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more coaches could be relied upon by
Captain Chamberlin. All this means
that in all probability there will be a
hurly-burly of coaches in the final
_ round-up of ten days, and an attempt
made to crowd into a few days all the
benefit that the best men of former
years can give them.
THE MEN AS THEY PLAY.
To take up the men as they stat. on
the last day of October, there is no
question of material save perhaps for
weight in the middle of the line. That
lack of big men has meant not only
difficulty on the University, but on the
second eleven. Six heavy men are in-
dispensable to the proper development
of the three positions in the center, and
Yale has at no time this season been
satisfactorily equipped there. Cutten
has shown the most progress toward
reaching the position of snap-back, but
he is not experienced and lacks that
thorough knowledge necessary to meet
the requirments of the place. In Booth
or Crowdis he will face far greater
experience than his own, and must
make up for that lack by hard play.
Brown, a good man always, is better
than ever and his added year is ex-
hibited in his broader and quicker
grasp of the situation.
Marshall is earnest and conscientious,
but lacks the strength of Brown in forc-
ing his man back and early meeting of
the play. Chamberlin is himself, even
though crippled, and can be relied upon.
Allen is a vigorous mate for him, but
he is lacking in experience of big games
and will need all the coaching possi-
ble in meeting and smashing in the in-,
terference and in not allowing himself to
be boxed. On the end Coy and Hub-
bell have done the most playing and for
new men are certainly good. A week
or two of coaching such as Mr. Hinkey
could give them would round them
into form.
At quarter deSaulles needs no word
of praise. He is unconquerable in his
dash and most helpful in interference.
Sullivan, his substitute, is far better than
last season. Dudley is, when well, the
best of the backs in taking advantage
of interference. He hugs his man well
and keeps his feet. Corwin was coming
fast when his illness temporarily
checked him. Benjamin is the strong-
est of the lot in defensive play, but
does not use his interference as well on
the offense. Marvin is considerably
ahead of last year, and Townshend was
developing into a good end runner.
Wear has come up very rapidly of late.
McBride is heavier than in Ninety-Seven
and can help his man into and through
a line as no back has done for years.
His punting is less erratic than a year
ago, but still not fully under control.
Dupee and Dashiell are both fair punt-
ers, but not nearly as strong as Mc-
Bride in the running game.
THE GENERAL POINTS.
The team’s offense is good, but sub-
ject, owing to the lack of regular coach-
ing, to easy discouragement. Its de-
fense is erratic and varies from strong
to weak in a peculiar manner. One
quality the team seems to possess in
common with the team of Ninety-Seven,
and that is an ability to play a good
kicking game in its.own territory and
a good running game on the opponent’s
ground. McBride kicks better when
on his own 25-yard line and the team
gets together for runs when nearing the
opponent’s goal. This is distinctly en-
couraging and is a quality difficult to
instil. A team that comes naturally by
it only needs good coaching through a
season to make it a winner. But the
quality can not stand for all the rest
that a team needs and which it must
have before it is equipped for final
matches. Great progress will be made
before the Princeton game, but there
is much that cannot be rammed down
the most voracious football maw in
bulk and that taken temperately in
courses would have been far better di-
gested. It takes a wonderful coach
and a still more remarkable pupil who
can be introduced to each other on the
eve of a game and from that meeting
secure results in to-morrow’s match.
Never before has Yale been obliged to
rely upon such sudden inspirations to
perfect her football players. The near-
est to it occurred two years ago, when
after something similar in the way of
desultory work by odd men here and
there Mr. Hartwell was prevailed upon
at the last minute, Nov. Ist, to come up
and handle the team.
PRAISE FOR THE TEAM.
As to the way in which the Captain
and the team have borne these trials
too much praise can not be given.
Every man has done his level best. The
older players have coached and the
younger ones have followed them and
their directions as implicitly as they
would the words of coaches whose repu-
tations had been for many seasons
crowned with victories. There never
was a more receptive set of men and
all they have wanted was the word to
follow. They have gone in to wipe out
the record of some of the close games
of last year and have done it vigorously.
It is fighting against odds to send them
up against teams like Princeton and
Harvard, who have had the coaching
that Yale has in former times enjoyed.
But they are plucky and will go in like
Yale men.
And for the coaches. It is not that
they are indifferent to Yale needs. It
is not that every one of those who have
so often come back would not do it
gladly again. It is that by some strange
fatality this is one of the years when it
seems almost impossible for any of
these men to come. Illness, business
cares, conditions incidental to the war
all seem to have combined to make
Yale’s October absolutely barren of
football coaches.
WALTER Camp.
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COACHES ARE HERE.
More Coming—Injury to deSaulles
is Serious—Special Training Table.
Yale’s call for help has been an-
swered. On Monday the coaches be-
gan to arrive and it is expected that
Captain Chamberlin will have an abund-
ance of graduate help until the critical
period in the team’s development is
passed. W. H. Corbin, ’89, and John
Hall, ’97S., spent Monday afternoon
with the eleven, but left New Haven
the Satine evening. -L..T;. Bliss; 63'S;
also arrived on Monday and will re-
main until the close of the season. F.
T. Murphy, ’97, came down from the
Harvard Law School on Tuesday and
expects to be with the team through-
out the week. At the time of going to
press F. S. Butterworth, ’95, Vance C.
