The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-03-02
Who Finished
 The Game :?
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 the game was flnist I. All the men who were engaged in 1t have left col lege long ago. but the matter has been handed down to the undergraduates and serves for a subject of perpetual wranglIrg. The trouble was that in those days they played the game too late In the day. and before it could be finished it was SO dark one could scarcely distinguish one side from the other.
 The dispute in question could not have arisen except for this cause. The game was played on Thanksgiving day. very nearly the shortest in the year. This particular Thanksgiving was cloudy; consequently the dark ness came on earlier than usual.
 The way of it was thls: Barnard was the center rush for Yale. and ii wasn't known till the game began that he was suffering from some heart com plication, probably brought on at prac' tice the day before. when he suddenly falnted after q hard scrlmmage. His doctor forbade his going into the Thanksgiving game. but he was loyal to his college. and he knew it would lose without him. At any rate, there was consultation on Thanksgiving eve. and when the boys appeared from behind locked doors 1t was announced that there had been a mistake about Bannar1s heart trouble and he would take his place In the team next day.
 Everything went straight enough till near the end of the first half. Bannar shouldered the principal work. as he had always done. and Yale Lad scored more points than Harvard, but towar the end of the half Barnard began to look queer and let Sampson oi Harvard right past him with the ball. thereby losing a touchdown. Sampson kicked the goal and tied the game. After the next lineup Barnard during a scrlmmage fell over In a faint, and that let Harvard In for another touch. down ard a goal Barnard was car rled of the reld
 Well. 1t began to get dark. but was not SO dark when the men lined up again but that | could see Barnard In position. But somehow he looked tall CT than usual. and there was peculiar motion about him that had never no- tlced before. After half hour of the second half all one could sec of the players was lot of dark figures on dark ground. Bannard's tall frame loomed up above. the rest like the spec ter of the BrOcken. Great guns. how he did play. He was at the front. at the flank. In every scrlmmage. In short. he was carrying the game far better than he had ever done before. Then came that celebrated run in which he lodged six men and. unguard- cd. carried the ball over the line twenty yards in front of his nearest follower for a touchdown. watched to see him kick his goal. and what was my sur prise to see another man do lt for him. l asked what lt meant and was told that he had gone under again.
 The game now was tied. When the men lined up again, | watched for Barnard. Sure enough, he was there, and after the kicko0f did the same as- tonlshlng work as before. He scored two touchdowgs. but by this time 1t was so dark that l could not sec who kicked them. However they both fall ed. on account of the darkness, l sup pose. leaving Yale ahead In the game. Before any more points could be scored Barnard suddenly disappeared from the field. and substitute appear el iu his pace. slow. bunsllng fellow, w.o lost f5. h.S coi,cSc enough points O put Ia ya:I gSan even with Yale.
 Thcr, remained lUi five minutes of he throrqgarters Of an hour allowed or the half At the lickod Barnard. ;ho vas in h.s place jumped fully ten .ct. carrht thc ta,l and ran with it .rw!cht throE2h tue Harvard lines.
 |, has tc,u said taat no human being ,r.i haze got through that line as ii .cs placcd Every sap wGs closed. i,p Harvard nan swcars that Ban
 .yi r,Sspd him anl as he seized the ..Hi around thr waist hc seized mir. .n t..sr declares that the man wasn't ,aa-aiyl :t CN though he was enough 'i.o h.a 10 deceive his own mother .r tbs as it mry. tho game was won or Yalc. | waited to sec Barnard kick F goal. but waited in valn. Somebody oid rc that lt was so dark he couldn't zee the posts and that the game was won anyway for Yale. There was a hubbuh among the players of both sides. who were huddle1 in two groups near tue center of the gridiron. One of them. Harvard man. shouted "FoyA'' and saw the Yale captain go to him and shake hls fist in his face, but could not hear what he said for the commotion.
 What do you suppose saw in the death notices of the newspapers the next day-"Dled. on Thursday. the 29th of November. Archibald Theodore Barnard. in the twentieth year of his lge."
 At what time day did he die? No one knows; at least no one will tell. though 1t Is generally conceded that when he was carried oiI the field at the end of the first half be never went on 1t again. If so who was in his placei One report said that be had twin brothcr-the black sheep of tue family, never spoken of-who returned lust before the game and 1t was agreed beforehand that If Archie Barnard