Evening star., 1903-11-23
YALE BEAT HARVARD.
Multitude Of 10000 Witnessed the
Dark Blues Triumph.

Before wonderful crowd, numbering
fully 10000 persons. that filled the huge
stadium on Soldiers Field, Cambridge from
the ground up. Yale vanquished Harvard
in the annual foot ball game Saturday af-
ternoon by a score Of 16 to 0. Harvard
played superb game in attack all the
way through, but the Crimson was severely
handicapped by poor punting. slow and
inaccurate passing. lack OF headwork at
critical points and fumbling that was
heartrending for the army OF loyal Harvard
men and women who went to the battle
field filled with hope. Yale's generalship
and fierce play. coupled with magnificent
punting and well-directed attacks when the
occasion required them, won the day. The
teams were about equally matched in point
Of physical strength and Harvard. when
1t came to making ground. showed a marked
superiority, but Yale made more spectac
ular individual plays and finished with
larger amount of stamina.
Still Harvard, taking into consideration
her poor showing in games with smaller
colleges, played in such plucky manner
that after the conflict thousands who wore
the Crimson remained in their seats and
cheered each player individually. winding
up with the soul-sttrring song, Fair Har-
ward"
Yale had to fight for all she got At
tIfe emu u TIE UTSt nIlI, Ill WHICH TIdTSdTu
did the more aggressive work, the score
stood to 0 in favor OF the Blue. A touch
down had been made by Kinney after a
superb run by Metcalf Of thirty-hve yards.
but Mitchell missed the goal. Then In the
second half. as airectcresult Of two blocked
kicks, Hogan, the bun-necked tackle who
will probably be Yale's captain next year.
made two more touchdowns. Mitchell
missing the first goal. but kicking the
second. ~
Harvard lost at least three royal chances
to score. Twice in the first half the Cam
bridge men worked the ball toIthe 5-yard
yards to gain on the third down, instead Of
taking another chance to drive the oval
through Yale's defense. Capt. Mitchell fell
back for q drop kick5on the 15-yard line,
only to have the ball blocked in way that
made the Harvard crodw groan. Again.
just as Harvard's attack was at Its best,
the ball was lost on a tumble, and Yale was
In high feather. QsEac
1t was in the second hale however, that
Harvard was certainly up against hard
luck. Nichols, after the Yale line had been
beaten back to the 4-yard line, made q
gallant dash for the goal line around the
left end. He was thrown by Rafferty, but
had chance to wriggie over the magic
chalk mark, when his head collided with
one OF the goal posts, and half dozen
Yale men fell on him.
When the heap was disintegrated the ball
was found to be less than foot from the
goal line, and Yale got 1t on downs. That
reverse took the starch out OF the Harvard
crowd. but the players fought on pluckily
even with the odds against them and when
the whistle blew in the rapidly approaching
darkness the Crimson was still hard at
work In the middle of the field.
Many changes were made in the second
half, but nobody was seriously hurt. There
was absolutely no slugging. as in the
Princeton-Yale game. and the best Of feeling
prevailed. After the game the immense
crowd swarmed out of the stadium and
went in all directions for the cars. 1t