The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-20

All Sorts Of Grotesque Costumes,
Braved the Downpour and cheered
the Teams-score Was II to o,
and Every Point Was Won By
Straightforward, Open Tactics-A
Brilliant Game.
New Haven, Conn, Nov 19.-Harvard
defeated Yale this afternoon II to 0.
winning a glorious football victory in a
/ clean, fast game, abounding in brilliant
/ plays The Harvard eleven showed
themselves masters of the game, ez-
ceiling in every department and play
ing football well nigh marvellous under
| such miserable weather conditions. =.
Every point was made by straightfOr-
ward open tactics, and no fiuke or luck
| contributed in any way TO the scoring.
Harvard's great speed of play, power :
| and concentration of attack, superior
kicking and splendid physical condition
won the game for her easily. The Yale
I players fought with stolid pluck. AT
the end they rallied grandly out OF
! sheer desperation, and finished strong.
4 bleaker and more uninviting spot
( was not 10 be found in New Haven at
/ noon today than the Yale field. The
/ vanguard of the vast thrOng which
went to the field began TO arrive short
ly after the noon hour, after a long
/ tramp through mud and water, and
found the gridirOn submerged, and the
carefully prepared approaches to the
grandstand a quagnnire. The rain which
] mad fallen for two and a half days
was still pouring down, and q north
east wind continued to send the storm
along with great violence. Eighteen
thousand people witnessed the game.
OilskinS, mackintOSheS, rubber coats,
| table cloths, carriage boots, south
Westers, every kind Of waterproof pro
lection was pressed into service. The
1 rubber clothing in New Haven stores
was sold early IN the day, and then d
raid made on the dry goods stores for
oiIciCth. Hundreds went to the field
opening in the center, through which
bedraggled heads appeared.
The costumes of the women we're as
grotesQue as those Of the men, and
many women who sat in the stands
with absolutely no head covering, pre-
sented an odd appearance when the
rain had beaten down on them for two
hours and melted their locks about
their faces. But they were cheerful,
and even wildly enthusiastic at times,
in spite of it all.
By 1:30 the two large stands on either
side Of the field were we'll filed, the
west side allotted to Harvard, filing
more rapidly. Fifteen minutes later the
east stand, occupied by Yale and her
Sympathizers, and both end and corner
stands We're practically full. By 2
O'Clock there were few vacant seats in
the great ngle-just two
1t was just 2:16 o'clock when Captain
greaved and gauntieted for the battle,
ran on the field from the northeast cor
ner, amid volleys of cheering from en-
thusiastic Yale men. One minute later
Captain Dibblee and his crimson
stocked warriors strobe into the arena,
while great banks of humanity that
sat in the gridiron burst into wild hur-
rahs.
THE BATTLE OPENS.
Yale won the toss, taking the ball and
rushing toward the northern goal. At
2:23 O'clock Burr Chamberlain kicked
off far down the field to the ten-yard
line, DAILY returning the kick prettiIy
and Yale lined I'D with the bail in her
possession on her own fifty-yard line.
Three attempts to forge the crimson
forward netted but three yards and
the ball went to Harvard on downs but
it was Immediately given back to the
blue on Harvard's offside play Again
Yale could not gain, and Chamberlain
was forced to kick. Daily fumbled the
punt, then picked the ball up deftly and
ran ahead a few yards, giving the
crimson the ball on the thirty-yard line.
| HdughtOn punted at once high and
far down the field, Dudley catching the
ball on Yale's own ffty-yard line. Har-
wards. defense was impregnable, and
Yale was forced once more to kick
Halz.rd receiving the pigskin on her
own dfty-yaTd line
Haughton Immediately booted the
leather from far down the sridiron
across the goal line for a touch
back
The ball being brought back, Cham
berlain kicked off from the twenty-five
yard line, Reid making pretty catch,
dashing over the white lines for TWEEN
ty yards before little Ely nailed him.
HARvARD's ONSLAUGHT.
It was now with the ball on YaIe's
forty-five-yard line that Harvard be-
gan her relentless hammering at the
Yale line which resulted in a we'll
earned touchdown. Dibblee and Reid
plunged into the Yale forwards with
tremendous power. At each rush the
blue wavered. with Yale DOwerloss to
check the terrific onslaught. Slowly
but surely Harvard advanced the ball
on steady, persistent plungeS, first
smashing TO one 5lCSs LlGn 20 the Ol0eF,
of the center. The ball reached the
twelve-yard line, Dibblee, Reid and
Boal taking it on consecutive rushes
for thirty-three yards. Then little Dib-
blee plunged into right tackle as if shot
from a catapGult, and the ball was ten
yards nearer the coveted goal line.
Yale made a plucky rally then and
twice faced the fury of the crimson at
tack, giving way but one yard With
that one yard between them and a.
touchdown, Little Charlie Daily called
out the men for one last effort. Reid
took the ball and leaped headlong into
the struggling forwards. 1t was nearly
a minute before the men could be pull
ed out of the heap, so hard and close
had been the scrimmage- but Reid had
gone over the line. The crimson had
scored the first point at just 2.35
o'clock. twelve minutes after the kick
OFF. Cochrane's kick for goal struck
the cross-bar, and the ball bounded
Ndown into the arena, making the score
to in Harvard's s favor.
Cham berlain kicked Off again, and
DAILY hunted back to Ely on the play.
The Harvard line was strong, deter
mined and aggressive Tt was impos-
Z sible for Yales try AS she would, to