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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Despite a 20-0 victory over the light Springfield team, the outcome of Yale's first game gave anxiety to her supporters and an opportunity to her critics for belittling her attack. Every sporting writer in the Eastern cities topped his story of the game with heads such as, "Yale...
For, to be held for four downs five times by a very much lighter team is not an enviable record for any eleven. Twice the Elis saved themselves by kicking a field goal after they had been unable to gain for four downs, twice they were unable to gain their...
Little significance could be attached to the results of the North Carolina game. Although the Bull Dog showed a somewhat improved attack in tallying 34 points, the Southerners were even weaker than the Springfield aggregation. The visitors' lone touchdown was due not to the weakness of the Yale defense but...
Thorne Murphy again distinguished himself for the Blue, while Kempton, French and Welles began to loom up as potential factors on the Yale gridiron.
The most serious fault in Yale's performance was the lack of team work resulting from a lack of training in the fundamentals. Co-ordination between the backs and the ends was not sufficient to permit successful completion of forward passes. Co-ordination between the line and the backfield was...