The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-11-25
YALE WINS FROM
CRIMSON SQUAD
Greatest Game of Year Played
at New Haven
PLAYING Is SENSATIONAL
At the Close Yale Cheers Harvard So
Long That the Demonstration
Amounts to an oVation-Har-
ward Returns Compliment.

New Haven. sonn. November 4-Yaless
bright blue banners wave triumphantly
over the city tonight, the signal of an
other magnificent victory of her team
over her worthy rival, Harvard, the
final score being to 0.
The Crimson went down to defeat in a
desperate battle which for football STRAIT
egg and spectacular plays has had few
equals since the two universities have
met. To Yale passed the almost undisput-
ed title of the college championship,
clouded only by the drawn no score. con-
test at Princeton Il week ago. \ victory
for the Crimson would have meant first
honors beyond question, for she mad
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.
Victory Will Live Forever.
For this reason, If for no other. the
game on Yale field was of unprecedented
Importance, and to Yale once more has
come a victory which will live forever
in her athletic history. 1t was a victory
won through greater knowledge, supeti Jr
team play. almost unerring accuracy in
developing the possibilities of the new
rules and the magnificent work of indlvid-
ual players. The score of a single touch
down and goal repeats that of last year
or soldiers field and it adds to Yale's
string of victories only twice broken since
1897.
Harvard was a trife slow in executing
her plays, which, as last year, seemed TO
hinge on her great strength on defense,
while Yale was quick on everything. Her
men were active and fierce. Yale's sac
cess lay in playing extensively at every
opportunity, driving her plays hard and
taking advantage of every opening when
her opponents had the ball. 1t was a
day for the runner, the forward and be-
hind the line passes and the onside kicks
were a we'll developed art AS the game
was nearing its close Yale played faster
and rolled the Crimson line into a ileap
time and again.
1t was only Harvard's stubborn contest
of every inch of her own ground that
kept the score at the single figures.
Touchdown by Sensational Route.
The touchdown was brought about in
the first half by sensational apply. Yale
had the ball on Harvard's 25-yard lire.
Jones called his signals for a klcting
1OrmallOn. Neeuer dropped DdcR TO the
34-yard line with his hands outspread A
perfect pass from Hockenburger sent the
ball into his hands and Veeder like a
flash started at right angles and hurled
the ball over the heads of the Harvard
men for a 30-yard pass to where several
Yale men, as though drawn by magnet,
had jumped into one little knot Up from
their midst leaped Forbes, who caught
! the ball and in an instant placed 1t down
on the Award line
| Up rose the Yale hosts with cries for o
| 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 10
when she was hungry for the score which
| was so close at hand. The kicking of
goal was an easy thing for Veeder
Tries for Drop Kick.
In the early part of the game Newhall
tried a drop kick, but it was blocked