The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-04-08
Who Finished
 The Game :?
torieinall

There Is a dispute about a certain feature of the Yale-Haryard football game back in lS9- that is no nearer q settlement than lt was an hour after the game was flnlsh~l. All the men who were engaged in ,it have left col- lcge long ago. but thelmatter has been handed down to the undergraduates and serves for subject of perpetual wraugllng. The trouble was that in those days they played the game too late In the day. and before 1t could be finished 1t was so dark one could scarcely distinguish one side from the other.
 The dispute in question could not have arisen exception 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 thiS: Barnard was the center rush for Yale. and it wasn't known till the game began that hc was suffering from some heart com pllcation. probably brought on at prac- ticc the day before. when bc suddenly falnted after hard scrlmuGsc. Ills doctor forbade his going Into the Manufacturing game. hut he was loyal to his college. and he knew it would lose without him. At any rate. there was a consultation on Thanksgiving eve. and when the boys appeared from behind locked doors it was announced that there had been mistake about Bannard's heart trouble and he would take his place In the team next day.
 Everything went straight enough tlll near the end of the first half. Barnard shouldered the principal work. as he had always done. and Yale hadiscored more points than Harvard. but toward the end of the half Barnard began to look queer and let Sampson of 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 scrimmage fell over In faint. and that let Harvard ln for another touch down and goal. Barnard was car ricd Off the field.
 We'll. lt began to get dark. but was not so dark when the men lined up again but tha, could sec Barnard in position. But somehow he looked tall cr than usual. and there was n peculiar motion about him that had never no tlced before. After half hour of the second half all one could sre of the players was a lot Ot dark figures on dark ground launards tall frame loomed up above the rest like the spec ger of the Bro"kcn. Great guns. how he did play. lie was at the front. at the flank. In every scrimmagc. In short. he was carrying the game far better than he had ever done before. Then came that celebrated run In which he dodge1 six men and. unguard- cd. carried the ball over the line twenty yards in front of his nearest follower for a touchdown. l watched to see him kick his goal. and what was my sur prise to see another man do it for him. asked what 1t meant and was told that he had gene under again.
 The game now was tied. When the men lined up again. watched for Barnard. Sure enough. he was there. and after the kickoff did the same as tonishlng work as before. He scored two touchdow ms. but by thls time lt was so dark that l could not see 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 ed in his placr, a slow. bungllng fellow. who lost for his college enough points to put Harvard again even with Yale.
 There remained but five minutes of the three-Quarters of an hour allowed for the half. At the kickoff Barnard, who was in his place. jumped fully ten feet, caught the ball and ran with It straight thr ,ugh the Harvard lines.
 It has been said that no human being could have got through that line as 1t was placed. Every gap was closed. One Harvard man swears that Ban nard passed him and as he seized the giant around the waist he seized air. Another declares that the man wasn't Barnard at all. though he was enough like him 10 deceive his own mother. Be this as 1t may. the game was won for Yale. I waited to see Barnard kick