The San Francisco call., 1901-11-24
- OLDIERS' FIELD, Mass, Nov. %.
- Vengeance never sweeter and
victory never more decisive,
came to Harvard this afternoon

a " ftCIOiy ACNSI luOI0 QCClSAsC,
came to Harvard this afternoon
when her football eleven defeat
ed Yale, 20 to 0. Three touchdowns, two
Of which were converted into goals, and,
goal from the field, of brilliant execu-
ton, were Harvard's portion. For Yale
there was nothing but a whitewash.
The Harvard men required about five
minutes in which to start their superb
football machinery. After that Yale was
never in the playing. In scrimmages,
tackles, line-plunging, hurdling, punting
and drop-kicking, the Yale men were COM
pletely outclassed. The Harvard players
gave also demonstration of uniform play
that was remarkable, and as a result the
cclcrs of the crimson waved in delirious
joy during the greater portion of the two
nc urS occupied by the contest.
Thirty-six thousand spectators, a great
er number than ever before gathered at
football game, watched the crimson battle
from the mammoth stands. Three-quar-
tiers of the enormous crowd cheered Har-
ward, while 5000 sympathizers tried to en-
courage the overwhelmed wearers Of the
blue
Harvard presented team the personnel
of which was unchanged from start to
finish. The players who thus won glory
for the crimson were almost as full Of
ttdSli WIlcu the I0lGISe > whistle SOullQCd
for the last time as they were when it
sounded for the opening kickoff. Yale,
on the other hand, required sixteen men
to meet the onslaught of the Harvard
plLnges Panic came to Yale and sympa
thy went out to Yale from the Harvard
thousands when the crack quarterback,
De Saulles, as a result of flying tackle.
which prevented another Harvard score.
was hurt. A blow on the head made him
unconscious. Later it became necessary
to remove him from the field on a stretch
Ell AS the game progressed Weymouth,
Chadwick, Hamlin and Gould were COM
PEELED to retire in favor of substitutes.
Cleanly Played Game.
The game was as cleanly played as any
ever witnessed on this field. Not one in
stance of slugging nor unnecessary rough
ness was visible. Three penalties were
imposed by Umpire McClung. Harvard.
from the overanxiety cf her players,
thrice lost their yards of distance, for
holding. off-side play and interference.
Harvard scored seventeen of her twenty
two points in the first half. In the first
half Harvard resorted more often to punS-
ing. Yale played much better football in
the second half, and Harvard had to be
satisfied with a touchdown which failed
to a goal. Harvard after the first five
minutes of the game had possession of
the ball the greater portion of the time
Her goal line was really never in danger
Once in the first half Yale landed the
ball on Harvard's twenty-yard line
where Harvard force1 De Saulles to try
for a goal from the field. He failed. In
the second half Yale, o. the fiercest play,
reached the nine-yarl line, only to lose
the ball on downs. The crimson
wefghtier lines and faster back field
worked out the touch 1own in the second
half, but Cults could not make the goal
against the wind.
The general feeling of the Harvard
at Yales weakness and satisfaction at
Harvards strong defense. Coach Reti
said after the game:
'It was due to the fighting spirit; every
man on the team had it IN him, and they
came to the scratch III great shape. I
had confidence in them and they came up
to my expectations. Every man played
the whole game for all ne was worth"
Captain Campbell said: THE game
spoke for itself. All 1 have to say is tina t
when the university backs up team as
it has this one it will always win"
Yalc Men Despondent.
Not a Harvard man was seriously in
jured. Kernan's sprained ankle was
strained a little and rutts had his knee
slightly hurt. but the rest of the men
showed no effects bey11d few scratches
and black eyes.
The Yale men were despondent and took
their defeat hard. There were many who
| lmped badly. De Saulles was the worst
injured. He was kicked on the head and
it was thought at first he had concussion
| Of the brain.
The Harvard students after their cele-
bration on the field marched around the
college yard, cheering and singing Red
! fire was burned on every side and fire.
works were set off. Finally most of the
men started for Boston to finish their
| demonstration.
The officials were:
Umpire-Paul Dashiel, Naval Academy
Referee-Matthew A. McClung, Lehigh
Linemen-J. A. Smith, Harvard; w. T.
! Bull Yale.
BOSTON, Nov 23-The wild scenes or
1 Soldiers Field were repeated upon the
streets of Boston tonight chiefly in the
south end, by the exuberant Harvard un-
dergraduates, reinforced by hundreds OF
friends who never saw the inside of the
Universitys classic halls. Street fights be-
came frequent and big squads of police
were sent out to keep order. Arrests were
| numerous, but a police official said the
street affrays generally did not involve
students. but rather others who had ac-
copied of too much hospitality. Nearly all
the hotels were noisy places. for students
! gathered to celebrate. Several of the the
aters were given up to student audiences
| II is years since Harvard has had sucn
an opportunity to celebrate as tonight
and the lost time was fully made up.
De Saulles, the Yale quarterback, was
| reported by Manager Francis to be al
| right at IL 80 tonight. He said De Saulles
had the wind kicked out of him. This was
| followed by severe nausea, which for
some hours made his case look bad He
recovered rapidly, and while yet in the
hospital, will be as well in the morning as