The Portland daily press., 1897-11-22
HARVARD AND PeNNsY.

HARVARD ANU PENNST.
The Story of the Crimson's Day of Defeat.
Philadelphia, Pa. November 2O.--
Before the largest crowd that ever wit
messed football game the University of
Pennsylvania eleven today on Franklin
held defeated Harvard by q score of Is to
g.. 1t was a sensational game. There
were but few good runs. the fifty five
yard dash of Parker and Jackson's s TWEEN
ty five yard run being the only ones of
moment. The playing was fierce. but not
unnecessarily vicious. By today's VIC
tory Pennsylvania has gained the top
round of the football ladder. The street
car companies had arranged to handle q
big crowd, but the arrangements were
wholly inadequate. A surging mass of
humanity crowded about the many en-
frances to franklin field. 1t was nearly
3 30 before the last enthusiast was seated
in the huge amphitheatra. Inside the
grounds, the sight was beautiful and in
spring. The grid iron is entirely sur
rounded by seats, the grand stand rising
almost fifty feet above the field. These
thousands of seats were all occupied
The seating capacity of the gro unds is
almost %, 600 and 999 out of every 200
persons either carried red and blue or
crimson flag or wore the colors of one or
the other of the big colleges. AS the game
progressed the sympathiZers of both Har-
ward and Pennsylvania were given ample
opportunity to use their lungs and wave
their flags. The Crimson followers were
all seated in the north stand and they
cheered their fayorites on the slightest
preteXt.
Harvard started the game without the
services of Captain Cabot, Richardson
taking his place at left end. Swain, who
played against Yale at left tackle, was
replaced by Wheeler, Mills and Haughton
al6ernated In Donald's position at right
tackle. Warren's position at right half
hack was ably filled by Parker
The Harvard team, as a whole, played
good football, but the Pennsylvanias
played better. In Dibblee and Parker
Harvard had two of the finest half backs
and had Harvard's S line held as it
should have done, the Crimson would
have been dangerous for Pennsylvania.
On the ends the Cambridge men
showed none of the slowness in getting
play at Cambridge on Saturday last.
They were faster than either Boyle or
Hedges, At centre Overtield toyed with
the heavy Doucette and Hare more than
held his own against Bouve, Mills and
Houghton were alternated at right tackle
and full back, the latter playing in the
line on defensive and dropping back to
field for offensive work Mills line buck.
ing, however, was of no value to the
Crimson.
For the Crimson Dibbiee and Parker
were easily the stars and Garrison also did
something in the work. Parker's run
of fifty-fiye yards was made on a DELAYED
double pass but it never should have been
made as he was missed by three men.
For Pennsylvania, Hare, Minds, Hedges
and MoCracken all did good work. Both
teams We're guilty of bad fumbles Two
OF Pennsylvania fumbles cost them the
loss of two touchdowns. Harvard's fun
bles were more numerous but less disas-
trous. 1t is the general opinion that
Pennsylvania outplayed the Cambridge
boys. Tonight the Pennsylvania followers
are making night hideous on the business
thoroughfares with tin horns and college
yells. Many players went to the Chest.
nut Street Opera House tonight to Wit
ness FL Capitan