The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-20
DETAILS OF THE GAMr.
Yais's Victory Due to q Remarkable Run by
HaifBack Laurie Bliss.
This is how the teams lined up at the

Average weight of backs 163
Average weight OF whole team. .l6S 169 Ill
These are the details of the game: Yale,
had the ball and formed the wedge. But
terworth was put in the center of the
wedge and he snapped the ball back to the
Yale captain. The wedge started to the
left and before it had stopped they had
made gain of twenty yards. when the
ball was passed to Laurie Bliss. and he
started through the line. Butterworth fell
back for q punt. which brought the ball
well down into the Harvard territory.
Trafford tried TO send his backs through the
line, but failing passed the ball 60 Brewer,
who made line punt. Butterworth tried
Tor fair catch. but made q miserable
fun bie and Harvard got the ball near the
center of tie field. Lake bucked the Gen.
ter for i've yards, and the Harvard eleven
then made slight gains by pushing with
the wedge. Brewer puntsd. and the ball
struck l.: bliss and rolled over the line,
but was brought out on interference. With
Yales hall on the ten-ya ard line, Butter
worth punted. bus the Dali was brought
back on an off-side play. l.. Bliss gained
fifteen yards around and then tried TO go
through the line. but failed. Butterworth
WAS forced to punt. and Brewer soon re-
turned it. The ball was mutfec by l.. Bliss,
and Lewis dropped on it. Upton made a
Yale, and that team tried the push
ing tactics with the wedge
the lineup. 1t availed little aud
again Butterworth had to punt. Bliss tried
to 60 around the left end, but his inter-
ferences were too strong and he was
dOwned. Failing to get i've yards Butter
worth punted. brinRing the ball near the
center. l.. Bliss got by the end rushers and
was finally tackled BY Lake. Harvard got
ball to the center. Harvard's end rushers
getting down the field finely. Harvard's
rush line broke through and got the ball on
four downs. Yale got the ball in scrinl-
the line. He made a good gain. and after
two downs punred. The Harvard rushers
blocked the kick aud Z. ID. Bliss got the
ball on the rebound. l.. Bliss then started
on his first brilliant run. going around the
right end, with splendid interference by
Mccormick and Butterworth. G. ID. Bliss
brought the ball TO the five-yard line and
here it was lost to Harvard. Time was
called. With neither side having scored
point
THE SECOND HALF.
Harvard opened the second half with her
new trick of the checker-boa play. and
made twenty-five Yards Brewers punt
carried the ball to Yale's five-yard line.
Yale advanced the ball by short rushes.
and was gwen ten yards more on an of
side play. Butterworth kicked. and the
ball was blocked by the Harvard rushers
and downed on Yale's fifteen-y ard line.
Yale again forced the ball by short. hard
rushes, Butterworth being sent effectively
through the center several times. {. Bliss
got out OF scrimmage with an open lead.
but he was overhauled by Hallowell. Yale
| lost ground, and Harvard got the ball.
| Gray made run of ten yards, and then
| Brewer was sent through the center for q
small gain. The bail WAS then passed to
| Upton. who ran around from his position
L laX& -
making a brilliant run of thirty yards
around the right end. It brought
out deafenlng applause. and Harvard's
| hopes went up. Yale got the ball
ton was hurt In u scrimmage, and Mason
took his place. A few minutes later Em-
| mons was badly hurt. and Mason took his
| place and Shea went in. Captain McCor-
mick was quick to take advantage of the
weak spot now afforded. aud the hrst play
sent Laurie Bliss around the weakened end
| for great run of forty yards. bringing the
ball to the Harvard thirty-yard line.
Yale's center braced, and Mccormick, l..
| Bliss and Butterworth rushed through time
| after time. The ball was advanced by
| short but sure gains to the twenty-y ard
| line. and then Wallis carried IL inside the
| five-yard line. Instead of trying to push it
| over the whole Yale eleven were massed
| as if for that purpose. Little Lanrie Bliss
| got the ball and ran out to the eaet with
ont O single Harvard man interfering, and
pnt the ball behind the goal. 1t was an
| eaey goal. and Buttsrworth had no trouble
| In kicking it. Score, to O.
| Little time remained. and lt was clear
that the game was decided. Harvard
started the ball again with good rush.
and by a punt got the ball near Yaie's
twenty -five-yard line. Tafford fell back
for drop kick, but the Yale rushefs were
| on him before he could make the attempt,
| and he was dowDed by Winter. It was the
fourth down, and Trafiord had not lost his
twenty yards. The ball went to Yale. and
| then they punted. Brewer returned It,
and the game ended with the bail near
YaIe's thirty ard line.
Yale has won the championship eight
| times and Princeton six. Harvard prac-
| tically won it in 1870. but was not MEM
ber of the association. The record since
1879 is as follows: 1850. Princeton; lss1,
Yale; 1882, Yale; 1883, Yale; 1884. champion
| ship not awarded 1886, PriDcrtOn; 1856.
| championship D not awarded; 1857. Yale; 1855,
. Yale; 1889, Princeton; 1880. Yale; 1891. Yale.
| Harvard was not member of the associa-
ton in 1SS5. 1890 aud 1Syl.
| Other Foot Ball Games.