Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1892-11-21


Walter Camp, Yale's great coach, de-
scribes the game in the following lam
guage:
The game started promptly at 2 o'clock,
Yale having won the toss. Here was the
point which appealed so strongly to foot
ball players. Yale had been accredited
with being the same dashing, scoring team
of last season, and there was more than
supposition that given the ball she would
score without losing it. Harvard had had
this dinned into them, and if ever they
on the kick off. And they did their work
The wedge gained twenty yards. Bliss
tried the left for two, but the red men
were on him. A tumble In the center cost
them three yards and they had to yield the
ball to Harvard mercilessly on punt after
only three plays. Seven plays last year
had taken them to touchdown. Butter
worth's punt was good one and placed the
ball on Harvard's twenty yard line, but all
Harvard felt relief at knowing the first
danger was over.
BUTTERwoRTHs huff
Harvard lad bnt once to run, and then Brewer
sent beautiful punt down to Yale's forty five
yard line, which Butterworth muffed thus plac.
ing Harvard at once in the lead far as location
was concerned and putting al end to any menace
of Rarvard's goal. Harvard tried a bluff kick,
running Lake. then a couple of wedges, but was
forced to punt and Brewer sent the ball to Yale
ten yard line, and the game only five minutes
old. Bliss waSgiven a fair catch on interference
and began working it down. This wedge was
we'll stopped. Mackie took B iss on a bluff kick,
on offside play by Harvard gave Yale five yards,
and c. D. Bliss took the left for ten yards. Then
Harvard stepped Winter and L Bliss and But
By this time every football man knew that Har-
wards defence had greatly improved since last
year, and that Brewer could punt and catch
without But terworth. This made the Harvard
coaches breathe more freely Brewer punted in
| the first down and L. Bliss muffed on Yale's
| thirty yard line. Fcuc plays and the bail was
| Yale's again, but for only two tries and Butter.
| worth again punted to Gray. Harvard after a
down lost on holding, and Yale banged away for
and losing the bali to Harvard. Two downs and
Brewer had to punt. landing the ball on Yale's
| thirty five yard line.
HARvARD's STRONG Defence.
| Once more Harvard's defence was too much
for Yale, and Butterworth's pnnt only reached
| Harvard's forty yard line Twenty five minutes
| choose in the way of advantage. Two do WIS anc
Brewer puntsd once more, but it was a short one
| and Winter showed his quickness Of thought aut
| action by securing the ball. 1t was one of thu
clever plays of the game and l.. Bliss took pat
| tern after making brilliant run to Harvardi
| thirty yard line. No one could repeat and Har
h4d but Gray hs tight
punted and the ball was Yales exactly where th'
|
| over Yale couldn't get her machine in working
order and on Butterworths punt Harvard wa
| mediately Brewer punted again, knowing tina
the wind was with him, but his kick was short
| Again Harvard held Yale for two downs, thel
Harvard received the ball for holding in the line
and the ball was still close to the center Of tn,
| Yale received the ball next for holding 10 tn,
Harvard line, but failed to do much with it. But
terwopth,s punt was stopped, but Bliss got th
| another characteristic
five yards, to Harvard's fifteen yard line. Thel
was Yae's change to score; G; p. Bliss, then
| wedge, then l.. Bliss and the ball was within
! few feet Of Harvard's goal line. Every one hell
his breath, but it was not to be. A wholly unin
| Harvards. So ended the first half
HARVARD FORCED TO KICK.
| Harvard started out well in the second half
but Lake found the first play the only groun,
gaining one and Brewer puuted. Then Ysl
seemed TO settle down to better work A hal
dozen short gains and Butterworth's stoppe
| punu secured by Yale man, gave Yale conf
dence in her wedges, one of which finally shot c
! D. Bliss for twenty five yards again But Harvar
soon had it again and Grey took good ten yards
had Kick and ba on
twenty five yard line. A half dozen downs an
but McCrae took him in although they failed t
gain. Harvard began to feel that they nigh
half over. Brewer punted to L. Bliss, who trie
| to run, but was downed. 1t nerved him up, ev
IDENTIFY, for on the down he took the right end 70
a splendid run of forty yards behind good inter
ference. Here it began to seem evident tina
outside of these very infrequent long runs of L
| Bliss the two teams might go on indefnte
| without scoring, but Harvard had such heav
means to help her out, and four more downs
| which Harvard stopped WE'LL although it CAV
| them the ball, did not revive their dropping spir
its, for they failed to gain, and Brewer punte
, | side for but short gain.
BLISS SCORES FOR YALE.
Then Yale steadily banged the ball down wit
something of the force and precision shown il
| the early part of their Pennsylvania game
| Yard by yard to Harvarh's fifteen yard line
then a long wedge for wo-thirds the remainin
| space and out around the lefe end by c.
Bliss put Harvards hopes to death. Butter
worth kicked the goal and from that time GU
Harvard had the feeling that even drop kic
| would tie. They played hard for the chance
but, although they forced the ball to Yale
| twenty yard line and Trafford dropped back 70
| a kick, Mccormick through on him, an
with the exception of one desperate plunge b