The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-19
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Yale-Harvard Game a Matchless
Contest of Skill.
PLAYED TO A STANDSTILL
4 Whirlwind of Excitement Heartbreak-
ing in Its Intensity-The Most
Brilliant Game of the En- "@
tire Season.

& Cambridge, Mass, Nov. 1s.-In a
whirlwind Of excitement simply heart
breaking in it's intensity the Harvard
Yale game on Soldiers field this af-
ternoon ended without a score Yale
had played Harvard to standstill
Then Harvard rallied to one Of the
grandest finishes ever seen on the grid
aron, and after a missed try at goal
the immense crowd of people swarmed
down from their seats to where the
players were cheering their opponents.
/ The famous football game on the same
Held 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
fhe 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
Yales 25-yard line by steady plays and
but 80 seconds of the playing time left,
HalloWell, the Harvard end, brought
the enormous crowd to its feet when
he dropped back Of the line for q drop
kick for goal. The two lines crouched,
the Yale men preparing to tear through
II possible and prevent this last chance
for Harvardss score. Quarterback DAILY
called out the signal and the lines bent
lower and Haliowell was ready for the
final effort. Not a sound was heard as
the ball was put into play with the OPP
posing rushes forcing together at the
same moment. DAILY made clean pass
and Hallowell kicked. 1t was a great
attempt, but the pigskin sailed just
outside 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 into paro1ysms Of delight when
it became known that 1t 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 Harvard's day. Once she
was baked in her efforts by as magnifi-
cent show Of football reserve as was
ever displayed, when Yale, forced back
TO her own two-yard line, with the
crimson men playing like fiends, held
4 for downs and recovered the ball.
Shortly afterward Harvard taking
splendid advantage of Yale tumble,
was given chance at a field goal from
the 20-yard line. Captain Burden, how
ever, usually a remarkable kicker,
made a poor try, and sigh of bitter
disappointment went up from the Har-
ward stands
The Yale men early in the game gave
the crlmsons 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 stubborn
defense. The Yale line, particularly
in center, had been considered far in
ferior to HarVards but in the first 10
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 Harry
ard 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
Earried 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 bat
tie early resolved itself into kicking
contest, wherein Mcbride easily eS-
celled Harvard, so that the visitors not
only kept the leather out Of danger.
but often gained yards in exchange.
Harvard discerned this fact and chang
ed her tactics to line plungings and end
runs. With beautiful precision the
Harvard backs dived through Yale's
line. Time and again these plunges
melted the coveted distances with an
end dash thrown in by way of varia-
ton now and then, and once Harvard
carried the ball to Yale's two-yard line.
1t was at this stage, however, that
!Yale's old bulldog spirit displayed it.
self, for in grand style she held fast
and took the ball. Yale's followers had
scarcely drawn out their sigh of relief
when, after fair catch by Harvard of
q poor Yale punt, gave the crimson
another opportunity for scoring Here
Burnett tried for a goal from the field.
Tt went wild, and with its flight Harry
ard had lost the opportunity for VIC
tory. During the remainder of the first
half the 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 hall
with rush. While the Harvard mer
did not appear to have lost strength
it was noticeable that the Yale ner
were more active. They played witt
greater speed than before and uuicl1l,
tore down the field into Harvard's ter
ritory. Repeatedly Yale rushed tn,
ball down the field only to be met will
brilliant stands.
Twice Yale carried the ball to Har
wards 25-yard line, but here to retrea
before the crmson's brain, Yale resort
ing to the rarely seen tactics Of takin