The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-16
HARVARD A SChyT VICTOR.
GOiL FROM PLACE KICK DEFEiTS
WEST POINT.
score 4 10 q Aner Game In which Army
Cadets Wage Even Battle with the
Crimson Rule Regarding Acquire
mcnt Infringed by Cambridge Men.


WEST POINT, y. y, Oct. i5.-Harvard
defeated West Point. to o. In the annual
football game to-day. Neither side was
| able TO cross the other sides goal line. the
! only score being a goal from place KICK
made by Harvard, The game WAS practl-
| cally an even tusse In rushing and defenoe,
and the closest approach TO touchdown
was the 10 yard line. Harvard never could
get closer than this to the West POINT goai
line while West Point was once within twenty
yards OF Harvard goal
No closer or more evenly waged battle OF
the gridiron ever has been fought between
the Crimson and the Cadets. Harvard. out
weighing West Point many pounds In the
middle Of the line and with her tandem for
nation, which she used all the time. gained
more ground than West Point. the game in
It's entirety considered but for all that the
| soldiers outplayed the big men from cam
bridge In the second han. West toints
defence was OF her usual fierce. stubborn
kind, but In the first half her attack was
weak. The backs were slow in starting
and hit the line with little force. In the
second half there came information.
The attack got together. holes we're made
| all along the Harvard line. and the man
with the ball went through with the speed
and precision OF bullet
Capt Hurley and Nichols got into Harvards
backfeld for the first time in several weeks,
and the former did splendid work. On de-
fence and offence he was tower OF strength.
On a play Just outside Of tackle he was Har-
wards best ground gamer, with Minis next
Nichols did the punting for Harvard, but ms
| ability as a speedy end runner was frustrated
nearly every time by the West Pointers
| getting through on him. In the matter OF
| passing, catching punts and other handling
| OF the ball, both sides were ragged. Nor
| did either side kick well.
| In getting down under kicks the Harvard
| ends were faster than their West Point OPP
| postes. but there was little to choose from
| in this regard, and there were no long runs
back with the ball. nor, indeed. long runs OF
any kind. Upton. the West Point centre.
was a wonder at getting down the field under
| kicks Several times he downed the man
catching the ball in his tracks. He also kept
! the big and beefy Harvard centre men busy
| Prince did the kicking and the bulk OF the
ball carrying for West Point. Capt. Graves
dropped back OF the line on the offence. but
| took the ball only few times That duty
devolved chiefly on Prince and Torney. while
! Hanlon. who came in in the second hail.
smashed things up in effective fashion.
For their bulk the Harvard men were pretty
! active. but a CT iticism made by former
Harvard star oil the side lines was that they
did not play hard enough However. bleed
ing coun tenances on both sides bespoke
! some pretty energetic play. Still. the
dia sonel tandem was often stopped dead by
! the quick moving cadets and was not reliable
| ground gamer in pinch.
| Harvard was penalized once for side line
coaching, an offence rare in football. or rarely
punished and in the first half the game WAS was
Harvard PLAYERS was altered 70 conform TO the
had aluminium plates in their knickerbockers
sufficiently covered with padding, and West
Ralls While tie players retired to AZ up their
''Ef Jhs' ~ when
ssl ssr ee ss
and Mlis i we sushs: lo'' time in
a4. 9ov ane %ss MADE. s snd then
began to get the hang Of the tandem , The
Shsssd in 50 SSaesdly shft both s Ml.
| The ball went to West Point on downs In
mldneld. but on a. high pass for punt there
through and nabbed the ball.
Nichols turned the left end for ten good
Yards. and Mills was jammed through centre
and stopped Hurley for no gain, So stit grew
the West Point defence when the leather
was on the 26-yard line that 1t changed owner
Prince punted to midheld, Nichols Punted
back. and Prince returned the con compliment nand
1f d ss aSd ppnte
and the ball went over p pThG T nead be
P Prince CO p pUnted Back. and Moves hseled the
catch on the sS-yaId line As w there p0 was
was penaiized Ave yards: this gave Harvard
a kick from placement from the Soyard
line. and the gigantic Parker booted the oVai
| between the goal posts for the only score OF
Nichols, ran, in the kick.off twenty Yards Yards
! adya need twenty Yards more, meeting with
bitter resistance, Afve-yatd dash by y Hurley
sUwed eyd The crimson ny MADE
lost by the penalty. and as West Point lost
i've yards for being ofside' did make up
Harvard tried double pass which did u not ct
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Parker kicked of in the second hall ana
TSrSsS sn R sfSk masd
the bali for Harvard on the latter's ts:yard
b s POLK On to
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Groves hit Harvardr left flank for three
oii quickly. Meier being a spot IN the Har-
ward line hammerGed for s9otd o gsshl on her
own 2orysrd line, and tho bah was hers on
downs. Kerpan pp9ted. and Geary munins,
a fine play. The bali was IN midheld. and two
;umhles by Herman forced punt mt on THIRD
Points 25-yard line. Prince punted straight
UP in the air. and Hyrley.s powerful rushing IN
landed the ball on West Points iS.ysrd line
The cadets broke up the Crimson attack be;
fore It could get under way. Taking the ball
carry the ball. the soldiers went through the
Crimson in ripping style for Few moments tSa NsId
when the game ended. The lineup:
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