Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-11-26


bright blue banners waved triumph
antly over the city Saturday night, the
Signal of another victory of her team
over her worthy rival, Harvard, the
final score being to O. The Crimson
went down to defeat in a desperate bat
tie which in football strategy and spec
tacular plays has had but few equals
since the two universities have met.
To Yale passed the almost undisputed
title of the college championship Of the
country. clouded only by the drawn.
no-score contest at Princeton a week.
ago.
Never before in college history has
the football season reached such an
apex. a victory for the Crimson would
have meant first honors beyond ques-
ton, for she had beaten the Carlisle
Indians, who last week won from Min
nesota and who also had defeated the
University Of Pennsylvania, the con-
querors Of the University of Michigan.
For this reason. if for no other. the
game on Yale field was Of unprece-
denied Importance, and to Yale once
| more has come a victory which will
| live forever in her athletic history. 1t
was victory won not by any luke. but
through greater football knowledge.
superior team play. almost unerring &C
curacy in developing the possibilities
of the new rules and through the mag
| nificent work Of individual players. The
score Of a single touchdown and goal
repeats that Of last year on Soldier >
field and it adds to that strin; of vic
tories only twice broken since 1881.
In going down to defeat Harvard, as
was the case last year. proved foe
man worthy of all the res Jurceful abil-
ity Of Yale. Her men repeatedly shone
conspicuously and the flashes of bril-
liancy in individual pl3ycr+. as time
and again her backs broke through the
line of Blue or her stalwart guard,
Burr, sent the ball twisting through the
air for long gains. seemed to lie cnti-
tied to a reward.
Harvard was a trifc SLOW in execut-
ing her plays which, as last year
seemed to hinge on her great strength
on defence. while Yale was quick on
everything. Her men were as active
as greyhounds and as fierce as wolves.
Her success lay in playing extensively
at every opport unity. driving her plays
nara anu ldhlto duN VI S'SAy
opening when her opponents had the
bail. Interference for the runner. the
forward and behindthe-line passes. the
on-side kicks were a well developed art
Not once did a Yale man have to run
down the, field without assistance. AS
the game was nearing it's close Yale
ulayed fiercer and rolled the Crimson
line into a heap time and again. 1t
was only Harvard's stubborn contest
of every inch of her own ground that
kept the score at the single figure.
The touchdown was brought about
by q sensational play. Yale had the
ball on Harvards 25-yard line. Jones
called his signals for a kicking forma-
ton. Veeder dropped back to the "a
yard line with his hands outspread. A
perfect pass from Hockenburger sent
the ball into his hands and Needer
like a flash started at right angles and
hurled the bah over the heads of the
Harvard men for a 3O-yard pass to
where several Yale men, as though
drawn by Il magnet, had jumped into
one little knot. Up from their midst
leaped Forbes who caught the ball and
in an instant placed it down on the
courtyard line. Up rose the Yale hosts
with cries Of touchdowns while the
Crimson side was hushed with fear.
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 she was hungry for the score
which was so close at hand. The kick
ing of a goal was an easy thing for
Veeder.
There were several anxious moments
Cor the Yale men, for while Harvard
never had possession of the ball in
side of the .5-yard line twice Yale
was lined up with the ball in the
shadow of her goal posts and in eacn
case to remove the danger and to get
distance. Veeder dropped behind the
goal line and punted.
In both instances Harvard by means
of the on-side kick, sent the ball to
Yale at about Yale's 2O-yard line. The
first time Yale was penaliZed for hold
ing and it was her ball on the three
yard line. A few minutes later another
penalty inflicted for the same offence
gave her the ball on the courtyard line.
Each time Il kick was resOrted to after
the Crimson line held firm.
In the early part OF the game. New
hall tried q drop-kick, but it was
blocked and Forbes got it.
Early in the game also, Yale lost
an opportunity to score a field goal
when VeeGer tried for one on Harvard's
45-yard line but it went wide by few
feet. Right after this Yale had anoth-
er opportunity for a try at goal but lost
il out of anxiety 10 make q touchdown. |