The sun., 1904-11-20


Poins-Lons. Piucky Fight by the
Crimson Against Opponent WITH su-
perior Grtdiron KnowIedEe--Fale's
offence q Powerful. Nachine-IIuke
Combinatlon-Some Rough Playing
and Flying Fists-Unpeasant Incident
Caused by Removal OF Harvard End
-3S. 900 Persons See the Battle.
NEW HAVEN, Nov. i0.-Although out
played at every point and defeated by .
score OF IL to O. the Harvard varsity eleven
made a long, plucky fight against the Yale
warriors on the gridiron here to-day. The
New Haven eleven scored a touchdown in
each half from which goals were success
fully kicked, and displayed such superior
knowledge OF football that the thousands
OF Crimson adherents were overjoyed be-
cause OF the fact that the score was not
larger. 1t was evident from the start that
Harvard had been keyed up to the hghast
pitch and that the Cambridge men wore
ready to fight to the last ditch. ~ y
At all times Yale met an opposition thAs
never hinched and in the first half the sons
Of Eli had to resort to the hercest kind
of attack to cross the goal line, which was
not accomplished until twenty eight min
utes of actual time had elapsed.
Yale's attack throughout the struggle
was a powerful machinelike combination.
Big gains were constantly made and tbs
ball was in Harvard's territory practically
the whole half, for not once did the Grim
son players have the leather in their pos
session in Yale's part OF the field. Yale
was fast and Harvard slow.
Yale's attack was vicious, conoerted
and well directed, while Harvard's lacked
unison Of effort and on numerous occasions
was 80 ragged that the experts cried out In
amazement. In fact the Harvard team
could not be called a high class football
team at all. As Cambridge man put y.
Eleven men will wear Harvard uniforms
on Yale Field this afternoon and do the best
they can. The team has been poorly ooaohed
and internal dissensions have worked much
harm. The material is there but those
who have had matters in charge have made
mess Of the whole business. The men arc
all fit and willing, but that is about all.
We expect to be showed under
To pick the Harvard team to pieces In .
few words, 1t may be said that the passing
stant, the tackling was high and ineffective,
the interference decidedly crude and the
whole play far below the standard set by
Princeton last Saturday, when Yale beat the
Tigers by the same score. Harvard's
anchor to windward developed toward the
close by the substitution Of almost a whole
new team, but 1t could not stave Oh the
whitewash. Harvard's beef was probably
~ yo1a'u ipoh hilitv IN, fpako n hR~
ger total, and this point coupled with des-
perate pluck is about the only thing worthy
Of praise that is coming to the Crimson.
Coach Morley Of Columbia sized up the
Harvard team in few words when he said,
They've got the bulk all right, but they
do not run. They merely waddle.'
Yale played with few miscues. It was
the same old story OF rapid formations, fast,
nihcent physical condition In tho entire
game it is fact that not single momsnt
was taken out for the recuperaton Of Yals
player The only delay caused by an &C.
cident to New Haven man occurred In the
first half when Trpp, the big right guard.
had the sleeve OF his jersey torn OF and hs
had to run to the side lines to make o change
of costume. Yale played two now men
behind the line in s. Morse and Finn, who
filed the places OF Leavenworth and owsley
respectively. 1t would be showing extreme
favoritism to make any one man the star
Of the Yale team, for all the players did
something noteworthy and were entitled
to an equal amount Of honizing vhsn the
battle was over.
An unpleasant feature, which oaussd .
world Of comment, occurred few moments
after yale's first touchdown. Randall,
Harvard's left end, was ordervd to tho
side lines at the instance Of Head Coach
wrightington, and Matthews, . negro.
who played on the baseball nine last spring.
was substituted. Randall. who win cap
tain the varsity nine next year, was not
allowed to play on the Harvard team against
Pennsylvania. Favoritism was chargsd
and Randall quit the eleven. The matter
was apparently patched up few days later
and he returned and was played regularly
In the line. When he vas ordered out Of
the game his friends were beside theenselvss
with anger. They said that somebody bad
taken this means OF humtliattng Kendall
in the presence OF 5000 people, with the
idea Of Furnishing him for openfy crttcistng
the coaching methods OF Cambridge There
was . great demonstration in his behalf
when he came od the gridiron and Matthews
took his place.
Whether there was any intention on tho
part Of the Yale players to handle the negro
roughly or not II would be impossible 70
state, but the fact remains that on several
occaxons he was roughly handled and was
finally Knocked into groggy condition by
n hard blow on the Hde OF the head, and.
as II to square matters, Matthews finally
tsckled Rock we'll in most vicious manner,
both men reelng to the ground a. result
OF the collision. after which 1t was not long
before Matthews was unable to continue
because Of injuries and gave way TO an
other man,
While there was the best OF feeling bet ween
tho rival factions who surrounded the grid
iron bad blood cropped out among the
players more than once, There were