The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-11-19
BATTLE OF 1897 REPEATED
EXCEPT THAT THE PLAYING YES
TERDAY WAS MORE BRILLIANT.
Result in Doubt TIL the Whistle
and End OF the Game.

Columbia -. .22-Dartm 80. D
Naval Cadets ..24-Lehigh ....... o
CAMBRIDGE. Mass. Nov 1s.-In whirl->
wind of excitement. simply heartbreaking
in its intensity, the Harvard-Yale game on
Soldiers Field this afternoon ended without
a score. Yale had played Harvard TO
standstiH, then Harvard had rallied to one
of the grandest finishes ever seen on the
gridiron, and after a 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 '97 had
been repeated and Yale by her superb de-
tense had held the much-boasted Harvard
attack.
The attendance at the game, $1,000, is be-
lieved TO have been the largest in the his
tory OF the college sport, or at least Of foot
ball. Among those at the game were Gov
ernor Wolcott. Governor Roosevelt, of New
York; Governor F. W. Rollins, of New
Hampshire and Congressman c. A. Russell.
Of Connecticut The two first named led
the cheering for Harvard in the second half.
The incident came when the Governor of
New York said to the Governor of Massa-
chusetts: Let's give them a cheer" 1t
was well they did, for. all in all, the meager
team caused much worriment. Yale's invig-
Grating cry was heard at all times
The contest was 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 fur
nished the most thrilling climax of the
afternoons sport, when, after rushing the
ball to Yales twenty-five-yard line by
steady plays, and with thirty seconds of
the playing time left, HalloweI the Har-
ward end, brought the enormous crowd to
their feet when he dropped back of the line
for a drop kick for goal. The two lines
crouched, the Yale men preparing to tear
through if possible and prevent this last
chance for Harvards score. Quarter Back
DAILY called out the signal. the lines bent
lower and Hallowell was ready for the final
effort. Not a sound was heard as the ball
was put into play. with the opposing rushes
crashing together at the same moment.
DAILY made a clean pass and Halowell
kicked. 1t was q neat attempt, but the pig
skin sailed just outside the goal posts In
r deed the goal was narrowly missed that
the Harvard followers went wild in their
belief that five points had been scored. A
few seconds later the Yale men were thrown
into paroxysms of delight when it became
known that it was mo goal"
INCIDENTS OF THE GAME.
Twice in the first half the doughty play
ers of Harvard treated their followers to a
spectacle which made apparently 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
10 her own two-yard line, with the crimson
men playing like fends. held for downs and
recovered the ball. Shortly afterward Har>
ward. taking splendid advantage of a Yale
tumble, given chance al a field goal
from the twenty-yard line. Captain Burden,
however, usually a remarkable kicker, made
a poor try and sigh of bitter disappoint-
ment went I'D from the Harvard stands
Harvard monopoliZed offensive honors in
the first half, but Yale's defense proved it
self amazingly 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 has made Yale feared opponent, con-
fined the play of the half to Harvard terri
tory largely. The Yale men, early in the
game. gave the crimson a variety of sur
prises. The Harvard players were in fine
victories throughout the season. The very
first scrimmage showed that Yale had the
ability TO carry on a stubborn defense. The
Yale line, and particularly its center. had
been considered far inferior to Harvard's
but in the first ten minutes of the play
there was unmiStakable evidence that the
Yale forwards had been coming fast; that
they were Unexpectedly strong, and that
their downfall could only be accepted by
an unusually brilliant and vicious Harvard
attack.
Fortune was with the young men from
Cambridge when they won the toss, and
Captain Burden promptly chose the west
goal, with its favoring wind The situation
which developed from the kickoff disclosed
at once a 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 man
ner. The battle early resolved itself into
a kicking contest, wherein Mcbride easily
tors not only kept the leather out of danger
but often gained yards in an exchange
Harvard discerned this fact and changed
her tactics to line plunging and end
ming. With beautiful precision, the Harvard
backs dived through Yale's line. Time and
tance. with an end dash thrown in by way
OF variation now and then, and once Har-
ward carried the ball TO Yale's two-yard
line
YALES BULLDOG SPIRIT.
II was at this stage. however. that Yale's
old-time bulldog spirit displayed itself. for
in grand style she held fast and took the
ball. Yales followers had scarcely drawn
out their sigh OF relief when a fair catch by
Harvard of a poor Yale punt gave the Grim
son another opportunity for scoring. Here
Burnett tried for a goal from the field. 1t
went wide. and with its flight Harvard had
lost the opportunity for victory. During the
remainder OF first half play was largely in
the center of the gridiron. with Harvard
showing magnificent bursts of form and
speed. and Yale meeting every onslaught
with beautiful certainty.
Both teams started the second half with
rush. While the Harvard men did not
appear TO have lost strength, IL was notice.
able that the Yale men were more active
They played with greater speed than before
and quickly had torn down the field into
Harvard territory. Almost the entire half
saw the play IN Harvard's ground. Repeat
edly Yale rushed the ball down the field,
only 10 BE- met with brilliant stands by
Harvard. Twice Yale carried the ball 10
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