Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-12-01
VICTORY is YALE'S
HARVARD DOWNED BY FINAL
score OF 6 TO 0.
1t Was a Desperate Battle From Start
to Finish-Has Had Few Equals
Since Two Universities Have Met
Yale Champions of the Country
other Important College Games.

New Haven, Nov. 25.-Yale's bright
blue banners wave triumphantly over
the city the signal of another victory
over Harvard, the final score being
to O. The crimson went down to de-
feat in a desperate battle, which In
football strategy and spectacular plays
has had few equals since the two uni
versities have met
To Yale passed the almost undls-
puted title of the college championship
of the country, clouded only by the
drawn no score contest with Princeton
q week ago. A victory for the crimson
would have meant first honors beyond
question, for she had beaten the Carl
isle Indians, who last week won from
MINES ota, and who also had defeated
the University of Pennsylvania, the
conuuerors of the University OF Mich1-
gan.
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.
| It was a victory won through football
knowledge, superior play, almost I'M
erring accuracy in developing the pos
sibilities of the new rules and the
magnificent work of her players. The
score of a single touchdown and goal
repeats that of last year on Soldiers
field, and it adds to Yale's string of
victories, only twice broken since
1897.
| Harvard proved a worthy foeman.
Her men repeatedly shone consp1cu-
ously and there we're flashes of bril-
liancy as time and again her backs
broke through the line and her stall
wart guard. ourr, sent the ball twist
| ing through the air on long punts.
Harvard was trlue slow in execu-
ting her plays, which, as last year,
seemed to hinge on her great strength
on defense.
Yale's success lay in playing Of
fensively at the opening, driving her
plays hard and taking advantage OF
every opening when her opponents
had the ball Interference, forward
passes and on side kicks were well
developed. Not once did Yale man
AS the game was nearing the close
Yale played faster and rolled the Grim.
son line into a heap time and again
1t was only Harvard's stubborn con
test of every inch that kept the score
at the single figures.
The touchdown followed sensation
, al play. Yale had the ball on Har
wards rs yard line. Jones called fol
kicking formation. Veeder dropped
back to the "a yard line with his
hands outspread A perfect pass from
Hookenburger sent. the ball into his
hands, and Veeder like fash started
at right angles and hurled the bal
lover the heads Of the Harvard men TO
a 80 yard pass, to where several YAH
t men, as though drawn by a magnet
had jumped into one little knot. VI
from their midst leaped Forbes, WIFI
: caught the ball and in an instan
. placed it down on the four yard line
Up rose the Yale hosts with cries TO
a touchdown, while the crimson sid
was hushed. Roome, who had replace
Knox, was sent to smash the crimso
: line His first try gave two yards, an
:, next time he was shot over, with tn
= whole team dragging and pushing hin
!, That four yards showed what Val
: could do when she was hungry for tn
. score which was so close at hand. Tn
kicking of a goal was an easy thin
= for Veeder.
- The gridiron was framed with
mass of humanity, in which three side
were blue and the other crimson. TIL
cheering and singing, while good, fe
Of far short Of that of previous year
e. explainable only by the fact that I.
a spectators did not have much time
p pay attention to the cheer leaders. NJ
OF seat was vacant, and at the gate tt
sn sale OF tickets brought phenomen
IN prices. one pair changing hands
$50. The game opened under grs
IT. Skies but was concluded in radial
IS sunshine and under a canopy of blu
to The Harvard stands at the openiI
he cheered Yale and Captain Morse, al
ed the opposite side returned this comp
hit ment. At the close of the game Il
er- jubilant Yale host stood barehead'
at for Is minutes in front of the Harva
M stand cheering and singing to Il
crimson, the latter responding. va
has always cheered Harvard. but ne
er before has she turned it into |
!, ovation.
~ At Chicago.
he Chicago.-Walter Eckersall, quartz
an back and captain of the University
Chicago football eleven, closed his C