The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-19


Yale game on Soldiers field this after
noon ended without a score. Yale had
played Harvard to a standstilI. Then
Harvard rallied to one of the grandest
finishes ever seen on the gridiron and
after missed try at goal the immense
crowd of people swarmed down from
the seats to where the players were
cheering their opponents. The famous
football game on the same field in 1897
had been repeated and Yale, by her
superb defense, had held the much
boosted 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
thrilling climax of the afternoons
sport. when. after rushing the ball to
Yale's twenty-fve-yard line by steady
plays, and but thirty seconds of the
playing time left, Hallowell, the Har-
ward end. brought the enormous crowd
to its feet when he dropped back of
the line for a drop kick for goal
The two lines crouched, the Yale men
preparing to tear throughsif possible
and prevent this last chance for Har-
wards score. Quarterback DAILY called
out the signal, the lines bent lower and
Hallowell was ready for the final eff
| fort.
Goal Narrowly Missed.
Not sound was heard as the ball
was put into play, with the opposing
/ rushes forcing together at the same
/ moment. Daily made a clean pass and
| Hallowell kicked. 1t was a 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 be-
lief that five points had been scored.
A few seconds later the Yale men
were thrown in paroxsyms of delight
| when it became known that it was
mo goal
Twice in the first half the doughty
players of Harvard treated their fol-
lowers to a spectacle which made ap-
: parently logical the conclusion that it
was again Harvards day. Once she
was baked in her efforts by as mag
nificent show of football reserve as
was ever DISPLAYED, when Yale forced
back to her OWN two-yard line with
the crimson men iplaying like fiends
held 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 twenty-yard line. Captain Burden
however, usually remarkable kicker,
made a poor try, and sigh of disap-
pointment went up from the Harvard
stands
Harvard On the Offensive.
Harvard monopolized offensive hon
ors in the first half, but Yales defense
proved itself amazingly strong and
although the Cambridge seleven played
this half with a slight wind at their
backs. the members of her team were
unable to force their way over the COW
eted Yale line.
The New Haven boys turned the
tables in the second half and playing
with dash that has made Yale
feared opponent, confined the playing
of the half to Harvard territory
largely
The Yale men early in the game gave
the crimson a variety of surprises. The
Harvard players were in fine form and
their game was such as won them vic
tories throughout the season. The very
first scrimmage showed that Yale had
the ability to carry on a stubborn de-
Tense. The Yale line, particularly its
center, had been considered far infer
ior to Harvard's, but in the first ten
minutes of play there was unmistak-
able evidence that the Yale forwards
had become fast. that they were I'M
expectedly strong and that their down
fall could only be accomplished by an |
unusually brilliant and vicious Harvard |
attack.
Fortune Favored Cambridge.
Fortune was with the Young men !
from Cambridge when they won the |
toss, ana aI Capsaln am, Burden re prom2tiy
wind Tho Situa ton which davaIonad /
from tho lkict-off dIscIosed ar once a
Vale weakness in her ends for the |
Harvard hacks after catching nunts.
carried +be hall baclS tbro1,gb q hrol.e~, /
field with a sneei too great for the
Vale men Throupbont The eame in [
fact Harvard's most striking. gains
were made in this manner |
The hattie early resolved itsalf into |
q KICKING contest wherein McRride
ca siiv exeelled Harvard nunters en- that
the visitors not only senf the leather
ont of dancer hut oftan GAINED wards
i'm an exchanpe
Harvard discerne5 tbis fart and
changed ber tactics to line nl,,npinp
and end runs with beaptifnl precisinn
the Harvard hacks liived throueb yaIe's
line Time and aoain tbasa nl,,nges
Melted the coveted distance with an
md dos, rbrown in hr, Wv ~ ,,aria t;on
now and then and once Harvard car
rie5 the hall To- yale,s fxyo-IT, ri Inc
II IVES at This stage howevar that