The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-10
MUCH FEELING WAS SHOWN
AND sLUGGING MATCHES BETWEEN
PLAYERS WE'RE FEATURES.
Poor Showing by pennsylvania i'm ALL
Around PIayiBg-FuHbies by
Both EIevens.

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the most severe defeats the latter has ex-
perienced since she has been in the front
rank in the football world. The final score
was: Harvard. 50; Pennsylvania. G.
Harvard scored % points in the first and
II in the second half. while Pennsylvania
scored 6 points I'm the first half. This sin
gle touchdown was a gift of Marshall
Harvard's quarter back. Reynolds kicked
the ball TO Harvard's twenty-yard line,
where Marshall fumbled it. Mitchell gath
cred 1t and ran about twenty yards for a
touchdown. After this Pennsylvania
chances OF scoring could never be consid-
cred seriously. once they were near enough
10 Harvard's goal to try a goal from place
ment, but the ball went wide of the mark.
Pennsylvania efforts TO advance the ball
were really distressing. No better proof of
this is needed than the fact that during the
first half the red and blue only gained four
first downs, while Harvard gained twenty
seven
The rudimentary principles Of football
were conspicuous By their absence from
Pennsylvania play. Only once during the
entire seventy minutes did the P~nhadelphla
eleven play anything like the real football.
and this was IL the first five minutes of
the game. During this period the ball was
continuously in Harvard's territory, but
this was due not so much to Pennsylvania
strength as TO Harvard's execrable FUN
bling. The visitors were visibly affected
with rattles during the first few minutes of
play, but when they struck their gait it
was Only a question of the proportions of
the score. Strangely enough, Captain
Campbell was responsible for the majority
of Harvard's penalties in the early stages
of the contest Several times during the
first few minutes of play he was off side.
and one of his ~ofenses would have cost a
touchdown had Harvard been playing
against a hrst-class team.
In point II fumblinS both teams were
about equal but PENNSYLVANIA WAS nenaI-
ized three times TO HaTvard's once for off
side. The chief offender in this respect for
karskfS place. Time and again he would
plunge into the line before the Harvard
man had started. and the net result of his
o~veranxiety was a gain of forty yards for
Harvard. His offenses finally became I'M
bearable and he was taken out of the game.
SLUGGING MATCHES.
Never has so much feeling been shown
In a game between these big universities
as was manifested this afternoon. There
were numerous smuggling matches, and near
The close Of the game Umpire Dashiel or
dered Jordan out of the contest. Gardiner,
who was acting captain for Pennsylvania,
pleaded with the umpire, but the latter
was Obdurate. Captain Campbell finally
consented to allow Jordan TO resume his
Harvard's first touchdown was due to a
tumble by Teas. Ristine, for Harvard
IuinDieQ BeybOluS 5 KICK ana PennSyiNaQla
got the ball on Harvard's eight-yard line.
On the first lineup Teas struck the center
and dropped the ball, a Harvard man fall
Ing on II. By this time the Harvard men
had got rid of their stage fright and they
went at the PennsylVanians with a venge-
ance. They carried the ball the entire
length OF the field without once losing it.
Graydon, Cults and Putnam did nearly all
the ground gaining. On the tackle back
play Cults went through the Pennsylvania
line with apparent ease, and then GraydOn
would vary the monotOny by hurdling the
line or Putnam would tear off a few yards
around the end II apparently made no
dinerence where the attack was aimed, it
was Invariably successful. The second
touchdown was but a repetition of the first
except that Harvard carried the ball from
her twenty-five instead of her eight-yard
line.
Where the greatest difference in the play
or the two teams was noticeable was in
tsckling. HarVard's men went low and
tackled Hereby, while the Pennsylvania
players would grab at the crimson mems
headgear or tackle them around the neck.
pennsylvania team was much lighter
than HarVard'S. but even this cannot he
taken as an excuse for the miserable tack
ing. Poor judgment was also manifest in
the running OF the Pennsylvania team.
This was particularly noticeable in the first
half.
When the ball was within striking dis
lance OF Harvard's goal. Howard signaled
for a quarter back kick. The ball went wild
and was lost TO the red and blue on Har-
wards hfteen-yard line.
Notwithstanding that Harvard's backs
and ends were known to be faster than
those or pennsylvania, the quarter back
kick was used several times and not once
did IL gain an inch of ground, but on the
contrary. Harvard secured the ball every
time
WOODRUFF S NEW PLAY.
The new play which Coach Woodruff had
evolved Will not revolutionize football. as
claimed by the inventor. 1t was tried only
twice during the entire game and both
times failed utterly. The secret of the play
IS for the quarter back TO pass the ball to
the half back. who. just as he reaches the
line, turns and strikes the opposing for
wards with his back. At this j%uncture the
other half back comes along, and, taking
the ball. dives into the line in the same
manner. BY the time this second half back
got into the line to-day he was pinned
down beneath about q thousand pounds of
Drawn and muscle.
Harvard did not attempt TO use anv tricks
to-day. II was unnecessary. Only the
etraightest kin OF football was PLAYED.
and the brilliant end runs, which were used
TO such great advantage by the Harvard
eleven last year at Cambridge, were not
in evidence II was straight line bucking
game with the tackles back, and this PLAY
was sufficient TO gain al the ground neces-
sary.
IN only one department OF the game did
Pennsylvania hold her own. This Wa in
punting. Reynolds clearly outkicked PIT
nam, who was doing the kicking for Har-
ward.
IHG ll1AN GAu team MO4 hEl nEdUtf-EIV to
gether after the first few minutes of nlav
To give credit 10 any one man on the Hsr-
ward team would be doing an Injustice TO
the others.
Gardiner played q good game at right
end Tor PennsyiVan-a but even he allowed
himself 10 be drawn in and boxed By Har-
wards old and experienced players.
II was an ideal day for football. The
weather was iust cool enough 10 be pleas
ant for the 10000 spectators and not warm
enough 10 maze II oppressive TO the pIay-
eFs- Lineup;
Harvard. Positions. Pennsvlvop;a
Campbell (capt)..Left .Metzger
ai4Saeh ana Thomas and Ludes
Suard.-.-....B Bennett
Mitchell and Baird
sargent.......... Center ....McCabe and
- Jordan
Cuts. Lawrence and
McCabe..-....Right tackle. Donaldson.
Bowditch and Mitchell ana Re1ne,.
....Right Gardner
Marshal and
Baldwin. -. Quarter back.........Howard-
Putnam and
Mithin.-----Lef half back.....R Reynolds
fJsuns anu and Townsend
JohtS---s..s-hight half back. Dale and
g. Shook
Siayooh---.f vi bAck .-.-..DaVidsOn
1capt9 and hellar
Score Harvard, %; Pennsylvania. &
T~ouchdowns - Graydon. >: Putnam !.
mitchell. J. Goals from CONFERENCE.-The
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