The herald., 1897-11-14

not costly fumbles, while Yale's backs
seemed to misjudge the punts contin-
ually and the men were sure on their
catches. At the end Yale seemed to be
fresher.
1t was grand football weather and a
tremendous crowd saw the struggle.
The air had tinge of winter-just
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 condition af-
ter the heavy rains of yesterday and
the players were put to no discomfort on
this score.
Long before the game was called the
great stands We're packed to overlooking
with the anxious enthusiasts. 1t was
a great spectacle from the enclosure, the
greatest throng that ever assembled at
a football contest in Cambridge. Fully
$4,000 enclosed the gridiron in four great
bastion-like banks of humanity Up
the slopes there blazed and fiickered a
thousand dull red flags except in the
south stand, where in four sections there
was a solid mass of waving blue, save
for an occasional crimson flag. First
crimson everywhere. then thousand
banners of the blue were snapped de-
family in the breeze. Though Yale's
contingent of 5000 enthusiastic support
ers in the south stand were numerically
overwhelmed by crimson sympathizers
they cheered more Justify and made
more noise than did their rivals.
shortly before o'clock the Harvard
team came upon the field, led by Captain
Cabot and Duocette. Their appear
ance was the signal for mighty tumult
from the Harvard stands.
A moment later, when the Yale men,
headed by the tow-headed Captain
Rogers. raced into the enclosure. a storm
of hysterical enthusiasm went up from
across the gridiron.
Never before have the alumni of Har-
ward flocked back to the college in such
numbers, and never before has Cam
bridge seen so many Yale men within
her confines. The uncertainty of the
result OF the game was the chief topic
of conversation and the apparently even
prospects of each team augmented the
followers Of the game until it was al
most unprecedented. They came from
every direction. by every means of con-
veyance. Special trains brought thous-
ands into Boston who began to flock to
early in the day. Graduates
from the wilds of Maine to the plains of
Texas once more entered Harvard
Square and for the time dropped thought
of all else but football. The interest in
the contest was fully as great among
the women as among the men and hum
dreds of them from all parts of New
We're at the game.
Every member of the Yale team this
seemed to be in perfect physical
To a man they displayed the
utmost confidence in their ability to hold
$ heavy line and make an excel
ent showing in this afternoons contest.
Captain Rogers expressed the opinion
that although the wind was pretty
strong, it would not hurt his players any
THE POSITIONS.
The following are the positions
Harvard. Position. Yale
Y. W. Cabot. Left End. ....J. ]. Hazen
:. o. Swain. Left Tackled. C. Rodgers
). W. Bouve. Left Guard. Chadwick
\. Z. Doucette. Center. .G. l. Cadwallader
3. Dibblee. Left Half-back. A. f. Corwin
VI. Donald Right Tackle p. c. Chamberlain
7. 3. Moulton. Right End. John Hall
Garrison. Jr. Quarterback CA. DeSaulles
?. D. Houghton. Full elk. M L. Mcbride
=. Warren. Right Half-bac II. F Benjamin
H. f. Haskell. Right Guard. FIG. Brown, Jr.
Umpre-Paul Dashiel. Lehigh.
Referee-W. A. McClung. Lehigh.
Linesmen-John Graham. f. A. A.: D.
NJ. Goodrich. Harvard: j. Rowland, Yale.
Score-Harvard. 0: Yale. 0.
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