Yale at Army

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  Omaha daily bee, Omaha [Neb.], October 22, 1911, page 48

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  CONTEST PLAYED IN THE MUD Players Unable to Keep Their Feet on soggy Field. CADETS USE RosIN ON HANDS Contestants Forced to Stop to Wash Mud from Faces. ZIG DEMONSTRATION AT CLOSE west Point Students Highly Pleased ut Securing Only Touchdown Made Against NnIc So Far This season. rms ScnSpns WEST POINT, oct. 2l-Yale colors were lowered today by the Army In a thrilling contest. 6 to 0. Tho game was played on a soggy field, the contonders coated with mud, but in spite OF the every cffcri OF the Blue, West Point triumphed. In the first quarter the Army blocked a kick on Yales S0-yard line and got the ball, and In the first rush of the game Dean went through for % yards to Yala’s 5-yard line. After one rush without gain Dean went through the Yale line like an eel FOR the first touchdown against Yale. this season The second period began with the ball IN the Army’s possession on their So yard line. Dean Immediately kicked TO Howe, who ran II back ten yards to Yale’s LO-yRrd line. Phllbin smashed through centor for seven yards. Howe Kicked to tho Army’s 5-yard line, and although there was tumble the cadets regained the ball. II was wretched foot ball, for scarcely man could keep his feet. Dean kicked | out OF bounds on the Arms’s forty-yard line, Spalding went through for five yards Spaldng tried the left end for no gain, Then came another stop while tho players had their faces scrubbed. Spalding punted to Dean on the Arnys five-yard line and the ball was rushed back seven yards. In attempting to kick Dean dropped the ball on his own two yard line but recovered Il. lie kicked to his thirty-five-yard line, where Howe was thrown without gain. 1t was soon discovered that the Army was putting rosin on their hands and holding the ball better than Yale. Philbin struggled through tho right side for five yards and then spaldlng punted. The ball WIS punted and Gillespie recovered II IN the center OF the field. lie slipped and stumbled along TO Yale’s one-yard line before he was tackled. on the first rush army was holding and sent back Fifteen yards Dean failed TO gain. He fell back 20 the thlrty-yard line for a try at “a placement Yale blocked the kick and captured the bali on her twenty-seven-ynrd line. Freeman took spaldlug’s place and Anderson went in for Riley. Yale kicked on the first down 20 her flve-ynrd line. The army at once returned the kick but there was holding by Yale and II was the armys bail on the Blues forty-yard line, Free man punted far into tho cadets territory. The ball went TO the cadets in the center OF the field. Merritt took Howe’s place J as Yales quarterback. There was an exchange of kicks and when the second period ended the bali was in the army’s possession in the CEN ter OF the field. The army had dry suits with rosin we’ll spread down the trousers while Yale was still in wet suits at the beginning OF the third quarter, Freeman ran the kick off from his lO-yard line to tho Army’s 45-yard line but Yale was put back fifteen yards for holding. Yale Immediately kicked and ‘ Hyatt caught the ball on the run and dashed back thirty yards TO Yale’s CO. yard line. Freeman muffed a catch punt under his own goal post but recovered the ball. On the first rush Philbin squirrmed his way through for five yards and then kicked TO Hyatt In the center of the field and the quarterback ran II back TO Yale’s 35-yard line. Dean made five yards around the left end. Brown got six yards more and 1t was the first down on Yale’s 25-yard line. Dean tried the center for three yards and Brown got four yards more. Then Dean dropped back for a field goal from placement The kick was blocked. On the first rush there was holding by the Army and the bali went back nearly to the middle Of the field Dean kicked to Philbln on Yales 25-yard line. Free man Immediately returned it TO the Army’s 42-yard line. Army kicked again and then Phllbln made eight yards for Yale’s longest rush so far In the game. Yale kicked to the aTmys 40 yard line. Dean kicked TO Merritt in the center OF the field ana the Yale quarterback ran the ball weel , into the army territory and was not thrown until he reached the Armys So yard line. on the first rush Yale lost yqds for off side, Then Yale kicked to the Armys 2O-yard line. Just as the teams were lining up on the 2O-yard line time was called for the third period with the ball In the army’s ! possession. After Merritt had caught the army kick In the center OF the field, Andersen, who had come into the Yale back field, J dropped the ball on the first rush. In an exchange OF kicks Yale got the ball on : their forty-five-yard line. Fourth Quarter. There came a pause for two minutes. OF face washing, the players could scarcely be distinguished because OF tho mud. The Army kicked 20 Yale’s thirty / yard line and again 20 Yale’s fifteen-yard : line. Yale kicked on the first down to the Army on the Blues hfty-yard line The Army backs seemed never To mlsa a the ball. while Yale muffed continually. ! Army kicked to Merritt on YEIe’s nfteenyard line and the quarterback ran IL back ! fifteen yards. The Army line was too

