The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-19

tics to line plunging and end runs.
With beautiful precision the Harvard
backs dove through Yale's line. Time
and again these plunges netted the
coveted distance with an end dash
thrown in by way of variation now
and then, and once Harvard carried
the ball to Yales two-yard line. 1t
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.
Yale's followers had scarcely drawn
out their sigh of relief when a fair
catch by Harvard of a poor Yale punt
gave the crimson another opportunity
for scoring. Here Burnet tried for a
goal from the field. 1t went wide, and
with it's flight Harvard had lost the
opportunity for victory. During the
remainder of the first half the play was
largely in the centre of the gridiron,
with Harvard showing magnificent
bursts of form and speed and Yale
meeting every onslaught with beauti-
full certainty.
START WITH A RUSH.
Both teams started the second half
with a rush. While the Harvard men
did not appear to have lost strength,
it was noticeable 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.
Repeatedly, Yale rushed the ball
down the field, only to be met with
brilliant stands by Harvard. Twice
Yale carried the ball to Harvard's 25-
yard line, but had to retreat before the
crimson's brace, Yale resorting to the
rarely seen tactics of taking the ball
back twenty yards in preference to the
risk of losing it on downs
With the last period all but half
over, the Yale eleven played fiercely,
but 1t was impossible to beat down
Harvard's defense, and the ball shifted
first one way and then the other With
five minutes to play Harvard renewed
the attack, and began an exhibition of
scientific foot ball almost unequaled
Her line ploughed through the Yefl
forwards with apparent ease, and her
backs were like catapults. They lit
orally ripped and tore through from
the centre Of the field to Yales 25-yard
lie, each play seemingly being exc
cuted with increasing strength and
pugnacity.
LOST ON A TUMBLE.
Harvard then lost on a tumble, and
after an exchange of punts which
placed the ball in Fincke's hands, only
to be fumbled at Yale's 15-yard line
the chance came for Harvard to score
| in a try by Hallowell for goal from
a drop kick 1t failed, and as the two
elevens prepared to line up with the
ball in Yales possession, time was
called, and the great game has ended
without scoring.
individually considered, the Harvard
men would probably be given prefer
ence, The plunging backs seemed ca
silly to outrank Yale's ends. In kick
ing, Capt. Mcbride of Yale saved the
day for his men. In centre and al
the tackles, the teams were well bal
anced, although Hale, the Yale centre
had played the position less than a
week At the ends, Harvard was
ahead in a walk, and the tackling OF
Hallowell and Campbell was little short
of marvellous. Both quarterbacks ran
their teams with skill, Daily showing
superiority, though slight, over Fincke
of Yale. The Harvard backs caught
the ball better than the Yale men, but
the fumbles of Mcbride and Fincke of
Yale seemed too bad.
Of the teams as a whole, Yales
strength In defense was a surprise, as
it kept Harvard from scoring. Yale's
offensive play was not equal to Har-
wards in many respects. The game
was clean throughout. penalties being
! imposed but twice. None of the men
was seriously injured. the substitutions
being made as matter of policy.
The teams lined up as follows:
HARVARD YALE.