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Show Tad-Jones Fate-at-Yale- Depends on Big Games Too Early to Pass Judgment on Blues' Football J System I : j By WILLIAM ABBOTT. IS NII'INO at tha Tad Jones coschlng system won't make the Hulldog morn powerful. Yale la willing to mak any aicrlfice to win from I !rlnceton, and esieclally Harvard. Tha , who complained at the Hlue's failure to 1 defeat Iowa and get better than a draw I with West I'olnt ought to get belter acquainted ac-quainted w-lth th situation at New Haven. Th Jones svstem will lie Judged on the showing made against the Tigers and the Olmeon. In order to tiring the teem iitoug lo top form for these two liattles. pn.giees has been unusually slow. Wllh s rubstltiit backfleld Yale held Iowa. 1921 Western chsniploiis. to a d to 0 score. In that game the liulldog had practically no offense, but the Westerners West-erners didn't make much headwsy through the Hlue line. Kven against West Point the Hulldog's striking power wasn't impressive, hut the teanVs re-slstsnce re-slstsnce earned ijeneml pre lac. The truth of the matter la that Jones, adhering to hla program, concentrated on defensive coaching and never took up th offense until recently. Jones le apparently ap-parently working along th old coaching principle of first stop tha other fellow and then score. At the present Mala of development th Yale team, from tnckl to tackle, la undoubtedly a strong ss snv Set of forwards tit th Est. Thla result Is attained after on tackl was reallv manufactured for hla poaitlon. Ther I still considerable room for Improvement Im-provement In the way the Blue linesmen niten holes, but once on the defense, they have demonstrated their power. VALE ENDS ARE UP. The Yale ends are up to standard and there are enough of them. No coach need complain of material with playera like O'Heam. J ir.lan, lleckett. Neale. Wight and Hcott, but Jones has been prevented from forming a unit because of Injuries. In fact. Injuries at New Ha. ven thla season hav has a geor asanas--ous than at Cambridge or I'rlnoston. In th past wk th writer beard many complaints from Yale men that Jones waa only teaching old fashioned football, and that thla eeaaon'e team waa almost Ignorant of forward passing. Knr an answer ll will be neosssary to Walt for th 1'rlnceton and Harvard eaooua-tsrs. eaooua-tsrs. On thing should be remembered. Forward For-ward passing ptsys flsshed early In th season ar seldom elfectlve in final gamea. Jones would be foolish to tip off his hsnd In preliminary game and allow al-low rival acouta to sss all the Bulldog trlrka. Ther Is nothing th matter with lha Tale team that coaching cannol correct, but unnecessary fault finding won't help Tad Jonea aorompllah th Job, REMARKABLE PLAYS. On of th moat notable of many re-markabl re-markabl plsys In the ssnsallonal I'rlnceton-f'hlcago battle wea when the Tlgera from behind their own goal Una threw a forward pass. Cleave lo Oor-msn, Oor-msn, Inslesd of making th regulation kick. This unexpected hit of elrategy caught the Chicago warriors completely by surprise and gained forty yerde. No one was more surprised than Rill Roper. The Princeton coach Insists thla Play waa not In hla list of formations and that Gorman and Cleave rnuppsd tt out themselves and got awsy with It, Notr I iam dldnT expect to win from Georgia Tech Isel Haturday. Having got by in that gam, th fctoiilh Bend eleven should com near cleenlng up again thla seaaon, slthough contest ar atlll to be played with West point and Nebraska. Itockns hsd to hulld an sntlre new team, and If successful this year his fest will stand out aa one of the finest places of coaching In the history of the sport. |