BAKER FIELD, N.Y.--Yale beat Columbia here Saturday but didn't fulfill the fond hopes of its ace tub-thumper or the expectations of the reliable Jersey house, which had made the New Have crowd a two-touchdown favorite.

The Yales are outfitted in shiny new gold pants for the first time this year, but presumably they still get into them one leg at a time. In other words, Yale went out of its way to prove that it is a team which has been somewhat overrated up to now. Harvard fans need have no fear that the Ellis will arrive as the stadium on November 20 by walking across the Charles.

Besides the gold pants, Yale has several other new items which may prove to be equally spectacular. One of them is Dennis (The Menace) McGill, a very fast and shifty halfback. He retired in the second quarter with a charley-horse after getting Yale off to a 7-0 lead, or the Yale total might well have been higher. Given a couple of key downfield blocks, McGill, a sophomore, can be a scoring threat from anywhere on the field.

The Yale line is big and strong, headed by an enormous sophomore guard, John Osweichik, and this is where the visitors held the edge over Lou Little's hardy little band today. Yale sprung McGill loose for its first score and simply ground out its second by bits and chunks through the Lion tackles late in the game.

While Little does find himself with two prize quarterbacks this year, his line lacks depth and he makes infrequent substitutions there. When Ben Hoffman, left tackle, left game with a bruised leg during Yale's second scoring drive, the Lions really felt his lose.

Little has resolved his surplus quarterback problem by using Dick Carr, last year's 60 minute man at left half. Carr is a capable runner and he can also pass from his new position.

Claude Benham, the sophomore quarterback, is a good passer, especially on the short ones u the middle. He hit on several of three early in the game, but didn't throw anymore.

No Passing Attack

Yale, strangely, showed no passing attack at all. Dean Loucks, the quarterback who was being touted as a possible All-American before he even participated in a varsity game, threw several, with accuracy, in the second period. But when his receives dropped them, he gave up.

Yale's superior line told the story today, wearing down the Columbia tackles by the process of attrition. Columbia is probably not so had as it looked a week ago, when the undermanned Lions obviously melted in the heat against Princeton. Then again, perhaps they're not so good as today's score indicates, either. It might have been a different story with McGill going all the way.