McCormick, ’93S., and F. W. Wallace,
*890, were expected in New Haven be-
fore Friday for a two days stay. Ray
Tompkins, ’84; W. W. Hefflefinger, ’o1
S., and W. C. Winter, ’93S., will be
here for the Chicago game and remain
until the team leaves for Princeton. W.
B. Thorne, ’96, and F. H. Williams,
‘oI, have also written that they are com-
ing before the close of the week.
It is the general opinion of those who
have been following the team’s develop-
ment, that Captain Chamberlin’s appeal
for graduate help has met with response
none too soon. The eleven as a whole
has made little progress since the
Brown game two weeks ago. The want
of sufficient proper coaching, coupled
with the disablement of a majority of
the backs and the poor physical condi-
tion of some other members of the
team, has been responsible for the un-
satisfactory state of affairs. The regu-
lar men have been worked very little
in practice and the West Point game
afforded the only recent opportunity of
judging the team’s play.
Yale’s squad of backs remains in a
demoralized condition owing to in-
juries and sickness. deSaulles’ con-
dition has caused particular anxiety.
What was at first considered a simple
sprain has been found to be a rupture
of the ligaments in the ankle. He ap-
peared at the field on Monday without
crutches, but will not attempt to play
before next week. His surgeon says
he will probably be able to start into
the Princeton game, but questions
whether he will be able to last through
the match. Sullivan, substitute quarter-
back, has shown himself a steady player
but lacks deSaulles’ brilliancy and
phenomenal dash which were such
prominent factors in last year’s cham-
pionship games. Sullivan has been
given considerable instruction in drop-
kicking and within the last two weeks
has attained some proficiency in this
department of the game. —
Benjamin returned from his home at
Garrison, N. Y., on Tuesday, where he
points in the Yale line.
had been for the past week with a slight
attack of tonsilitis. Corwin has not yet
regained his strength after his recent
illness and Dudley and Townshend are
still suffering from injured knees.
Thus it is seen that Yale has been with-
out the services of four of her best half-
backs, but it is probable that all will be
ready for hard work by the first of next
week, though considerably handicapped
by weakness and. by loss of practice.
Wear, Marvin, Burdick and Gilmore
have been forced to do the bulk of the
half-back work for the past week.
Durston was tried at half-back on Mon-
day and played well, but conditions may
keep him out of the game after this
week.
The following men were taken to the
special training table at the New
Haven House on Sunday night: Cham-
berlin, Cutten, Brown, Marshall, Allen,
Hubbell, Coy, deSaulles, Benjamin,
Corwin, McBride, Sullivan, Marvin and
Dudley.
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Yale, 10—West Point, 90.
The Yale team and substitutes left
New Haven on Friday afternoon and
went direct to West Point, where they
were quartered for the night at Crans-
ton’s historic old hotel. Saturday after-
noon the annual game with the Cadets
of the United States Military Academy
was played amid the picturesque sur-
roundings for which the football
matches at West Point have become
famous. Preceding the game, there
was the usual military inspection and
dress parade and a concert by the Acad-
emy Band. When the teams appeared
on the field at half past three, they were
greeted by an enthusiastic gathering,
largely composed of army officers, the
cadets and their friends, upon whom the
threatening weather of the day appar-
ently had no effect. Immediately after
the game the Yale party left for New
York, where they went to the theater,
spent the night in the city and returned
to New Haven Sunday afternoon.
THE GAME.
Had Saturday’s game taken place two
weeks ago, the result, from a Yale stand-
point, would have been gratifying.
Coming however within a fortnight of
the first of the championship games, it
is questionable whether the average
Yale side-line critic left the field satis-
fied that the team, which he had seen
defeat the cadets that afternoon, would
prove successful at Princeton on the
twelfth. True enough, deSaulles, Ben-
jamin, Dudley and Townshend had been
left in New Haven with crippled knees
and ankles, and Corwin sat on the side-
lines, unfitted for play by his recent ill-
ness; but the fumbling of punts, the
boxing of the Yale ends and the far
from strong defensive work of the Yale
line, could not be attributed to their
absence.
-Yale’s work was marked by a decided
lack of snap throughout the game, but
more conspicuously so in the first half.
The line as a whole, though, showing
some improvement, lacked force in
charging, and the end play was far be-
low the standard. The entire team were
weak in tackling. The backs were slow
in getting under headway, the interfer-
ence was poor, and the uncertainty in
handling punts proved very costly.
McBride’s punting and line-breaking
were uniformly good and the three
half-backs all succeeded in making ef-
fective gains through the line and
around the ends. Sullivan ran his team
with judgment from quarter-back and
played in such a way as to relieve any
anxiety regarding a satisfactory substi-
tute for the position. Left-guard and
right-tackle, filled by Brown and Cham-
berlin respectively, were the strongest
The chief
strength of the Cadet team lay in the
playing of the backs, Kromer, Hum-
phrey, Waldron and Romeyn, the last
of whom showed great skill in the exe-
cution of his punts. Ennis and Baender
also played: well at guard and end.
YALE’S FIRST TOUCHDOWN.
Yale’s first touchdown was made
eleyen seconds before the call of time
for the intermission, and the second well
towards the close of the game. The
score would have doubtless been larger
had it not been for the penalties in-
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