New-York tribune., 1901-11-25
Sport SPoRIS
3poRTsr'fN'
ON THE GRIDIRON.
.o,,rENTS ON THE HARvARD-YALE
BATTLE-RECORDS OF THE
LEADING TEAMS.

harvard is the champion of the football sea-
q of 1901. Now that she has beaten Yale so
.,,ei,-ely there is no doubt that she is Prince
.on's superior. although the two teams have not
=. this year. Saturdays game must be re-
-..ze5 as one of the most surprising Of football
se-s Although nobody regarded the outcome
foregone conclusion, yet Yale was decided
.sz,o-ite The betting. which was about 10 to s
:, Vale reflected the general sentiment. and
.,ere seemed 20 be a reasonable foundation for
= Not only had Yale beaten Princeton, but
che had shown form decidedly superior to that
exhibited by the Crimson players in the recent
-.nes Judged by her form in the Dartmouth
ren,e played on November 16 Harvard had not
N even chance With several substitutes on the
cambridge eleven. the Hanoverians had scored
.rice In some magical way the team pulled
.-self together and put up game that would do
.-ss;t 70 anv eleven that ever wore canvas. The
Interference formed rapidly. moved compactly.
and the men kept their feet we'll All got into
he Interference The handling of the ball by
bOth sides was the cleanest seen IN any game of
the season
The Yale team, on the other hand. cid not
seem Ike the same team that downed the Tigers
2 week before. One man said: IF anybody
we're to tell me that the two teams had sTTapped
uniforms I should believe it, The Ellis were
seemingly lit, for none of them except De
sauIles who left the game, until near the end,
when it had been irretrievably lost and there
we're few delays for injuries Yet the men
ssemed to play without snap and confidence
rutweished they were and outplayed they were
EVERY department of the game so badly out
rsyed that they got one of the worst defeats
srr inflicted on them, when they had rather
szrected a victory. Yale did not miss Glass in
the Princeton game. She missed him sorely on
Saturday, though. The plain facts in the case
are that the Yale forwards were outclassed al
most to a man. Hamlin and Hogan were espe-
cially easy marks. and GoSs and Olcott were
not much better. Yale's line crunlpled up like
paper when Harvard's tandem came at II mar
ward used this formation three out Of four times.
and though Yale had plenty OF practice, still
she could not stop 1t.
De Saulles was not quite himself. II is no dis
grace TO be outpunted by a man like Herman,
though for the latter is rare punter, frequently
making forty-five yards. The little quarterback
several times stood alone between Yale and a
touchdown, but he never missed his tackle. 1t
vas in such q forlorn hope that he received the
injury that put him out of the game The team
was not run as well after he went out Hart
was not used as much as he should have been.
Yale might have scored once had he been sent
when the Blue only ten yards away from
touchdown instead of Vanderpoei. Cults and
Herman We're the stars of the game The Dig
tackle is really phenomenally good player. IL
he meets Bloomer next year there VIII De a con-
test worth seeing. Saturday he was tower OF
strength both in running with the ball and IN
dragging along a runner. Herman not only
punted in rare style, but made good gains al
most whenever called upon GrayGon, too' olo
wonders in line plunging.
The records made by the leading college teams
are as follows: