The times., 1898-11-20

New Haven, Conn. Nov 19-Harvard's $
right to claim the football championship
of 1898 was clearly demonstrated on Yale
Field this afternoon, when the Blue elev-
en- was beaten at every point by the un-
expectedly large score OF Il to 0. 1t is the
second time in twenty years that Harvard
has defeated Yle. and the victory today
was so impressive that the followers of
the Crimson simply went wild with joy
Harvard conquered the New Haven elev-
en- by magnificent exhibition on field
slippery from the heavy rain which fell
all through the game. All of Harvard's
points were made by terrific rushing,
beautifully controlled and helped along
by the finest kind of interference. The
Harvard backs opened the eyes of 17,G00
spectators by their wonderful runs, tack
les and clean handling OF wet ball.
Hauehton's Phenomenal Kicking.
In kicking, Haughton's work was little
short of phenomenal. his punts being high
and well placed, completely puzzling the
Yale catchers, who muffed and fumbled
as they did against Princeton. Reid made
two touchdowns and Dibblee one. while
Haughton kicked two of the three goal
trials. What looked like a safety by Yale
in the first half was ruled out by the Off
cials, otherwise Harvard would have had
two more points.
The Yale eleven was crippled In way,
but even if all of their best men had
played the victory would undoubtedly
have gone TO the Crimson, as the latter
team played a game long to be remem-
bered by those who were fortunate
enough TO see it.
Yale's Doom Sealed.
After the first touchdown had been
scored Yale's doom was sealed, 1t ap-
peared, for the victorious players put up
whirlwind football after that and carried
all before them. The sports tonight place
Harvard first by big margin, prince
ton not far ahead of Old Penn" and they
give fourth place to the Blue. Yale men
attribute the bad showing of their eleven
this year to poor training and lack of an
organized system of coaching. They are
in mourning, while Harvard's army of
supporters rushed away TO Boston to eel
citrate.
In spite of the wet field, the soggy bali
and the rain that chilled the men to the
marrow, the Harvard eleven played a
fast. snappy, accurate game, that was
controlled by cool-headedness and con-
summate generalship. There were few
mistakes, either In the attack or the de-
fense, and the ball was handled and car
dumb with astonishment. The players
were able to stand the fierce attacks of
line bucking. Harvard's rush line was
stronger than Yale's on defense, and in
making holes was the biggest surprise of
the day, for the lines had been carefully
compared, over and over again, with the
result that they were thought TO be even
MP. with Harvard having an advantage
at the ends.
Battle of the Tackles.
There was a great battle between the
tackles. Capt. Chamberlain never played
harder in his life He did considerable of
the punting and, considering everything,
he did fairly well in this respect, but his
best efforts showed themselves in indi-
yidual tackles and providing interference.
He was opposed by Malcolm Donald. who
is Harvard's star tackle, and they had a
pretty even contest all the way through
Donald was just as conspicuous as the
Yale captain when it came TO making
star plays in the open field. Donald fol-
lowed the ball closely and made some
hair-raising tackles.
In the hearts of all Harvard's followers.
The ball was as slippery as an eel, yet
the tall kicker received it straight into
his hands without a single tumble and
then behind perfect defense. he boom
ed it for tremendous gains. Punts aver
aging forty yards were commonplace