Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-02
GOSSIP FROM The CRlDIRON
Saturdays Games Devoid Of Sensation or
Even Surprising Features
HARVARD KEEPS INDIANS FROM SCORING
Crimson Gets Touchdown Enrly aud
Acts ON the Defensive During the
Rest of the Game, Win
ming Easily.

The close game the Carlisle Indians gave
Harvard at Cambridge on Saturday was
the most noteworthy event that occurred
on the gridiron On Saturday. with the
possible exception of the Chicago game,
the match between the red-legged men Of
Harvard and the real red men from Car
Isle is the only one deserving OF more than
passing notice. mere glance at the
score-4 to O-would seem to indicate that
the Indians had hustled Harvard harder
than they had either Yale or Princeton.
a peep into the play OF the game, how
ever indicates that Harvard made better
showing than did Yale and nearly as good
as that OF Princeton 1t is true that Har-
wards score was considerably smaller than
either Yales or Princeton's, but Harvard
scored its solitary touchdown within the
first seven minutes of play, and then
played a defensive game altogether, 1t
was successful, too. and as result the
| Crimson is the only team the Indians
have not scored on. Yale was scored on
| twice, though only one touchdown was al
| lowed, and Princeton was scored on once.
| 1t Is true Harvard did not run up much of
score, but the defensive scheme was prob
| ably a wise one. The Indians gains were
| ncutralized by long punts every time, while
| the Harvard men, holding themselves back
for Saturdays same with Princeton, at
| around the ends. The generous treatment
| of the Indians by the Harvard students
| comeG as a welcome relief after the grand
larceny by the Ealensians a week ago.
All interest now centers in the Harvard
| Princeton game to be played on Saturday.
day, though its defensive work when the
Crimson Crimson goa goal was Msp great foot foot 6a captain
| Wrightingion Is still kept out of the game
| by a lame knee. but with Dunlop, COZZens
! sullivan RrpMp and Re1lp the hack field
is strong anyway. If the line were as good
| Harvard would have great team. Prince
partial critics generally now regard 1t as
the strongest eleven playing, It's score
against Corncll-3i to Clocks big when
compared with Harvard's score against the
| same team-l3-4. Last year Cornell held
Princeton o, doTn .dS TO 81 six points; 1t dd The
| game. In '93 the score was 44-O, and in %
| II was l2-i, always in favor OF Princeton.
| With one exception, then, this years score
| is Princetons best against Cornell and 1t
! year that Princeton defeated Yale Toe
| Tigers are in splendid condition, and their
| hopes are high for not only capturing the
| Harvard game on Saturday, but also the
| Yale game two weeks later.
George Dyer's West Point cadets scored
| against Yale on Saturday, hut then that
| trick has become 50 common this season
| that IL scarcely needs special mention. on
| Wednesday of last week the Elizabeth
| Athletic club also scored on the Els. II
| such teams can score against Yale II will
| be very strange indeed II the Jerseymen
| cannot do some scoring on November p.
| over in Chicago Halfback Nichols, who
| played 50 poorly against Northwestern,
Jumped into the game in the second half
and saved his team from a defeat by the
University of Illinois. Billy Gardner OF
| this city fu!lback, made one OF the two
| touchdowns for Chicago university, and
| kicked both goals. Gordon Clarke at quar-
| terbaCk also did good work. Michigan had
| no trouble in turning down Lehigh 40.
| The latter team Is weaker than usual this
| year, while the former is as strong as ever
| and could give some of the mightier east
| ern teams a good argument. Nebraska was
| scored on by Wesleyan, which fact Is not at
! all to the former teams credit. Omaha
| saw a good game and may depend upon It
| that the third game between the His h
| school teams of this city and Council Bluffs
! viii be Mell worth the prlCe OF Admission.