The morning times., 1896-11-22
PENNSYLVANIA DOWNS HARVARD AND TIGERS DEFEAT YALEE
Harvard's s-yard line without having lost

HarVards 5-yard line without having lost
Tne next time 1t looked like Penn
sylvania touchdown sure. The ball was
passed to Woodruff to carry over. The
above % fe the mass as Of ~ struggling @ & men x groan
went up from Pennsylvania. A tumble
and a touchdown lost. AS the ball came
down, Wheeler seized 1t and hugged it
close to his breast as he was thrown two
yards from his goal line. The two teams
lined up. PENNSYLVANIA was wild with
ball to Wrightington, the PENNSYLVANIA
rushers tore through the Harvard line, and
we're on Wrighuneton like wolves; The
back OF the goal line, for n safety touch
down, and Pennsylvania had scored two
points. Dunlop and big Frank Shaw had
been hurt and forced To leave the field.
Livermore and Doucette took their places.
brown kicked out, and again Pennsyl-
vania resumed their furious assault upon
the Harvard line. on Harvard's forty-ffve-
yard line Minds made the star play OF
the day. The guards We're hurled at Har-
buck, and as the Harvard men II assed
back to Minds.
LONG DISPUTE.
Minds dashed around Harvard's right
end and avoiding the outstretched hands
OF Haughton' sped away for the goal.
and partially gra56ed iim ni'ie by OF one % Ieg.
Minds fell, shaking himself clear, carried
tue Ian across the goal line. Then to the
Referee Hickok ordered the bali to lie
brought back on the ground that Minds
iiad run QUITO bounds. A delay OF twenty
minutes followed while the point was
disputed by Capt. Wharton.
FINALLY Wharton gave in and Pennsyl-
ranil again hammered the ball up TO lar
wards ten-yard line. Here they lost it
Harvard's goal, Bro wn falling on the ball
ON quarter back kick, which went DehInd
There was still ten minutes of play, but
it was growing so dark that the players
could hardly be distinguished from the
stands.
Harvard kicked out again and Pennsyl-
wanna secured tine bali on the firty- yard
line. Grim and desperate with defeat.
staring them in the face, the Quaiers
again began that weary and furious as
sauit upon the Harvard line.
Harvard was weakening under the savage
onslaught. In vain We're the crinsoIs'
efforts to sion the Quakers' rush. Right
up to Harvard's two-y yard line was the ball
once again carried. IT was the first down
and Minds tried the center for no gain.
he Inud-beslnearcd men sprane 10 thcir
feet. Painting like some Overdriven bea sts
.ney croucneu shoulder To shoulder against
each other upon the ground. Back came
he bail Smash Went Woodruff into the
Harvard line. For a few brief seconds the
siraining, struggling mass OF men kept their
s..-IanI then rniIe }, ,cr the liza ward goal
line. Then pandemonium broke loose from
me Pennsylvania stand When the men
ragged off each otilrr and Woodruff was
seen to be lying behind the Harvard goal
in that last desperate assault and re-
sistance Wheeler and Brown were left
iyIng half CONSCIOUS upon the gronnt End
I'll. were carried OF the side lines, swain
AMI Dibblee taking their places.
Woodruff easily kicked the goal and
from that time on for the few minutes
remaining of play Harvard spent its last
strength III resisting the assaults of Penn.
sylvania. When time was called the
Quakers had again carried the ball up as
far as Harcard's iweuty-yard fIHe.
For Harvard, Cabot, Moulton and the
backs played star gaines, while IN the first
half Harvard's line did good work. Boyle
for Pennsylvania was MouIton's equal at
end and in The second half the entire
Pennsylvania team played as IL unit and
supply swept Harvard from their feet.
WHARTON'S GREAT PLAYING.
One Nan stood out above all the others
of the two teams for his magnificent play
lug. This was Capt. Wharton. He
ncser gave a Sraiiqcr exhibition Of foot
ban than lie did today. He held his man
in the line, seldom failing to gain his
distance and his tackling away out ON the
ends was remarkable
Harvard today closed the football season
OF 1896 III Gefeat and disaster But Penn
savanna has siill game TO play Oh I hanks
giving Day with Cornell.
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