West Virginia at Yale

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  The New York herald, New York, N.Y., October 24, 1920, page 81

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  FIGHTING YALE TEAM CRUSHES WEST VIRGINIA. Crippled Els, Playing Brilliantly, Smother the MOuntaineers, “a to O. BECK ROUGHLY USED Supporters of Blue Greatly Encouraged by Result Of Game. NEW HAVEN, Conn. Oct. 23.-Yale came back to-day In true Yale style and By playing a slashing game from start to finish smothered the much Wanted ! University of West Virginia team in tho Bowl by n score OF “a to o. There was hardly a moment that the Ellis were not complete masters of the situation. the only real fash of Southern football speed being In the first period, when Carl Beck, the brilliant left halfback for the Mountaineers, ripped himself loose from Yale tacklers once in a while and COW cred many yards before he was thrown TO earth. The backbone of the West Virginia attack was fractured and the morale Of the team literally shot to pieces when Becl, was all but carried from the field In the final moment OF the frst quarter Beck had Just been stopped by Walker In an OF tackle dash. and as he lay on the ground. Bob Lay, who had taken Frank Kelly’s place, landed hard with both knees on tho West virginian’s head and knocked Beck groggy. After three minutes OF nursing he failed 70 revive and he was led to the side line. hardly able 10 walk. From that moment West Virginia PLAYED like an overgrown high school e and never did the Mountaineers get chance TO rcore. They got no nearer than the 80 yard mark from then on. Their game. meant nothing but a lot Of wild heaves In the hope of pulling of successful forward pass, but their attempts in this style of play were pitt full. Over fifteen passes were tried after Beck went out, and but four were sue cessful. Their attempts to push the Yale line back by medium OF straight rushes | were oven more futile than their efforts with the forward pass. YaIe’s Irresistible Attack. Yale on the other hand uncovered a brand OF football that gave their sup porters great encouragement Their at tack. led by Fido Kempton. the former quarterback. aud Frank Kelly, who messed things p last week In the Boston College gone through his loose handling or the ball, could not be stopped. Murphy ran the team witty | fine judgm snt at quarterback and the line held llkn a stone wall. especially the left s.de. which was vulnerable | spot In the Boston game. All in ell IL looked like a fighting Yale team and It had no trouble in handling the West Virginians, who outweighed them By over twelve pounds TO a man. fale’s forward passing was better than ever before and many gains resuited through the medium OF this play. In less than four minutes after the first kick Off Yale had scored three points through an easy field goal by Murphy from the 90 yard line. West Virginia cot rra aret doupa IN row through the fine running OF Beck. who made “A sixty yard run around Dill worth for what looked like a touchdown, but he stopped out of bounds by inches at the centre OF the field and the brilliant run went for nothing After changing sides at the end OF the hrst period Frank Kelly shook Off six would be tacklerS In an of tackle run through the right side OF the Yves, Virginia line and ran twenty-five yards for touchdown. Murphy kicked the goal. The much looked for slashinS attack By Capt Lentz. Martin Dawson and Harrick failed 10 show itself before the half ended. and was even less conspicuous through the last two quarters. keIiy’s Fine Run. Catching Martins kickoff at the opening of the second half. Frank Kelly pulled off the best run OF the day. sprinting through the entire West Virginia team to It’s 3-yard line. A brilliant forward pass. Ilempton 10 Kelly, put the ball on the 3-yard mark a moment later, and In two plunges Peterson took IL over. Kempton kicked tho goal. 4 i5-yard penalty following n poor kick by Martin from his own goal line was costly 10 West Virginia n few monents later. Yale had just lost the bail on downs a yard from the goal The penalty put tho ball on the 9-ysrd line. and after three jabs through centre Kempton wormed his way through centire on a quarterback plunge for the third touchdown, after which he boosted Yale’s points 10 q with a goal. Lineup: Yais co. West Virginia C0l Cutler. ...........I Left end 5000. Meridoth I1i.hnt.n La tnckln I1.l.r-ac.l

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  Evening public ledger, Philadelphia [Pa.], October 25, 1920, page 14

