The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-15
NEITHER SIDE SCORED.
Yale. Harvard Foot Ball Game Ends
in Tie.
STRONG DEFENSE AND WEAK
OFFENCE OF BOTH TEAMS.

Harvard Had More Possibilities of Win.
Ming But Failed to Take Advantage of
Tnem-Each Eleven Was Confident of
Victory.
Cambridge, Mass, November 19.-Har-
ward and Yale played each other to a
standstill this afternoon on Soldiers
field. For two thrilling hours the sturdy
gridiron, desperately disputing every inch
of territory and vainly essaying to gain
the coverted goal line. Il was a case of
two teams each with strong defense
and weak ground-gaining prowess, and
the logical outcome of the contest was
that neither side scored.
The game was disappointing. Each
eleven was confident of victory, and the
expectations of neither were realized.
Harvard should have won. She had more
possibilities than her rival and she had
capabilities which she did not employ to
the limit Yale ought to be well salts
fed with the grand defensive game that
she played. She was but once within
scoring distance of the goal, but when
Harvard put he to the test she was not
found wanting, and by her resolute and
determined defense, prevented the Grim
son from doing what Brown, West Point,
Carlisle and Chicago had already accom-
plished.
1t was just at four minutes past
9 O'Clock when the Yale men
tumbled over the low fence around
the gridiron at the west end of the
field with the wind at their backs, thus
indicating that ''Yale's luck" had again
given her the toss. At almost the same
minute the Crimson eleven appeared at
the opposite end of the arena.
Harvard was in too much of rush to
begin the game and when the bali had
been placed Haughton kicked off to De
Saulles, only to have it brought back as
it had been put in play before the referees
signal had been given. On the second
kick off. Hauehton punted low and Hazen
caught the ball and advanced it to Yales
thirty-fve yard line. Mcbride was the
first of the Ellis men TO receive the pig
skin for q rush and he made Ave yards
through the centre Then the ball was
passed to Mcbride for kick, but Yale's
line yielded and the ball was blocked.
Benjamin fell on it, however, and it
remained in Yale's possession on her fifty
yard ] ne. Corw1n was next given the
ball for punt and he sent it out of
bounds at Harvard's twenty yard line.
Warren, for Harvard, failed to gain
through Chamberlain, but Dibblee took
the ball around Yale's right end for ten
yards. Harvard then lost the ball on a
tumble after two unsuccessful attempts
TO buck the centre.
Yale found a strong line in front Of her
on the next two plays and McRI ide
punted. Dibhlee allowed the ball to roll
back of the goal line and 1t was brought
out to Harvard s twenty five yard line for
q free punt. Haughton's first trial sent
the ball out of bounds and it was carried
back, but the second had a twist on il
that was too much for De Saulles, who
mutfed and the ball was Harvard on her
forty yard line. Dibblee netted seven
yards ON thres successive end plays and
Bouve took it to the center OF the field
There Yale got it on tumble and Nc
Bride punted to Haughton, who caught
wards twenty-five yard line. Warren and
D1bblee circled the right and left for ten
ana n1teen yards, respectively, but Don
aid used his hands illegally and the bali
went to Yale. Mcbride punted at once,
but Doucette got through on him and
blocked the ball in time for Cabot to drop
on it at the center OF the field. Warren
made twenty yards around the left end,
but the ball went to Yale on downs
Mcbride made mess of his attempted
punt and Garrison, Harvard s little quar-
terback, fell on the ball on Yale's forty
i've yard line. Brown fooled Bouve on
tie next play and getting through the
Harvard line downed Warren with loss
Dlbblee avenged his team, however,
with characteristic lodging run around
right end; but his fellow fighters could
not keep up the pace and Haughton
punted on the third down to Yales fif-
teen yard line. Mcbride punted the ball
out of danger and Heughton returned it
on the next play.
Mcbride pinched the sphere on Yale's
twenty-five yard line and ran fifteen
yards before he was brought down by
swain. The contest was terrible one
and
SWAIN WAS LAID OUT
for minute, but resumed play. Warren
tackled Benjamin before he had made
his distance on the next down, and Yale
fumbled the ball, but pair of blue
arms got it again. Mcbride then kicked
to Harvard twenty yard line. The ball
slipped through Haughton's hands but
Dibblee saved it and made five yards to
Harvard's thirty yard line. Warren's
failure to gain forced Haughton to kick.
Mcbride made seven yards on the catch,
landing the ball we'll across the middle
line. Harvard's center yielded here for