Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-26

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. November 25.-By
her quickness in Selling the opportunity af-
forded by a muffed punt Yale today won
the annual foot ball game with Harvard
by a score of to @. The error which
was made by Nichols, who had replaced
Foster at left halfback, occurred near the
close of the second half and but for it,
as even Yale admitted, the contest prob
ably would have resulted as did those on
the same field in 1897 and 1899 in no score
for either side.
Earvards unexpected ability to solve and
stop Yale's attack was the feature of the
contest. Except for one dash of forty
five yards by Roome in the first half, and
one of fifteen yards by Morse in. the second
half, the Yale gains were short and near
ly all were made by piunges into the line
The Harvard gains also resulted from mass
plays, usually with the famous tandem
forma ton, the only exception being a dash
of eighteen yards by Quarterback Starr
who, by running the whole width of the
field eluded Yale's ends for that distance.
Throughout the game, end runs. quarter
back dashes and double and delayed passes
by either team were quickly broken up and
frequently the runner was thrown for
loss Each side had to struggle time ana
again for the necessary five yards 1t usually
took two three downs to cover the dis
lance Yale captured the ball three times
and Harvard took the ball away from Yale
twice by stubborn defense.
Harvard reached Yale's twenty-four yard
line in the second half only to be sent
back five yards for offside play. This was
the nearest the crimson came TO scoring
a touchdown. In the first half, however,
Burr made beautiful attempt at goal from
placement from Yale's fffty-one yard line,
missing it by few feet
Scored in Last Ten Minutes.
yale's score came in the last ten minutes
of play. The ball had gone up and down
the field with neither side able to MAKE any
long, consistent gains. Hoyt sent high
punt to Nichols on the Harvard 3o-yard
line. The Harvard back, who had just come
into the game, muffed the kick, and Capt.
Shevlin, who on every kick during the game
WAS down the field with marvellous speed,
grabbed the ball the instant it touched ths
ground. Yale had twice before been held
within Harvards 2J-yard line, but Nichols
error seemed to sap the fighting spirit of
the Crimson players, and in ten PUSHES
Yale made the distance to the goal line.
Nearly all the Yale plunges for the score
were directed against the Harvard left
wing, where Montgomery had replaced
Brill, Notwithstanding the fact that the
burly Harvard tackle able to run off
the field comparatively fresh.
Forbes had the honor of carrying the |
ball over for Yale's only touchdown and
Hoyt kicked easy goal from punt OUT. |
Neither side came within striking distance |
of the others goal after Yale scored.
Over 10000 Spectators.
Forty-three thousand persons watched |
the game in weather as warm as indian |
summer 1t was the largest and most |
brilliant gathering ever seen at a foot ball |
game in this country The spectators were |
keyed up to a high pitch of excitement by |
the incessant cheering of the undergrad |
yates, and the Harvard stands, which con- |
tanned fully 10000 persons, after the team
had shown itself able to stop the Yale Of |
Tense and displayed an ability TO make |
short gains, became overjoyed at the show
ing of the Crimson players.
On the other hand, the Yale team, until |
Hutchinson replaced Tad Jones at quarter
back seemed to lack the fighting spirit
which a week ago tore the Princeton line
to pieces.
In the first half Harvard gained many |
yards through Burrs ability to outpunt |
Roome, but Burr fell away in the second
half and was, in turn, outpunted by Hoyt,
who took Roome's place in the Kicking.
There were very few penalties, Yale suffer
ing three times and Harvard twice for off
side play. Yale played nineteen men and
Harvard fifteen during the game.
One of the most gratifying, features of
the game was the spirit shown by both
sides toward each other, which was en-
phasized by the Yale stands cheering the
absent Harvard leader, Capt. Hurley, who
was not able to play on account Of an in
jury which has confined him in a Boston
hospital and the cheers for Yale from the
Crimson supporters.
Harvard Wins the Toss.
After Harvard had won the toss and had
given Yale the kickoff, with the sun in
the eyes of the Blue players, each team
tried the others speed and then punted,
Burr gaining ten yards the exchange.
From it's own thirty-yard line Harvard
worked the ball down, principally by tan
dems headed by Squires. until it was on
Yales forty five-yard line. There the Blue
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rushes, mostly plunges into Harvards right
side, placed the ball in the center of the
field, and then came Morse's dash around
left end for fifteen yards. Five rushes took
the ball to Harvard's twenty-five-yard line.
The Yale section began to shout for
Then came the first Harvard brace On
the Crimson seventeen-yard line Yale was
held and had to give up the ball. Har