St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-11-23

back again, keeping the interest," ~
fever heat. \ punt by Traiford ut the
end of 25 minutes covers half the dis
lance from the center TO the Yale line,
and the crimson is so close upon tue
full back (B. Morrisom that he can only
punt desperately and the ball sails out
of bounds. a Cambridge man drops
upon it, and when it is taken out, Cor
bett, aided by good blocking and inter
fering, gets around the end and gains
10 yards, while the Harvard grand
stand Shrieks. Is. Morrison punts
and the blue stockings fall on the ball.
twenty-iive-yard line, but Harvard at
last gets the ball and puntS it far down
the field. McClung now gets around
the end for fifteen yards clear ground,
but the referee says, foul pass" and
Capt. Rhodes inv0keS all the heather
deities. Some general punting follows.
Tratlord puntS again, and Williams, who
tried for fair catch, is f0uliy tackled
ana downed forty yards from the Har
ward line. b. Morrison is allowed to try
Il place kick from the field, but 1t falls
short. and time is called. The ten min
utes' intermisSion is lively time. for
neither sides courage has been dashed,
as the score stands 90, and the singing
and cheering
Go On without Abatement.
The second half begins at 80, Will
Jams being replaced by Bliss. McClung
ana Tratford exchange punts and then
the Harvard men force the fighting
down into Yale's territory. Bliss, the
new man, does some good rushing. Fin
lay makes a brilliant run and touches
the ball down for Harvard, but it is dis
allowed q <trnTWlA q
fierce, but not decisive, ends in an in
jury to Lake, who finds himself at the
bottom of the scrimmage. Lee is put in
his place, and there is another criSs-
cross reSultless struggle. The ball is
down near the Yale goal when the first
great play occurs. The ball belongs to
Harvard and it is passed TO Lee, the new
half-back, who runs like deer
for forty yards, and scores
the first touchdown of the
game, from which Trafford kicks goal.
1t is now 4: 21 p. M, and the score is 6
to in favor of Harvard. 1t is a long
time before the eXuberant young men
from Cambridge can be claimed. The
Dean leaps over Lewis right shoulder
and falls upon Barbour as he is passing
back the ball. Dean regains his feet,
catches it on the rebound, n thing that
is not likely to happen once in thou
sand times. and covers the twenty-five
yards to the Yale line, closely pursued
by Hartwell. who gains but just fails
to reach him. Trafford kicks another
goal, and the score stands II to 0. Then
the Yale team seems inspired with a
frenzy. 1t madly forces the crimson
back to its twenty-fve-yard line, but
no further. do what it may. The
play is fast and furious. but
the gathering darkness prevents most
of the fine points being appreciated. At
last the Yale men, by series of mad
rushes and resistleSS wedges, reach the
Harvard line, and McClung is carried
over with the ball. scoring Yale's first
and only touchdown, from which b.
Morrison kicks goal, making the score
u to 6. Still the Yale men fight as for
life, and there are fifteen minutes of
agony. But the crimson stands steady,
and when the blue comes too near,
long punt bv 3. TraffOrd, with the rush
ers promptly down on the man who
takes it, send groan through the Yale
bench. The moon shines brightly, but
little can now be made out save that
Harvard, though all the time on the de-
fensive, is not TO be demoralized or
routed. The end comes at exactly
o'clock, and the celebration follows.