The times., 1898-11-06

solely by line-bucking. but the crimson
did not have the ball as many times as
the Quakers. Harvard made SO yards in
the first half and Jog in the second
thereby showing that the stamina of the
backs was rather increased than dimin-
ished as the game went on. As far as
square punting went Pennsylvania made
twenty-one kicks, five of which were by
the quarterback. while Harvard booted
the oval sixteen times. Harvards points
We're made in the most sensat tional man.
her. On the Kickoff, after six seconds
had elapsed, Coombs muffed the drive
ana Boal fell on the bail over the line
Tor a touchdown from which no goal was
kicked.
The Second Half.
In the second half DAILY made a fair
eaten of a punt on Pennsylvania thir-
ty-hve-yard line, and Burnett sent the
oval over the cross-bar in magnificent
style In the first half outland tried a
goal from the field on Harvard's twenty
yard line, and missed 1t by yard.
In line work the teams were pretty
evenly balanced, which was In the nature
or a surprise to those who expected 10
see Hare, overfeld and McCracken make
mince-meat of Harvard's center trio.
Crimson's Center ii Surprise.
Haryard's center. pitted as it was
against the recognized three best center
men in the colleges. was an agreelb g
surprise, and convinced the most critical
experts that the crimson win present in
creased strength at this point when the
Yale game arrives. Harvard's tackles
uer. hriIlia ntIy consnicua.-s
Line for line, everything considered, il
was about stand-off. with the prospects
OF general rout for the Pennsylvania
rushers had the game lasted fifteen min
utes longer. As 1t was, when the gama
ended Harvard had rushed the ball to
within foot of Pennsylvania S gcal but
did not have time to take 1t over. Coombs
and Outland, of Pennsylvania back
| field, were guilty of some surprising FUN
| bles, ana such as none of their friends
| had believed them to be capable of doing.
Harvard played faster football than had
/, been the custom at Cambridge. The at
| tack was harder and more aggressive,
the defense was gritty and full of sand,
and the general department of the whole
team seemed to indicate the dawn of a
new era in crimson gridiron affairs
Pennsy's Defeat Unexpected.
Pennsylvania defeat was SO unex-
| pected that the ouakers cannot seem to
realize 1t tonight. They are giving vari-
Gus reasons for their downfall, but they
cannot deny the fact that they were
outgeneraled and outplayed. Some OF
them are finding fault with the constant
use of the guards back plays. while
| others, and they are In the majority, are
severely criticising the play of the Penn
| sylvania backs for their fumbles, lack
| of judgment in making plays and weak
| ness in butting through the Harvard line
/ Harvard men are almost speechless
| with joy. They have been waiting fol
| this victory for four years past and are
now almost sure the crimson can defeat
| Yale. The streets are overrun witt
| cheering students from Cambridge and
| crimson flags, buttons and streamers car
be seen everywhere. Twenty thousand
persons witnessed the game. There were
many large parties from other cities ant
the grandstands were bright with colors
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