The Washington times., 1904-11-20

Nov. 19.-After iercely fought gridiron
/ battle, the moleskin warriors Of Yale
this afternoon took Harvard into camp
by y to O.
It was a glorious victory. and the
! Crimson warriors tonight are wearing
| crepe. They went back 10 Cambridge
with the realization they hee been up
against an aggregation that excelled
! them at every point.
An Ideal Afternoon.
The day for the annual football game
between the elevens of Yale and Har-
! ward was all that could be desired. The
air was crisp and not a breath OF wind
was blowing % interfere with the punts.
The day dawned misty and with some
/ Il ght signs Of possible wet weather be
/ fore nightfan but long before 9
! o'clock the sun broke its way through
the mist.
/ The field was not IN perfect condition
/ as some soft spots were noticeable, and
/ these marshy spots had TO be covered
/ heavily with saWdust TO insure the
/ possibility of the elected shoes of the
players getting hold.
Many Thousands Out.
! Encouraged by the brightness of the
day and also urged on by loyalty TO one
college or the other fully 32.oO0 enthu-
siastic followers of the game wended
/ their way 10 Yale Field and filled the
| immense grandstands.
AT noon the crowds began to gather,
and by 1.30. almost an hour before the
game. the grandstands were a mass Of
impatient humanity, cheering, stamping,
and waving flags.
Many distinguished visitors were
among those ia the grandstands. the
/ leading light being Vice Presldent-elect
Fairbanks. He took a seat among the
Yale rOoters. HIS arrival was the sig
nal for loud and prolonged cheers by
both contingents.
Flags in Evidence.
The scene at the field beggars descrip-
| ton. ON the east side. the usual rem
devious OF the Yale rooters and their
/ friends. myriads OF dark blue flags, set
/ of most wildly by the darker back
ground OF their holders apparel, were
frantically waved or swayed back and
| forth in rhymthic time 10 the songs OF
/ the rooters.
The west stand. where Harvard had
I
pearance of a huge bank OF crimson and
added TO this brilliant color. scheme were
/ the yariegated hues OF the gowns OF the
! residents from Cambridge and the back
/ bay district Of the Hub
| Boston. elite was on hand en- masse.
Rival Challenges.
AT l:2O the yelling battle. which al
ways precedes the sterner work of the
gridiron itself. began Five thousand
youths who upheld the honop OF Old
Eli IN this din. hurled challenge at
the Crimson stand in a might brock-a-
keck-kox
Harvard hurled back the challenge
with an equally mighty "rah. rah, rah:"
a roar OF "boOla, bOOla, boola," from
the east was answered by chorus of
Fair Harvard" sung with barred heads.
Back and forth the cheering passed, un-
al the very ground seemed TO shake with
the reverberation.
The game itself was one which amply
repaid the many thousands who made
the trip from New York and Boston.
| With the exception OF some miserable
/ fumbliug on both sides in the first half
and four or five cases OF holding in the
line. for which both teams paid the usu-
al penalty of fifteen yards. the tussle
was peculiarly devoid OF those weak
spots which so often spoil an other
wise good game.
Harvard was the most at fault in the
matter OF fumbline. as Yale was in the
matter OF holding
CTimson's Weakness.
There Is little question that had the
Crimson eleven been as strong IN ofren-
sive work as they were ia defensive the
result would not have been as great a
defeat as 1t was. and there is a posi-
bility, though "a remote one. that
victory might have percned on the
Crimson banner instead Of the Dark
Blue.
Three times Yale had worked the bali
down close 10 the goal line of the HAIR