The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-11-26
YALE DEFEATED HARVARD
WINS THE INTERCOLLEGI1TE
CHAMPIONSHIP EASILY.

Crimson Team Was Completely Out
clessed and Was In Poor Condition
Man After Man Taken Out on Account
ofInjuries--ster Plays Made by FinclSc
and Coy.
The Yale football eleven defeated the
Harvard eleven on Yale field Saturday
by a score of 28 to 0. The Crimson
players were swept off their feet from
the very start and at no time except
toward the very end did they put up
any sort of "a game that compared ia
vorably or equalled that of their OPP
ponents
When the two teams appeared on the
field and commenced to run through
signals preparatory to beginning the
game 1t was evident at once that the
Harvard team was outclassed in swift
ness, power and physical condition.
While nothing can be said to detract
from the glorious victory of Yale yet,
1t is a fact, that Harvard was not in
movements We're stiff and labored and
consequently lacked the force that
comes from swift momentum This
was a keen disappointment to Hair
wards admirers and it was fatal to the
team. The cause is easily explained.
The Harvard team was almost one of
cripples and the playing of them was
fatal and unnecessary error. Captain
DAILY looked as if he had just got out
of a sick bed. His dashing work of
previous games was lacking and when
he retired shortly after the second half
the team was strengthened by Fincke
taking his place. The same can be said
of the Crimson ends-supposed to be
the best in the country. They played
weak football in comparison with pre-
vious performances. The situation as
regards the Harvard cripples was neat
ly summed up by Cambridge under
graduate who said after the game:
"The playing of the cripples was ia
tai mistake, but you know crippled
s4ars have to be taken care Of"
When the changes in the Harvard
team once commenced they came thick
and fast and in the last fifteen minutes
VI Inc SdHle d IlGdlIy new l6dul was
substituted This team played alto
gether better football than the other
and in fact commenced to throw the
Yale line back. and make some substan-
tial gains. But it was all too late. Yale
had already rolled up her twenty eight
points and the gains she made toward
the end of the game counted for
naught
Yale put up a magnificent game and |
even if Harvard had not committed the !
fatal error of playing her "star Grip |
pies" the result of the game could have |
been different only in the size of the |
score. Every man on the team was in
excellent condition and it is doubtful If |
ever such strong aggregation has
been put on the gridiron. The offensive
and defensive work was powerful and
every man played star game. The
team is one of stars and will undoubt-
eddy go down in Yale's athletic records
as the greatest in her history. Every
player is, deserving of the highest
praise. The team worked like one man
and in the mass plays which simply
moved down the Harvard line this was
particularly apparent In a word Yale
every respect.
Harvard won the toss and defended
the north goal and Immediately Yale
began her line plunging. She worked
the ball to Harvard's 5-yard line, where
it was fumbled by Sharpe. The ball
was punted out of danger and again
Yale began to buck the Harvard line.
This time the play was clean and final
y Bloomer was showed across the line
for the first touchdown, after which
Hale kicked the goal. The second
touchdown was made by Fincke after a
'un of IS yards-one of the features of
the game. Sawin punted the ball and
in a mixup Fincke grabbed it and
chased down the field with half of the
team at his heels. He lost
hem all with the exception of DAILY.
who was cast aside in attempting to
ackle the fleet Yale man. The half v
ended shortly after Fincke's great run. t