Yardlings Beat Brown, 14-0 With Strong Passing Attack

Mud underfoot and an accurate passing attack overhead combined to give the freshman A football team a 14 to 0 victory over Brown last Saturday. The win was the Crimson's first in two starts.

In the mud the Brown Cubs were unable to run their T-formation plays with any deception. The Yardling passing attack was not hindered by the weather, however. Sparked by tailbacks John Hennessy and Walt Stahura and end Bob Cathcart, it proved to be the Crimson's main offensive threat.

The Yardlings dominated the play in the first period and were able to move slowly downfield on a series of punt exchanges. Bob Zierk finally kicked out of bounds on the Brown one yard line. On the next play a Bruin back fumbled in the end zone, and Crimson end Cathcart recovered to put the freshmen ahead, 7 to 0.

Hennessey connected with Zierk on a 20-yard pass late in the third period, and the speedy wingback went the remaining 50 yards for the second and last touchdown. Stahura, who saw only limited action because of an early-season injury, threw another third period touchdown pass to Catchcart which was nullified by a penalty.

Although the Yardling single wing attack with its straight power plays proved superior to the Bruin T-formation on the slippery field, the freshmen were unable to make any sizeable gains. Brown passed up some scoring opportunities with costly fumbles.

The Yardlings will face Princeton away next Saturday and will finish their four-game schedule against Yale on Nov. 19.