The Savannah morning news., 1901-11-10
ON The GRIDIRON
COLLEGE BOYS BATTLE FIERCELH
ON FOOTBALL FIELD.
PENN FALLS BEFORE HARVARD
oNE-TIME CHAMPION ELEVEN
MEETS SEVERE DEFEAT.

Both Teams FumbIed Badly and
PennsyIvania Was Pena1ized
Three Times-The Chief Offender
Piekarski, who Could Not Curb
His Enthusiasm-Numer Slug
ging Matches Evidenced the In
tense Feeling That Was Manifest
ed-Other Games Played Yester-
day.
Philadelphia, Nov. 9.-The Harvard
football team this afternoon. on
Franklin field, administered to the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania one of the
most severe defeats the latter has
experienced since she has been in front
ranks. The final score was Harvard
SO, Pennsylvania 6. Harvard scored
% points in the first and IL in the sec
ond half, while Pennsylvania scored
6 points in the first half. This sim
gle touchdown was gift of Marshall,
Harvards quarterback Reynolds
kicked the ball to Harvard's 2O-vard
line, where Marshall fumbled 1t.
Mitchell gathered it in and ran about
twenty yards for touchdown. Aft
er this Pennsylvania's chances of scor-
ing could never be considered serious
ly. Once they were near enough to
Harvard's goal to try a. goal from
placement. but the ball went wide Of
the mark
Pennsylvania efforts to advance the
ball were really distressing. No bet-
ter proof of this is needed than the
fact than during the entire first half
hn rAH md A,,Ixr \ A.
downs, while Harvard gained q.
The fudimentary principles of foot
ball were conspicuous by their absence
from Pennsylvania play. Only once
during the entire 20 minutes did the
Pennsylvania eleven show anything
like real football, and this was in the
first five minutes of play. During this
period the ball was continuously in
Harvard's territory, but this was not
due so much to Pennsylvania's
strength as to Harvards fumbling
The visitors were visibly affected with
rattles during the first few minutes Of
play, but when they struck their gait
1t was only a question of proportions
of the score.
Strangely enough Capt. Campbell
was responsible for the majority Of
Harvard penalties in the early stakes
of the contest. Several times during
the first few minutes of play he was
| off side, and one Of his offenses would
have cost a touch down had Harvard
been playing against a first-class team
In point of fumbling, both teams
were about equal, but Pennsylvania
was penalized three times to Har-
wards once for off side. The chief Of
fender in this respect for Pennsylvania
was Mitchell. who took Piekarski's
place. Time and again he would
plunge into the line before the Har-
ward men had started, and the net re-
suit of his over-anxiety was a gain of
forty yards for Harvard. His offense
finally became unbearapIe and he was
taken out of the game.
Never has so much feeling been
shown in a game between these big
universities as was manifested this
afternoon. There were numerous slug
ging matches and near the close of
the game Umpire Daniel ordered Jor-
dan out of the contest. Gardiner, who
was acting captain for Pennsylvania,
pleaded with the umpire but the lat
ter was obdurate. Capt. Campbell fin
ally consented to allow Jordan to re-
sumo his position.
The line up:
Harvard. Position Pennsylvania
Campbell Capt Left end . Metzger-
Thomas Lude.
Blagden-. Left tackle ..... Piekarski
Wright
Lee .......Left guard go. Bennett
Mitchell Baird
Sargent ......Center. McCabe- Jordan
Barnard -. Right guard .. Teas
Cuts -. Right tackle. Mitchell Don-
Lawrence. aldson- Bennett -McCabe
.Bowditch- fright end $500. Gardiner
Burgess.
Marshall Quarter back Howard
Baldwin.
Putnam =. Left half back .Reynolds-~
MifIlin. Townsend
Ristine- Right half back Dale
Jones. Snook
Graydon ...... Full back /. Davidson
(Capt) -Kellar.
Final Score-Harvard 33; Pennsyl-
vania 6.
Touch h-downs-Graydon 5; Putnam.
]; Mitchell /.
Goals From Touch -downs-Cutts 8,
Davidson l.
acknowledging of Lehigh. UNI
pire-Dashiel of Annapolis. Timekeep-
er-Wood, Boston. Linesmen-Vail,
Pennsylvania; l.. Motley, Harvard
Time of halves, 35 minutes each
PLAYERS FATALLY INJURED.