Los Angeles herald., 1891-11-22
Yale Beat Harvard in the
Football Contest.
1t Was a Kicking Game from
Start to Finish.
The New Haven Team Had Things
Their Own Way.
The Cambridge Boys We're Completely
Shut Out-An Immense Crowd
Was Present to Witness
the Sport.
Associated Press Dispatches.

city was owned today by the wearers o
the blue and crimson, The hotels anC
streets were crowded early in the morn
ing, and early and late trains added
thousands to the throngs. The weather
for the game was perfect--cool ane
cloudy, with little wind. The betting
last evening was. nearly even, but Soday
odds were given on2 Yale. Most of the
Harvard men arrived last night, and the
Yale delegation came at noon by two
special trains. Most Of the city stores
were decorated impartially. All the
smaller New England colleges were rep
resented, Amherst and Williams send
ing large delegations on special trains.
At IL q. m. the Yale men were offer
ing $10O to $50, which Harvard's back
ers accepted readily.
At 1880 several hundred persons were
waiting for the gates of Hampden park
to open, and at II when the gates swung
back steady stream set in from way
down Main street. This line of would
be spectators was two miles long, though
the game was not to begin for three
hours. The fourteen separate entrances
provided prevented rush, and the work
of placing the vast throng and seating
those entitled to seats went on with lit
tie friction. One hundred and sixty
uniformed officers were on hand to pre-
serve order.
When play began the field was in as
perfect condition as could be-. Experts
pronounced it without question the best
football field in the country. Not a
breath of air was stirring and the
weather conditions were most favorable.
The grand stands, which encircle the
entire field, were packed with a gay
and happy throng half an hour before
the game was scheduled to begin. The
long wait was enliyened by college yells
and cheers, so that it did not seem long.
Harvard was first in the field. Yale
followed shortly after. Harvard won
the toss and took the north and Yale
had the bail. Yale gained ten yards on
the wedge and McClung gained thirty
yards in a run around the end. The
ball was within a yard of Harvard's
goal line in three minutes, and touch
down was made by McClung. Yale
missed the goal. Score, to 0, in favor
OF Yale.
Yale then returned to the center and
on punt by Trafford carried the ball
into Yale's territory, but the New Ha-
ven men were playing powerful game,
and yard by yard forced the ball back,
until it was at Harvard's thirty-yard
line. Traford then again got the ball
and again punted it back to Yale's
thirty yard line where Yale gained pos
session OF the ball. Mccormick then
punted for Yale; but little was gained,
and Harvard got the ball. Her men
then formed wedge and gained five
yards more.
Yale had the ball at Harvard's 25-
yard line, but lost it and Trafford
punted to the center; the play was
chiefly in Harvard's territory. Yale
gained ten yards in break through
Harvard's line, McClung gained twenty
yards on run round the end. Trafford
again tried to punt and sent the ball to
Yale's 40-yard line, where it fell into
McClung's hand and he started on
run for Harvard's territory, and before
he could be stopped he had gone forty
wards, and had the ball at Harvard's
.25-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
Yale's territory. Score: Yale, 4 Har-
ward, 0.
The second half began at ten minutes
past 3, with the ball in Harvard's g keep
ing. After vainly trying to break
through Yale's line, Trafford punted for
thirty yards, but Yale got the ball and
began to slowly force it back to center.
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was snapped to Trafford, who, by
lucky punt, sent it to Yale's fifteen-yard
line, but this availed nothing, as Nc
ball to center, and on tumble by Har-
ward, got the ball. Harvard seemed to
be PLAYING stronger game than during
the first half. Bliss then started on
run around the end and gained Har-
wards twenty-yard line, but here he was
downed, and Trafford got in another Of
his punts, and the ball once more went
back to center, but here Bliss again got
the ball and by another run carried it to
HarvaTd's twenty-fve-yard line.
The ball was slowly worked back to
center, where it again fell into Yale's
hands, but she lost it on few downs.
Yale got the ball after Havard gained
ten wards, but McClung failed to get
around and Mccormick sent the ball to
the 25-yard line, when Harvard got it
by tumble. Bliss got the ball and
carried it across the line and McClung
reached the goal. Score: Yale. ] to 0.
The teams were again lined up at
center and Harvard gained ten yards,
but Yale soon forced the ball back to
center, but lost it, and Trafford tried
for a goal from the field, but failed. The
Harvard men began to play with des-
peration and soon had forced the ball to
Yale's 25-yard line, when Trafford again
tried to check the goal, but again he
failed, and Yale getting the ball made
gain Of twenty yards; but time was
called and Yale wor by a score OF 10 to D.
The story Of the game is simply one
of the supremacy of Yale over Harvard.
The Cambridge eleven was simply out
played, and the best team won. Har..
wards rush line was fatally weak. and
Of little assistance to her half-backs,
while Yale's line was almost perfect; the
great Heffelinger fairly eclipsed his rep
utation and easily proved himself to be
the greatest guard in the country.
Mackie was not match for him.
For general all-around work behind
the line, Bliss carried off the honors of
the day. His tackling and rushing
were phenomenal. In punting he was
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