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  mark only a couple of feet from h’S path. The most notable feature OF Prince toms forward passing was that they were 40 we’ll conceived and perfectly executed that there seemed no chance for them to 20 astray and unless the receiver had made a muf. But the muffs were not made and the passes made many yards for Princeton anu were the real offensive factor that turnea the scale. The Navy passes were Bood, plays. Bob Folwell knows footoall anu he knows how to have forward passing executed. but the Navy ends were un : certa;n In receiving them. just at inc beginning of the final period, koehier made n long pass of nearly forty -nVe Yards II was the old shoe string piay with Carney far out on the end. Inc Tigers did not see Carney and he would have had a clear field for touchdown hut he made a miserable mWf and the Nayy’s chances for touchdown were gone. Didn’t Show Much There is no doubt that with oil ths Harvard and Yale scouts present! Coucn Bill Roper decided to show nothlhe eH cept what he had to show. IT Was cvl. dent early in the game that Joe Scheerei was a far longer punter than King anl also that Lourie was better IN return,hs nunts than Cruise. This combinatlor meant that Princeton could gam many wards on punt exchanges and they diG Scbeerer’s toe kept the ball at sat’ distance from the Tigers line ana attel Jourie’s touchdown at the beginning o. the second period, Princeton really mac little to fear. The Nays line as whole outplayet Princetons forwards. That accounts for the fact that the Navy outrushed th’ Tiers from scrimmage, 130 yards u l2S. The margin, however, was s. small, that it is easy to adduce that tn Princeton backs were much more power ful Extensively than the Nays Furthermore, had it been necessary Roper could have sent in two new set of fresh backs, while the Navy hasn any such long string Of substitutes tina could have made us good a showing the ones who began behind the line. Roper began today to lay his plan! for the West Virginia game. Ihi team, which defeated the Tigers 21-‘ last year, should be a rather easy vic tim next Saturday as Yale had n trouble in beating the Southerners Sat urday 24–⁠0.

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  The Washington herald, District of Columbia, October 24, 1920, page 12

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  YALE WALLOPS MOUNTAINEERS West Virginia Never Threat ening, While Blue Eleven Runs Up 24–⁠0 Score. New Haven. Conn. Oct. 23.-Yale staged a genuine comeback in the bowl this afternoon in defeating the University of West Virginia. “a to 0. There never was a moment out side of the early part of the first period when the Mountaineers were at all dangerous. Never once did they get a chance to score and the nearest they came to the Yale goal line was the thirty-five-yard mark. The attack of the Ellis, led by Kempton and Kelly, could not be stopped, this pair making runs Of 25 and 80 yards frequently. The much Yaunted strength of the Mountaineers failed to show after Carl Beck, their brilliant half back, was knocked out. With his going went the hopes of West Virginia The morale of the team was liter ally shot to pieces after he was taken out just before close of the first quarter. Lay, the Yale substitute half back, jumped heavily on Beck as he Law on the ground following a buck through tackle and the act finished the West Virginian. From then on the Mountaineers played like an overgrown high school team. They tried the forward pass sixteen times with practically no results and efforts to puncture the line by straight football meth DDS were absolutely futile. Yale, on the other hand, was brilliant in every department. Murphy kicked an easy goal from the field in the first quarter. In the second quarter Frank Kelly raced through the right side of the West Virginia line for a touchdown, COW ering IS yards. 1t was brilliant run Yale scored two more touchdowns in the third quarter. Frank Kelly caught the West Virginia kickoff on his ten-yard line and lodged his way up the field to West Virginia s 35-yard line. Kempton shot a long forward pass to Kelly and he was forced out of bounds two yards from the goal line. After two plunges Peterson took it over. A few moments later Kempton scored another touchdown on a plunge through center. The lineup:

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  Norwich bulletin, October 25, 1920, page 3

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  YALE MOVED WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY DOWN TO DEFEl UNIVERSITY DOWN TO DEFEAT New Haven Oct 24-The much her aided Mountaneers from the University of West Virginia failed to live up to the advance notices Saturday afternoon and a regenerated Yale eleven placed on the field by Coach Tad Jones experienced lit tie difficulty in moving the husky Dixie team down to defeat 24–⁠0. The Mountaineers ponderous 1S3 pound line proved no barrier to the plunging Eli backs and when the Blue tired of battering the southerners’ de- fense line the attack was varied by a forward passing game. The visitors might be summed up as a team of un- usual weight but lacking in speed and football brains all it gained by it’s brawn. The contest, which was witnessed by | approximately 30,ooo persons. was mar red by an unfortunate injury to Carl Beck, the best performer of the West | Virginia eleven. An accidental kick in the head administered by Halfbacb Campbell of Yale put the big Mountain ger star out of action in the opening pc riod It was stated after the game that l q kick caused a slight concussion of the brain and that Beck will be on the in valid list for some time. l Dickens, the Eli tackle and Quarter back Thorne Murphy. also left the game l later because of injuries but their hurt: are not serious. Throughout the foul periods of play of the Blue team was revelation over their performance of week ago against Boston College. Ther’ was speed cunning and good field gen l eralship in the attack of the Bulldog ol Saturday while the defensive play was treat to followers of the team. The Yal secondary defense was exceptional, | meritorious.

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Yale leads 1–⁠0 in their only meeting.