The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-19


Chicago So, Beloit 0.
! Princeton freshmen H. Yale freshmen 6.
Cambridge, Mass, Nov. 18.-In a
whirlwind of excitement simply heart
breaking in its intensity, the Harvard
Yale game on Soldiers field, this af-
ternoon, ended without a score.
Yale had played Harvard to a stand
still; then Harvard rallied to one of the
grandest finishes ever seen on the grid
iron, and after missed try at goal the
immense crowd of people swarmed
down from the seats to where the play
ers were cheering their opponents.
The famous foot ball game on the
same field in 1897 had been repeated and.
Yale, by her superb defense, had held
the muoh-boasted Harvard attack.
The contest was a brilliant one from
start to finish and from the blowing of
! the first whistle to the sounding of the
! last, the result was in doubt. The end
| of the game furnished the most bril-
liant climax of the afternoons sport
when, after rushing the ball to Yale's
25-yard line by steady plays, and with
! 80 seconds of the playing time left, Hal
lOW6ll, the I1dFNdEQ emu, the
enormous crowd to their feet when he
dropped back for a drop kick for goal.
TRY FOR A GOAL.
| The two lines crouched the Yale men
! preparing to tear through if possible
and prevent this last chance for Har-
ward score. Quarterback Daily called
out the signal; the lines bent lower and
Hallowell was ready for the final eff
fort. Not a sound was heard as the
ball was put into play, with the oppos-
| ing rushers crashing together at the
same moment. Daily made a clean pass
and Hallowell kicked. 1t was neat at
tempt, but the pigskin sailed just out
| side the goal posts. Indeed, the goal
was so narrowly missed that the Har-
ward followers went wild in their belief
that the five points had been scored. A
few seconds later the Yale men were
thrown into paroXysms of delight when
! 1t became known that it was mo goal"
Twice in the first half the doughty
players Of fair Harvard" had treated
their followers to a spectacle which
made apparently logical the conclusion
that it was again Harvard day" Once
she was baked in her efforts by as
magnificent a show of foot ball play as
was ever displayed, when Yale, forced
back to her own two-yard line, with the
!
| for downs and recovered the ball
Shortly afterward Harvard, taking
splendid advantage of a Yale tumble,
was given a chance at a field goal from
the 20-yard line, Capt. Burden, how
ever usually remarkable kicker,
made a poor try and a sigh of bitter
disappointment went up from the Har-
ward stands. Harvard monopolized Of
! fensiye honors in the first half, but
/ latc itself
strong and, although the Cambridge
eleven played this half with a slight
wind at their backs, the members of her
team were unable to force their way
over the coveted Yale line The New
Haven boys turned the tables in the
second half, and, playing with dash
that made Yale feared opponent, con-
fined the play of the half to Harvard
| territory largely.
YALE SPRINGS SURPRISES.
! The Yale men early in the game gave
| the crimson q variety of surprises. The
Harvard players were in fine form,
| and their game was such as won them
victories throughout the season. The
very first scrimmage showed that Yale
| had the ability to carry on a stubborn
| defense The Yale line, and particu-
| larly its centre, had been considered
| far inferior to HarVard's, but in the
first ten minutes of play there was un-
! mistakable evidence that the Yale for
wards had been coming fast, that they
were unexpectedly strong, and their
| downfall could only be accomplished
by an unusually brilliant and vicious
Harvard attack.
Fortune was with the young men
from Cambridge when they won the
toss and Capt. Burden promptly chose
the west goal, with its favoring wind.
l1rhe situation which developed from
/ the kick off disclosed at once a Yale
weakness in her ends, for the Harvard
/ hacks. after catching punts, carried the
hall hack through a broken field with
q sneed too great for the Yale men.
throughout the game, in fact, Har-
wards most striking gains were made
in this manner.