The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-11-19
Played Amid a WhirIwlnd Of Exc ltement,
Ending In a Drawn Battle.
The Contest q Brilliant One From
Start to Finish, the Result Be-
ing in Doubt From the Blowing
of the First Whistle to the
Sounding of the Last-An In
mense Crowd Witnesses the
Struggle.

CAMBRIDGE (MaSS.), Nov. Io.-li "
whirlwind of excitement, simply heart
breaking in it's intensity, the HarVaru-
Yale game on Soldiers field this allei
noon ended without a score are hao
played Harvard to a standstil' 'AoA'
Harvard rallied to one OF the Srdlioes'
finishes ever seen on the gr1dlron, anu
after a missed try at goal the lniiieiiee
crowd swarmed down from the Seats
to where the players were cheerihs
their opponents. The famous 1ooloai.
game on the same field in 1891 hao
been repeated, and Yale by her superb
defense had held the much poasleu
Harvard attack.
The contest was brilliant one from
start to finish, and from the blowing
of the first whistle to the sounding OIL
the last the result was in doubt. lhe
end of the game furnished the most
thrilling climax of the afternoons sport,
when. after rushing the ball to Yale
twenty-five-yard line by steady plays
and but thirty seconds of the playing
time left, HallOwell, the Harvard eiio'
brought the enormous crowd to its 1eet
when he dropped back of the line lor
a drop kick for goal The two lines
crouched, the Yale men preparing u
tear through, if possible, and prevent
this last chance for Harvard's score
Quarterback Daily called out the SlS-
nails; the lines bent lower, and HALO
we'll was ready for the final effort MOI
a sound was heard as the ball was put
into play, with the oposlng rusners
crashing together at the same moment
Daily made a clean pass, and Halloween
kicked. 1t was a neat attempt, pul
the pigskin sailed just outside the goal
posts. Indeed, the goal was so narrow
ly missed that the Harvard followers
went wild in their belief that five points
had been scored. A few seconds later
the Yale men We're thrown in par
oxysms of delight when it became
known that it was mo goal"
Twice in the first half the doughty
players of Harvard treated their follow
ers to a spectacle which made appar :
emily logical the conclusion that it was
again Harvard's day. Once she was
baked in her efforts by as magnificent
a show of football reserve as was ever
displayed, when Yale forced back to
her own two-yard line, with the Grim
son men playing like fiends, held for
afterward Harvard, taking splendid ad-
vantage of a Yale tumble, was given a
chance at a field goal from the twenty
yard line. Captain Burger, however,
usually a remarkable kicker, made
poor try, and a sigh of bitter disap-
pointment went up from the Harvard
stands.
Harvard monopolized offensive hon
ors in the first half, but Yale's defense
proved itself amazingly strong, and al
though 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 ia
bles in the second half, and playing
with a 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 it's
center, had been considered far inferior
to Harvard's, but in the first ten min
utes of play there was unmistakable
evidence that the Yale forwards had
become fast; that they were unexpect-
eddy strong. and that their downfall
could only be accomplished by an IN
usually brilliant and vicious Harvard
attack.
Fortune was with the young men
from Cambridge when they won the
toss, and Captain Burger promptly
chose the west goal, with it's favoring
wind. The situation which developed
from the kickoff disclosed at once
Yale weakness in her ends, for the
Harvard backs, after catching punts,
carried the ball back through a broken
field with a speed too great for the
Yale men. Throughout the game, IN
fact, Harvard's most striking gains
were made in this manner.
The battle early resolved itself into
a kicking contest, wherein Mcbride
easily excelled Harvard punters, SO that
the visitors not only kept the leathe.
out of danger, but often gained yards
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