Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-21
VICTORY FOR YALE.
Harvard Went Down to Defeat After a
Gallant Struggle.

Harvard marched bravely to her antici-
pated defeat on Yale field Saturday after
noon. Nearly thirtf-five thousand specta-
tors saw the Crimson go down, but, though
it went down, it went down gallantly and
only after a plucky fight, that reflected
the utmost credit on the Cambridge play
erS.
When the final whistle shrilled over the
field Yale had won II to victory. In
other words, she had beaten Harvard by
exactly the same score by which she tri-
umphed over Princeton a week ago. Two
touchdowns and goal from each were re-
sponsible for Yale's total, one touchdown
being scored In each half.
In way, the game was nearly being
repetition of the Princeton match. In the
contest with the Tigers, it will be remem-
bered the Blue made It's first touchdown
by straight. overpowering rushing, while
its second was almost purely gift, ana
resulted from crazy pass over the full
backs head by butcher, the Tiger center
and a blocked kick behind Princeton's
goal line. So. Saturday. Yale scored first
by combination of Undertaking rushes
and a decision by Umpire Dashieli that
was extremely costly for Harvard.
For the first quarter of an hour of play
neither side could make any consistent
gains. but at length Yale got the ball on
punt just inside her own territory, and
by steady, hard, consistent line plays, In
which Finn and Morse were the most er-
fective ground gamers, rushed her way
steadily down the arena to Harvard s
3O-yard line. Here the Crimson held hard
for two downs, and Captain Hogan himself
fell back for that third and vital rush. But
even the great tackle was hurled back
helpless, and great shout went up from
the Harvard cohorts as 1t was seen that
Yale had failed to pierce the Harvard line.
But the joy of the Crimson contingent
was short lived for on that third and last
rush the umpire saw offside play in Har-
wards ranks, and the ball went to Yale
as first down. From that point on Yale
was irresistible until she had ploughed
her batterng way across the line.
Harvard's Fatal Error.
Yale's second score was achieved in
way that was heartbreaking for Harvard.
The Crimson held the oval on her 4O-yard
line. when Sperry dropped back to punt.
When the ball was snapped the Harvard
line instantaneousIy became a sieve YaIes
PUSHES simply swarmed through. and the
gigantic Kinney blocked the punt square
The ball rolled back toward the Crimson
goal, and there was frantic scramble for
1t. which ended only three little yards from
Harvard's goal with a Yale uniform next
the leather. 1t was only matter of two
short PUSHES to hurl 1t across the line, and
Yale had scored again.
1t is fair to say, therefore as in the asa
of the Princeton match. that the score
should have been only 6 to o. But it Is
also fair to say that from the very start
Yale appeared to be the master of the
situation. She made no phenomenal gains.
1t Is true and only once did she make a
long series Of consecutively successful
gains. But on the other hand. Harvard
was utterly powerless to gain through the
Blues defense. and made first down scarce
ly more than half a dozen times during the
entire progress Of the game. During nine
tenths Of the time the play was In Har-
wards territory. and the Crimson attack
never got nearer than thirty yards to the
Yale goal and only once as near as that
In fact. the upper hand was always Yale's,
and. though she had to fight hard, she
always fought with the confidence of COM
parative security, and never really had
cause for worry.