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...limit of its ability. This afternoon's struggle is not only one in which the championship of the East hangs in the balance; with its decision, one or the other of two styles of attack will fall. It is a question of the survival of Yale's wide open game, or the rushing-punting method of play used by the University...
...game will be distinctly a struggle for supremacy between two different styles of attack, inasmuch as critics concede the abilities of the men comprising either team to be practically equal. Should the double and triple lateral passes which Yale has so successfully promulgated this season result in victory, the wide open game, the worth the result that the runner has made a substantial gain through the line. The men all tackle hard, and seldom miss getting to the basis of the play...
...forward lines of the two elevens are similary arranged with the exception that the University balances the men on either side of the centre, who frequently draws back into the second line of defence. This line is then formed by the centre and one of the backs. Two backs wide apart about ten yards further to the rear form the second line of the secondary defence on either team. The quarterback, still further in the rear constitutes the last resort in the defensive machinery of each eleven. It is obvious that the object of this seemingly large number of defensive...
...brilliant promises of the previous week in the contest with Virginia, but a fortunate forward pass and the splendid work of the backfield brought victory to Yale, 21 to 0. A marked weakness in the extremities of the line was evidenced, the southerners gaining considerable ground on wide end runs...
...work of the team the following Saturday was a revelation. Notre Dame came East confident of victory over Yale, but the latter appeared as advanced exponents of the "wide open" game and completely baffled the westerners with a series of double and triple lateral passes intermingled with the line-plunges of Knowles, and the fast end runs of Le Gore. Notre Dame was defeated...