New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-11-13
YALE DEFEATS HARVARD.

A wELL-CoNrEsrrD GAME PLAYED Al NEW-HANEN
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. MADE nY TnE
TFAMS-A LARGE CROWD PRESENT IN SPITE OF
A DRENCnNG RAIN--THE PLAY N DETAIL.
NEw-HAvEN, Conn, Nov. 12.-Seven weeks
Of hard training in the gymnasium and on the field
have brought the teams of Yale, Harvard aud
Princeton into that condition and to that
point where in uval contest they will decide
which shall hold the champion football pennaut for the
Of 1882 There have been occasional skirmshes
between Harvard and the University OF Michigan !;
Canadian teams and Columbia; uninportant games be-
tween Yale aud Amherst and the University OF Mchi-
gan and few side-plays between Princeton and the
University of Michigan But the three leading teams,
Yale Harvard and Princeton, have not met until to-
day. when Yale played against Harvard at Hamilton
Park in New-IIayen.
The day opened with cloudy sky, lowering but not
threatening, and football all said It's going 10 be-
a capital day" But toward The sky grew darker
About II O'Clock mist, which finally settled into q drz-
cling rain daupcncd the ardor OF the large number OF
people " no had come witness the game Fifty Ila-
ward men, including the team, reached New
Haven on Friday night and CHARTERED
at the New-Haven House. Harvard did not
propose to play Yale handicapped she woud be by
long ride the The Harvard men woke early yes
terday and spent the forenoon in looking about the col
lcge IN the afternoon a delegation Of two hundred
came from Cambridge TO the game large number
of Yale graduates from Ncw-York also present At
o'clock the crowd began 10 assemble at the park The
rain didt seem make much difference in the numbers
Each it appeared the field was greeted with
the usual cheer The excitement had begun.
After little parleying between umpires, referees and
captains the faced another, Yale having
the north goal and Harvard the south goal The
teams were follows:
Harpard-Rushers: Naming, Cabot, Houston Thach er
Kendall Appleton, Perrin Quarter Back: Mason. Ian
Hacks: Henry and Keith. Back: Edmunds
LaS siOrs ouae dp Rack B"dscr Hall pacis Ec
ards and Camp. Back: Bacon.
The members Of the Harvard team, as they took their
positions in the field looked stout team OF muscular
heavy men, Their best PLAYING il in an offensive game
They are weaker than Yale in rushing. The Yale team
looked like giants and 1t heaviest team Yale has
had for years. They are wek knit, muscular
set of men, heavy, but to impede
their running. Eaton, the captain OF the Yale
team was missed the field. In practice last
Monday he had broken his collar bone and,
while not seriously injured, confined his bed.
He of the strongest players In the team and his
presence the field would have been encouraging.
At quarter OF 8 o'clock the playing began The ball
was canted, and sent flying toward Harvards goal.
Harvard succeeded in getting the ball and kicking
back following it up closely and keeping 1t the
Yale goal for five minutes. Then Yale, by high kicks and
hard rushing, pushed the ball toward the Harvard
goal Harvard made strenuous efforts to push through
the line OF Yale ushers. but every OF her men
covered by Yale enectually That the ball was kept
close 10 the Harvard goal by LUIS uhe INC ran iel i'll
torrents and the players wet through, slipped and slid
in the mud, paying attention whatever TO the condi
ton of the ground. Fifteen minutes after the game
called Harvard made the first safety touchdown. After
o klck-out, a bad muf by Yale brought the ball
10 the Yale goal. fine kick by Yale put the ball back
in the neighborhood OF Harvard's goal, when fly,
kicked by Yale, mufed by Harvard and held by
Yale Sharp playing on both Sides encouraged by
slant cheering from the spectators followed Harvard
secured the ball and made run and brought the ball
back the halfway line, where 1t forced by Yale
close to the Harvard goal and Harvard was
again obliged TO make a safety touchdown fine run
by Camp for the Yale team, and scratch kick by Rich
ards brought the ball again 10 Haryards goal. At If
teen minutes past Yale had secured 10 supposed
a touch down. Sorrs by careful playing had got the