The New York herald., 1879-11-09
FOOTBALL.
ANNUAL MATCH BETWEEN THE TEAMS OF YALE
AND HARvARD--FINE PLAYING AND THE GAME


DRAW.
NEW HAVEN. Conn.,. Nov. 8. 1879
The annual football match between the Yale and
Harvard ffteens played at Hamilton Park to-
day before audience of fifteen hundred or two
thousand people, The sky was overcast with clouds.
but the mercury stood pretty well up. and the
weather. the whole. was. therefore. all
that could be desired. Harvards team reached
the grounds rst and practsed nearly threequarters
Of an hour before the game commenced. Shortly
before three oclock Yales put in appearance.
and it. too spent some time in practice. The ex-
citement of the day began to show itself before the
game commenced. as oil present realized that the
contest would be very and it's results
very important from the standpoint of college ath
lotics. Yale determined to hold her supremacy
in football her ancient rival, who earnestly
desired to relieve the successive defeats she has
ceved at the hands Of the of the blue since
the full Of 1876 At that time the annual game was
played in New Haven and was won by Yale after
very severe contest, Yale securing the victory by
one goal. while Harvard succeeded in get
ting nothing but couple Of touch
downs. That was the last game in which
the teams played with elevens for in the fall OF
1877 Harvard and Princeton insisted playing
with ffteens while Yale was determined to stick to
elevens. Yale considered that being the champion.
she had the right to the choice Of the number
Of which should be played. and, M
Harvard and Princeton would not recede from
their newly taken positions, it was decided that
there would be games between Yale and the other
colleges that fall At length, however. Yale decided
that she would waive the rights which she thought
belonged to her. ard offered to play Princeton and
Harvard with tifteens. Harvard refused to play at
all then aud the annual game between Yale
and Harvard for that year was omitted. Last
fall Yale renewed her consent to play with
f1utf Haru md Vn6 al
Boston, in November, when Yale again defeated Har
ward and maintained her championship over her.
ious to win the game to-day, and brought down q
fine team with which to 90 it, She was wholly un-
able to do as the following account OF the game
Play was called at three o'clock sharp. Harvard
won the toss. and the kickoff of course devolved
upon her opponents. Harvard choosing the south
end OF the ground. with the wind somewhat in her
favor. Camp gave the kickoff and for some time
the ball was kept tho centre OF the field. but
soon being forced toward Harvard's goal.
Eaton was fouled. which gave Yale free kick sns @
YALE and the ball was kicked out by Bacon. Of the
Harvards. The Cambridge team pressed Yale closely
first touchdown for safety The lead gained by Har-
ward was Of very short duration. Yale drove Har-
to touchdown for safety three times in succcs-
sion. Lamb, Of YALE then got hold of the
the first touchdown, which. however. was not
allowed by the referee. who allowed Harvard's
claim to a foul. Tho struggle was now directly in
front Of Harvard's goal, and. as only two minutes
were LETT before the expiration Of the time allowed
in the first half Of the game Yale made desperate
effort to goal. The ball passed
back to Captain Camp. Of Yale. who
made beautiful drop klck and sent the ball
as she
person of one OF the Harvard players. This unfor-
tuuate circumstances for Yale spoiled what would
| otherwise have been of the finest plays Of the
game
| YALE's BAD LUCK.
s'Time" called before anything further could
| be accomplished, and rest Of fifteen minutes was
| taken. At the expiration of that time the teams
commenced. During the hrst three-quarters of
| the inning Yale pressed Harvard very closely and
kept the ball near Harvard's goal. compelling the
| crimson to touchdown for safety several times.
After of these safety touchdowns the ball. hav-
ing been kicked out by Harvard. scratched by
sent the ball apparently over Harvard's goal and
the greatest excitement and enthusiasm
Again. however the referees decision was unfavor-
able. he claimed that the ball did not go between
the posts. AS he was in good position to see.
there il doubt that his decision correct. Only
fifteen minutes now remained and both teams strug-
gled desperately. Moorhead made n long fine run
for Yale. but no advantage was gained by 1t, and.
with only ten minutes remaining, Harvard by a
series of fortunate kicks. succeeded in driving
PEELED to touch down twice for safety. At
the first kick-out Winsor, for Harvard. caught
the ball ana made al scratch, rat h.t which gave ran, m
and the wind against him. his attempt failed and
time being almost Immediately called the game was
brought to u close, with goals and no touch
downs for either side, thus making it q draw.
1t is the opinion Of all competent judges. that
Yale's playing was superior to Havard's in every
point and she only missed securing decided VIC
tory by Yales traditional bad luck. Although Har-
ward has had the advantage of having played three
practice games with the best teams in Canada. while
Yale has only played one. and that with the Unver-
sity OF Pennsyl Yae's superiority somewhat
surprising, and shows how much more even she
might have excelled Harvard with proper practice.
rule of the Yale faculty, however. prevents
| Yale from playing on any afternoon except
| Wednesday or saturday, so that while Har-
wards team away In Canada, securing the
| most excellent practice. the Yale team was
| forbidden to play practice game with
Columbia in this city last Tuesday afternoon. when
not even single recitation would have been inter-
fered with. Mr.. Ballard. captain of the Princeton
team. who acted referee gave general satisfac-
tion. The names of the players are as folows:-
| YALE.-Rushers-Hull, Beck, Vernon, Lamb.
| Harding. Remington, Eaton and Morehead. Half
backs--Badger. Camp, Peters and Clark. Three
quarter bsck-Bacon. Backs--Lyman and Nixon.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Brooks, l.. Gushing, Cushing,
Manning. Morse. Tebbets. Thatcher and Warner.
Half-backs-Bacon, Holden Nickerson and Winsor.
Backs-Austin, Leatherbee and Shattuck.