The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-19
SPECTACULAR WORK.

IL.
Twice in the first half the doughty
players of Harvard treated their follow
ers to a spectacle which made apparent
ly logical the conclusion that it was
again Harvard's day Once she was
baked in her efforts by as magnificent
show of football reserve as was ever
displayed, when Yale forced back TO her
own two-yard line, with the Crimson men
playing like f1ends, held fer downs and
recovered the ball. Shortly afterward
Harvard, taking splendid advantage of g
Yale tumble, was given a chance at a
field goal from the twenty-yard line
Capt. Burden, however, usually re-
markable kicker. made poor try and
a sigh of bitter disappointment went up
from the Harvard stand.
Harvard monopolized offensive honors
the first half, but Yale's defense proved
itself amazingly strong, and although the
Cambridge eleven played with the slight
wind at their back, the members of her
team were unable to force the ball over
the Yale coveted line. The New Haven
boys turned the tables in the second half
and, playing with the dash that has made
Yale a feared opponent, confined the play
Of the half to Harvard territory mainly.
The Yales gave the crimson a variety
of surprises. The Harvard team was IN
fine form and their game was such as had
won them victories throughout the
season. The very first scrlmmage showed
that Yale had the ability to carry on a
stubborn defense. The Yale line and par
ticularly it's center, had been considered
far inferior to Harverd's but in the first
ten minutes of play there was unmstak-
able evidence that the Yale foI wards had
become fast, that they were uneXoecte fly r.
strong, and that their downfall could oily
be accomplished by an unusually brilliant
end vicious Harvard attack
FORTUNE FAVORED HARVARD
Fortune was with the young men from
Cambridge when they won the toss. and
Capt Burden promptly chose the west
goal, with its favoring wind The situa-
ton which developed from the kickoff dis-
closed at once Yale weakness in her
ends. for the Harvard backs after catch
ing punts, carried the ball down through
a broken field with q 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 HarV-
ards punter5, so that the visitors not
only kept the leather out of danger, but
cften gained yards in ar exchange Yale
discerned this fact and changed her tao
tics 10 line plunglng and END runs With
great effect Harvard backs dived III ough
the Yale lines. This resulted In good
gains unIli Harvard HdQ carried inc Dali
to Yales two-yard line. 1t was at this
time, however. that Yale's old bull dog
spirit displayed itself, for In grand style
she held fast and stepped the ball.
Yales followers had scarcely drawn out
their sigh of relief when a fair catch by
Harvard of a Yale punt gave the crimson
another chance to score. Here Burden
made an attempt at goal from the fed
1t went wild, and with it Harvard's
chance for victory for the first half. Dur
ing the rest of the half the game was
mostly In the center of the gr1diron, with
Harvard showing remarkable bursts of
form and speed, and Yale meeting every
onslaught with BEAUTIFUL certainty.
STARTED WITH A RUSH.
Both teams started the second half with
a rush While the Harvard men did not
appear to full strength, it was noticeable
the Yale men were more active They
played with greater speed, and quickly
had the ball into Harvard territory AL
mcst the entire half saw the play in Har-
wards territory. Repeatedly Yale rushed
the ball down the field, only to be met
with brilliant stands by Harvard. Twice
Yale carried the ball to Harvlrd's s twen-
ty-ave-yard line, but had to retreat be-
fore the crimson br .ce Yale resorting to
the rarely-seen tactics Of taking the ball
back two yards in preference to the risk
of losing it on downs With the period
about half over, the Yale eleven played
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