New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-20

rushes took the battle to Harvard's fifteen yard
mark. and It looked as II nothing would save
the Crimson. but the umpire holding In the
Yale line and set the Blue back fifteen valuable
yards. 1t was a nfesaver for Harvard, and
after Yale's first rush had failed Hoyt fell back
to his forty-five yard line to try the drop kick
for goal which he had been practising for
eral days
RORABACK MAKES A BAD PASS.
For once Roraback made e bad pass and
Hoyt seeing that he had unle to kick, es-
sayed to circle his right end only to be thrown
by Hurley for loss. 1t Harvards ball.
but she could not gain, and punted to Rockwell.
who got away from half the Harvard team in
a most inexplicable manner and made twenty
yards
Then began that series of short, sharp line
plunges varied by an occasional dash between
tackle and end, that finally aided by Harvard's
inopportune offside play resulted in Yales first
touchdown. Finn. Morse and Hogan did most
OF the gaining and the gains were seldom more
than four yards Twice Harvard held to the
third down, and once on the 25-yard mark.
actually stood up the powerful Yale onslaught.
only TO lose the golden opportunity account
Of that offside play. From the 25-yard line
Yale hurled its backs steadily Inside the
5-yard line she got another little present for
offsde play. and the next moment threw Morse
the line. amid the hubbub that always &C
companies the first touchdown of big game
Hoyt kicked easy goal. and the scoreboard
read TO 0.
When Harvard lined up for the kickoff.
Matthews. the little negro who played such
fast game. in for Randall. who had had
his chance. Shevlin. behind a splendid forma-
ton ran the kickoff back thirty-five yards to
Yale's 40-yard mark. 1t was poor kickoff.
the ball going so low that the forwards had no
time to get up under 1t. There a good deal
of punting in the last few minutes Of the half.
and Sperry barely had time to pick up
poor pass of Parker's and boot it back. 1t
Yale's ball. just inside Harvard's territory, when
the whistle announced the end of the half.
Harvard by means conceded the game at
this time It was justly felt that the Crimson
eleven had put up much stubborn resist
ance than its friends had any reason to expect,
and the Cambridge contingent felt that if it's
representatives could keep up to this standard
there was always chance that one of her backs
would get away for long run to touchdown.
| AS it happened, this did occur but. though
| outmatched. the Harvard played hard If
| uneven football to the bitter end
SECOND HALF OPENS.
at the very outset Of the second half Mat
| thews showed his quality. Sperry kicked off to
| Shevlin. but the latter had not stirred a yard
before the negro had dropped him sharply. Yale
| showed that she satisfied with her
| by sending Hoyt back to punt the very first
| down and Harvard lined up on her 40-yard
mark to do things to that annoyingly stubborn
| Yale wall Alas. for the Crimson's hopes! She
| fumbed the very first rush. and the omni-'
| present Shevlin promptly fell on the elusive
| leather. Morse successfully Skinned the
tackle" for five yards, but neither Hoyt nor
Hogan could gain. and Hoyt then made his only
o
| fence into the grandstand, and thus into Har-
wards possession on her 35-yard
| line. Mills hit the line for five yards and Hur-
| ley added two short gains They did not make
first down, however. and Parker made atCther
evil pass to Sperry. who just managed to get
the ball away before the hosts of Yale swarmed
| through. The kick went only twenty yards
however, and was Yales.
Rockwell then got the Yale attack well oiled
onoe more, and the human piledriver began to
tear up the Crimson line in a way that proved
Irresistible. Morse and Finn the runners
for the most part, though Boomer twice
called at critical moments TO wade through
for the first down. Rockwell tried a quarter
back run. but Matthews laid him low SO vicious
~ nearly to put himself II took quite
bit OF ice water and rubbing to get the negro
fit more for battle, and he got rousing
cheer he stepped back into his place.
The onslaught of the Blue had penetrated TO
Harvards 20-yard trench, and Bloomer then
opened up a big hole through which Finn
wormed his way for seven hard fought yards.
Bloomer himself plunged through for four yards
and the ball was less than thirty feet from a
touchdown Finn and Morse hammered for
nVe yards more. and 1T looked a though only
miracle could prevent another touchdown
Ihe miracle happened. Morse went in for
what looked Ike the last plunge Twenty-Five
men writhed and fought in one big bunch and
when the heap was disentangled little Starr was
next TO the ball and not yet across Harvards
line Then Il was that a perfect hurricane OF
joyous noise swept out from the Harvard
benches for the wengh impossible had oc-
CURED.
CAPTAIN HURLEY ORDERS A PUNT
On the first down Captain Hurley wisely or
dered punt Sperry stood perilously close TO
his line and just barely got the ball away 1t
| fell into the of Rockwell thirty yards
away. but Mathews I'D under IL like q cy-