New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-10-16
HARVARD BARELY WINS.
Vest Point Prevents Touchdown
Defeated By Place Kick.
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the annual game with the soldiers to-day after
winning a victory BY the unpeasantly narrow mar
gin OF points. Il was redhot. hard football from
the first whistle 10 the last and the only scoring
was Parker's place kick from fair catch at West
Points S9-yard line in the nrst half
West Point vas in fine tsttIe Tor the match-Iu
fact 50 ta- as the principal elements Of play were
concerned there vas very little 10 choose between
the Two teams and only for tumble and an error
Of judgment neithe- side would have scored Had
West Point possessed a reliable drop kicker she
would have been able 10 lie Earvard's I point5
with goal from the I7-yard lina Instead she re-
lied on rushing 20 gain two Yards on the third
down. and was her- Tor loss on the other hand
Harvard had excsIIsut prospects OF a touchdown
once II the secord half wher q ruffed punt ard
several fast ruses. most ~ them by Hurley forced
the pigskia 10 West Points l5-ya-5 line but here
the Arny's forwards tlTns5 10 stone ana the Grim
son relucranLIy yielded the bal.
Il was beautiful. day fos the game. warm enough
for the comfort or the spectators and not TOO
Tor the players, ana a pig an6 enthusiasts crowd
that contained hundreds OF pretty girls turned ou,
70 see the contest. most Of them arriving early
enough 70 sec ths parade which preceded the
match.
That Harvard vas relieved 70 escape with VIC
tory was evident. a fun force OF coaches came
with the Cambridge team. including Wrlgk u2gron.
Cochran and Lewis greatest OF ali centres and
they were plainly worried The soldiers the
contrary. entered the gauns with confidence thaS
amounted 70 aonchalarce
'A@+laoiI UoLOlI-SE nae nlCn 70 90 Wllr ttle mar
rowness OF Harvard's victory. The cadets are al
ways n They have 10 be Thai Is their life.
But when the Harvard squad trotred or the Geld
Il was plain 10 one who knows the signs that they
were weeks from readiness 10 do their best To
onset this deficiency their coaches relied On put
ting n flesh men when the gams had advanced
wei into the se-ond half On the other aand, the
west Pointers were considerably outweiGhed
= az lL-lLE harvard gained tribe more ground
~ straight rushing rhdn did West Point, while
Alchols aud herman usually had tribe me better
lite % klAL4AE, G4L there was not rLl0-S4l
alILtIence between the teams IN either OF these
.sSpSCt- 20 contribute 70 the result EiaEFat- -
lacA was the more snappy. the BACKS getting III
pactly o. me other hand West P5nts forwards
particularly captain. Graves and Doe, did yec1ls':
amused those Who knew what mad happened TOOK
place early IL the match. When the second hal
was wei under way, time was called, and Mills.
& 2 d afd Sq aary 5roa q oat the ac thar
West Point had complained thar these PLAYERS were
vesugaied, foun1 the charges based on fact, and
he hfee PasfFs % Sfs ordered 10 retire and remove
Harvard won the toss and took the north goal.
from Inc gentle 6reese. Doe kicked of ana HaE-
yard started = WITH the series OF lanGeH T ne
game. In this way she gained total Of ntteen
Tor three downs near The middle Of the neld- Tor
ney. was the frs; 20 take the bal. and mace "a
slight gain through the centre Ihen came Inc tne
error that dig as much as AWNING e else 70 De1
Quick KICK. which was 10 take Harvard so By sur
PRISE that the soldiers. ends could geL ur under
But Prime fIul6led the pass. and it vas Har-
Yards ball, with loss TO the arm 3I tT r5i
yards Il was handicap from which west rom;
Harvard taen pIoughed Up the soldiers. line re-
lev carrying the bal until she reachsc the t%eily
yard line. but here the Army held IKE roek ana mo
took tie oval An exchange o. p9nts- t30k Inc Inc
ing little TOO good for Prince and mere occurred
the episode of the shin guards.
which ended via the leather in West Points pos
session, but so her goal that Prince had 10
well. and as The ball fell INTO Noyss's arms TN, me
mond was up under the punt so enthusiastically
that he didn't think quickly Instead. he threw
was indicted This put the bah on West Points
So-yard line anu FaIker k ,Si a. ga pa re
For he rest Of the half most q he PLAY was
danse Tss preftY tackle Of Soyes BY Hammond
~ which the Harvard quarterback was thrown
back for loss of fifteen yards after catching
ssther,s Enc and punting was frequent, and FUN
bling too with the army the worst offender IN this
~ the second half the Soldiers had new lease
the ball the middle Of the gridiron but Torney 5
be lost i again NE y 9e bs On 6ar aan snd % H la
/ yard had to punt 20 Carey WHO MADE a Driliant
S% Is1 came series Of short sharp rresistibe
PUSHES that Harvard was powerlsss 70 stem; Tine
Sesn substituted for the battle SCARED Hin. tore
t y gve ~" three and four yards Most Of the ham
en wa. 2sa al Meier . Ts an t Occasional 9sI
seeraed able TO withstand the oaslaUghts. As a
result the Then e veT ne the tme for
fronn the field. but Daily the side lines in
Sesd OF IN the game. and West Point tried TO rush
/ fWo yards on the third down, but failed. and her
/ frEt chance 20 score gone
.kftsr an exchange Of punts, West Point tried
| he quick kick again but the bal! went straight
M and when Il came down il was Harvard9 8. only
| thirty yards from West Points goal Taen Hurley
and Nichols. aided by the tandem rolled up total
OF fifteen yards but at that point the cadets brace
themselves IN the ditch and stood the onslaught for
three downs. and took the ball. Wfightington then
did 3 little coaching. and IN consequences in
vIted by the umpire 20 retire. Also, Harvard lost
| ave yards. Prince punted. and Herman sent II
| bacE. Then Hanlon made several dashes Tor short