Yale at Army

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  The Washington times, Washington [D.C.], October 20, 1907, page 16

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  ARMY TIES YALE Cadet Goal Only Once Seriously I Threatened. Jones Stars. West Point, 0; Yale, o. WEST POINT. n. Y, oct, 1s.-The Yale bull dog bit of more than ne could chew when he tackled the West Point ! Cadets here this afternoon. and at The close OF the second half of the first big Football game Of the season the score stood Yale 0. Army O. Inc Cadets have a habit OF giving | Yale’s eleven & sprint for its currency. | To-Day they did more than that. They | played The Blues 10 standstill. and al | the conclusion had an even break at | least, and IN the opinion Of most of the | spcci ators. had a shade on their op- ! pO!.-llts- The contest was a beautiful ore from the spectators standpoint / being characterized by much open work | brilliant kicking duels, and spectacular / forward passes Tad Jones Stars. Tad Jones. Yale’s star quarter. was really tbs big man Of the game. Ills running back OF pants was the most distinguishing feature Of the contest / IN which honoTs for the most part were even Though the West Point puntsrs had about an even break with the Blue | kickers, T. Jones’ brilliant work made / the kicking Of his team mates more eff / fective than that ~ the Cadets. Made 20 order football weather prevailed and the big field on the top Of wnen the two teams started on the grid / iron this afternoon amid the ovation | Of thousands Of spectators, whose sport Ing blood had been set ungling by the / crisp autumn air. | West Points defense was superb, and / though its Oneuse was a TidG ineffec- / tive against It’s heavier opponents, the soldiers played q brilliant defensive / lalteflnE. Yale appeared 70 have q bet | ter mastery Of the forward pass. Neither team was effective at line buck / ing, and the quarterback kick, the pop / ular play Of two seasons ago, proved in | effective today. On Cadets Is-Yard Line. / only once was either teams goal line | seriously threatened. This was about | the middle Of the first aalf, when Yale | had worked the ball to the Cadets - / yard line Bomar made an attempt al / goal from placement at the 25-yard line, / but his kick was a poor one, and the / ball went low and wide | West Point won the toss, and chose / the north goal. Wiley sent the oval / T. d. JOnnson rushed IL back fifteen yards before he was brought TO the / turf. Coy and Beavers engaged in a / kicking duel, with honors even. Finally / Yale got the bail on her Own 55-yard + line, and gained twenty yards on 3 dOu- : bic pass. Coy carrying the ball Jones | Coy punted to the Cadets 15-yard line. Another kicking duel resulted, during the course OF which each side tried its | opponents line without finding a hole. | Each side was also penalized fifteen / yards for holding, both teams being eX- / CeeCingly nervous. Failing 10 gain on line plung1 and an attempted end run, ! Beavers booted the oval TO Iale’s 25-yard line. The ball bounded badly, and Coy lost 1t. Besson capturing the leather for West Point Army Makes Touchback. An outside kick gave the Cadets a touchback. and the ball was brought out. Coy bootng Il out OF The danger zone. Shortly after Yale hit the I Cadets line for eight yards T. Johnson made first down, and the army was pen allied twenty-five yards for holding. Beavers punted TO Coy. An exchange Of punts followed, during which Tao Jones contributed toe most spectacular run OF the game, An on-side kick, q torWaru mass and an end run then took the ball TO the Cadets 15-yard line. and Roman made a weak attempt at a goal The ball was in Yale’s possession on her own 45-yard line when time was called in the first half. Seore-Yale, 0; West FONT, O. Second Half. Ayres relieved johnson in the Cadets I half. and Beavers kicked 70 Yale’s s. yard-line. Tad Jones running the ban hack ten wards. An exchange of kicks followed. and Yale received the ball on her own S5-yard line. A spectacular Tor ward pass over Yale’s left end, Howard Jones getting the ball, Melted the Blue fifteen wards Yale tried lire smashing, But If failed. and both sides fell TO kicking. Surprised at its failure TO sweep the Cadets before It, Yale started 20 rough II. The Cadets came right back, and gave Yale more than Il lad bargained for. Tad Jones accidentally lineed Stearns, putting him out for tho count A few moments later. Erwin, the big Cadet guard, whose tackling had been a feature of the game, was also put out for the full two minutes as a result Of a daring headlong dive at Yale runner. Hanlon Relieves Stearns. At this stage a forward pass to Roman gave twenty yards. On the next play the Els attempted to repeat and Jones was thrown back for a loss OF fifteen yards. A third attempt resulted in a West Point man getting the ball, / which went 10 the Army on Yaie’s 90 yard line. HaclOp took Stearns’ place : in the Cadets line. More puntlng followed, and during this stage there was considerable fumbling and holding IN -A4O AA4lS-s each S41t Ut4AE U%uallEGQs IN . the midst Of this Tad Jones retired in favor Of Dimes. Beavers punted to Wylie or Yale’s Award line, and aided by splendid interference, the latter made a brilliant dash through a broken / held to the Cadets 25-yard line. The bail was called back, however, ard Yale loSt twenty-five yards for holding. Grebei took r. D JOhhnson’s place. Wylie punted TO the Cadets 40-vard line, and the latter lost the BAH for holding. Bigel.w smashed the Cadets line for ten yards. Murphy took Romans place, and Dimes snapped the / ball over left end for a forward mass and the first down for Yale The nall was on the Army’s I5-yard line Dimes tried a quarterback run. but failed IN go out the required FIVE yards. and YaIe Was penalized fifteen yards Just as the whistle sounded Lineup: West Point. Positions. Yale i. JohnsOn.........L. E........... II. Jones Besson...-.--..---.-L. T............... Paige MOSS. -......s........L. G............ Bridges 8hlllon ...........Center.- ........ Coonev Erwin r. G...............C ~ebe Weeks-...,.........R. T............. BigeIow Ayres- ;..-..s..-R- E....-.........B urch Alountford-..--....Q Q. B..--.-.......T Jones II. Johnson. III. B..-....-... Wylie X. ii. Smith......L. III 6.........,. Roman Beavers .----.-..-.-F. B--.-........... Gov ! Field judge, W. w Morrice. Referee

