The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-11-22
BLUE OVER CRIMSON
YALE DOWNS HARVARD TO THE
TUNE OF 10 TOO.
HARVARD ALMOST SCORED
BUT YALE RALLIED AND HELD
CRIMSON PLAYERS.

Though Harvard Could Get the Ball
Almost Upon YaIe's Goal Line, She
Could Not Get 1t Over-At One
Time 1t Looked as Though Har-
ward Might Win the Game-GOOd
Bali Was Played-It Was Better
Than PrincetOn's Championship
Game.
Cambridge, Mass, Nov. N.-Harvard
struggled bravely against Yale to-day
in their annual football match, but
was defeated by a score of 16 to O,
principally because her offense weak
ened and Yale's defense grew stronger
as the crimson players were within
striking distance of the goal.
Nearly 10000 persons watched the
game, and while it was not as spec
tacular as that between Princeton and
Yale at New Haven a week ago, bet
ter football was played and for the
first half and for several minutes in
the second the score was small enough
to make the result uncertain. In fact,
after Harvard had shown sufficient
L
yard line, in the first half, her supe
porters were well night convinced that
the team would not only score, but
win the game. The Yale defense prov
ed too strong, however, and backed
by $4,000 voices that yelled Hold 'em;
mold en-" the blue line stood firm be-
meath its own goal bar, twice captur-
ing the ball there on downs, and in
the third instance taking advantage
or tumble by a Harvard player In
the second half Harvard got within
six inches of the Yale goal and yet
could not score.
The defeat. under the circumstances.
was exceedingly bitter for the crimson.
as the fast play of the team beyond
the Yale ten and fifteen-yard line sur
prlsed the Harvard supporters, and
proved one Of the features of the
game.
There was some fumbling and several
blocked kicks, one of the Yale scores
being directly due to the latter. There
were several end runs for fifteen and
twenty-five yards, but as a rule the
play especially so far as Harvard was
concerned, was a series of fierce line
plunges for short gains of one, two
and three yards.
The kicking was below the average
especially on Harvard's part, and was
a great disappointment to the GRIM
son supporters.
Mitchell, for Yale, covered 1913 yards
on fourteen kicks, while Lemoyne and
Mineholz of Harvard covered 220 wards
on eight kicks.
In rushing, Harvard had slightly the
better of it, gaining 21S yards on sixty
eight rushes, while Yale made 100 yards
on fOrty-SeVen ruSheS Yale ran haclr
kicks for SO yards and Harvard for 1902
yards. Yale had eight first downs and
Harvard twenty. Yale was penalized
six times for So yards. and Harvard
three times for forty yards.
Line I'D:
Harvard Position Yale
Clothier .......left end...... Rafferty,
Dorby- left tackle =. Kinney Bis
Squiers. sell Morton
Lemoyne ......left guard. Batchelder
Parkinson ...... center...... Roaback
A. Marshall. right guard. ...... Miller
Kinney
Knowlton fright tackle. ...... Hogan
Bowditch- fright end..... Shevlin
Montgomery.
c. Marshall. quarter back. Rockwell
SOBER
Nichols. left half back. Mitchell
Goodhue.
Hurley right half back. .Metcalf
Schoe1lkersf-. full back...... Farmer
Mills. Owsley
score-Yale, 16: Harvard. o. Touch
downs, Kinney, I; Hogan, 2. Goal
from touchdown. Mitchell Officials: Ref
cree, Mr.. McClung. Lehigh. Umpire,
Paul Dashiell. Timer. Whiting, Cor
nell. Linesmen, Wood, B. A. A.;
Hull, Yale. Time, S5-minute halves.