The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-22
YALEBEATSHARVARD
Crimson Football Eleven Hope
lessly Owrmatched.
VAST CROWD AND GREAT GAME.
Cornell Defeats Ann Arbor-The Year
ling Pacing Record Broken and
ReIl Bird's Time Equaied.

s..ru,vv,n Mass, Nov. 1.-THE great game
"a We won, 10 to 0. Fully 10000 peo-
A,s .aw tbs hue wave victorious on HAmpden
p.s -. .oa.v sud when the great contest was over
I. ,r.. ,hs unanimous conviction that the best
- ~ou. All morning the clouds hung
800 mt lsfer the sun came out and the last
ran,,,.iss vas added to make the day perfect
H. story OF the game il simply one of su-
-..,ascv Of Yale over Harvard. The Cambridge
sisveu rss simply outplayed, and the best team
80 Harvari's rush line was fatally weak and
s.sels assistance TO her half-backs, while
ys,es line was almost perfect. The great Hef-
ts,eneer fairly eclpsed his reputation, and
ssr1y proved himself 10 be the greatest guard
- the country. Msckie was no match for him.
For general sill around work behind the line,
Bliss carried of the honors OF the day. His
tsekling and rushing were phenomenal. In
hunting be was good match Tor the Harvard
captain Behind the line no word OF criticism
can be charged to the Harvard team, but with
out support they were helpless against Yates
fne tacklers
The blocking off was wretched, and the Yale
yushers were down On their backs before they
could start Howell. Newell Lake and Corbett
aid some brilliant individual work, but lack OF
1esm work neutralized il. Trafford's great
punfing did much TO keep down the score
Much disappointment was falt in the work OF
the Yale captain. He managed the men finely,
but when the ball went to him he repeatedly
iut ground. IL was kicking game through
ont After Yale scored the first touch down in
bur minutes, Harvard began to punt and con-
taud these tactics during the rest OF the game.
Ii IL ast half the ball was in Harvard's terri
tory most of the time, but IN the second half
Harvard forced the playing much OF the time,
snd Tfaford twice had a chance to try for the
goal from the field, but failed both times.
Most OF the Harvard men had arrived last
night at HAS, and the Yale delegation came at
noon on special trains. ALI the smaller New
England schools were represented, Amherst and
Williams sending the largest delegations. The
grand stands which encircled the field were
packed with gay and happy thron:, and 100
uniformed officers were present to preserve
order. The betting, which last evening was
even, this morning was 10 to In favor OF Yale,
and Harvard readily took bets OF Yale men OF
81 900 10 $780,
When play began the field was I'm AZ near per-
feet condition az could be- Experts pronounced
II without question the finest football field in
the country. Harvard was first in the field.
Yale followed shortly after. Harvard won the
toss and took the north end. Yale gained ten
yards on the wedge, and McClung gained thirty
yards In run around the end, and the ball was
within Q yard of Harvard's goal line in three
minutes, and touch down made by MeClung.
YAls missed the goal. Score to in favor of
YsA The ball was then returned to the center
shd, puntsd by Traford. carried into YaIes ter
fitofy, but the New Ravens were playing
powerful game, and, yard by yard, forced the
ball back to Hsrvards thirty-yard line.
Traford then again got the ball and
again punted 1t back to the Yale thirty
yard line, where Yale gained possession of tn
ball Mccormick then punted for Yale, but
little was gained Harvard got the ball. and
formed wedge and gained five yards. Trafford
hunted to center. The play was now chiefly in
Hsrvsrds territory. Yale gained ten yards in
break through Harvard's line, and MeClung
gained twenty yards on a run around the end.
Irafiord again tried bunt, and sent the ball to
fale's forty-yard line, where it fell into
Meetings. hands, and he started to run for
Haryards territory. Before no could be stopped
he had gone forty yards and had the ball at
Harvards thirty-ive-yard line Here Yale lost
the ball. but Harvard failed to gain any advant-
age. At the end OF the first half the ball was
near the center of the field in Yais's territory
Score: Yale 4, Harvard o.
The scond half began at $40, with the ball in
Harvard's keeping. After vainly trying TO
break through the Yale line, Trafford hunted
for thirty yards, but Yale got the ball and began
to slowly force 1t back to the center. Harvard
finally secured the ball, and it was snapped to
Trafford who. by lucky hunt, sent it TO Yale s
ffteen-yard line. But this ayailed nothing, as
Mccormick, on a strong bunt. drove the bail to
center, and on q tumble by Harvard, got the
ball. Harvard seemed TO be playing a stronger
game than during the first half. Bliss then
started on run around the end OF Harvard
twenty-yard line, but here he was downed
and frsfiord got in another of his punts and the
ball once more was back at center, but here
Bliss again got the ball and by another run car
ried IL TO Haryard's twenty-five yard line The
ball slowly worked back to center, where IL
again fell into Yale's hands, but she lost Il.
Yale got the ball after Harvard had gained ten
yards, but Mcclung failed TO get around the end
and Mccormick sent the ball to the twenty-five
yard line, when Harvard got il by tumble
Bliss got the ball and carried ii across the line
aud McClung kicked the goal Score: Yale 10;
Hsrvard0
The teams were again lined up at center and
Harvard gained ten yards, but Yale soon forced
the ball back to center, but lost il, and Trafford
tried Tor goal from tho field, but failed Har-
wards men began 10 play with desperation, and
soon had forced the ball % Yale's twenty five
line yard, where Trafford again tried to kick the
goal, but again failed, and Yale, getting tho
Dali, made again of twenty yards Here time
Was called and Yale had won.
Cornell Defeats Ann Arbor.
DETROIT Nov 2l-1ha CnrpalI.Apr Axho.