The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1906-11-26
NEW HAVEN MORNING JOURNAL COURIER
$4,000 PEOPLE AT GAME
WATCH YALE lake GREAT
BATTLE FROM HARVARD

Continuous Stream of People and We
hicIes from Depot to Field-Many at
the Field EARLY in the MOrning-zig-
rag Marching Around Football Field
by Yale Undergraduates After Game
COACHES Leave for Their Homes
BigIo,ye Probable Candidate for Cap
taincy.
One of the largest crowds in history
attended the Yale Harvard football
game at Yale field Saturday and beheld
one of the greatest games in history
Early Saturday morning crowds rolled
into the city on incoming trains and in
a couple of hours the streets in the cen
ter of the city were crowded. From II
to 2 O'Clock the route to the field held
one continuous mass of Harvard and
Yale enthusiasts, the greater part walk
ing, some riding out on the trolley cars
and others in automobiles and car
riages. There was a continuous line Of
all sorts of vehicles from the depot out
to Yale field. The houses on the way
to the scene of battle were very pref
lilly decorated. Wagons, carriages and
automobiles We're ornamented with the
favorite colors of their owners. Chill
dren in the streets, some dressed in
football suits, others designed in Yale
flags, blew horns and cheered. At one
place a little tot stood on fence and
continually recited poem favoring
Yale
AS hotel accommodations were scarce
and as restaurants were crowded many
people went out to Yale field with their
lunch about II O'Clock in the morning
and sat down and enjoyed themselves.
Most Of the crowd arrived between
and 2 o'clock.
When the Yale team trotted on the
field amid cheers and the singing Of
"Boola" only about half the seats were
filled. When the Harvard team, each
man wearing bright red blanket,
crossed the field to their benches the
seats were tolerably well filled.
| At the blow of the whistle of the ref
cree the twenty-five giants of the grid
iron were in their respective places
ready for the kickoff For awhile things
looked bad for Yale, but they changed
soon and Yale took up the offense. She
plowed through the Harvard line and
on a pretty forward pass Of about thir-
ty yards it was Yales ball on Har-
wards ten-yard line. Roome by steady
plunging was pushed over the line for
the first and only touchdown of the
game
From that time till the end Of the
game Yale took the offensive and kept
Harvard at bay. Only once did the
crimson team show any sign which APP
peared dangerous to Yale. This was
when'the referee called an off side play
bringing the ball to Yale's three yard
line Then the Yale team showed its
courage and perseverance, and drove
back the Harvard eleven by kicking the
ball out Of danger.
After the game the Yale boys zig
Jagged around the field, crossed be-
tween the goal posts through which
Roome made the only score of the game
and threw their hats over the bar. The
Harvard cheering section did splendidly
and roundly cheered Yale after the
game,
In the evening the football team ban
quoted at the New Haven house and
enjoyed a jolly good breaking Of train
ing. When Rockwell entered the hall
he was loudly cheered, showing the
thanks and credit which he deserved
for coaching the team to victory
The town has now returned to So
lemnity and appears dead. The coaches
have returned home and there will be
no more football this year.
The election of a captain for the team
next year will probably take place in
about a week. Biglow is the probable
candidate.