Kansas City daily journal., 1895-11-24
DEFEAT FOR THE CRIMSON.
PENNSYLVANIA RAT HARVARD AFTER
STUBBORN FIGHT.
Brooke Kicked Goal From the Field and
Charlie Brewer Missed Two Essy
Goals and This cave Penn
sylvania the Victory.

ward eleven went down before the sturdy
Pennsy yivanians on soldiers field this aft.
ernoon, nghting desperately and gamely to
tho last. The score was Il TO a.
Pennsylvania won by the splendid
kicking OF Fullback Brooke. which the stir
breeze rendered all too effective in the
through bffewers TyS tw5 baa i misses Of easy
kicks for goal which deprived the Crimson
ot the four points lacking for victory. But
the Harvard eleven. with bitter defeat star;
ms them ~ the face, played ilereely until
the very last aud even with the wind
against them in the eet"na haN they RAJ.
lied and made one OF the most magnificent
sputts ever seen ON tn" griIiron. before
which the gritty men from Pennsylvania
vaniaus won and won calamity and llar-
yard must again bear the sorrows of de,
feat.
Tho crowd was so tremendous and the
game was SO replete with dramatic incl
tween intense silence and a frenzy OF
cheering from the first play till the last.
Long before the game began when Captain
ran ON the field there were fully l2,0D pep-
PIE surrounding the gridiron. iennsy wan Ia Ia
enthueiastic ''rootcts were on hand to
cheer their fav9ritess and they kept UP
their sharp. quick Penn SYLVIA MIA" ring
ing uncomfortably In Harvard's ears from
start TO finish. The stands We're alive
solid with one living mass OF humanity,
who yelled Ike demons when Harvard
crimson Of Waryard was intermtngled with
tho rcd ana blue OF Pennsylvania and the
cheers Of each college vcd with each other
The day was fine, perhaps a trine mild.
and the fresh south breeze which came UP
important factor in the result of the strug-
gle.
splendid care taken by the workers on the
gridron was not soggy enough to pre-
vent a good footing.
Without detracting from the glory of
Pennsylvania victory. which was well
earned. the Harvard team held their own
at every stage and outplayed the Quakers
the kicking department., and in this Brooke
easily excelled. Charley Brewer. on the
other hand, was responsible in way for
Halvard's defeat II he had kicked two
easy goals. from the first two touchdow,ns.
and there would have been extreme Joy In
stead Of bitter sorrow in Cambridge to-
and gave the Quakers oil they wanted.
on the ends, too, Harvard had the best OF
it, but at tackle, Nagenhurst ana tarrar
Were more than a match for Rice and
Pennsylvania tried. numerous complicated
The backs were not so sure nor did they
play as cleanly as did Harvard. but cyl
IDENTIFY they were stronger and the heavier
little attempt at slugging and dirty play.
PennsylYania won the toss and took the
ern goal. Brewer sent the ball back after
the kickoff but the effort was weak one
thirty-two yards from the goal.
Pennsylvanias backs massed on the tack;
le and sent Minds, ripping through, Gould
took a brace and held the Quakers for
three downs. Brooke dropped back for,
stocky fullhack rounded the right end for
a good twenty yards. The ball was just
eight yards from the coveted goal, and
Minds and Gilbert were driven at tackle,
but without success. Then Brooke fell
back for a kick. and with an easy effort
true and sure between the goal posts, and
the red and blue led, 5 to O. after just
- 1t vas vas Just four minutes after that young
Gerirish ,i,ei Newell fgli on, the bah safely be-
lop and Wrighineton carried the ball to
fennsylyanias twelye-yard line but here
the Quakers took stand and got the ball
through on him in fash, blocked the at
line, where Newell fell on it. 1t was an
easy goal, but Brewer made bad miss
elevens now made desperate rally Brooke
was pushed through left center for u
putting thg red and blue away in the lead,
Play tsana an4 Hazard secured her second
Brg%fT 2gn misseG Id an easy goal ana
half closed with the ball in Harvard's
possession at the center of the field. When
the second hair began there was gale
sweeping down the field. Brooke again
the posts and Pennsylvania now had an
easy lead, II to
the unest rallies that any team ever at
tempted. Win logged energy the crimson
backs assai!ed the Quaker line. Steadily
ana surely without hitch or a stop the
plucky Harvard bHclis forced the ball
from their own thirty-ive yard line
straight up to the center, and by gains Of
Pennsylvania forty yard line Here the
Quakcrs rallied and got the ball on downs,
but Harvard got II back Immediately and
with the same relentless driving force
took it on TO Pennsylvania's seventeen yard
short punt. The bail went high In the air
and came down among the players of both
teams close, to the, line, whore Cabot Sc
cured It and scored a touchdown. Brown
kicked the goal, and the score was II to H.
as it remained for two minutes, afterward
center of the held. The lineup and sum
University Of PenusylvanIa-BoyIe left
left guard; Bull, center; Wharton, right
guard; Farrar, right tackle, Dickson, right
half back; Minds. right half back; Brooke,
Harvard-Newen, right end; Gould, right
fenter; Holt, LEFT guard; Rice, left tackle;
Gabot ier Snd ReGhis qHSTWgT SnGk
score-Pennsylvania, IL Harvard. IA,
Touchdowns-Ma by Brooke, Boyle.
Newell, Wrightington, Cabot,
Goals from ouchdowns-srooke, 2;
Brown l.
Goals from held-Brooke, !.
Referee-H L. Pratt, of Amherst
I-mpires-Laurie Rltss, of Yale, and NJ
a Kennedy, of Leland Stanford.
IAncsmen-F Deleabarre for Pennsyl-
vania and f.. r. Wood for Harvard.
Time-Two thirty-tive minute halves.