The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-11-14
Harvard and Yale Played Each
Other to a Standstill.
A DISAPPOINTING GAME
IL Was Stubborn and Bitterly Fought
Battle = Lacked the Pyrotechnics
and Dramatic Incidents OF the
Old-Time Games.

gridiron, desperately disputing every
inch Of the territory and vainly essay
ing IL cross the coveted goal line. The
leans had each a strong defense and
weak ground-gaiuing 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 were real
ized. 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 When Harvard put her
to the test she was not found wanting.
and 10y her resolute and determined de-
fense prevented the crimson from de-
ing what Brown. West Point. Carlisle
and Chicago had already accomplished.
IL was as stubborn and bitter fought
battle as was ever fought. Each play
brought every bit of spirit and power
possible into It's inception and IL took
the concentrated efforts of eleven men
To stop IL. Both teams fought like men
determined that their opponents should
not gain an Inch. and although the con-
test lacked the football pyroiechnics
and the dramatic incidents of the old
time game, II was hard fight from
first to last.
The game was unusually devoid of
long, brilliant runs and hair-iaising
tackles. but the enormous crowd was
kept al the intenscst pitch of excite
mcnt over the final outcome.
The high wind was AN important fac
tor uf the result. 1t made necessary
particularly difficult system Of offen-
sive and defensive for both teams. Yale
winning the toss and securing the wind
had Harvard al great odds The fact
that heavily handicapped as she was,
Harvard defended her territory so
strongly he'd all Ia believe that in
the second half the crimson would
score an easy victory.
In the second half. when Harvard
had the strong wind al her back. il
I Was arref she had been battered and
buffeted at the gridiron for over an
hour and Was In no condition IL strike
into The line with a mosi telling effect.
fale's supposed superiority ia the
kicking department did not materialize
Even when Mcbride and Dcsaullcs had
the wind at their backs Haughton very
nearly held his own. AT times the
Naie's backs made miserable attempts
al punting. Four times they had their
kicks blocked by the Harvard for
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advantage. but once decidedly 10 Har-
wards. Haughton was guilty of several
bad hui not costly fumhles, while
lale's backs seemed Ia misjudge the
punts and We're never sure ON their
catches. At the end Yale seemed TO be
freshrr
N was grand football weather and a
tremendous crowd saw the struggle.
The air had tinge OF winter-just
enough to make che spectators cheer
and stamp Ia keeIs warm and 10 put
vim into the work of the players. The
gildirnn was In remarkably good con-
dilion after the heavy rains uf yester-
day and the players were put Ia no dis
comfort un this score.
Long before the game was called the
grand stands were packed t. ovt rilow-
ing with The anxious enthusiasts. II
was "A great spectacle. the greatest
tnrnng that ever assembled at foot
ball contest in Cambridge. Fully 25.00D
enclosed the gridiron In four great bas-
tiun-likc banks of humanity. Up the
slopes there blaztd and nickpred "A
thousand dun red flags except In the
south stand. where. In four sections.
there Was a solid mass Of waving blue
save for an occasional crimson nag
L it.t there seemed To be mass of
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thousand banners of the blue were
snapped deiisnlly in the breeze.
Though Nale's contingent of 5000 en-
thusiastic supporters in the south stand
were numerically overwhelmed by the
crimson sympathiZers. they chesred
more Justify and made more noise than
did their rivals. Shortly before o'clock
the Harvard team came upon the iitld
ltd 10y Captain Cabot and Doucette
Their appearance was the signal for
u mighty tumult from the Harvard
stands.
a moment later when the Vale men
came ON and. headed by tow-headed
Capt, Rodgers. raced into the enclosure.
Ii storm uf hysierical enthusiasm went
up from across the pridiron.
How the Game Mas Played.
u was just four minutes after .
o'clock when the Yale men tumbled
over the low fence around the grldiron
at the west end Of the field with the
wind al their backs. thus Indicating
that Yale's luck had given her the toss
At almost the same minute The crimson
appeared al the opposite end of the
arena.
On the kickoff Haughton's punt was
low and Haven caught the ball ana ad-
vancpd 1, Il Y1les ,5-yard line. Nc
Bride was the first ~ the Ellis Ia re-
ceive thu yig-skin for a rush. aud H.
made five yards through the center
Then the ball was passed To Mcbride
for a kick hut Yale's line yielded and
the bail was blocked. Benjamin fell on
IL. however. ana II remained In Nalc's
possession on her 9O-yard line.
corwin was next given the bah Tor a
punt and he sent IL out of bounds at
Harvard's 20-yard line. Warren. for
Harvard. failed 10 Igin through Cham
herluin, hut Dibhlee took the ball
around Nale's rgh, end for 10 yhrds
harvard then lost the ball on a tumble
after two unsuccessful attempts 10 buck
the center. But Yale found a strong
lire IN front of her on the next two
rlAys. and Mcbride punted. Dihblee
allow ed the ball tn roll hack of the goat
line and il was brought out io Har-
wards 25-yari line for free punt.
Haughton's first trial sent the ban out
OF bounds and II was rarricd back, hut
the Second hsd twist on II that was
! too much for Desaullrs. who muded.
ard the ban was Haryards. on her a.
yard line.
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