Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-20
YALE ELEVEN IS DEFEATED
In Rain and Mud Harvard Threshes Out a
Score Of II to O.,
CRIMsON'S BUSHES BREAK yAlE'S LINE
Harvard Eleven Shows II Knew All
Of the Game II Plays-No Flukes
or Luck . Factor In
Result.

OF the Game IL PIays-NO FIukes
OF Luck . Factor In
Result.
NEW HAVEN, Nov. 1s.-Harvard defeated
Yale this afternoon by q score Of II TO 0.
winning q glorious foot ball victory. In q
clean. fast game, Astounding in brilliant
plays. The Harvard eleven showed them
selves masters Of the game, excelling In
every department and playing foot ball well
nigh marvellous, under such miserable
weather conditions. Every point was made
by Straightforward, 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 conditions won the game
easily. The Yale players fought with stoltd
pluck. At the end they rallied g%randly, out
Of sheer desperation and finished strong.
The rain which had fallen for two and
a half days was still pouring down at the
hour set for the game and a northwest
wind continued to send the storm along
with great violence. Eighteen thousand
people witnessed the game. Oilskins, mack
intoshes. rubber coats. table cloths, carriage
boots, southwesters-every kind Of water
proof protection was pressed into service.
The rubber clothing in New Haven stores
was sold early in the day and then a raid
was made on the dry goods stores for OIL
cloth, with only a single opening in the
center, through which bedraggled heads
appeared. The costumes Of the women
were as groteslue as those OF the men and
many women who sat In the stands with
absolutely no head covering presented an
odd appearance when the rain had beaten
down on them for two hours and melted
their locks about their fair faces.
A bleaker and more uninviting spot than
Yale field was not to be found. But the peo-
pie were cheerful and even wildly enthusi-
astic at times, in spite Of 1t all. By 1:So
o'clock the two large stands on either side
of the field were we'll filled. the west side
allotted to Harvard filling more rapidly.
Fifteen minutes later when the east stand,
occupied by Yale and its sympathizers, and
both end and corner stands we're practically
full. BY 2 o'clock there were few vacant
seats in the great rectangle.
1t was just 2:16 when Captain Chamber
lain and his sturdy men. ,well-greaved and
gauntletted for the battle, ran on the field
from the northeast corner, amid volleys
Of cheering from enthusiastic Yale, men.
Ou6 Hluutc ~ SdpLnih DlOOiCO ohu hhr
crimson-stocked warriors strobe into the
arena, while the great banks Of humanity
that shut In the gridiron burst into wild
hurrahs.
Yale Wins the Toss.
Yale won the toss. taking the ball and
! rushing toward the northerL goal. At 2:2a
, O'Clock Burr Chamberlain kicked on far
down the field to the ten-yard line, DAILY re-
turning the kick prettily and Yale lined up
with the BAN in its possession on its OWL
ffty-yard line.
Three attempts to forge the crimson for.
ward netted but three yards and the bal
went to Harvard on downs. but 1t was i'm
mediately given back to the blue on Har.
wards offside play. Again Yale could moi
gain and Chamberlain was forced to kick
| Daily sfumbled the punt, then picked thu
ball up deity and ran ahead a few yards
giving the crimson the ball on the thirty
yard line. Haughton punted at once fal
| down the field, Dudley catching the ball on
| Yale's own ffty-yard line. Harvard's de.
| tense was impregnable and Yale was forced
once more to kick. Harvard receiving the
pigskin on Its own ffty-yafd line.
Haughton Immediately booted the leathe,
| far down the gridiron across the goal line
for q touchback.
The bail being brought back. Chamberlain
kicked of from the twenty -fve-yard line
Reid making a pretty catch. dashing over
the white lines for twenty yards before little
| Ely nailed him. 1t was now, with the ball
on Yale's forty-fve-yard line, that Har-
ward began it's 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 powerless
to check the terrific onslaught. Slowly but
surely Harvard advanced the ball on steady
persistent plunges. first smashing to one
side, then to the other Of the center.
The bali reached the twelve-yard line
Dibblee, Reid and Boal taking 1t on con.
s~ecutive rushes for thirty-three yards. Their
little Dibblee plunged into right tackle a,
II shot from q catapult and the ball wa.
ten yards nearer the coveted goal line.
Yale's Defense Overcome.
Yale made . plucky rally then and twict
faced the fury Of the crimson attack. Civ
ing way but one yard. With that one yart
between them and q touchdown. littl'
Charlie DAILY called on the, men for one las
effort. Reid took the ball and leaped head
long into the struggling forwards. 1t wa
nearly a minute before the men could b.
pulled out Of the heap so hard and clos
had been the scrimmage. but Reid hat
gone over the line. The crimson had scoret
the FIRST point at Just 1885 o'clock. twelv
minutes after the kickoff.
Cochrane's kick for goal struck the cross
bar and the ball bounded back into tn
arena, making the score s to o In Harvard
favor.
Chamberlain kicked of again and Dial!
punted back to Ely on the play. The Har
ward line was strong. determined and az
g~ressive. 1t was impossible for Yale. tr,
as 1t would to gain. and It was forced I
kick. Haughton returned the punt and 81,
made a brilliant sensational run OF thirt
yards by catching 1t and rushing down tn
side lines. shaking of taokler after tacklel
But when the backs vent up against tn
crimson line 1t was like striking a brio
wall. Yale was always forced to kick an
Harvard kicked at every opportunity. gain
ing many yards and keeping the play con
tinually In Yale's territory. With the bal
on Yale's own thirteen-yard line Harvar
held the blue for downs and started ham
mering at Yale's center again. Dibble