Brown at Yale

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  New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], November 10, 1912, page 1

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  Sol Metzger Describes Game IN Which FIynn’s Long Run Starts Team Scoring. LOSERS MAKE GAME FIGHT Critic Says Eli Eleven Is un’ settled and Must Play Better to Defeat Harvard and Princeton. break down the stubborn and logged defence of Brown and win to-days game bv a score of 10 to 0. Then it required the best Yale could muster in the shape and person Of Lefty” Flynn TO open the way for the first score by another OF his thrilling and wonderful runs up the side of the field. In this case Flynn made forty yards TO Browns 25-yard line, from whence Yale battered its way slowly, sometimes by bare inches, to the goal line, Wnlch this self-same Flynn crossed for the touchdown. Flynn then kicked the goal And in the final minutes OF the game Flynn paved the way for Yale’s last score “A pretty drop kick by PumpeIly-py sending q punt over the head OF Jump ing Jack” Crowther, Browns admlraDle little quarter, thereby forcing Brown 10 IT’S 7-yard line, from which position Henry made weak punt to his 35-yard line Then Flynn was taken out, saved TOT the two Saturdays 10 come, and the pest Yale could do was to have Pumpelly KICK a goal. And his drop kick was as quick as pretty and as accurate as anything Charles I}rickley accomplished one week ago for Harvard. n was “A grand day for football ana twenty thousand spectators turned out 10 view the game. Scattered in the STANDS were such notables as Percy Haughton’ IIarvard’s coach. and his assistants Leo I.eary and Reggie Brown, and the entire population Of small boys of New Haven. who are annually given apsses TO this game by the Yale management They filed the north stand, and they went home full of tales TO last them until another Brown team comes to New Haven. Likewise this was the day on which the seniors hold their impersonation fete on the field between the halves, and the tun was of high order. All the recent Presi- Dental candidates; Yales own hero, “Dink” Slower made famous By owen Johnson: Bunty, who pulled a rope rather than tsring; the Militant English SUI fragettes, the Pankhursts, PayloWa ana NIordkin, bare Russian dancers and our own John McGraw done in vaudeville we’re all Initiated In humorous style The game was a great one, from the Brown point OF view, but great dlsap- polntment 10 Yale. The Ell eleven did not have the punch in the first half though the opening quarter gave the ad- vantage OF a strong Wlnd, IN winch Flynn revealed when punting. On the third play Brown fumbled TO Yale on it’s 30-yard line, only TO prove that It’s defensive strength was equal 10 tho occasion. for Yale lost the BAH on downs after reaching Browns lO-yard line. Henry made the irst OF NUMBER Of poor punts under trying conditions when he booted the ball out Of bounds on the next play on his 27-yard line, but Vale could not gain ground by rushing and CAPTAIN Spalding, who was called upon to place kick failed In the second quarter the game was IN Browns hands, so far as the attack was concerned. and four times did the Bro”p men attempt to score by goals from the field after Yale had checked their attack. The first was from the 45-yard line, Dut Captain Ashbaugh sent the ball Wide OF the mark. His distance, however rlsntened the Yale lnemen, who blocked two of the three other attempts and forced Crowther to run with the ball in the third. so closely did they press him. Henry lost a golden opportunity toward the close OF this period, when he stood alone at the right side OF the field, with no one between him and the Yale goal’ forty yards away, after Flynn had sent him a short punt But Henry tumbled and lost an opportunity TO place his eleven i’m the lead by one rush at time when matters were none too bright Tor the Blue. II was a frightful quarter for faie’ and yet the result Of 1t proves that the Blue is straining a point 10 break the wonderful and accurate drop kicking which must be met when Harvard Is ! played. The second half was Yale’s all through | though Brown proved its willingness ana strength by holding the Yale attack ior / downs on its l0-yard line after Henry had fumbled 10 Gallauer on Browns 90 yard line at the start. Yale opened the ! half with snap and dash, the best or thee | q fternoon. hut a gain of seventeen yards by Phllbin was the only thing the Ell students were able to cheer about Shortly afterward Flynn got around Langdon. Browns left end, for the forty yard run which made possible fa!es VIC | tory Then the Yale attack was sore | pressed TO deliver the necessary yardaSe’ Flynn made five over Kratz and Spaidins and Philbn beat out first down on | Browns fourteen yard line. FLYNN tore over Murphy for four yards but on che next play tumble by the Yale idol lost four yards. Philbin came across with eight yards on a plunge between Browns right guard and right tackle, and Spaldng made the first down by a scant half inch on Browns four and one half yard line. So close was this plav that Is was disputed by the Brown players even after the measurement. Then Brown fought as it had not fought during the entire game, even when 1t had repulsed three Yale attacks. 1t was first down on the four and one half yard line. and the Brown cheering section called for the stand that its team had so far never failed to make. Yale’s support demanded touchdown. and Philbin made two yards through Kulp. Flynn WAS asked for the score but he was pounded into the earth yard short OF | the line. Again Wheeler called on the Yale giant, | and this time the Eli fullback was fairly smothered by Brown men. 1t was tense | x.o,,ant uhan Referee OkesOn disentan-