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  The Washington herald, District of Columbia, October 22, 1911, page 6

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  YALE OUTPLAYED BY ARMY ELEVEN Old Eli Beaten by 6 to 0 Score. FIELD IN TERRIBLE CONDITION Pools of Water Cause Players to Slip and FaII-TouchdOwn Made After Six Minutes of Play in the First PerfOd-Denn Plays a Good Game for the Cadets. Special to The Washington Herald. West Point, y. Y. Oct. 21.-Outpla yed from the start, Yale went down to defeat to-day on the West Point plains. 80 and for the second year in succession the entire corps of cadets celebrated a victory over the Blue eleven. One touchdown was enough to win the game, and the Soldiers lost no time in making it. Before the first period was half over. Dean was pushed over the line for a touchdown, and when he kicked the goal a moment later, the score, Army, 6; Yale, 0. was hung up. And to 0 it remained until the last whistle blew. and the cadets trooped down onto the muddy field to cheer the team Never in the history of football has a game been played under worse conditions. 1t was not all mud. however, for here and there were pools of water, ankle deep. through which the players plowed their way. The Army won the game before the first period was half over. The Army kicked off, but an exchange of punts soon gave them the ball within striking distance of the Yale goal. Benedict went through the left side of Yale’s line for Is yards. and, on the mex: play, Full Back Dean tore through the other side for a touchdown. Dean kicked the goal. Army Has the Best of 1t. The battle was evenly fought the rest of the way. If there was a shade the best of it, the Army had it. Once the Soldiers were penalized for holding with the ball in their possession, on the Blue 1-yard line. The Soldiers foresight in filling their pockets with rosin really won the game for them. Yale had no rosin. The ca dets were continually rubbing their hands with rosin, and, therefore, had little difficulty in handling the ball. Lineup and summary:

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 22, 1911, page 60

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  YALE AGAIN FAILS Dark Blue Eleven Humbled by Army, 6 to o. SCORE ON A TUMBLE For the Second Successive Year Old Eli Is Outplayed by Soldiers. WEST POINT. N. Z. October 2l-ln a greasy struggle, in which both sides had sometimes to swim for the ball. the West Point cadets, by better charging and ability to hold onto the pigsk1n. won from the uncertain players from Yale today for the second consecutive year by a score Of to o. The Army touchdown came In the first three minutes Of play, when Dean cap tured the ball on a Yale tumble on the Blues 3O-yard line. circled Yale’S right end for a twenty-seven-yard run to the award line, and in two rushes was push cd over for the first score against the RIue this season. minute later he kick ed goal and the score stood 6 to 0. where if remained, although both elevens had a fierce struggle to the finish. The Army outplayed Yale at every point and continually threw the Blue backs for losses. With their hands well rosined, the cadet backfield only fumbled two of Yale’s .twenty-six punts. while the Army forwards got the jump on the Yale line at every down. Yale stood once on the Army’s 3O-yard line, but was never nearer the cadet goal. Runs to One-Yard Line. On the other hand. Gillespie, the brilliant Army end, grabbed a muffed ball by Philbin in the center OF the field and slipped along to the 1-yard line before q Yale player overhauled him. A score seemed inevitable. but on the first rush, in which Yale held, the cadets were sent back fifteen yards for holding. There an effort was made for placement goaL but Yale easily blocked the kick. In the last period the Army got within eighteen yards Of the Yale goal, where another placement kick was blocked 1t was kicking game throughout. Yale CONTINUED on Third Page.)

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  The Washington times, District of Columbia, October 22, 1911, page 14

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  Army,Defeats Yale On Watery Gridiron WEST POINT. N. Y. Oct 22.-On a field covered with mud and water the Yale bulldog had his teeth drawn for the second successive time by the Army mule, the Blue eleven losing by a score of 6 to 0 in a game in which the Ellis never had a chance. West Point played Yale to a standstill, keeping the ball in the Blue territory all the time. Army rushed the ball to Yale’s 1-yard line only to lose the chance for a score on a penalty. Later Dean picked up a Yale tumble on the Blues 30-yard line. running to the 3-yard line, from which point he was thrown across the line for the first touchdown against Yale this season. Army outplayed Yale completely In every particular.

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Yale leads 22–⁠16–⁠8 in 46 meetings, counting the 27 since this game.