Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-26
FORTY THOUSAND
SAW THE GAME
Harvard Defeated by Yale After Stubborn Struggle
the Only Touchdown Scored Being Due to
the Muff of Punt by One of
the Crimson Players.

yard tried six times to gain through IN.
Yale line, and after covering only9 so,,n,,
YARDS Burr kicked TO Yale's forty-ysrd linz
Roome exchanged the punt. and again TIar.
w w pEoIIteg. gaining fifteen yards on
ale S poor Kicking.
Burr next kick sent the ball to yala,s
tWehty-yard. line. Again Roome VS.
o oa tpSt 10 Kick and Harvard had a fair
eaten on the hfty-one-yard line R,,r- 81
tempted a goal from placement. Tfa hi,
h haH plenty OF distance. but it swerved inst
osiore reaching the goal posts and missed
! only by a few feet On the kiciI o,,t
Roome covered bare twenty Yards -
IRON faIe's forty-yard line Harvard again
started Tor Iale'S goal. For the first 10
9 az tiree GOWNS, with Bril- heading the tan
CEN some progress was made bur on ysIai,
lrty-gard line the Blue team held ana yot
me pail on downs Roome In turn vs.
, t1flt.a TO Kick on the third down from his
straight up in the air and coverad a a.,
tahce OF about seventeen yards yaIa
1toPped HarVard's progress again on the
hlue thlrty-seven-yard line
Yale's Determined Rally.
Al thiS point Yale made the most deter.
ihiiieo ra4ly Of the game. In several rpsbas
"hich were sent off in lively shane ara
Which showed a fine variety of Mas 80
V tf was earned to the fifty-yard line or
tne second down the Yale right side for IN
Hrst and practically only time in the 80, .,,e
VS. aD-e to form a stonewaU nro+ec,in,'
t LOT me runner. ROOme. who carried nc
Trim Tnn,ir Eaptalh Saevlin. Bigelow and
Eafd left end and started on a dash dnat,>
tt to neIu' by some means Starr broka
sfter gu ana caught Roome by the ankle
after ne mad covered forty-aye wards
Wlth Roome's run as an Incentive o,s
"a Ecu on by the frantic shouts of '.Toucb-
T VOW from the Yale side of the field the
Gi Ddch MS Threw themselves against the
crimson line three times hut s,Sina5 o 1ite
-FOUR yards. The bail went 10 Harvard ~.
the the second time on downs, and after R,,r.
without score null eiiueo
SIter Yale had returned Harvard's kick
on 10 the center of the field in the begin
ntls vi the second half Harvard began an
otheF determined march to the yaIe ona,
II ended, however, on the 35-yard inc
Where Burr was obliged 10 kick Vale
Lushed the ball TO the center of the field
nuI was Obliged TO kick from her own D.
!ard me Harvard started to regain iOst
ground. This time 81 yards were covered in
- Iusnes: When Harvard reached her own
9"-yard line penalty sent the team back
J;.' puL starr more than regained the
Instance by his 1S-yard run across the field
On Haie's 24-yard line the nearest am
proach TO the goal line there came n Har-
Vard penalty, and soon after Burr was
competed TO kick. Hoyt, who had taken
morse place at right halfback for Yale,
ana Roome's place in the kicking deparr-
ment, covered 40 yards in the plInt ont of
danger Harvard made weak attempt at
=
ed sending the ball outside of YaIe's 20.
yard line. Hoyt returned it well down the
field
Muff by Nichols.
The bali went high but Nichols stood d.
rectly under 1t. Shevlin, however, came
down upon the waiting Harvard back in
time to grab the ball it slipped through
Nichols hands. The Yale captain was
nailed. but ii was Yale's ball on Harvard's
rsaV.yTI linz
ed frantically for the team to stand firm,
but Yale sent in a couple of fresh men at
this point, and by directing plays at Har-
wards left side, weakened by the loss OF
Brill. covered the distance to the goal line.
Harvard made one more weak attempt to
gain distance by rushing. but it was of no
avail, and the game ended soon after with
the ball in Yale's possession on her 5o-yard
line
Realizing their good fortune in escaping
a tie game, the entire Yale side flooded on
to the gridiron. Before the two teams dis
persed. however they cheered each other.
The next moment the Yale snake dance
had been begun. II wound its way around
the field until it halted in front of the Har-
ward stands. Here 5000 Yale men cheered
Harvard The Crimson stands, which were
cheering every member OF the team.
turned the courtesy with spirit The Yale
line then wendell its way before the posts
and each man threw his hat over the cross
bar.
A summary of the play shows that Yale
kicked ten times for 31G yards, rushed II
times for 1856 yards, had ~ first downs, ran
back Harvard kicks for "a yards and lost
10 yards on three penalties.
Harvard kicked ten times for 1863 yards,
rushed 76 times for 1j5 yards. had is first
downs ran back ona Yale kick Is yards
and lost 10 yards two penalties.
The lineup:
YALE Positions. HARVARD.
Gates n Jones iet EFT ts end r Wongd Lesry
Erwin 49,. left guard .........-.... Burr
Hockenberger, FLANDERS
Flanders, Smith. center. Parker, Barney
Trip .........,... right guard. Kersburg
wv right tackle.