Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-19

players we're in fine form and their game
brousbSShn, bas sSSh as has won the them victories
scrimmage showed that Yale had the abil.
lty to carry on a stubborn defense The
considered far inferior to Harvards, but
IN the first ten minutes of play there was
wards had become fast, that they were un-
expectedly strong and that their downfall
could only be accomplished by an unusually
tune was with the young men from Cam
bridge when they won the toss, and Cap
IAN TAN Burden promptly chose the west goal,
The situation developed from the KICKOFF
disclosed a. Yale weakness in the ends for
tarVards backs, after catching punts. car
ried the ball back through the broken field
With a speed too great for the Yale men
most striking gains were made in this man
ner, The battle early resolved itself into a
Kicking contest, wherein cBride easily ex-
celled Harverd's punters, so that the Wis
9[S Fer bS nGt only Kept the leather out of dan
yard discerned this. fact and changed its
tactics to line .plunglng and end runs with
beautiful isa1fu precision the Harvard backs dived
plunges netted the coveted distance, with
snnt an end d dash M thrown in by way Of variation
the ball to Yae's two-yard line
Gldatime fI bulldog spirit displayed itself for
ball Yale's followers had scarcely drawn @
out their sigh, of relief when fair catch
Crimson an Opportunity for f scoring s' Here ere
Burnett tried for goal from the field. 1t
went wd apd in its Losing Harvard lost
the center of the gridiron, with Harvard
showing magnificent bursts of form and
with beautiful certainty.
Yale Resorts to Unusual Tactics.
Both teams started the second half with
rush. While the Harvard men did not
appear to have lost strength 1t was notice.
Dnnr ntf f..,
They played with greater speed than be-
fore and quickly had tore down the field
half saw the play in Harvard's territory.
Repeatedly Yale rushed the ball down the
eq to be winn met 6y brilliant stands by
Harvard's twenty-ve-yard line. but had to
retreat before the Crimsons brace, Yale
resorting to the rarely seen tactics of TAX
ing the ball back twenty yards in prefer
ence to the risk of losing it on downs.
with the last period about half over the
possible to beat down Harvards defense,
and the ball shifted first one way and then
the tn - other w with h five minutes to play Har-
hibition of scientific foot ball almost un-
equalled. Their line plowed through the
backs. We're like catapults. They literally
ripped and tore through the center of the
field to Yale's twenty-five-yard line, each
creasing strength and pugnacity Harvard
I then th lost on tumble and, after an, eX-
,IldllSt Ol pullS, WnlCn placed the Dali In |
t1ncke's hands, only to be fumbled at |
Yale's twenty-tive-yard line, the chance |
came for Harvard to score in a try by Hal |
lowell for goal in a drop kick. 1t failed |
and as the two elevens prepared to line up |
with the ball in Yale's possession time was |
called and the great game had ended with |
out scoring.
Individually considered the Harvard
men would probably be given the honors |
Their plunging backs seemed easily to out |
rank Yale's end runs We're executed with |
great speed, behind interference ceverly |
conceived, although frequently knocked to !
pieces by Yaes linesmen, often for a loss.
In kicking Captain Mcbride of Yale saved |
the day for his men. In center and at the |
tackles the teams were well balanced, al |
though Hale, the Yale center, mad played |
the position less than a week. At the ends
Harvard was ahead in a walk, and the
tackling of Hallowell and Campbell was
little short of marvellous. Both quarter
backs ran their teams with skill DAILY
showing superiority, though slight, over
t'incke of Yale. The Harvard backs caught
he ball better than tye Yale men. but the
'umbes of Mcbride and Fincke of Yale
seemed too bad. OF the teams. as a whole.
Yale's defense was surprise, as it kept
Harvard from scoring. Yale's offensive
play was not equal to Harvard's in many
The game was clean throughout,
penalties being imposed but twice. None
)f the men were seriously injured the sub
titutions being made as a matter of policy.
rhe teams lined up as follows: