The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-08
GAME TO THE LAST
HARVARDS PLAY AS IL THEY EX-
PHO ED TO WIN.

Been Anything Else to Nothing But FOL
the Tremendous Pluck of the Crimson
First HALF witnesses a Breath II gliding
Struggle by Which Hsrvard's Goal ID
saved-Youax Barnard Carries on the
Honors for Princeton in the Second
Balf-Gsnes Elsewhere.
Cambridge, Mass, Nov. 7-Shattered
battered and helpless, yet fighting
against heavy odds the crippled team OF
Harvard fell before the prowess o. old
Nassau this afternoon, and tonighF the
Tiger IS triumphant in victory. Twelve
to nothing was the score of the mem
pra5le contest, but it does not tell Of the
plucky, stubborn stand the crimson
made against Princeton's relentless as
sauits, nor Of the terrific battle tia-
was waged for two hours back and forth
across the white-lined gridiron.
And at the end, in the dim twilight,
the two battle-lines swung shoulder TO
shoulder in mid-field, a swaying mass OF
struggling muscle, Princeton joyful in
certain victory and Harvard bowed
down and detected, but still fighting
gamely to the bitter end The pace at
times had been terrific. There had been
many a fierce assault that left the
young gladiators stretched out silent
and motionless on the sod, like so many
dead logs. Delay after delay came from
the successive injuries, but with grim
determination and grit, player after
player struggled pluckiiy and faithfully
back into the game. 1t was clean, man.
~ football, however, such as to delight
the tremendous crowds present.
LACKING IN SCIENCE.
There was no end Of brilliant punting,
plenty of hair-raising encounters and
exciting moments, but from q scientific
football standpoint the game lacked the
splendid orga nization of force and the
brilliant tactics which have character
lied So many memorable battles on
9Iampden park and Mannheim field. The
game in miniature, shows how Harry
ard started in playing entirely on the
defensive. They repulsed the Tigers
fierce attacks and hardly ever attempted
TO advance the ball themselves. They
played more strongly than they knew,
and tire first half, in which neither
team crossed the coveted goal line, was
a superb battle. The second half saw a
change Of tactics. Harvard started out
on the offensive and Princeton took up
the task of defending their territory,
with such good effect that, aided mater
tally by Bairds splendid kicking, their
goal was never placed in jeopardy.
IDEAL WEATHER.
The weather was ideal for football
There were $4,000 people present. TIE
big stands were packed solidly from top
TO bottom. Each stand was a mass of
solid color, and the black and orange
banner of old Nassau WED vigorously
with the more numerous but no more
lively pennants and streamers of the
crimson.
Princeton sent big contingent of
footers. who occupied a section of the
east side and cheered their team on to
victory
Princeton played a compact interfer-
ence, close to her line, chiefly in tie
shape Of turtle back, which revoived
on tackle, or a driving tandem mass
play. in the same direction. Their in
reference ran smoothly ana clearly,
and though of an entirely different type
from Harvard's, was far superior in
form and organization. The Harvard
backs played some distance from the
line, and often with guard or tackle
in the formation with them. IT was not
until the second half that they began to
rush the ball and then, worn out and
badly shattered, the interference lacked
the essential of speed in getting away,
as well as steady formation.
HONORABLE MENTION.
Baird's splendid kicking was a potent
factor in the result. He punted in SUI
perb form. Brown, on the other hand,
with the exception of several fine long
punts in the first ten minutes OF play,
proved a great disappointment.
OF the victorious eleven Church was
the bright star OF the line. On the
Harvard team Norman Cabot played a
splendid game until he was forced TO
quit. The two freshmen tackles showed
up surprisingly strong.
Behind the line Dunlop played hard
plucky game. Though injured in the
first few minutes of play. he kept doing
brilliant defensive work 10 the very last
when, well nigh completely used up, he
gave way to CoZzens.
FTPST HALF IN DETAIL.
Harvard won the toss and chose the
wind, Princeton kicking off toward the
southern goal. At the outset Harvard
forced the play. For a few rushes
Kelly and Rannard ripped through
Haryard's tackles for short gains, but
the crimson soon had the ball well into
Princeton's territory. The story for
some minutes was much the same
King Kelly, at the head OF a tandem
team, would plunge into left tackle for
a few yards gain and then Barnard
would carry the ball as much farther
ahead on the other side. Tandem after
tandem was plunged into the Harvard
tackles with the force of a pile driver.