The San Francisco call., 1899-11-19
STRUGGLE
. OF HARVARD
AND YALE
Heart Breaking Contest in
Which Neither cam Is
g Abe TO Score.
Harvard o, Yale o.


CAMBRIDGE. Mass. Nov. B-1n a
Whlrlwlnd OF excitement. simply heart
breaking "a IFS intensity. the Harvard
Yale game on Soldiers Field this after
noon ended without a score. Yale had
PLAYED Harvard 10 a standsull. then Har-
aara. rallied 10 one OF The grandest I'm
sshes ever. seen on the grididon. and, after
a missed try AZ goal. the immense crowd
sWarmcG down from the seats 20 where
the PLAYERS were cheering their opponents.
The famous football game on the same
Held in 1897 had been repeated, and Yale
lv her superb defense had repelled the
much boasted Harvard attack.
The contest was a brilliant one from
start 20 finish. and from the blowing of
The first whistle % the sounding Of the
last the result was in doubt. The end
81 the game furnished the most thrilling
climax of The afternoons sport, when.
after rushing the ball 10 Nale's twenty
ilve-vard lire by steady plays, and but
thirty seconds Of the playing time left.
Uallowell. the Harvard end. brought the
enormous crowd 10 it's feet when he
cropped back Of the line for drop kick
for goal. The two lines crouched, the Yale
men preparing 20 tear through II possible
ana prevent this last chance for Har-
Yards score. Quarterback DAILY called out
the signals. the lines bent lower and Hal
lowell was ready FOR the final effort
Not a sound was heard a the ball was
yut into PLAY. with the opposing rushers
crashing together az the same moment.
DalN made clean pass and Hallowen
kicked. Il vas neat attempt. but the
Yigskn sailed Just outside the goal posts.
Indeed. the goal was SO narrowly missed
that the Harvard followers went wild in
their belief Fhat five points had been
scored. a Few seconds later the Yale men
were thrown in paroNysms OF delight
when it became known that IL was no
goal
Twice in the u-st half the doughty play
ers ~ Harvard treated tncir followers 10
= spectacle which made apparently logical
the conclusion that IN Das again Har-
Nard's day. once she Was halked I'm her
efforts hy as magnificent show OF foot
BAN reserve as was ever displayed, whep
Yale. forced back to her own tWo-Naro
line with the crimson men playing Ike
rends. held FOR downs and recovered the
ball Shortly afterward Harvard, taking
"a splendid advantage of Yale rumble,
was given chance az field goal from
the tWenty-yard line. captain Burgen
however. usually remarkable kicker
made poor Try. and "a sigh Of bitter dis
appointment went up from the Harvard
stands
Harvard monopollzed offensive honors in
the first half but Nale's defense proved
itself amazingly strong, and although the
slight wind al their backs the members
OF her team were unable 20 force their
way over the coveted Yale line.
The New Haven boys turned the tables
IN the second half. and playing with a
dash that has made Yale A feared op-
ponent confined the playing OF the half
10 Harvard territory largely.
The Yale men early in the game gave
the crimson variety Of surprises. The
Harvard players were IN fine form and
thelr game was such as won them Vic
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first scrimmare showed that Yale had the
ability o. carry on a stubborn defense.
The Yale line. particularly its center. mad
been considered FAR inferior 10 Harvard s.
hlst iu the Grst ten minutes OF play there
WAS unmistakahle evidence that the Yale
forwards had become fast, that they were
unexpectedly strong and that their down
fall could be accomplished only by an
unusually brilliant and vicious Harvard
attack
Cambridge when they won the toss, and
CAPTAIN surgen promptly chose the west
goal. with IT'S favDring wind The situa-
fion which developed from the kickoff
disclosed ~ once a Yale weakness in the
ends FOR the Harvard backs after catch
ing punts. carried the ball back through
a. broken field with a speed too great for
-he Yale men. Throughout the game. I'm
fact Harvard's most striking gains were
made in tins manner.
The battle early resolved itself into a
kicking contest. wherein Mcbride easily
visitors not only kept the leather out OF
danger. out often gained yards IN eX-
change. Harvard discerned this fact and
changed ner tactics 10 line plunging and
end runs.
With beautiful precision the Harvard
backs dlvcd through Hale's line. Time
md again these plunges netted the covet-
cd distance with an end dash thrown I'M
by way of variation now and then. and
onoS Harvard carried the ball 10 Yale's
rwo-yard line. IL was at this stage. how
ever. that Hale's old-time bulldog spirit
displayed itself. for IN grand style shs
held fast and took the ball Yale's fol
lowers had scarcely drawn out their sigh
az relief. when a fair catch by Harvard
- poor Yale punt gave the crimson
another opportunity FOR scoring. Here
burnett tried FOR a goal from the field
u went Xild and with SIS flight Harvard
had Lost -he opportunity for victory Dur.
ing the remainder Of the first half the
play was largely IN the center OF lhs
Fridiron, with Harvard showing magri-
icent bursts of form and speed and Yale
meeting every onslaught with beautiful
certainty.
Both teams started the second half with