The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-06
VICTORY FOR HARVARD
QUAKER KICKERs DEFEATED 10 TO
ON A HARD-FOUGHT GAME.
PennsyIvania's Reverse Due Mainly to
FumbIinE-Chicago A. A. Beaten by
Yale 10 to O-Other Games.


| field this afternoon by her superior kicking
and her ability to check the Pennsylvania
guards back formation and to turn to adj
vantage the miserable fumbling of the
| Quaker backs. The score was 10 to 0. 1t
was a hard, clean game, fercely contested
from start to finish Astounding in brilliant
plays Harvard finished the game in good
| condition, and was strongly aggressive to
| the very last place.
In the marvelously short time Of fifteen
| seconds after the game began Harvard had
| scored through Coombs's tumble on the
| kick off, while in the second half a beautiful
| goal from the field by Burnett on a place
kick added another five points to the score
| and ciinched the game for the crimson.
| While Daily and Dibblee were not only sure
| in catching Hare's kicks, and, as a rule,
| succeeded in making fifteen to twenty yards
on the run back, Coombs, Harrison, McNa-
| hon and even Outland seemed absolutely
unable either to judge the punts or catch
them clearly when the ball was apparently
| in their hands. When Harvard realized
| that the Pennsylvania backs had not the
| faintest knowledge of handling punts, run
| ming with the ball was almost abandoned,
| and especially in the second half
Dibblee and DAILY did some of the prettiest
| only after catching punts that they made
their most thrilling runs, for the attempts
of the former at circling either end resulted
almost invariably in only slight gain, and
at times in actual losses. Pennsylvania's
| tackles. Goodman and Garnot, were alto
| gether too lively in getting through and
mailing Dibblee, and the ends broke up the
interference surprisingly well. This was,
perhaps, the only discouraging feature OF
grlT Iar ard r1niVa of viz mr.
Yale'S tackles, whom Harvard is to meet
two weeks hence, are acknowledged to be
superior TO those of Pennsylvania. On the
other hand, Boal and Reid plunged into the
hitherto stone wall center of Pennsylvania,
and in the first half the necessary distance
was gained four times in succession, only
to be lost by Dibblee'S futile attempts to
circle the ends.
From the spectators point of view the day
was ideal, but it was poor football weather.
The warm Indian summer air. with no life
in it, made playing the most exhausting sort
of work, and two Harvard men and one
Pennsylvania player We're forced to give
way to fresher material. Harvard bene-
nted, however, more by the change than
Pennsylvania. for Burnett took the place OF
the exhausted Jaffray, and a few minutes
later kicked a goal
AS Harvard held the kicking tactics dur
ing the greater part of the game, the ball
was for more than three-quarters of the
time in her opponents hands, and the Quak-
ers, in their frantic efforts to advance the
pigskin, showed in rapid succession every
one of their own famous plays The quar-
ter-back kick, the delayed pass, the guards
back were tried one after tie other from
the very first and while one or two of
these would gain, Harvard rot only man
aged to fathom them all before the game
was very far along, but also either stopped
them without gain or succeeded in throwing
the runner for a loss. The very first time
the quarterback kick was tried, Hallowell,
! instead of Folowell, caught the ball and
made ten yards Outland time and again
was nailed far behind the line on the de-
layed pass. Harvard's center stood the
hammering of Hare and McCracken, rein
forced by three other Quakers, surprisingly
well, ard Coach Woodruff thereby saw his
favorite play broken up.
Although Harvard'S defense was surpris-
ing in it's strength, the Pennsylvania line
was certainly of the firmest character. With
the exception of the last five minutes in the
first half, when the plunging of Reid and
Boal and the magnificent run by Dibblee,
carried the ball to Pennsylvania twenty
f1ve-yard line, where Haughton, owing to
lack of time, tried a goal from the field,
the QuaIers stood UP grandly. Their stiff
three-yard line reminded one strongly of
Yales famous defense of her goal last year.
ing game. In the hrst part OF the game
Hares long, low kicks had more of a carry
in them than Haughton's high punts, but,
as the game progressed, the Pennsylvania
was fairly outpunted and two of his at
tempts were squarely blocked, while every
one Of Haughtons went off smooth and
clean and at the end had surprising
amount of power. Harvard was also strong
behind the line, for. although her backs
were nailed frequently, Iney ran Win lar
better Judgment than their opponents.
1t at quarter that Harvard outclasSed
PENNSYLVANIA and showed in Daily one of the
best quarter backs ever seen in Cambridge.
He ran the team with remarkable judg-
ment and was surprisingly quick in discern
ing Pennsylvania weak points. While 1t
cannot be said. perhaps that Harvard owed
her victory to DAILY. 1t must the acknowl-
edged that but for the taclxling of The
stubborn little quarter back two or three Of
the Quakers who broke through the line
would have scored. Pennsylvania ends
were strong and sure. but Farley, who went
in for Cochrane in the second half, was SUI
peror to either. The line up:
Harvard. Position. Pennsylvania.
Cochrane (Farley) Left end........... Folwell
Donald ........Left tackle. $1,000. Goodman
BoaI ............ Left guard. ............. Hare
Jaffray (BurnetD Center. ......... Overfieid
Burden ........ Right guard. 49,. McCracken
Haughton fright tackle.......... Garnett
Hallowell ........ Right end. ........... Hedges
DAILY ........... Quarter back....... Gardiner
Dibblee Left half back. 49,. Harrison
Warren. Right half back. Coombs (McMahon)
Reid ........... Full back. Outland
Umpire-Paul Dashiel, of Lehigh. Ref
crew. A. McClung, of Lehigh. Lines
mani. B. Holden, of Harvard. Touch
down-Boal Goal from field-Burnett. To-
tal score: Harvard, TO-; Pennsylvania, 0.
Length of halves. 35 minutes.