Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-11-25
YALE WINS FROM HARVARD
Crimson Goes Down to Defeat After a
Desperate struggle.
TOUCHDOWN AND GAL ONLY SCORES
Both Teams Play brilliant Foot Ball
aud Excitement I'm Crowded
Grnndstands ~ at Fever
Fitch.

in ID desperate battle which in foot ball
strategy and spectacular plays has had few
equals since the two universities have met
To Yale passed the almost undsputed title
Of the college championship Of the country
| clouded only by the drawn-no score-con-
test at Princeton week ago.
A victory for the Crimson would have
meant fret honors beyond question. for it
had beaten the Carlisle Indians. who last
week won from Minnesota, and who also
had defeated the University OF Pennsyl-
vania the conquerors of the University
of Michigan. For this reason, II for no
other. the game on Yale field was Of I'M
precedonted Importance, and TO Yale once
more has come a victory which Will live
forever in its athletic history. It was
victory won through greater foot ball
knowledge. superior team play, almost UNI
errlng accuracy in developing the posi-
| bities of the new rules and the magnifi-
cent work Of individual players.
! Touchdown and Goal
| The score Of a single touchdown and goal
repeats that Of last year on Soldiers field,
and It adds TO Yales string Of victories
only twice broken since 1897
| Harvard proved a worthy foeman. Its
men repeatedly shone conspicuously and
! the flashes OF brilliancy in individual plays,
as time and again its backs broke through
! the line. or the stalwart guard, Burr, sent
( the bali twisting through the air on long
punts. seemed to be entitled to reward.
| Harvard was a trife slow I'm executing its
! plays which as last year seemed to
! hinge on its great strength on defense.
Yale's success lay In playing extensively at
every opportunity, driving it's plays hard
and taking advantage of every. opening
when its opponents had the ball Inter-
ference and ou-side kicks were well de-
veloped Not once did Yale man have
20 run down the field without assistance
A. the game was nearing It's close Yale
PLAYED faster and rolled the Crimson line
into a heap time and time again. 1t was
only Harvard's stubborn contest of every
inch that kept the score at the single
figures.
score Follows Sensational Play.
| The touchdown followed sensational
play. Yale had the ball on Harvard's TWEEN
ty-fve-yard line. Jones called for a kick
ing formation. Veeder dropped back to the
thirty-four-yard line with his hands out
spread. 4 perfect pass from Hockenourser
sent the ball into his hands and Veeder
like a fash started at right angles and
hurled the ball over the heads of the Ilar-
several Yale men, as though drawn by a
magnet. had jumped into one little knot.
Tn from their midst leaped Forbes, who
caught the bah and in instant placed
IT down on the courtyard line. Up rose the
Yale hosts with cries for a. touchdown,
while the Crimson side was hushed. Roome,
who had replaced Knox, was sent to smash
the Crimson line. His first try gave two
yards. and the next time he was shot over,
with the whole team dragging and pushing
him.
That four yards showed what Yale could
do when it was hungry for the score which
was so close at hand. The kicking Of a
goal was an easy thing for Vecder
Anxious Moments for Vale.
There were several anxious moments for
the Yale men, for while Harvard never
had possession of the ball inside the TWEEN
ty-hve-yard line, twice Yale was lined up
with the ball in the shadow of its goal
posts and in each case Veeder dropped be-
hind the goal line to punt. In both in
stances Harvard, by means of the ousde
kick sent the ball to Yale at about Yales
twenty-yard line. The first time Yale was
penalized for holding was on the three-yard
line. few minutes later another penalty
gave it the ball on its four-yard line.
In the early part Of the game Newhail
tried drop kick, but it was blocked and
Forbes got the ball
Early in the game also Yale lost an op.
portunity TO score a field goal, wher
Veeder tried for one on Harvards forty
Vineyard line It went wide by a few
feet Right after this Yale had another
opportunity for a try at goal, but lost II
, out Of anxiety to make "A touchdown Burr
, had punted to Knox at the Crimsons forty
fve-yavd line. and the latter behind 4
, screen OF interference. ran the breadth OF
/ the field for gain OF twenty yards. Thre,
! line plays which followed resulted in IN,
4 necessary first down and touchdown
seemed certain. On the next play Jonc
2 took the ball made a forward pass T.
AIcott. who fumbled II on the three-yar,
{ line. Mcdonald dropped on it and Bur
punted out Of danger.
4 Harvard Changes Attack.
, With the score TO Harvard was com
> PEELED to change it's style of attack, am
BUR- was called upon 10 put the BAN ou
i Of danger with his toe. The first part O
the second half resolved itself into a punt
y ing duel between Burr and Needer Fror
!, then on the outcome seemed certain. Yale
q with new players, put fresh life into It
. team and in the last five minutes of tn
e half there was a murch down the field
4 Yale was moving like a battering ram an
$ another touchdown was apparently pre-
I. vented by the referees whistle, endin
IA the game.
p The Eridiron was framed with a mass O
!. humanity, In which three sides were blu
and the other crimson. The cheering an
singing while good, fell far short OF pre-
, vious years. eXplainable by the fact tina
g the game was played so fast that spec
Is tators did not have time TO pay niue
% attention to the cheer leaders Not
j seat was vacant and al the gate fe'
3 stray tickets brought phenomenal prices
y one pair changing hands at $50
b. The game opened under gray skies, bu
II was concluded I'm radiant sunshine and an
i der a canopy OF blue The Harvard stand
at the opening cheered Yale, and Captai
d Morse and the opposite side returned tn
n compliment
MI Al the close % the game the iubilar
F. Yale host stood bareheaded for fftce
is minutes in front Of the Harvard stan,
IN cheering and singing 20 the Crimson. n
p latter responding Yale has always cheere
Harvard but never before has il bee
turned into an ovation.
y Game begins.
Ell Captain Morse won the toss and chos
It the north goal, giving him slight advaI
= tage OF the breeze. The teams took n