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  The daily morning journal and courier, October 21, 1907, page 9

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  SPORTS HERE AND ELSEWHERE YALE LINE PROVES SLOW WEAK AGAINST ARMY MEN Coy and Jones, Brides and Biglow, Stars for the Blues. To the Journal Courier football ex- pert who was at the West Point game Saturday, the playing of the members of the Yale eleven on the whole was woefully weak, and disappointing, the strength being in the weight of the men instead of aggressiveness and speed. It was in the line that this was most apparent, where Brides and Captain Biglow were the only ones who played fast and steady game all the way through. At quarterback Tad Jones played his usual fast game, his runs being one of the features. Coy at full- back was the star for Yale, principally on account of his bunting The half backs played only fairly well with the exception of Bomar, who was knocked out while making a plucky tackle, and Fred Murphy, who in the short time he was in the game did good work with the forward pass. The score 0 to 0 is to be credited in part to Bob Forbes, Yales end last year aud the West Point coach this fall, The playing of the West Point eleven showed that that team IS already well developed. Whether the credit for this is due entirely to Bob Forbes or not l it is certain that the Army already has the best team of recent years and Yale whose eleven generally is slow in de- ] velopment, was unfortunate in lining up against West Point so early in the season. The lineup Yale. West Point. ] H. Jones .......’ ..s....,..-I’ JohnsoH Left end. Paige ......... .v-.,,.... weeks Left tacRu. VI Brides ,.s...a. ,...ss..,...,,.,. ErWif I Left guard. sl Cooney .......,. ..s..,..,...... Philool Center. Goebel ..... ..,......,...,.Bo Bowen Mos Right guard. Biglow (capt) ..,.t.......... Bessoi Right tackle. Burch, Olcott 1T Johnson, Aver Right end M Jones, Dimes ..,.. ........... Montfor’ Quarterback. Bomar, Murphy ...,. .......... Beaver }g Right halfback. wylie, Phllbin R. Johnson, Hammon Left halfback. Fullback. Score, Yale 0, West Point 0; officials referee, “A. F. Whiting Cornell; um pire, M. J. Thompso Waterbury; flel judge, w. w, Moriee, University ( Pennsylvania; time of halves, 25 an 20 minutes.

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  The Washington herald, October 20, 1907, page 9

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  WEST POINT HOLDS YALE IN 0 TO 0 TIE Great Football Game a Sur prise to En- hUSiaStS. ELI’S MEN THE HEAVIER Cadets Show Superior Training in Hard-fOught Contest. Blues Get No Nearer than Thirteen Yards 20 Opponents GoaI-Coy, YRIe’s star Full Back, and Erwin, the Giant, Army Guard, Divide the WOrk-ROugh Play Throughout.

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Yale leads 22–⁠16–⁠8 in 46 meetings, counting the 31 since this game.