Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-11-26
STRATEGY WON
GAME FOR YALE
GHdiFon Battle a Waterloo tor
Harvard Blue Team Swept
All Before Il.

NEW HAVEN. Conn. NOV. 26.-Nal
triumpled. Superb strategy, MASTER
OF the NEW football and Il spirit ex
celled by no blue eleven Of the pas
illuminated in the humbling of the Grim
son on Yale field by the score of q to
before the banner crowd of the year,
At WAS OF the finest football ac
accomplishments in Yale's athletic his
low a history already replete Wit
accomplishment. klnlly $4,000 partlsan'
Q pthe two great eleNens saw the game
fought under braoing weather condi
tons, and found in the i'inew football
as developed by the master hands o.
II New Haven and Cambridge a specta
Gle SURPRISINGLY sensational from star
to finish. s,a .4,l M ,~s.
faless daring simply. swept Harvard
off its feet and the crowd with it
Nothing seemed impossible to the blue
and if impossible, so only for the mo
ment. Again and again the advance
Of the crimson became peril to the
blHe, Frequently because of penalties
but invariably the dangerous line was
driven back. XII,
Male used every bit of modern foot
bail Vale knew, and the manner of the
victory Was as great a triumph as the
yictory itself. i.r
10 aNalc thus passed the almost un.
disputed title Of the college cham
| eiqpslip of the country, ,clouded only
by Sthe draMn, no score contest at
Rrinceton q week ago. Never before
In college history has the football sea
son aEeaehed such an apex. A victory
for the crimson would have meant first
Donors beyond, question. for she had
] aeaten the Carlisle Indians, who last
/ week Won from minnesota. aud who
also had defeated the University of
Pennsylvania, the conquerors of the
University of Michigan. For this rea-
o If for no other the game on Yale
field was of unprecedented importance,
and to Yale once more has come a vic
tory which will live forever in her ath-
letic history, 1t was a victory won not
by any huke, but through greater foot
ball knowledge, superior team play. al
most unerring accuracy in developing
the possibilities of the new rules and
through the magnificent work of indi-
vidual players. The score of a single
touchdown and goal repeats that of
last year on Soldiers field, and it adds
to the string of victories only twice
broken since 1897.
In going down to defeat Harvard, as
was the case last year, proved a foe
man worthy of all the resourceful abil-
ity Of Yale. Her men repeatedly shone
c~onspicuously. and the flashes of bril-
liancy in individually iays 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 he entitled to
il reward. Harvard was Il triAe slofy
in executing her plays, which, Ms LIST
year, seemed. to hinge ON her great
strength on defense, 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 opportunity. driy-
ing her plays hard and taking advan-
tage of every opening when her OPP
ponents had the ball. Interference for
the runner, the forward and behind
the line passes and the onside 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 its close. Yale played
tiercer and rolled the crimson line into
a heap time and again. 1t was only
Harvard's stubborn contest of every
inch of her wi ground that kept the
score at the single figures.
The game was attended by all the
interesting incidents which have be-
come a part of ii. The gridiron was
framed with a m.lss of humanity, in
which three sides We're blue and the
other crimson. The cheering and sing
ing while good fell far short of that in
previous years. e%Xplainable by the fact
that the game was played so fast that
spectators did not have time to pay
much attention to the cheer leaders.
Not a seat was vacant. and at the gate
Il few stray tickets brought phenome-
nal prices. IL pair changing hands at
$50. The game opened under gray
skies and was concluded in radiant
sunshine aud under a canopy of blue.