New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-20
YALE'S NARROW VICTORY.
HARVARD DEFEATED AT FOOTBALL IN a
MAGNIFICENT GAME.

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L. BMsss BRILLIANT RUsHEs-THE
CRIMSON TRIES SOME NEW TRICKS
"A CROWD OF OVER 10000
SEES THE CONTEXT.
Springfield, Mass, Nov. 10 tSpeciaD.-As typo
of the best excelencies Of football. and closely
contested, magnifcently fought battle. the game
| between Yale ard Harvard here to-day will long
| be famous. Yale won, scoring six points TO her
| rival's nothing. Her victory an honest one.
| earned by superior play, but she has, perhaps,
| never before had to work hard on football
| field for success. Five-sXths Of the game was
over before the ball carried over the goal line.
| The war was waged on Yale's territory as much
as on Harvard's, ard the Of the wearers OF the
crimson must have been assuaged little by
pride in their brilliant showing.
| L. BLISS CARRIES OFF THE HoNoRs.
| The hero of the day was Laurie" Bliss. He
! made about all Of his sides long runs and hall
the short ones He now plunged through tho
opposing line as a locomotive would plunge through
board fence, and now glidcd through as II q
shadow Harvard men tried to clutch him ana
crasped thin air. When he was tackled he carried
a weight of Harvard men on his shoulders for q
ward or two or three before being downed.
was the good fortune of his brother. {. d. bllss,
actually to touch the ball down in Harvards goal
but TO Laurie must go the chief glory of the day.
Tho victory was due Immediately TO the tempoS
rory dcmoralizatiorf Of the Cambridge teadn'
linton. the left tackle, was disabled, ana SUI"
stitute, Mason, took his place. In shor. VIM"
Fmmonss left shoulder was hurt, ana ne hao 10
give way to Shea. Upton had MADE MS team
only long rum and Emmons was veteran prayer,
on5 tho loss ~ these men seemed TO rob Harvard
80 al bor sn;rit for n time Laurie" Bliss was
allowed to charge down the field for forty yards.
IJo had nossed all the Harvard men except tray
and Brewer. who were playing far in the rear
when Lake overlook him and threw him ceanly'
In the scrimmages which followed Harvard "as
CLAW in the potters hand a. l. bliss di'en ui'o
fhe vaunted centre Of the other slde' Iiahhns
several gains Hckol1 and Butterworth piousheu
ahead through the Harvard players, whose Sn"p
wa. zone. Their tackling seemed childish, ana
their intellects dazed Yales attacks had peeR
chiefly on the centre and on the substitutes OPP
posite their left end.
THE TOUCHDOWN MADE.
Harvard was watching these points. Sua'
denly. Mccormick passed the ball 10 I. L. Dii'''
who darted to the right. NO har'aro n'a',
seemed to realize just what was happening, ana
Miss crossed the line without an effort being made
TO tackle him. The touchdown was made with ao-
solutey no difficulty. The opposing players were
as idle as a painted ship upon painted ocean
Aft.r that bonors were even, as they had peen
rear,v all the time Before. But the game hao
been lost and won and another victory had peeh
marked down for list that Is growing Will
almost monotonous regularity
Mich curiosity had been expressed about
Uorvard's new tricks the ones coupled with the
name OF Mr. Deland. They were not tried until
the second half of the game. While they wefe
undoubtedly of some service, they worked no revo-
htion in football methods. The most striking
and successful was the one with whlch the 'eaiis
hecan the second half of the game. Harvard
"a ,bo nall and ten of the eleven formed
oiont wedge. 1t was unlike the familiar one, In
H., thore was a space of four or five yards be-
t,yoon tho man who formed the apex and the
,ro mon nearest him. The players making up
tho two sides of the wedge bent forward, WIN
their hands on the shoulders of the man In 'front.'
Traford was at the point Of the w. ana lAkc,
tba eleventh man. stood about four yards pchinq
him. ,,u, ,nr, w roorR,r1.
Captain TraTord eavc the word and tho men
forming the sides Of the wedge moved prlshly
toward him. Instantly he passed the Dali "
Lake who dashed TO the lett. All Ills Un
associates were about him, and the caVai'due
moved on as if it meant business. lhe men III
blue had been disconnected for moment Dy the
novelty of the move but they soon sprahs
fcrociously at the bunch or Harvard Players
These managed, however, TO leave fifteen yards
hchind them before Lake succumDed to the oh-
slaughts.
Iotcr tho Harvard eleven tried other novel
strotarcms ALWAYS. Of course, when il had the
ball. At times the players formed two lines
about six feet apart Again all massed Them
selves into n solid circular body. Gains were
usually made.
Except in tho fatal five minutes preceding Tie
touchdown Harvard played the familiar move
ments with q skill and energy that made tho
reported bets Of 3 TO l AGAINST her riuculou''
L. T. Bliss alone could do much with her. IL -
true that the three men In the ceh're-i""AS
Mackie and Waters-dd not show the superiority
over the players opposite them-Stiilinah' -i0O'0s
md Hickok-that their advantage IN age anu
experience would lead one TO expect harVaru
at time. dbl some creditable interfering Inc
moving Of Captain Traford from full-oack 70
uarter-back gave him place where lie couiu
direct the play of his side TO the best purpose
but IL gave an inferior man the place oil puhterh-
chief Brewer is young man ana VIII no oouoo
make a capital man next year Dut po-day MS
punting ragged, the spheioio usually s''Ns
'o' Nis" WORK OF THE YALE TEAM.
On the other hand, Buttcrworth' the laie iuii-
back is also young player, and made a record IN
which had WAS mingled with good. lie was uns
certain in catching and once was so slow in punt"
inc that quick Harvard man "smothered' the
ball. Yale men relied largely on their interfer-
once 70 win them the game. In this point they
were hardly superior 10 Harvard Their BEST
achievement at interfering was the protection given
to l.. r. Bliss near the end of the Inst half' when
he gained thirty yards around the lett ena' IN
this instance well was the runner guardeu oy
four or five of his fellows that touchaown se'eu
inevitable. Inc 9c"""-n"o" i w.
downed however.