The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-11-24
One Of the Finest Football
Games Ever Played.
A MAGNIFICENT BATTLE
Pennsylvania Defeats Harvard and
0lympics Go Down Before the
Reliance Combination.

New York, Nov. 23.-One of the greatest
football games ever played took place to-
day between the elevens of Yale and
Princeton. Fully $4,000 people witnessed
the contest and the enthusiasm Increased
from the time the ball was kicked Off
until time was called at the end of the
second half, when the score stood 20 to 10
in Yale's favor. The star player in today's
struggle was Thorne. captain Of the Yale
team. and he covered himself with glory.
The manner in which he bucked the tiger
line was phenomenal, as were his long
runs around the ends. Time and again
punts and advanced the ball for long
gains, and once he started from Prince
tons 65 yard line and carried the ball to
touchdown through the entire Prince
contingent, with practically no interfer-
ence. When Bass broke through the
Princeton line and secured the leather on
tumble by Lea, he made the most
brilliant and effective play Of the game.
for he was able to make a touchdown af-
ter covering 50 yards.
| Cambridge, Mass, Nov. 23.-In one of
the grandest and most stubbornly fought
football games ever witnessed, the plucky
Harvard eleven went down before the
sturdy Pennsylvanians on the Soldiers
field this afternoon, fighting desperately
and gamely to the last. The score was
| II to Il.
Pennsylvania won on the special kick
ing OF Full Back Brooke, who kicked two
goals from the field. A stiff breeze rem
dered the kicking more effective in the
second half. Harvard lost primarily
| through Brewers two bad misses OF
easy kicks for the goal, which deprived
the crimsons Of the four points lacking
for victory, But the Harvard eleven,
with bitter defeat staring them in the
face. played fiercely until the very last
and even with the wind against them in
the second half they rallied and made
the most magnificent efforts ever seen
on the grldiron, before which gritty men
from Philadelphia went down like paper
But Pennsylvania won and won gallant
ly, and Harvard must again bear the
sorrows of defeat. The crowd was tre-
mendous and the game was replete with
Incidents. Without detracting from the
glory of Pennsylvania's victory, which
was we'll earned, the Harvard team held.
their own at every stage and outplayed
the Quakers half the time with one ex-
ceptlon, that of the kicking department,
and in this Brooke excelled Charley
Brewer, on the other hand, was RESPONSE
BILE, In way, for Harvard's defeat. II
he had kicked two easy goals from the
first two touch downs the Crimson would
have carried the day
Harvard's center was strong and gave
the Quakers all they wanted. On the
ends too, Harvard had the best of II,
but at tackle Wagenhurst and Farrar
were more than a match for Rice and
Gould. The backs were not so sure, nor
lid they play as cleanly as did Harvard.
but evidently they were stronger and
heavier set. 1t was a splendid and fast
game, but with little attempt at slugging
and dirty play
San Francisco, Nov. 2S.-Reliance won
the football game from the Olymplcs. The
score was IA to 6.
Detroit. Nov. 23.-Michlgan 20; Minne-
sofa, 0.
Denver. Nov. 23-Denver, 12: Butte, Q.
Portland, Nov. 23.-High school, a; Pa
cific University, 0.
Seattle, Nov. 23.-eSattle, 49, Tacoma,
0 Seattle kicked goal from the field.
Portland, Nov. 23-The medical students
II the State University today defeated
he law students at football by score
Of 10 to 0.