The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-11-24
HARVARD DEFEATED.
Brewer Played Poorly and Pcnnsyl-
vania Kicked Hard.

HARVARD DEFEATED.
Brewer Played Poorly and Pcnnsyl-
vania Kicked Hard.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Nov. BIN one of
the grandest and most stubbornly fought
football games ever witnessed, the plucky
Harvard eleven went down before the
sturdy Pennsylvanians on Soldiers field
this afternoon. lighting desperately and
gamely to the last. The score was II to H.
Pennsylvania won on the splendid kick
ing OF full-back Brooke, which the stiff
breeze rendered all too effective in the
second half Harvard lost primarily
through Brewers two bad misses Of easy
kicks for goal. which deprived the crimson
Of the four points lacking for victory. But
the Harvard eleven, with bitter defeat star
ing them in the face, played fiercely until
the very last, and even with the wind
against them in the second half they rail-
lied and made one Of the most magnificent
spurts ever seen on the gridiron. before
which the gritty men from Philadelphia
went down like paper. But the Quakers
won. and won gallantly, and Harvard must
again bear the sorrows OF defeat.
The crowd was tremendous and the game
that 1t kept the people alternating between
intense silence and frenzy of cheering
from the first play till the last. Long
before the game started the crowd began
TO swarm through the gates and when
Captain Williams and his sturdy Quaker
eleven ran on the field there was fully
PENNSYLVANIA did not lack for cheering, for
nearly LOO enthusiastic "rooters' were on
ma ber 1er Ge ana hsy
ringing uncomfortably in Harvards ears
from start to finish. The stands were alive
solid with one living mass of humanity
and each individual yelled like q demon
when Harvard made headway. On the
intermingled with the red and blue of
Pennsylvania and the cheers of each col
lege We'd with each other continuously 1t
was grand spectacle from the inclosure,
and over the whole scene of color and
movement brightly flew big crimson ban
ner in the sharp south wind ~,
and the fresh south breeze which came up
in the latter part or the afternoon was an
gle. The grounds were soft, but, owing to
the splendid care taken by the workers, the
eridiron was not soggy enough 10 prevent a
good foot hold
Without detracting from the glory OF the
Pennsylvanias victory, which was we'll
| earned, the Harvard team held its own at
every stage and outplayed the "Quakers''
half the time. with the one exception of the
kicking department, and in this Brooke cas-
| lily excelled Charley Brewer, on the other
Rar f e had n cES So fSc
goals from the first two touchdowns the
! crimson would have carried the day and
OF bitter sorrow In Cambridge tonight. The
| Harvard center was strong and gave the
| .'Quaxers'' all they wanted. On the ends,
/ too, Harvard had the best of 1t, but at
tackle Wagenhurst and Farrar were more
| tnan a match ter Rice and Gould PENN
| sylvania tried numerous complicated mass
| plays on tackle and criss-crosses. The
as cleanly as Harvard, but evidently they
were the stronger and heavier set. 1t was
a splendid, fast game, with little attempt at
| slugging and dirty play.
THE GAME IN DETAIL.
Pennsylvania won saa toss and took the
ball. Harvard rushing towards the northern
goal. Brewer sent the ball back after the
kickoff. but the effort was a weak one, but
the "Quakers'' regained the spheroid thir-
ty-two yards from the goal. Pennsylvania's s
backs massed on the tackle and sent Minds
ripping through Gould for four yards. Then
the Harvard team took brace and held
the "Quakers' for three downs. Brooke
dropped back for a kick. but it was clever
blum, and the stocky full back 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. sent
the pieskin spinning over the bar. true and
sure between the goal posts, and the red
and blue led. to Q: after Just FIVE minutes
young Gerrish Newell fell on the
bali safely behind Pennsylvanias line.
After After an exchange of punts yr,as steady lad
ton carried the. ball to Pennsyl-
vania's twelve-yard line. But here the
''Quakers'' took a stand and got the ball
| but Holt and Norton Shaw were through on
him like flash, blocked the attempt and
the ball rolled back across the line where
aD fot1O xpoc Ona hrl
! Brewer made bad miss and Pennsylvania
still led 8 to 4. Both elevens now made a
! desperate rally. Brooke was pushed through
| left center for touchdown and kicked the
! goal himself, putting the red and blue away
| in the lead, II TO 4. There was ten minutes
| left TO play and Harvard secured her second
| missed an easy goal, and Pennsylvania
! still led, IL TO s. The half closed with the
| ball in Harvard's possession at the center
| OF the field.
When the second half began there was a
| gale sweeping down tte field. Brooke again
sent the sphere clean and true between
| the posts and Pennsylvania now had an
easy lead--l7 to s. 1t was now that Har-
| ward made one OF the finest rallies that
any team ever attempted. With logged
Quaker line. Steadily and surely. without
| hitch or a STOP the plucky Harvard
backs forced the ball from their own thir-
| ty-flve-yard line straight UP to the center.
and by gains of two or three yards, at a
| time, on to Pennsylvania's forty-yard-line.
! Here the "Quakers rallied and got the
ball on downs, but Harvard got 1t pack
| Immediately and with that same relent-
! less driving force, took it on to Pennsyl-
| yania's seventeen-yard-line. Here Wright
ington made a clever short punt. The ball
went high in the air and came down
among the players OF both teams close to
| the line, where Cabot secured it and scored
| a touchdown. Brown kicked the goal and
| the score was IL to Ia, as IL remained. for
| two minutes afterward time was called.
| with the ball near the center of the field.
| The lineup and summary follow:
/ Harvard. Position. Pennsylvania.
| Cabot ....... Left end Boyle.
| Rice. Left tackle ...Wagenhurst.
| Holt. Left guard Woodruff.
| r. Shaw....... Center ............. Bull.
| j. y. Shaw. Right guard Wharton.
| Gould ......... Right tackle .-...... .Farrar.
! Newell. ........ Right end ........ Dickson.
| Beale. Quarter back Williams.
| Wrightington. Right half back 49,. Minds.
/ c. Brewer. Left half back ..... Gilbert
| Dunlop. ... Full back .......... Brooks.
Score-Pennsylvania IL; Harvard. IA.
| Touchdowns-Nade by Brooke, Boyle,
| Newell. Wrightington, Cabot.
Goals from OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 2;
Brown. J.
| Goals from feld-Brooke, /.
Referee-H L. Pratt. of Amherst.
Umpires-Laurie Bliss, OF Yale, and NJ.
| a. Kennedy. of Leland Stanford.
| Linesmen-F -Delabarre. for Pennsyl-
vania, and +. r. Wood, for Harvard.
Time-Two s5-minute halves
One of the Many Inquiries.