
81 cannot recall seeing a
Crimson Iineman charge into
the Dartmouth backfield."