St. Paul daily globe., 1892-11-20

opposite side OF the field announced the
arrival of the New Haven team. But
little time was consumed in passing the
ball, and the preliminaries OF the game
were dispatched in short order. Almost
before the crowd had sized up the rela-
tive
Appearance Of the EIeVens
on the field the teams began to form for
the kickoff. Yale won the toss and
chose the ball. while Harvard took the
north goal. The teams had not lined
up half dozen times before the Cam
bridge team showed a surprising
strength, and it was very evident that
\ lale was to have no Walkover, as had
been so confidently predicted for her:
The Yale team was as much surprised
as their supporters. and all visions of
rolling up big score vanished, and 1t
was left for them to fight out victory
OH even terms.
Most of the cheering and enthus asIn
WAS Oh the crimson side, and during the
interval between the halves there was
marked stiffness on the Yale'S side. / he
supporters of the blue were dlSap-
pointed in the work of their team at the
outset, and thought of defeat, which
was at times imminent, fairly took their
breath away. After Yale had made a
gain at the kick Off on the wedge they
found that ground-gaining against the
Harvard eleven was no easy thing. The
Yale rush line failed to open up holes
for the backs, and before single five
yards had been gained after the first
gain with the wedge, Capt. Mccormick
began a kicking game. From that time
on it was
A Kicking Game
to very unusual degree, and in the
punting the young Cambridge full back
had rather the best of Butterworth.
In the early part of the game Yale de-
pended almost entirely on puntlng and
sending her halves through the line.
Once or twice an end play was tried,
but proved a failure invariably. Har-
ward adopted similar tactics ana sell
dom in the early part OF the game sent
her ground gamers around the end.
BY series Of plunges through the END,
followed by punt. the ball was kept
vacillating near the center OF the neld.
There was little advantage on either
side, but Harvard rather forced the
PLAYING, and their work in breaking
through the lines and tackling was on
the whole better than her opponents
Harvard played with more snap and
played a quicker game than her oppo-
nents. Yale did some wretched work
in tumbling at several stages OF the
game, and a touchdown was narrowly
averted by such play in the first half
by tumble in the five-yard line. Early
in the first half Yale reS0rted to the de-
fensive play of forming of the wedge on
the lineup with the pushing tactics.
This was not fruitful and the Harvard
center held finely. The brunt of
Yalcss Rushing
fell on Laurie Bliss in the first part of
the game. and time after time he was
sent through the line, while his brother
had comparatively little work. Long
runs were few ana far between in the
first half, and the ball was forced by
short, stubborn rushes. The first brill
liant run of the game was only few
minutes before the close OF the first
half, when Laurie Bliss made run OF
thirty yards around the right end. aided
by splendid interference by Butter
worth and Mccormick. This brought
the ball in Harvard's fitteen-yard line,
and it was pushed for ten yards more.
It seemed like touch down for Yale,
but bad tumble gave the ball to Har-
ward and time was soon called. Yale's
team work lacked its old-tlme freshness
and their interference was at times
weak. Harvard's team showed sur
prising strength and several points.
Their tacklng was sure and hard. and
the rush line followed the ball ID
splendid style.
HonOrs were about even between the
contests of the two teams. In the sec
ond half Yale's center braced up and
did some fine work in making for the
back. Lake played In his old-time form
and bucked the line for some gains.
Braiu, the freshman player, proved
himself great full back. He punted
well,
Caught i'm Splendid Shape
and did not lose his head when the Yale
rushers were coming down upon him.
Harvard's left end was tower of
strength with Emmons and Upton, and
it was dire calamity for the crimson
when they were injured. At the kick
off at the opening of the second halt the
Harvard team tried their checker
board" play, and it proved good for a
big gain. Capt. Trafford had the ball
alone in the center Of the field, and the
rest of the eleven were drawn up on op-
posite sides of the field. The men on the
right run diagonally in line to the cen
ter, and their impetus is used to inter
fere for the man on the other side to
whom the ball is passed. The trick
was tried twice in the second half. and
the ball passed to Brewer each time.
Four men running from the right ran
hard. and the man with the ball runs in
behind them followed by the rest OF the
eleven. The play was made to the left
of the field, and both times good gain
was made. The teams lined up as fol-
lows:
Yale. Position. Harvard
Rinckey. Left end right. =. .Hallowell
Winter .......Left tackle right .NeWell
McCrea 49,. Left guard right. Mackie
Stillman. ...Center.... .:........... Lewis
Hikok ..... Right guard left. Waters
Wallis ......... Right tackle left. -. Upton
Greenway Right end left ..... Emmons
Mccormick Capt quarter back. .Tratford, Capt
C. d. Bliss Half back k.............. Lake
L. T. Bliss. Half back Gray
ButterWorth. Full back. .............Br Brewer
Referee and umpire Moffatt, of Princeton,
ana Coffin, of Wesleyan
Vale Had the Ball
and formed the wedge. Butterworth
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 mad
made a gain of twenty yards, when the
started through the line. Butter
worth fell back for a punt, which
brought the ball we'll down into
Harvard territory. Trafford tried
to send his backs through the line, but
failing passed the ball to Brewer, who
made a fine punt. ButterWorth tried
for a fair catch, but made miserable
tumble, and Harvard got the ball near
the center of the field. Lake bucked
the center for five yards, and the Har-
ward eleven then made slight gains by
pushing with the wedge. Brewer
punted and the ball struck L.. Bliss and
rolled over the line, but was brought
out on interference.
With Yale's ball on her ten-yard line,
Bntterworth punted but the ball was
brought back on an off-side play. L.
Bliss gained fifteen yards around the
end and then tried to 90 through the