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  Norwich bulletin, Connecticut, November 11, 1912, page 3

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  BROWN oUTPLAYED YALE. But Blue Won, 10 to o-FIynn’s 40- Yard Run Means of Only Touchdown. New Haven, Nov. 10-Opportunity, but opportunity of Yale’s own making, twice knocked at the door of the blue in her game against Brown Saturday and each time Yale stood on the ready and able. Through out the remainder of the game Yale was distinctly outplayed or at the best merely held her own. The triumph was Yale’s by 10 to o. The blues first score was the re- ward of a chain of nine plays, three of which were within Browns 1-yard line. After trying in vain to start Browns end from a fake kick for nation, Flynn, in the middle of the third quarter. finally rounded his own right end for a run of forty yards, placing the ball on Browns Is yard line, from which eight line plays against a magnificent defence at last carried the bal lover the line for a touchdown, from which the goal was kicked. The blues second score came later as the result of a successful for wal pass of 25 yards. which placed the ball on Browns 20 yard line, from which a sledgehammer attack. right and left, came to naught on Browns 10 yn-d line, but which forced Pumpelly u try drop for goal from the 25 yard line. Pumpelly successfully made the dis tance and scored the goal. Only a few plays were necessary to disclose that Yale proposed to win the game. If possible. without showing her range of plays. Elect1ng to play kicking game, her preliminary line plays not only were few in number but also were of the simplest character l.. e. A4A-. zE | l., backs was the familiar square or :an- dem formation. The pass to the run her invariably throughout the game was direct from the center, and the objective point from thls formation most frequently was either inside or outside of the opposing tackle. These two plays occasionally were varied by a quarterback run outside of guard, oftener the right guard

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  Evening star, November 10, 1912, page 57

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  YALE BESTS BROWN Bulldog Scores 10Points, With a Cipher for Opponents. STEADY GAME BY WCTORS Both Sides Resorted to Frequent Punting for Good Gains. STEADY GAME BY WCTORS NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, November O. Playing steady and aggressive game. Yale defeated the strong Brown eleven this afternoon 10 to o, although more than once the visitors played dangerously near to score. A new mass formation brought on from the west by Coach Tom Shevlin was successfully tried out by the Yale team. Both sides resorted to frequent punting throghout the game. Finn of Yale once bootirg the ball with a favoring wind some sixty yards. The first score was made in the third period. Flynn punted to Henry. who fumbled and Wheeler recovered the ball. Flynn then plunged through the Brown line repeatedly down to the ten-yard line. where Yale lost the ball on an attempted forward pass, and Henry punted out to midfield. Finn broke through the Brown line for a 35-yard run to Browns 25-yard line Plunges by Flynn and Philbin bat tered down the visitors strong defense, and the ball advanced slowly to Brown s 1-yard line. when Flynn was pushed over for a touchdown. He kicked the goal. The fourth period opened with an exchange of punts during which Flynn made his 6O-yard kick, dropping the ball to Browns 5-yard line, whence Henry sent it back to the center of the field. Spalding’s forward pass to Philbin netted 70 Yards A series of rushes by Yale then carried the ball to the visitors 15-yard lire. and Pumpelly sent 1t over the bar for field goal. The lineup:

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  Evening capital news, Boise, Idaho, November 10, 1912, page 1

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  WAITING GAME IS PLAYED BY YALE Brown Is Defeated by Old Eli Eleven by Score of 10 to O. New Haven, Conn, Nov. 9.-Yale this afternoon beat Brown, 10 to 0. Yale willingly played waiting game and 1t look ed as though the coaches thought q score could be made when 1t was necessary and that there was no need of risking injury to the players. Brown showed much strength in her line and held Yale for downs at times. Flynn at full back for Yale and Crowther at quarter for Brown were the individual stars of their teams. Flynn scored the only touchdown made near the end Of the third period and made several Of his sensational broken field runs Crowther’s handling OF punts and broken field running and tackling was fully equal to that of Flynn. Yale’s second score came in the final period following one Of the few sue cessful forward passes of the game when Pumpelly. who had replaced Flynn, kicked goal from the 10-yard line. The lineup: Brown Positions. Yale. Langdon ...... .............. daiiauer LIE Murphy warren 1T kulp armour LG Mltcneu ...’......’ heteHdHi C Gottsten ...........’ ....... Fehoieto” RG kratz ................... Taibot RT Ashbaugh (Captain) ........... Avery CroWtnerS ....... $500 Sofueu q Tenney MISUNDERSTANDING. Pniibin LII Bartlett ......... tCaptain) Spalding RH Henry ...................’ Flynn T. TouclAdowns-F1ynn, Yale. Goal-Flynn. Yale. Goal from field--Pampelly, Yale. Showed Up. II foolishly told a suffragette that women were not fitted for the ballot.

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Yale leads 79–⁠25–⁠4 in 108 meetings, counting the 88 since this game.