The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-14

Stanford-Footban Elsewhere.
Cambridge, Mass, Nov. 13.-Harvard
and Yale played each other to a stand
still this afternoon on Soldiers Field
For two thrilling hours elhe sturdy
elevens struggled over the white-lined
gridiron, desperately disputing every
inch of the territory, and vainly essay
ing to cross the coveted goal line.
The teams had each a strong de-
tense and weak ground gaining powers,
and the logical outcome of the contest
was that neither side scored.
The game was disappointing. Each
eleven was confident Of the victory and
the expectations Of neither was real
lied. Harvard should have won-she
had more possibilities than her rival,
and she had capabilities which she did
not employ TO the limit. Yale was but
once within scoring distance of the
Harvard goal. but when Harvard puJ
her to the test she was not found
wanting. and by her resOluta and de-
termined defense prevented the crimson
from doing What Brown, West Point,
Carlisle and Chicago had already ac-
complished II was as stubborn and
bitter a football battle as was ever
fought. Each play brought every bit
Of spirit and power possible into its in
ception, and it took the concentrated
efforts Of Ii men to stop it. Both teams
fought like men determined that their
opponents should not gain an inch, and
although the contest lacked the foot
ball pyrOtechnics and the dramatic in
cidents of the old time games, it was
hard fight from first to last
The game was unusually devoid of
long. brilliant runs and hair-rising
tackles, but the enormous crowd was
kept at the intensest pitch of excite
ment over the final outcome.
The high wind was an important fac
tor Of the result 1t made necessary a
partially difficult system of offensive
and defensive playing for both teams.
Yale, winning the toss and securing the
wind, had Harvard at great odds. The
fact that, heavily handicapped as she
was. Harvard defended her territory
so strongly. led all to believe that in
the second half the crimson would score
an easy victory.
In the second half when Harvard
he'd tn strong wind at her back, it
was ortcr she had been battered and
bufeted about the gridiron for over an
hour and was in no condition to strike
into the line with most telling eff
feet.
Yale's supposed superiority in the
kicking department did not materialize
Even when Mcbride and Desaulles had
the wind al their backs. HaughtOn
nearly held his own. At times Yales
backs made miserable attempts at
punting. Four times they had their
kicks blocked by the Harvard forwards;
once it turned TO their own advantage,
but once decidedly to Harvards
Haughton WAS guilty Of several bad.
but not costly fumbles, while Yales
backs seemed to nisiudge the punts
and they were never sure on their
catches. At the end Yale seemed to be
he fresher.
GREAT WEATHER.
1t was grand football weather. and a
tremendous crowd saw the struggle
The air had q tinge OF winter-iust
enough to make The spectators cheer
and stamp to keep warm, and to put
vim into the work Of the players. The
gridirOn was in remarkably good cOndi-
lion after the heavy rains OF yesterday
and the players were put to no discom-
fort on this score.
Long before the game was called the
grand-stands We're packed to overflow
ing with the anxious enthusiasts. 1t
was 4 great sDectacle-the greatest
throng that ever assembled at foot
ball contest in Cambridge Fully
TWENTY FTTTE THOUSAND
enclosed the gridiron in four great bas-
tion-like banks of humanity. Up the
slopes there blazed and fiickered thou
sands Of dull red flags. except in the
south stand, where, in four sections,
there was q solid mass Of waving blue,
save for an occasional crimson flag.
First there seemed to be a mass Of way
ing crimson everywhere, then a thou
sand banners Of the blue were snapped
oeiiantly 10 the freeze.
Though Yale's contingent of !. 1000 en-
thusiastic supporters in the south stand
were numerically overwhelmed by Grim
son sympathizers, they cheered more
Mstily and made more noise than did
their rivals
HYSTERICAL ENTHUSIASM.
Shortly before o'clock the Harvard
team came upon the field, led by Cap
tain Cabot and Doucette. Their ap-
Dearance was the signal for mighty
tumult from the Harvard stands A
moment later when the Yale men.
headed by the tow-headed captain,
Rodgers. raced into the enclosure, a
storm of historical enthusiasm went
up from across the gridirOn.
DETAILS OF THE PLAYS.
1t was just four minutes after 2
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 Yales luck had again given her
the toss. At almost the same minute
the Crimson eleven appeared at the OPP
posite end Of the arena.
On the kickoff Haughton's punt was
low and Haven caught the hall and ad-
vanced it to Yale's 80 yard line Nc
Bride was the first of the Els to re-
ceive the pigskin for a rush and he
made five yards through the center.
Then the bali was passed to Mcbride
for a kick but Yale's line yielded and
the bah was blocked. Benjamin fell on
it, however, and it remained III Yale's
possession on the 5o-yard line.
Corwin was next given the ball for a
MINT and he sent it ont of boI,r5c q +