Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-11-27
HARVARD WAS WEAK
Football Contest Won by
YaIe'S Superior Playing.
CRIMSONS ST ARTtO lNWEll
But the Ellis Had II All Their Own way
During the Res Of the Game.

sPtINGFIELD, Mes, Nov. 27-Twenty
ihou uni o pl, On Sdtur ay afternoon
Jaw he Ol,an - and BIT exhibition OF
loo bts.~ the story II the Rug game,
aud n widest enthusiast IN prevailed when
game ended Nth tue 5, ore OF too.
Ii "as the just yerd ct of every indi-
vidudi who saw the struggle b, tween the
two greatest football teams that II was
gentl manly game. Ii there WIS any hard
feelin--an that everybody seems to
ibins inevitA5 bic when IL l. Harvard ~ al nst
laie-it did not appear ON the surface.
McC'ra va, warned once for a little rough
play, but ol mild sort. This waS all he
suLgipg ther. was, even on the sly. Fair
ieaIJ, u dnub I'd quaked AS they saw
| Brew,r ,r Bu TEL worth heavily thrown,
VIII 10 somenody ubligingly lat on their
heads, Tor fear they would make more
,rouhle, al, 81 the mann r Of morse that
Is do n, nut Tue pir never once got hurt.
| 'iney wcIe cur, ly paiue and expected
ioughuess.
For once ii rvard men have nothing to
say II Yale luck ri-n." They dckn Iwl
| e.-r 1 a. ,hey have been beaten by gentle
n u, "a, h y clai ~ Co be gentlemen them
|
"a Ia IN "a y aud squar,ly. Tnrre was
| OF ven "a lnp,rthnC que, tonable deci-
| u n. iiuvari never had occasion 10 find
tunt
Ia plying Of the two different halves
| o, ga.ne never prs nted so gre I cou-
IA, 'Aa of tnis gl dat rial coulest
It the close of the nr,t slf e'eryb dy
on eIcd he game-at lea t TIE best
hnc % tiarva.d. Tue Ellis had 1t, le
70 onsr. ,ion U make. Still In custom
~ IA, ST tAey 4, itted heir teeth, as
- tncy knrw tueir ,ieven would do The
am ana NOR. Th It tney did do more
% Wi .uut : ing a. er perus j OF the
.ccOu q, "a Oy yard, Of e second hall.
la he mr., haIt Harvard had the bail
ne gr cr part of The tine, in fact, Just
| all u, three tunes out of four. There ere
| ~ distinct pays, aud 55 II those were
| made hy harvard. Aside from tue punt
| lng, ii rvdid g,in 1877 yards, or nearly
| enough 10 SCR, three times, Brewer punted
| five times. m"ki x Il yards by that means
| Harvard's tut Il yards Lain,d IN thar half
was %Oe. She S. Oily nine ysrd', i've OF
tlat elng o. ,ff,Ide play BY bea.e.
Yale, n the OJner hand, ,hough gaining
237 10 yards-sJne 80 IN re than Harvard
| puuIeu 2lO of theirs, gaining by rusnes
with the ball IN her possession on.y ~
yaris, not enough into IL yards tor
| touchdown.
But that little story OF having the ball
only IL tine, to 55 lor Harvard shows beL-
| ter than anyIniug else winch side WAS
| strongest
niues sized Up Opponents.
But wha, a diff renee in tae second half.
| Harvard md just 81 plays, four If those
| belug un,s. Sne put Il lOS ~ yards on
| thrre trails, aud lost nine ON huke, Yale
| breakin Ihrough ON Brewer before he
| could x, t the bail away. Harvard's total
| gam was "a l-2 yards Even under these
clrcumstance. Harvard ma IL % yards on
| steady rushIng-cons deraby more than
enDu-h 70 make toncuuown. Harvard
lost iour tim :, once on the kick. the loss
aRgr, Y ,tIag 9yards.
q ite a differe. tale is that of the Els
Til, y ii -ureu ia no ess tIan Is plays, only
ole OF tnese being Kick, W. ell butter
worth punted "a 10 yads ag lust he
| wind. 4 ey 4 iued in a 247 l-2 yards
This wou d 4 Ne 20 2 "a DIS cl, ar prodG
by cay rush n :, only five OF tLis beng
xiv, them r an of de play. lbis
20 IL is enouy to score Just four times
| Yale ost a. just b ee times this ha I. two
yaid, al one lime, one yard ~ eacn of The
| olhrs.
Figures may not always tell the truth,
| but they 10 for this game Exclusive Il
kicking, Yale's net gain was a25 yards
Harvar d had only PA TO her cr,d t, almost
enough less TO make the difference of one
touchdown. G, nsideing the enormous
advanIape Yale had on the putting, it
wonld he difiil ult TO fpure ont the ire